Re: Informix Maximum Chunk Size

In article <3985AFA9.A5DE8EB0@informix.com>, "Change Me!" <"change me"@informix.com> wrote: > This is going to be changed in 9.3. > > In the 9.3 product you will be able to access up to 2^31 pages within a chunk. > That would be ~2TB chunk. > > Darin It would be nice to know if UnixWare 7 is in the calendar ? Thanh > > Ty O'Kelly wrote: > > > Thomas Parsli wrote: > > > > > Can someone tell me why this is a "problem"? Questions like this pops up > > > all the time, and many believes this is a _limit_ in Informix/IDS/whatever. > > > > > > Isn't this a non-problem unless your database is _very_ large (Way larger > > > than 1TB)? > > > > > > Thomas > > > > If you want to use raw disk space the 2GB chunk limit can make it difficult to > > partition the disks without the aid of some kind of volume manager. We use > > Veritas Volume Manager and, trust me, it ain't cheap! I guess whether or not > > it is a problem depends on the hardware and O/S you are using. > > > > Ty O'Kelly > > tokelly@maxor.invalid.com > > Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.