4GB limitation on these embedded/express DBs good enough? what's next if limitation is reached?

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Published on 2010-05-03T14:33:33Z Indexed on 2010/05/03 14:38 UTC
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I'm wondering how long a (theoretically) desktop-app can consume the full 4GB limitation of these express/embedded database products (SQL-Server Express, Oracle Express, SQLite3, etc) provided that big blobs will be stored in filesystem.

Also what would be your strategy when it hits the 4GB?

Archive the old DB
Copy 1-3 months of data to the new DB (consider this as cache strategy?)
Start using the new DB from this point onward (How do you access the old data?)

I understand that the answer might varies depending on how much data you stored in the table/column. But please describe based on your experience (what kind of desktop-app, write/read heavy, how long will it reach according to your guess).

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