RE: increase file limit 2gb for IDS 7.31 ontape -s -L 0 with

Does using the 64 bit port make any difference? Regards Colin There are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary and those that don't >From: "Christopher Coleman" <Christopher.Coleman@mediware.com> >To: "Cesar Cruz" <markaragnos17@yahoo.com.mx> >CC: <informix-list@iiug.org> >Subject: RE: increase file limit 2gb for IDS 7.31 ontape -s -L 0 with >linux redhat 3 enterprise edition update 4 >Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 15:54:57 -0600 > >Cesar Cruz wrote: > > We do the same operation with AIX 5.2 and we can generate ontape -s -L 0 >with 45GB file size > and can make the restore process with out problems. > > > > That's why we think may be some condition or parameter on Linux Red Hat >have to be changed. > >Here is what support told my company a while back. > >On 7.31, officially, anything which writes to a file is not expected to be >able to write to more than 2GB, so it is not considered a defect if it >cannot. > >However, on some platforms that can handle more than 2GB, that limitation >may not exist, technically. It depends on how the product was built, not >on any setting or environment variable. > >Until IDS 9.4 or later, IBM is not going to commit to larger than 2GB, so >they will not specify which releases or which builds do not have the 2GB >file size limit. Nor will the promise that, if it works on 7.31.UDx on a >given OS, it will work on 7.31.UD(x+1) on that OS, or on 7.31.UDx on any >other OS. Also, IBM will not fix any related bugs, such as a scenario we >ran into where we could write to a file greater than 2GB, but could not >read from it. > >As several others have pointed out, you can always use tape. This was >IBM's response to our pleas, also. > >It is not a very helpful answer, but it was pretty firm when we got it from >support. I would be surprised if IBM's policy has changed. Removing the >2GB limit is a big incentive to go to IDS 9.4. > >Sincerely, > >Christopher Coleman > >Steering Committee President >Kansas City Informix Users Group >www.iiug.org/kciug > >Database Analyst >Pharmacy Division >Mediware Information Systems, Inc. >sending to informix-list sending to informix-list

No. "Colin Dawson" <cjd_1955@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:dnbq7b$6ko$1@news.xmission.com... > > Does using the 64 bit port make any difference? > > > > Regards > > Colin > > There are 10 types of people in the world, those that understand binary > and > those that don't > > > > > >>From: "Christopher Coleman" <Christopher.Coleman@mediware.com> >>To: "Cesar Cruz" <markaragnos17@yahoo.com.mx> >>CC: <informix-list@iiug.org> >>Subject: RE: increase file limit 2gb for IDS 7.31 ontape -s -L 0 with >>linux redhat 3 enterprise edition update 4 >>Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 15:54:57 -0600 >> >>Cesar Cruz wrote: >> > We do the same operation with AIX 5.2 and we can generate ontape -s -L >> > 0 >>with 45GB file size > and can make the restore process with out problems. >> > >> > That's why we think may be some condition or parameter on Linux Red Hat >>have to be changed. >> >>Here is what support told my company a while back. >> >>On 7.31, officially, anything which writes to a file is not expected to be >>able to write to more than 2GB, so it is not considered a defect if it >>cannot. >> >>However, on some platforms that can handle more than 2GB, that limitation >>may not exist, technically. It depends on how the product was built, not >>on any setting or environment variable. >> >>Until IDS 9.4 or later, IBM is not going to commit to larger than 2GB, so >>they will not specify which releases or which builds do not have the 2GB >>file size limit. Nor will the promise that, if it works on 7.31.UDx on a >>given OS, it will work on 7.31.UD(x+1) on that OS, or on 7.31.UDx on any >>other OS. Also, IBM will not fix any related bugs, such as a scenario we >>ran into where we could write to a file greater than 2GB, but could not >>read from it. >> >>As several others have pointed out, you can always use tape. This was >>IBM's response to our pleas, also. >> >>It is not a very helpful answer, but it was pretty firm when we got it >>from >>support. I would be surprised if IBM's policy has changed. Removing the >>2GB limit is a big incentive to go to IDS 9.4. >> >>Sincerely, >> >>Christopher Coleman >> >>Steering Committee President >>Kansas City Informix Users Group >>www.iiug.org/kciug >> >>Database Analyst >>Pharmacy Division >>Mediware Information Systems, Inc. >>sending to informix-list > sending to informix-list