Subject Re: [ib-support] FIB and filesize
Author Ivan Prenosil
> From: Achim Kalwa
> 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.

Yes, it uses 64 bit I/O, but it only increases possible size of single database file.
The current ODS still uses 32 bit numbering of pages, so the maximal db size is
4K*4G (for 4K page size and unsigned page numbering).
Large enough for me, but less than 2^64 :-)

Ivan
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