in reply to How to read 1 td file

i need to read 1 terabyte file by perl but harddisk size is less than that one then how to read that file
Use 1Tb of RAM as a ramdisk? Costly, and perhaps not possible on toy OSses, but not impossible.

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Re^2: How to read 1 td file
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Sep 24, 2010 at 18:43 UTC

    Care to identify a non-toy OS that can handle 1TB of ram in a single box? And while you're at it, a non-toy box that can handle it also?

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      Care to identify a non-toy OS that can handle 1TB of ram in a single box?
      Solaris.
      And while you're at it, a non-toy box that can handle it also?
      Sun Fire E25K (End of life, so you may buy it at a bargain on eBay ;-)).
      Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 Server (takes up to 4TB).
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        Ah! So you're recommending a $250,000 machine (plus Solaris rental costs), in preference to say this for $60?

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