On Mon, Apr 29, 2002 at 12:36:29PM +0100, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote: > > I'm investigating the maximum DB size of mySQL on ext3 with a 2.4 > > kernel. > > > > * mysql is supposed to support tables up to 2^63 bytes > > * kernel-2.4.x supports files up to a size of 16 TB > > > > But what about the filesystem? What are the limits for the local > > filesystem (ext2, ext3, ReiserFS and XFS) ? > > ext2/3 support files up to 4TB by default. I'm not sure about > reiserfs and XFS, but basically all of these four have the same > practical limit --- you will run into the block device layer's own > limit of 2TB per filesystem before you run into any of the fs file > size limits. And this will only be lifted in the 2.5.x kernel, right. But it seems that 2 TB are "enough" for enterprise use. -- Ralf Hildebrandt (Im Auftrag des Referat V A) Ralf.Hildebrandt@charite.de Charite Campus Virchow-Klinikum Tel. +49 (0)30-450 570-155 Referat V A - Kommunikationsnetze - Fax. +49 (0)30-450 570-916 Why you can't find your system administrators: (S)he's looking up the BOFH excuse of the day.
