Read File at > 2GB Problem

[Dave]

Hi,

I've been experimenting on and off with various work-arounds. So I  
thought I'd mention that "seek" has the same problem, you can't seek  
past the 2GB mark of the file.

All the Best
Dave

On 17 May 2007, at 19:44, J. Landman Gay wrote:

> Dave wrote:
>> Hi,
>> That's what I'm doing, but it's *way* too slow and crashes if you  
>> read too much data. I've got a 60+ GB file and need to read at  
>> "random" positions in the file. Moving from somewhere near the  
>> start to somewhere near the end takes minutes! The ironic thing is  
>> that the data I want to read when I get there is quite small!
>
> There is a limit to the total addressable RAM space that Rev can  
> use. It's 4 gigs on 32-bit systems, and 16P on 64-bit systems. I  
> believe that Rev works with 64-bit systems (for two reasons: they  
> said it would, and it is documented) so it may be that you are  
> reaching one of the limits. However, my brain cannot process how  
> large 16P is so I'm not sure. What's that in gigs?
>
> -- 
> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
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