I have had the same type of problems as this user when unknowing using 32-bit code. That was why I was asking about what distro he was using. As for your question Baron - I don't think that limit is true (anymore). I am fairly certain that it use to be, but has been corrected. If everyone is really curious I can dig around and even test it if need be.
Keith ----- Original Message ----- From: "Baron Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: "Michael Dykman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Gu Lei(Tech)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jen mlists" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, mysql@lists.mysql.com Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:27:14 PM (GMT-0500) America/New_York Subject: Re: run out of memory Mark Leith wrote: > And in practice, a 32bit binary is actually limited to around ~2.5-2.7G, > rather than a full 4G. What are the practical memory limits for 64-bit binaries? I have heard that MySQL's indexing code is only 32-bit safe anyway, and I assume for example the MyISAM key buffers can still only be 4 GiB in a 64-bit version. Is this true of all storage engines? Are there any other gotchas trying to use lots of memory in 64-bit systems? Thanks Baron -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- B. Keith Murphy Database Administrator iContact 2635 Meridian Parkway, 2nd Floor Durham, North Carolina 27713 blog: http://www.paragon-cs.com/wordpress (o) 919-433-0786 (c) 850-637-3877
