Kim Hansen wrote: > > On 9-Sep-09, at 4:48 AM, Francesc Alted wrote: > > > Yes, this later is supported in PyTables as long as the underlying > > filesystem > > supports files > 2 GB, which is very usual in modern operating > > systems. > > I think the OP said he was on Win32, in which case it should be noted: > FAT32 has its upper file size limit at 4GB (minus one byte), so > storing both your arrays as one file on a FAT32 partition is a no-no. > > David > > > Strange, I work on Win32 systems, and there I have no problems storing > data files up to 600 GB (have not tried larger) in size stored on > RAID0 disk systems of 2x1TB, I can also open them and seek in them > using Python.
It is a FAT32 limitation, not a windows limitation. NTFS should handle large files without much trouble, and I believe the vast majority of windows installations (>= windows xp) use NTFS and not FAT32. I certainly have not seen a windows installed on FAT32 for a very long time. cheers, David _______________________________________________ NumPy-Discussion mailing list NumPy-Discussion@scipy.org http://mail.scipy.org/mailman/listinfo/numpy-discussion
