> >> What is the benefit of using 64-bit I/O for
> >> the Linux version of Firebird?
> >
> > You can have a single database file bigger that 2GB. Using 32bit
> > I\O, each database file can be a max of 2GB, but each database can be
> > made of of many files.
>
> Is there impact on performance?
No idea, none that I have noticed anyway.
> I am not familiar with 64bit IO - Is'nt it
> uses larger blocks for transfers with hdd controler?
Somebody else will have to answer this one
Phil
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