<Michael.Vilhelmsen@...> wrote in message
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> Hi
>
> Whats the maximum size the DB can have when:
>
> 1.
> Running on a Windows 2000 Server with FB 1.0 installed.

180GB - 300GB depending on which Microsoft knowledgebase article you
believe.

>
>
> 2.
> Running on a linux server with FB 1.0 installed.

I thought somone had tried 900 GB, but it wasn't me.

> Can I split the DB into multible files (of i.e. 500 Mb per file) ?

This will be limited by the length of command required to restore a backup.
gbak in NT only allowed us to have 59 secondary files, a shorter path would
have increased this.

> Can I do that after the DB has been created ?

Yes.

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