Re: file size 2GB limit

From: Greg Simpson <gsimpson_at_ecodev.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2001 07:32:59 -0500
Message-ID: <YLba7.294$gr6.5608@newsfeed.slurp.net>

>I wonder whether NT4.0 NTFS file system supports large file size (>2GB)
>when Oracle server installed on it. Is it NT 32-bit restriction or Oracle's
>restriction? Which Oracle version is a 64-bit?
>
>Zhenming
>
>

I've tried to go beyond 2GB with 32-bit AIX and EVERY time it passed 2GB I got data file corruption. When I called support they finally told me to keep everything under 2GB on 32-bit AIX (this is with O8).

On a related note, I saw a post (possibly here) that said that on 32-bit systems that the >2 GB file support is emulated by software and shouldn't be trusted. My experience would concur with this advice.

But as always, YMMV.

Greg S Received on Thu Aug 02 2001 - 07:32:59 CDT