These are the limits:
Maximum size for a database? unlimited (60GB databases exist)
-Maximum size for a table? 64 TB on all operating systems
+Maximum size for a table? 16 TB
Maximum size for a row? unlimited in 7.1 and later
Maximum size for a field? 1GB in 7.1 and later
Maximum number of rows in a table? unlimited
disk space and memory/swap space. Performance may suffer when these
values get unusually large.
+ The maximum table size of 16TB does not require large file support
+ from the operating system. Large tables are stored as multiple 1GB
+ files.
+
+ The maximum table size and maximum number of columns can be increased
+ by four if the default block size is increased to 32k.
+
4.7) How much database disk space is required to store data from a typical
text file?
<P>These are the limits:</P>
<PRE>
Maximum size for a database? unlimited (60GB databases exist)
-Maximum size for a table? 64 TB on all operating systems
+Maximum size for a table? 16 TB
Maximum size for a row? unlimited in 7.1 and later
Maximum size for a field? 1GB in 7.1 and later
Maximum number of rows in a table? unlimited
available disk space and memory/swap space. Performance may
suffer when these values get unusually large.
+ <P>The maximum table size of 16TB does not require large file
+ support from the operating system. Large tables are stored
+ as multiple 1GB files.
+
+ <P>The maximum table size and maximum number of columns can be
+ increased by four if the default block size is increased to 32k.
+
<H4><A name="4.7">4.7</A>) How much database disk space is required
to store data from a typical text file?<BR>
</H4>