So the limit is not on bytes-per-file, but on records-per-file, and this
because all the keys have to be in memory at once?    I guess I am
assuming the default bitcask back end.

On Sun, 2010-09-05 at 03:31 -0400, Alexander Sicular wrote:
> I think you are confusing the actual file size limitation of certain  
> riak backends with the theoretical limits of the riak system. To my  
> knowledge there are no such limitations with the current backend  
> default other than the physical capacity of an individual node.  
> Specifically, memory consumption per key discussed elsewhere.
> 
> 
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> 
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> 
> On Sep 4, 2010, at 22:43, Mojito Sorbet <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > I see mentions of upper size suggestions on Riak database instances in
> > the small GB ranges.  (2?  4?)   Can one reasonably expect a Riak DB  
> > to
> > scale to a couple hundred terrabytes?
> >
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