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## Oversized Entries Support
It is possible for the size of your entry to be twice as large as the maximum entry size,
It is possible for the size of your entry to be 64 times as large as the maximum entry size,
we refer to this type of entry as an oversized entry. Oversized entries are there to cater for the case
where only a small
percentage of your entries are twice as large as the others, in this case your large entry will
span across two entries. The alternative would be to increase your maximum entry size to be similar
percentage of your entries are larger than the others, in this case your large entry will
span across a number of entries. The alternative would be to increase your maximum entry size to be similar
to the size of the largest entry, but this approach is wasteful of memory, especially when most
entries are no where near the max entry size.