Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL on a CompactFlash

2008-02-06 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2008-01-31 12:03:00, schrieb Andre Nieder: > Hello, > > > > we like to use PostgreSQL in an embedded system that runs - don't laugh > - on a compact flash. I have this too... > Therefore we need to know how often PostgreSQL will write to the disc. PostgreSQL in a normal installation of,

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL on a CompactFlash

2008-02-01 Thread Brar Piening
Hi Andre, As you know a cf card has not an unlimited amount of accesses… Do we really know? Or are we just repeating the same story we were told once? I know that technically speaking you are right but the media have smart contollers to avoid problems with this fact. I remember reading in a

Re: [GENERAL] PostgreSQL on a CompactFlash

2008-01-31 Thread Peter Eisentraut
Am Donnerstag, 31. Januar 2008 schrieb Andre Nieder: > So is there any reason that should prevent us from using PostgreSQL in > combination with a compact flash? I suggest you review the previous discussions on this topic. Search for "compact flash" on archives.postgresql.org. You will find tha

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL on a CompactFlash

2008-01-31 Thread Andre Nieder
Hello, we like to use PostgreSQL in an embedded system that runs - don't laugh - on a compact flash. Therefore we need to know how often PostgreSQL will write to the disc. Once our system is configured there are very little changes to the database. We have some tables in memory and some