hi all, I have heard that the maximum size of a notes database(.nsf) has a limit of 64GB.
I am developing a site in domino and my problem is that 64 gb will fill up in few months. so what can be the solution for this…how can i solve the problem. plz help…
regards
krish
Subject: b>Max size of .nsf file 64GB ?? or can be incresed]
I think th 64GB limit is an OS limit not a Notes/Domino Limit. You should check these this thread for a previous discussion on the matter
Subject: b>Max size of .nsf file 64GB ?? or can be incresed]
If you are the developer, you can split this DB in two DBs… Also if the DB contains plenty of atts, you can try compressing them (see ZipMail, at www.mk-net-work.com)
Subject: Re:Max size of .nsf file 64GB ?? or can be incresed
Max size is limited by the OS, not by Domino. So it will be different in different systems.
The usual ways of making your database smaller:
Archive off old information into a separate database (or delete it entirely)
If a lot of the size is file attachments, use Domino.Doc. Or, write an agent to move them to a secondary storage, e.g. a file system, and have the documents contain links to the files.
If a lot of the size is OLE objects, create some automation to pull the information out of older documents into a text digest of the contents, then delete the OLE objects.
Find fields you don’t need and can delete.
Quit deleting and recreating all the documents as part of an import process. Instead, just update the documents whose data has actually changed.
Use LEI’s Virtual Documents feature to export all your data to a DB2 database (or other RDB of your choice), so only the view indexes have to be stored in Notes.
Wait for version 7 and use NSFDB2 to store the entire database in DB2, where it can be as large as you like.
It’s possible I missed a couple; if you say more about why the db is so big I might have other ideas.