Now , there is a user - definable maximum - file size up to 20 GB .
The use of 64 - bit pointers instead of the 32 - bit pointers of the earlier version allowed to overcome the 2 GB limit .
There is a user - definable maximum - file size up to 20 GB .
The use of 64 - bit pointers instead of the 32 - bit pointers of the earlier version allowed to overcome the 2 GB limit .