[Zope] ZODB and large data sets

[Paul Crowley]

Howard Clinton Shaw III <shawh@sths.org> writes:
> Currently, Zope 1 uses a single file to store its data. That means
> that it is subject to the ext2 fs limit of 2gb on 32 bit systems. On
> an alpha, no such limit (ok, there is, but its on the order of 8
> million terabytes),

Um.  Are you saying that Alpha-based Linux systems write their
filesystems in a 64-bit way that 32-bit x86-based systems can't
read?  I don't think this is true: I'm under the impression that if a
disk is formatted ext2 than any Linux system, of whatever
architecture, can read and write it, implying that the limitations are 
cross-platform too.

Bear in mind also that Zope runs on platforms other than Linux...
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