Re: [GENERAL] [pgsql-advocacy] Need concrete "Why Postgres

On Friday 22 August 2003 13:59, Andrew Dunstan wrote:
> Shridhar Daithankar wrote:
> >BTW any comments on storing an entire database in single file? I don't
> > trust any file system for performance and data integrity if I have single
> > 100GB file. I would rather have multiple of them..
>
> I don't see why not. Entire file systems are stored within a single file
> sometimes. Examples: vmware, and IIRC UserMode Linux.

Well, half the day that I have spent on interbase documnetation, I didn't see 
any WAL type logs. If transactions directly go to database and entire 
database is file, I seriously doubt about performance and recovery.

UML and VMware are emulators. You don't want to use them in production right?

I would really love if UML allowed access to filesystems. A Jail type feature 
including access control right in memory. That would really rock but it's a 
different story..
Shridhar