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Oracle® Database Administrator's Reference
10g Release 2 (10.2) for UNIX-Based Operating Systems

Part Number B15658-01
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G Database Limits

This appendix describes database limits.

G.1 Database Limits

Table G-1 lists the default and maximum values for parameters in a CREATE DATABASE or CREATE CONTROLFILE statement.


Note:

Interdependencies between these parameters may affect permissible values.

Table G-1 CREATE CONTROLFILE and CREATE DATABASE Parameters

Parameter Default Maximum Value
MAXLOGFILES 16 255
MAXLOGMEMBERS 2 5
MAXLOGHISTORY 100 65534
MAXDATAFILES 30 65534
MAXINSTANCES 1 63

Table G-2 lists the Oracle Database file size limits in bytes.

Table G-2 File Size Limits

File Type Platform
Data files Any 4,194,303 multiplied by the value of the DB_BLOCK_SIZE parameter
Import/Export files and SQL*Loader files Tru64 UNIX 16 TB

AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris: 32-bit with 32-bit files 2,147,483,647 bytes

AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS X, and Solaris: 64-bit files Unlimited
Control files HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS X, and Solaris 20000 database blocks

AIX 10000 database blocks

Tru64 UNIX 19200 database blocks