From ab71c20fdf7dbd63638a163ca628821643a3cfd4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bruce Momjian Date: Sun, 28 Jan 2001 17:39:44 +0000 Subject: Update FAQ. --- doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html | 9 ++++++++- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'doc/src') diff --git a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html index 9d2634467c2..e180b923e3b 100644 --- a/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html +++ b/doc/src/FAQ/FAQ.html @@ -831,7 +831,7 @@

These are the limits:

 Maximum size for a database?             unlimited (60GB databases exist)
-Maximum size for a table?                64 TB on all operating systems
+Maximum size for a table?                16 TB
 Maximum size for a row?                  unlimited in 7.1 and later
 Maximum size for a field?                1GB in 7.1 and later
 Maximum number of rows in a table?       unlimited
@@ -842,6 +842,13 @@ Maximum number of indexes on a table?    unlimited
     available disk space and memory/swap space.  Performance may
     suffer when these values get unusually large.
 
+    

The maximum table size of 16TB does not require large file + support from the operating system. Large tables are stored + as multiple 1GB files. + +

The maximum table size and maximum number of columns can be + increased by four if the default block size is increased to 32k. +

4.7) How much database disk space is required to store data from a typical text file?

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