Re: How Large is a BIG Relational DB

Posted in 1994

Dave Dargo — Mon, 7 Mar 1994 04:45:53 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

aevans@kaiwan.com (Alan B. Evans) writes: >(SVR4) using Oracle 7. Oracle 7 has a design limitation in that >1 instance of Oracle can only handle 256 GB of data. Most definately not correct. More like a design limitation of around 4 Terrabytes. There are production databases in Oracle larger than the 256 GB you mention (including one on a Sun box). Dave (ddargo@us.oracle.com)