Subject RE: [firebird-support] Re: problem using backup
Author Leyne, Sean
> >Can you, please, give me some advices about firebird.
> >I am not beginer, I am using Interbase since `97. But, since I am
> >planning to use Firebird in one really BIG project (est. 15-18 gig of
> >data per year), one table with images stored in blobs (~40kb image
> >size).
>
> I'm not clear whether you mean this is going to be a multi-gigabyte
> database consisting of one table. If so, Firebird has an upper limit
on
> the size of a single table. I think Nickolay mentioned around 13 Gb
but
> my memory could be faulty regarding the actual number.

The size limit is more in the 40-80GB per table range, although I'm not
sure if this would change when blobs are used.

In fact, I'm not sure I agree with Nickolay's math, I will discuss with
him and get back to you (all).


Sean