How long does it take to restore a a 128 TB file? a) 42 minutes b) 42 hours c) 42 days d) 42 months e) 42 years f ) 42 lifetimes g) all of the above Jared On Wed, 8 Dec 2004 09:45:59 -0500, Gogala, Mladen <MGogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Of course, you can have bigfile tablespace, containing a single moderatly > large file, containing up to 4G blocks, up to 32kb long. This makes the > largest supported file size equal to 128 TB. There is, however, a catch: > you will have to upgrade to 10G to do that. Bigfile tablespaces are not > supported in 9.2. If you do upgrade and use bigfile tablespaces, be aware > that there are significant limitations with ROWID columns. Contrary to the > popular belief, size does matter. > -- > Mladen Gogala > Ext. 121 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Loughmiller, Greg [mailto:greg.loughmiller@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:18 AM > To: 'oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx' > Subject: Oracle9i data file size limitations on HPUX 11.11 > > Hey guys, > > Quick question. We are working on an effort that will have a multiple > Terabyte database. I am seeing conflicting information about the max size > of a data file that Oracle will support. I see where a "vendor" indicates a > 1.9TB data file in their proposal. But what I'm finding in the Oracle Doc is > approx 127GB (32K block size). And the typical search of the web turns up > yet a different answer..... > > So, I'm making the assumption of "4 million blocks max per data file" * the > block size to derive the max oracle data file size (I'm not worried about > the OS limitations at this time). > > Am I off track here? Making an incorrect assumption? > > Thanks! > > Greg Loughmiller > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > > -- > //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l > -- Jared Still Certifiable Oracle DBA and Part Time Perl Evangelist -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l