character encodings, Unicode, and it is locale-aware for sorting,
case-sensitivity, and formatting. It is highly scalable both in the sheer quantity
of data it can manage and in the number of concurrent users it can
-accommodate. There are active PostgreSQL systems in production environments that
-manage in excess of 4 terabytes of data. Some general PostgreSQL limits are
+accommodate. There are active PostgreSQL instances in production environments that
+manage many terabytes of data, as well as clusters managing petabytes. Some general PostgreSQL limits are
included in the table below. </p><div class="informaltable"><a name="table1"></a><table border="0"><colgroup><col /><col /></colgroup><thead><tr><th><span class="bold"><b>Limit</b></span></th><th><span class="bold"><b>Value</b></span></th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Maximum Database Size</td><td>Unlimited</td></tr><tr><td>Maximum Table Size</td><td>32 TB</td></tr><tr><td>Maximum Row Size</td><td>1.6 TB</td></tr><tr><td>Maximum Field Size</td><td>1 GB</td></tr><tr><td>Maximum Rows per Table</td><td>Unlimited</td></tr><tr><td>Maximum Columns per Table</td><td>250 - 1600 depending on column types</td></tr><tr><td>Maximum Indexes per Table</td><td>Unlimited</td></tr></tbody></table></div>
<p>PostgreSQL has won <a href="/about/quotesarchive">praise from its users</a> and <a href="/about/awards">industry recognition</a>, including the Linux New Media Award for Best Database System and five time winner of the The Linux Journal Editors' Choice Award for best DBMS.