max ext2/3 filesystem and file size
James Wilkinson
fedora at aprilcottage.co.uk
Fri Jul 21 12:51:21 UTC 2006
T. Horsnell wrote:
> I'm trying to find the maximum size of an ext3 filesystem
> and the maximum size of a file within that system.
You may find these links interesting, current and relevant:
http://lwn.net/Articles/187321/
http://lwn.net/Articles/187336/
http://lwn.net/Articles/190169/
Take a look at the comments -- one contributor has built multi-petabyte
systems...
You may need to use something other than the old DOS partition format
(which most PCs currently use) to get past a 2 TB limit on the size of
disk devices. The obvious choice is GPT:
The commonly-used MS-DOS partition table format can not be used on
devices larger than 2 TB. For devices larger than 2 TB, the GPT
partition table format must be used. The parted utility must be
used for the creation and management of GPT partitions. To create a
GPT partition, use the parted command mklabel gpt.
· The Anaconda installer currently only supports GPT partition
tables on the Itanium™ architecture. As a result, it is not
possible to install or format devices that are larger that 2 TB
with Anaconda, except on Itanium™ platforms.
http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/release-notes/as-s390/RELEASE-NOTES-U1-s390-en.html
(ignore the s390 bits -- it's just that those systems are most likely to
encounter this problem).
Hope this helps,
James.
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