Re: 2G limit on tablespaces
From: R. Matthew Adams <adamsm_at_source.asset.com>
Date: 1995/06/23
Message-ID: <3sefna$14u4_at_source.asset.com>#1/1
Date: 1995/06/23
Message-ID: <3sefna$14u4_at_source.asset.com>#1/1
In article <1995Jun16.072143.14640_at_pyra.co.uk>,
Mark Bluemel <markb_at_pyramid.com> wrote:
>
>AFAIK, most UNICES will not support files over 2 Gbytes in size, due to a
>"feature" (use of signed long integers for addressing). If you wish to have
>datafiles larger than this, I suggest you use "raw" devices", thereby
>bypassing this limitation.
>
Actually, when installing 7.1.6 on AIX I found I could not use a raw device of 2G. It seems that Oracle does not support raw devices over 2G on some operating systems. Call tech support to find out if yours does.
--Received on Fri Jun 23 1995 - 00:00:00 CEST