[cvsnt] Re: cvsnt limit of large binary file

[Tony Hoyle]

Daben Liu wrote:
> Thanks for the reply.
> 
> /3GB actually partially solved the problem. The cvsnt server
> can handle the 300MB file now, but failed on a 600MB file.
> So this at least proves that you are correct in assuming
> the 32bit memory limit is the problem.
> 
> On the other hand, the linux cvs server, which should be
> 32bit too, appears to do fine with these big files. Can I
> assume that this memory problem is a limitation of the windows
> OS?
> 
It's a limit of the processor, but the way the memory is laid out by the 
various operating systems makes a huge difference.  Linux is a bit more 
efficient, and normally doesn't have as much stuff loaded (no gui etc. 
to eat up precious memory space).

Tony