Subject Re: [firebird-support] Re: Database Size
Author Ann W. Harrison
lucas_jessee wrote:
>
> I believe the "Firebird limit" on database size depends on the page
> size set when you create the database. I definitely have some
> Firebird databases that are over 2GB.

No, the page size has nothing to do with it. Firebird uses 64bit
I/O, using NTFS or EXT3, each file can by up to 2**64 bytes long,
and a database can consist of thousands of files.

>
> I've also read that with an 8K page size you can have BLOB's up to
> 32GB.

The size of a blob is isn't limited by page size either.

Regards,


Ann