+2c NT & W2K have a concurrent file size open limit of 180GB (NT) and a
something larger for 2K (I haven't been able to test on 2K yet).




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"Achim Kalwa" <home@...> wrote in message
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> Bill Meaney wrote:
>
> > Is the size of the GDB file still a concern with Firebird on NT.
>
> No.
>
> > We currently keep the individual .GDB filesize to 2G with IB 4.2.
>
> Firebird Superserver on Windows NT uses 64 Bit I/O, that would allow files
> up to 2^64 Byte (18,446,744,073,709,551,616 Byte) If your hard disk is
> large enough ;-) The largest GDB I have in use is about 5GB.
>
> Achim
>