| Subject | RE: [firebird-support] spanning a single, huge Firebird database file across multiple disks |
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| Author | Leyne, Sean |
| Post date | 2010-03-17T19:43:20Z |
> Hello,Yes.
> Can a single, huge Firebird database file be split across multiple
> disks using RAID or anyother mechanism?
You can create a single database file as large as the OS/File System can support. For most modern file systems, the largest file size is larger than you could likely ever create (several hundred terabytes).
Firebird also supports a database which has "chunks" on multiple disks, but this mode is not recommended for beginners due to backup/restore considerations.
Sean