Now that we know the storage manager code that splits tables over 2GB
into separate files doesn't work(Irix), can we rip out that code and
just use the OS code to access >2GB files as normal files.  Now, most
OS's can support 64-bit files and file sizes.

Because it is isolated in the storage manager, it should be easy.

-- 
Bruce Momjian
maillist@candle.pha.pa.us

Thu, 29 Jan 1998 00:32:39 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
tables >2GB
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> Now that we know the storage manager code that splits tables over 2GB
> into separate files doesn't work(Irix), can we rip out that code and
> just use the OS code to access >2GB files as normal files.  Now, most
> OS's can support 64-bit files and file sizes.
> 
> Because it is isolated in the storage manager, it should be easy.

Someday we'll get TABLESPACEs and fixed multi-chunk code could
allow to store chunks in different TABLESPACEs created on _different
disks_ - imho, ability to store a table on > 1 disk is good thing.

And so, I would suggest just add elog(ERROR) to mdextend() now,
with recommendation to increase RELSEG_SIZE...

Vadim

Thu, 29 Jan 1998 14:25:18 +0700
"Vadim B. Mikheev" <vadim@sable.krasnoyarsk.su>
Re: [HACKERS] tables >2GB
> 
> Now that we know the storage manager code that splits tables over 2GB
> into separate files doesn't work(Irix), can we rip out that code and
> just use the OS code to access >2GB files as normal files.  Now, most
> OS's can support 64-bit files and file sizes.
> 
> Because it is isolated in the storage manager, it should be easy.

Can someone knowledgeable make a patch for this for our mega-patch?

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Thu, 19 Mar 1998 11:19:10 -0500 (EST)
Bruce Momjian <maillist@candle.pha.pa.us>
Re: [HACKERS] tables >2GB
On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, Bruce Momjian wrote:

> > 
> > Now that we know the storage manager code that splits tables over 2GB
> > into separate files doesn't work(Irix), can we rip out that code and
> > just use the OS code to access >2GB files as normal files.  Now, most
> > OS's can support 64-bit files and file sizes.
> > 
> > Because it is isolated in the storage manager, it should be easy.
> 
> Can someone knowledgeable make a patch for this for our mega-patch?

	*Only* if its in before 9am AST (or is it ADT?) on Friday
morning...:)


Thu, 19 Mar 1998 12:05:47 -0500 (EST)
The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Re: [HACKERS] tables >2GB
> > Now that we know the storage manager code that splits tables over 2GB
> > into separate files doesn't work(Irix), can we rip out that code and
> > just use the OS code to access >2GB files as normal files.  Now, most
> > OS's can support 64-bit files and file sizes.
> > 
> > Because it is isolated in the storage manager, it should be easy.
> 
> Can someone knowledgeable make a patch for this for our mega-patch?
> 

There are still quite a few OS's out there that do not support >2GB files
yet. Even my beloved Linux (x86)...

So, how about we fix the storage manager instead?

A neat thing that Illustra does is allow you to stripe a table across
multiple directories. You get big tables, easy storage management, and
a nice performance boost.

create stripedir('stripe1', '/disk1/data/stripe1');
create stripedir('stripe2', '/disk2/data/stripe2');

create table giant_table (...) with (stripes 4, 'stripe1', 'stripe2');
 -- the '4' is the number of pages to interleave.

Then the smgr just distributes the blocks alternately across the stripes.

read_block(blockno, ...stripeinfo)
{
   ...
   stripe = (blockno / stripe_interleave ) % number_of_stripes;
   stripe_block = blockno / number_of_stripes;

   fd = stripe_info->fd[stripe];
   lseek(fd, stripe_block * BLOCKSIZE, SEEK_SET);
   ...
}

All vastly oversimplified of course....

-dg

David Gould            dg@illustra.com           510.628.3783 or 510.305.9468 
Informix Software  (No, really)         300 Lakeside Drive  Oakland, CA 94612
 - I realize now that irony has no place in business communications.

   
   

Thu, 19 Mar 1998 12:09:43 -0800 (PST)
dg@illustra.com (David Gould)
Re: [HACKERS] tables >2GB

Does this act as a notice of volunteering to work on this aspect of the
code? *Grin*


On Thu, 19 Mar 1998, David Gould wrote:

> > > Now that we know the storage manager code that splits tables over 2GB
> > > into separate files doesn't work(Irix), can we rip out that code and
> > > just use the OS code to access >2GB files as normal files.  Now, most
> > > OS's can support 64-bit files and file sizes.
> > > 
> > > Because it is isolated in the storage manager, it should be easy.
> > 
> > Can someone knowledgeable make a patch for this for our mega-patch?
> > 
> 
> There are still quite a few OS's out there that do not support >2GB files
> yet. Even my beloved Linux (x86)...
> 
> So, how about we fix the storage manager instead?
> 
> A neat thing that Illustra does is allow you to stripe a table across
> multiple directories. You get big tables, easy storage management, and
> a nice performance boost.
> 
> create stripedir('stripe1', '/disk1/data/stripe1');
> create stripedir('stripe2', '/disk2/data/stripe2');
> 
> create table giant_table (...) with (stripes 4, 'stripe1', 'stripe2');
>  -- the '4' is the number of pages to interleave.
> 
> Then the smgr just distributes the blocks alternately across the stripes.
> 
> read_block(blockno, ...stripeinfo)
> {
>    ...
>    stripe = (blockno / stripe_interleave ) % number_of_stripes;
>    stripe_block = blockno / number_of_stripes;
> 
>    fd = stripe_info->fd[stripe];
>    lseek(fd, stripe_block * BLOCKSIZE, SEEK_SET);
>    ...
> }
> 
> All vastly oversimplified of course....
> 
> -dg
> 
> David Gould            dg@illustra.com           510.628.3783 or 510.305.9468 
> Informix Software  (No, really)         300 Lakeside Drive  Oakland, CA 94612
>  - I realize now that irony has no place in business communications.
> 
>    
>    
> 


Thu, 19 Mar 1998 15:14:24 -0500 (EST)
The Hermit Hacker <scrappy@hub.org>
Re: [HACKERS] tables >2GB
Bruce Momjian wrote:
> 
> >
> > Now that we know the storage manager code that splits tables over 2GB
> > into separate files doesn't work(Irix), can we rip out that code and
> > just use the OS code to access >2GB files as normal files.  Now, most
> > OS's can support 64-bit files and file sizes.
> >
> > Because it is isolated in the storage manager, it should be easy.
> 
> Can someone knowledgeable make a patch for this for our mega-patch?

But, could it not be useful to be able to use multiple files per
table? Suppose someone wants to spread them out on different
disks to increase access performance?

And what about tables over 2^64 bytes size? There will never be
disks of that size? Now, remember what people said about 2^32 byte
files, and years after 1999, and 64k RAM, and about all inventions
already being invented, and... :)

/* m */

Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:59:06 +0100
Mattias Kregert <matti@algonet.se>
Re: [HACKERS] tables >2GB