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Oracle® Database Administrator's Reference
10g Release 1 (10.1) for UNIX Systems: AIX-Based Systems, Apple Mac OS X, hp HP-UX, hp Tru64 UNIX, Linux, and Solaris Operating System
Part No. B10812-06
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G Database Limits

This appendix describes database limits specific to UNIX systems.

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 might affect allowable 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 specific to UNIX.

Table G-2 File Size Limits

File Type Operating System Maximum SIze
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, Solaris: 32-bit with 32-bit files 2,147,483,647 bytes
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris: 32-bit with 64-bit files Unlimited
AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS X, Solaris: 64-bit Unlimited
Control files Solaris, HP-UX, Linux, Mac OS X 20000 database blocks
AIX 10000 database blocks
Tru64 UNIX 19200 database blocks