We only use AIX and possibly (at a later date) Linux. JT
-----Original Message----- From: Geoffrey Mitchell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 10, 2004 2:41 PM To: U2 Users Discussion List Subject: RE: 2 gig limits Under HP/UX there are some known bugs with 64-bit files in older UniVerse versions which can lead to file truncation. Be sure to research the applicable release for your O/S and make sure there are no known problems before you decide to implement this solution. On Tue, 2004-02-10 at 14:51, Logan, David (SST - Adelaide) wrote: > It would have to be a 64bit file, there are no exceptions as this is a > limitation brought on by the size of a number. (I think a couple of > earlier posters had the numbers involved) therefore you literally cannot > create a file larger than 2Gb with 32 bit addressing. > > We have a substantial number of files over 2Gb and haven't had any issue > with converting to or using 64bit files. If you expect a file to be > > 2Gb then just > > CREATE.FILE FILE.NAME type modulo separation OTHER.PARAMS 64BIT > > or if it is an existing file > > RESIZE FILE.NAME new.type new.module new.separation 64BIT > > will convert it in a trice (or two). > > Regards > > David Logan > Database Administrator > HP Managed Services > 139 Frome Street, > Adelaide 5000 > Australia > > +61 8 8408 4273 > +61 417 268 665 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Jason Theis > Sent: Wednesday, 11 February 2004 7:12 AM > To: 'U2 Users Discussion List' > Subject: RE: 2 gig limits > > > >The 2GB file size limit is a traditional Unix-based operating system > limit. > The 2GB file limit appies to *all* files, UniVerse or not. > > Then maybe I missed something in an earlier post. What is a general > suggestion if we expect any sort of file to be larger than 2 gigs? > Thanks, > JT > > -- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users -- Geoffrey Mitchell 314-684-1062 Programmer/Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] Knights Direct -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
