# Large files / very large indexes

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/large-files-very-large-indexes/118341>\
**Category:** Ferret\
**Created:** [October 25, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/large-files-very-large-indexes/118341 "2007-10-25T20:44:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![bobt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@bobt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bobt)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2007, 8:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/large-files-very-large-indexes/118341/1 "2007-10-25T20:44:58Z")

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Hi,

There are some references in this forum to compiling ferret with support  
for large files. I’m trying to index about 6GB of data, most of it  
stored.

Is it still the case that you need to compile specially for large files,  
or is this now fixed by default? I’m using ferret 0.11.4, ubuntu 7.10.

Apart from this, are there any known limits to the amount of data that  
ferret can index?

thanks,

Bob

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**Author:** ![bobt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/b/8e8cbc/32.png) [@bobt](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/bobt)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2007, 5:40pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/large-files-very-large-indexes/118341/2 "2007-11-08T17:40:23Z")

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_bump_

In case anyone else was wondering, it seems that the large file issue is  
fixed in the trunk thanks to this patch:

[http://ferret.davebalmain.com/trac/ticket/215](http://ferret.davebalmain.com/trac/ticket/215)

Maybe other people are well aware of this problem but it’s not in the  
FAQ and it caused me quite a bit of heartache. \>2GB of index is not that  
unusual, and now that i’ve got it working i can search 6GB (stored)  
pretty much instantly. Which is amazing.