Why bigger words
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Daylight's current Database
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Hash File
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Data File
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Plain files accessed using
UNIX lseek function for accessing information in files
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lseek function has upper
limit of a 32-bit int for seeking into a file. This means
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Traditional DBs like Informix
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proprietary i/o device
drivers and hence lseek function
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very low level
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very OS specific
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high performance
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Our choice
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Go low level
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Use 64-bit OS'es which
have enhanced lseek's that can handle 64-bit integer offsets
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Use a combination Virtual
Data System with multiple data files
