Re: Oracle 8 on NT not for Large Databases!!!

The NTFS file system can handle files larger than 2GB just fine.

Jason

David Sisk <davesisk_at_ipass.net> wrote in message news:f7fJ3.364$A3.688_at_news.ipass.net...
> Yes, this bug is fixed in one of the later patchsets for 8.0.5. Word of
> advice: don't make your files larger than 4 Gb regardless. I prefer 2Gb
as
> a max, since NT is a 32-bit O/S and Oracle is a 32-bit application (32
bits
> as in 2^32, or 2.1 billion, hint hint...)
>
> Regards,
>
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> David C. Sisk
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> GtR wrote in message <37f51f5d.6389878_at_news.xs4all.nl>...
> >
> >
> >We have Oracle 8 running on MS Windows NT.
> >When the the file for a table space exceeds ~4 Giga bytes Oracle fails
> >completely.
> >
> >Saying that Oracle can handle Terabyte databases is nonsense!!
> >
> >(Or is there a bug-fix or service pack available for this problem?!?)
>
>
Received on Mon Oct 04 1999 - 09:53:47 CDT