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Working With Large Amounts Of Data

The following paragraphs highlight some information important for using db4o with large data.

Size of Database Files

In the default setting, the maximum database file size is 2GB. You can increase this value by configuring the internal db4o block size. The maximum possible size is 254GB.

You cannot change this setting for an existing database. In order to change it for an existing database, you need to defragment the database.