As long as your kernel has "Large File Support", then you should be fine. Most modern distro's support >2GB files now out of the box.
John On Fri, 2004-07-23 at 13:44, Karthik N S wrote: > Hi > > I think (a) would be a better choice [I have done it on Linux upt to > 7GB , it's pretty faster then doing the same on win2000 PF] > > > with regards > Karthik > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rupinder Singh Mazara [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 5:55 PM > To: Lucene Users List > Subject: Large index files > > > Hi all > > I am using lucene to index a large dataset, it so happens 10% of this data > yields indexes of > 400MB, in all likelihood it is possible the index may go upto 7GB. > > My deployment will be on a linux/tomcat system, what will be a better > solution > a) create one large index and hope linux does not mind > b) generate 7-10 indexes based on some criteria and glue them together > using MultiReader, in this case I may cross the MAX file handles limit of > Tomcat ? > > regards > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- John Moylan RTÃ ePublishing, Montrose House, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 T: +353 1 2083564 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ****************************************************************************** The information in this e-mail is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this e-mail by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or any action taken or omitted to be taken in reliance on it, is prohibited and may be unlawful. Please note that emails to, from and within RTÉ may be subject to the Freedom of Information Act 1997 and may be liable to disclosure. ****************************************************************************** --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
