If you can't do it in hardware, do it in software. Right? ltiu
Ji, Richard wrote: >There is no such hardware limitation like that. Those are the OS i.e. >software limitations. For instance, the 2gb file size limit is because of >the >32 bit OS, actually, to be more specific, it's the 32 bit file system. >You can have a 32bit OS kernel, but if your file system supports 64bit, then >you can support >2gb files. Same thing for the memory. > >Richard Ji > >-----Original Message----- >Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 5:59 PM >To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > >OK. I stand corrected. You do need third party tools though. But I >suppose engineers can always hack their way through hardware limitations >to make thing work. Like the >4GB memory limit of intels - this is not >more since I believe Windows 2K and XP have this feature(in software?) >where it can access greater than 4GB memory.. > >Philip Douglass wrote: > > > >>Uh... don't think so! -- we're running UnixWare 7 on Intel hardware >>(Xeons) and large file support is a matter of enabling the largefiles >>option on the Veritas (VxFS) filesystem. That being said, I only use 2Gig >>datafiles because it seems foolhardy to me to use >2Gig datafiles unless >>you have an obvious need for them. And if you do, then test it a lot! And >>make sure all of your programs support large files too (some versions of >>tar/cpio/gzip don't) >> >>-- Philip >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 2:43 PM >> >> >>It doesn't really matter what OS you have. Intel hardware can only >>handle 2Gb files sizes max. Even if the hardware can support large >>files, it is still recommended that you do not have large datafiles. You >>need to partition your tablespaces into multiple datafiles. This >>facilitates backups and restores and you can put the datafiles into >>different hard drives increasing i/o performance. >> >>ltiu >> >>Adriano Freire wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >>>Ok ltiu, >>>REDHAT 7.3 kernel-2.4.18-10 >>> >>>----- Original Message ----- >>>To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 1:18 PM >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>>What's HadHat 7.3? >>>> >>>>A new Linux distro pattered after RedHat 7.3? >>>> >>>>ltiu >>>> >>>>Adriano Freire wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>>>Gurus, >>>>> >>>>>I've some problems with datafiles > 2Gb in HadHat 7.3. I'm using >>>>>datafile type ext3 and >>>>>when i try create a datafile with 2Gb the database is catching. >>>>>Anybody have the some problem? >>>>>any suggestion? >>>>> >>>>>Thanks >>>>> >>>>>Adriano. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>-- >>>>Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >>>>-- >>>>Author: ltiu >>>>INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> >>>>Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 >>>>San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists >>>>-------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >>>>to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >>>>the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >>>>(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >>>>also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>-- >>Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com >>-- >>Author: ltiu >> INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 >>San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists >>-------------------------------------------------------------------- >>To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message >>to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in >>the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L >>(or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may >>also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > > > -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: ltiu INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
