[Zope] Zope Scalability

[Andreas Jung]

--On 5. Oktober 2005 15:57:14 -0400 Tim Peters <tim.peters at gmail.com> wrote:

> [Jens Vagelpohl]
>> Well, the question was actually "What is the maximum size of this
>> file and/or maximum object ID? => just how many objects can the zodb
>> hold?". There is only a theoretical limit that has to do with the
>> largest index key for the ZODB index I believe, and that is some
>> ludicrously high number that no one has ever reached.
>
> If you're using FileStorage, a technical detail in the implementation
> of the FileStorage index limits the maximum file offset that can be
> used to 2**48-1, or about 281 terabytes.  Object IDs are effectively
> 64-bit integers (masquerading as 8-byte strings).


This would require how much RAM for the index? :-)

-aj

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