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That is a limitation of the 32-bit OS ... If you are using a 64-Bit OS that is no longer a problem.

I have a 64-bit Xeon with 8GB of RAM and I have created tables lareger the 4GB as a test ... to make completely sure ...



Does that apply to DETS storage as well?

It says on this page (http://erlang.stacken.kth.se/faq/x1197.html) that "Dets uses 32 bit integers for file offsets" and "In practice your machine will slow to a crawl way before you reach this limit."


As far as I know it does ... the 32bit limitations in Erlang are more about the OS then anything else.




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