I believe so, from IB6.0 forward (AFAIK) the 2gig limit should be gone for
both external tables, temporary files (no more requirement for several
TMP_DIRECTORY entries) and database files.

The OS and/or filesystem is the limiting factor (well, I think the max is
several terrabytes).

Windows file size will be dependant on filesystem format. There are many
other factors to consider when chosing OS, personally I think Linux or
Solaris is a better database server platform than windows.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cg_bland [mailto:chris.bland@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 7:14 AM
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ib-support] External file size limit
>
>
> We are considering Windows, Linux and Solaris as server platforms,
> regarding FB1.03.
>
> What is the maximum size of an external file. I've heard 2GB, but a
> trawl of groups seems to indicate that people are using larger files
> than this. It is the max file size allowed by the OS?
>
> Cheers
> Chris
>
>
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