From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264182AbTKKCUj (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:20:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264188AbTKKCUj (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:20:39 -0500 Received: from adsl-63-194-239-202.dsl.lsan03.pacbell.net ([63.194.239.202]:44551 "EHLO mmp-linux.matchmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264182AbTKKCUi (ORCPT ); Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:20:38 -0500 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 18:20:41 -0800 From: Mike Fedyk To: Joseph Shamash Cc: Peter Chubb , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2 TB partition support Message-ID: <20031111022041.GD2014@mis-mike-wstn.matchmail.com> Mail-Followup-To: Joseph Shamash , Peter Chubb , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <16304.9647.994684.804486@wombat.chubb.wattle.id.au> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Nov 10, 2003 at 06:10:15PM -0800, Joseph Shamash wrote: > Hello Peter, > > Thank you for your quick reply. > > Another Q. > > What is the maximum partition size in TBs that 2.6 can handle? Are you using hardware raid that shows the entire array like one disk that should be partitioned, or do you want to use linux software raid? If you're using hardware raid, you should consider what Peter said in his message. > What is the maximum file size? That depends on what filesystem you want to use. With ext2/3 it varies between 16GB (with 1KB blocks) and 1 or 2 TB (with 4KB blocks) per file. Other filesystems have similair limits. There have been several comparisons, and a quick google search should bring up a few. Try "linux filesystem comparison" Mike