My impression is that FileStorage implements a 32-bit id-type-thingy somewhere (look at ZODB docs, I think there is something about this somewhere), which limits it (in addition to the Linux kernel ext2 fs limit), to < 2GB. With 7.5 GB, I'd use a more advanced storage like the new - well, not quite released ;) - Berkeley (libdb3 based) storages, though I haven't tried anything like that myself... Does anyone have any comments on the reliability of PartitionedFileStorage in this regard as a temporary solution? Is anyone using PartitionedFileStorage in a production environment? Sean -----Original Message----- From: Holger Lehmann [mailto:lehmann@catworkx.de] Sent: Friday, June 01, 2001 2:33 AM To: Brian Lloyd; zope-dev@zope.org Subject: Re: [Zope-dev] ANNOUNCE: Zope 2.4.0 alpha 1 released Hi Brian, hi all, great to hear this. Now comes a tricky question: Suppose we are running a Linux Kernel 2.4.x and using the latest Python 2.x distribution. And supposing we can recompile all code if neccessary: How large can a Data.fs grow until it breaks ? We need to be able to store about 7.5 GBytes (note: Gigabytes) in the ZODB. I would rather use the ZODB than a LocalFS .... Thanks in advance - Holger Am Donnerstag, 31. Mai 2001 22:55 schrieb Brian Lloyd:

Hello all,

Zope 2.4.0 alpha 1 has been released - you can download it from Zope.org:

http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.4.0a1/

Highlights of what is new in Zope 2.4:

- Zope 2.4 supports (and requires) Python 2.1

- New restricted execution architecture

- WebDAV Level 2 locking support

- New "WebDAV Access" permission

- A new built-in 'Authenticated' role

- Product refresh without restart during development

- New "Drop-in indexes" support for ZCatalog

Be sure to see the Zope 2.4 Migration Guide:

http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.4.0/Zope24MigrationGuide.html

which outlines the new features and provides other important information for users of Zope 2.4.

For more information on what is new in this release, see the CHANGES.txt and HISTORY.txt files for the release:

http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.4.0a1/CHANGES.txt

http://www.zope.org/Products/Zope/2.4.0a1/HISTORY.txt

For more information on the available Zope releases, guidance for selecting the right distribution and installation instructions, please see:

http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Misc/InstallingZope.html

Note that this is an alpha release, so it is available as a source distribution only. We will make binary releases available with the first beta release.

Brian Lloyd brian@digicool.com Software Engineer 540.371.6909 Digital Creations http://www.digicool.com

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