Make sure you watch the rest of the thread, sounds like there is some
contention on this issue. All I know is that these limits were gone in
IB6.0 (may have been a pre-release version). Whether they 'came back' in
some form or another....

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cg_bland [mailto:chris.bland@...]
> Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 9:35 AM
> To: ib-support@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [ib-support] Re: External file size limit
>
>
> Thanks for this. I would agree re: server platforms, but it depends
> on what the customer wants....
>
> The information on temporary files is helpful. We will make sure of
> space requirements when deploying.
>
> Chris
>
> --- In ib-support@yahoogroups.com, Brenden Walker <bkwalker@d...>
> wrote:
> > 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@b...]
> > > 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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