Hi, I've a question about the max. ext3 FS size. The ext3 FAQ explains that the limit is 4TB. http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/FAQs/ext3-faq.html | Ext3 can support files up to 1TB. With a 2.4 kernel the filesystem size is | limited by the maximal block device size, which is 2TB. In 2.6 the maximum | (32-bit CPU) limit is of block devices is 16TB, but ext3 supports only up | to 4TB. Other sources claim that the limit is 8TB (RedHat ES). I'm using ubuntu dapper drake 6.06 with kernel 2.6.15. At the momente I'm running the amd64 port. I successfully created the ext3 FS on a 4,5TB lvm partition (standard ext3 fs options) and was able to fill the whole fs with data. Afterwards I checked the data with md5sum and did a fsck, everything seems to be fine so far. Was it just luck that I didn't see any data corruption? Can I use ext3 for fs >4TB<8TB on amd64 these days? I also tried xfs, but unlike ext3 it repeatable froze the system when I ran the tiobench benchmark. Ralf _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
