Subject Re: [firebird-support] Big file database
Author NAS
Leyne, Sean wrote:

>NAS,
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thank you for your replay

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>>I use middle to acces database to insert or update and web for
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>reporting.
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>>Server IBM x366 Double processor, I use Redhat enterprise 3.
>>what should I do :
>>1. Split file database or just use one file ?
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>Personally, I would only recommend split databases if ABSOLUTELY
>necessary.
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>>2. Install Super server or Clasic server ?
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>Depends on how many DB connections you will have.
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My middle app use one connection to handle all client, i use UIB V2 to
handle database connection

>>3. How about limit size perdatabase
>> 7 T or 32 T ?
>>4. How about filesize ?
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>The maximum database and filesize work out to be the same, well above
>1TB. I can't say I've ever heard of someone running a database larger
>than 900GB.
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>>5. How Page size ?
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>I would recommend at least 8KB
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>>7. others
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>Is your application made up of a large number of table or a small number
>of table with a large amount of data?
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I use 36 tables
2 table reference with about 15,500,000 records
- Customer table with 10 fields
- Account table with 7 fields
1 table transactions with about 4 * 15,500,000 records
- Transaction table with 7 fields


>The reason I ask is because v2.0 has a new internal record ID size which
>allows for a single table to store more than 30-40GB of data. (The new
>limit is > 1 TB)
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V2 still in alpha 3 stages ?

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if i use table with unary relationship it's will decrease performance
in select (this table contain about 10000 records data reference) ?

>Sean
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