I am currently running 8.0.5.1 on Solaris 2.6

SunOS ofprod 5.6 Generic_105181-25 sun4u

One of my ard01.dbf is over 5gb in size.

-rw-r----- 1 oracle dba 5537800192 Sep 30 13:57 ard01.dbf

The ability to handle large files depends on the utilities you are using
more than the OS itself. gzip will break at 2gb if you don't compile it
specifically with large file support. you can use pipes and redirects to get
around most of the 2gb/4gb limitations.

...John...


-----Original Message-----
From: Darren S. Eyers
Sent: Monday, September 30, 2002 2:05 PM
To: LazyDBA.com Discussion
Subject: RE: Oracle 7.3.4 Big Exports on Solaris 5.6????


Thanks for the info. I will probably all the ideas tomorrow!

John, I believe Solaris 5.6 32bit version does not support files bigger
then 2gb at all. I know when I done the export and it hit 2gb the
export errored and stopped. When I done the export again with the
compress bit still errors at exactly at 2 gb.

I will tomorrow try making a file bigger then 2gb as an extra check but
I am 99% sure Solaris 5.6 32 bit version does not support them!

Cheers
Darren

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