> -----Original Message----- > From: linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:linux-cluster-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stephen Willey > Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 6:50 AM > To: linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx > Cc: Daire Byrne > Subject: Re: Size limits of the various components > > I've had no replies to this but following the recent failure > of gfs_fsck > I'm guessing GFS still doesn't scale well. > > Or am I missing something? > > Stephen > All of this being said, I've found that a filesystem of any type really doesn't scale well beyond 500GB. Not a technioal limitation really, but rather one imposed by backup limitations - at the restore rates that we see (using tape), that would take over a *year* to restore a 100TB filesystem. By splitting it, you have the advantage of being able to use multiple tape drives and simultaneous restore sessions. I'm assuming that either the system is not backed up and the data is not critical, or you have some other method for restoring the filesystem should it go south???? -- Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
