Database File Sizes

Krishna K. Kurup wrote
> I recently read a thread where someone was working with a 2.5 G
> datafile on a DEC AlPHA. Since AIX 4.1.4 support files larger
> than 2 GIG, I don't anticipate too many problems with Oracle
> 7.3.2. I don't think you can even create a datafile larger than
> 2 G using 7.2.x. I have tried that on Sequent systems ( 64 bit
> architecture) but it couldn't > seek beyond 2 G and returned an
> error (I was able to create a regular file in the OS about 12 G
> in size).

In my Installation & Configuration Guide for Oracle 7.2.3 for Digital Unix, in the section titled "Database and Log File Size", there is the following note:

	Note: Oracle Corporation recommends that database file 
        sizes be no greater than 300 to 500 MB.