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<p>Library Version 11.2.5.3</p>
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<th width="60%" align="center">Chapter 4.
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Access Method Wrapup
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<h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a id="am_misc_dbsizes"></a>Database limits</h2>
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<p>The largest database file that Berkeley DB can handle depends on the page size
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selected by the application. Berkeley DB stores database file page numbers as
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unsigned 32-bit numbers and database file page sizes as unsigned 16-bit
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numbers. Using the maximum database page size of 65536, this results in
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a maximum database file size of 2<sup>48</sup> (256 terabytes). The
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minimum database page size is 512 bytes, which results in a minimum
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maximum database size of 2<sup>41</sup> (2 terabytes).</p>
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<p>The largest database file Berkeley DB can support is potentially further limited
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if the host system does not have filesystem support for files larger than
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2<sup>32</sup>, including the ability to seek to absolute offsets within
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those files.</p>
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<p>The largest key or data item that Berkeley DB can support is 2<sup>32</sup>,
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or more likely limited by available memory. Specifically, while key and
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data byte strings may be of essentially unlimited length, any one of
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them must fit into available memory so that it can be returned to the
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application. As some of the Berkeley DB interfaces return both key and data
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items to the application, those interfaces will require that any
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key/data pair fit simultaneously into memory. Further, as the access
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methods may need to compare key and data items with other key and data
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items, it may be a requirement that any two key or two data items fit
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into available memory. Finally, when writing applications supporting
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transactions, it may be necessary to have an additional copy of any data
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item in memory for logging purposes.</p>
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<p>The maximum Btree depth is 255.</p>
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