On Thu, 2007-05-17 at 23:25 +0200, Ralf Hildebrandt wrote: > * Andreas Dilger <adilger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > E. Use a kernel >= 2.6.19 (patches for extents and 48-bit support, > > > requires Ubuntu 7.04 feisty or Fedora Core 7 or custom kernel) to allow > > > filesystems > 8TB on Intel/AMD chips. [BigFS] > > > > This means ext4. I'd suggest including the mballoc and delalloc patches > > from Alex if performance is the driving factor. There is some risk > > involved in ext4. > > I don't understand this: The whole idea was to stay "supported", and > now the OP want's to use hand-built kernels? Why? Yes, this item contradicts the constraint of using RHEL-supported ext3 and will be removed from the next revision of the document. In its place will be a note that ext3 filesystems > 8TB on Intel/AMD chips aren't possible on vanilla RHEL. Thanks. Tod -- Tod Hagan Information Technologist AIRMAP/Climate Change Research Center Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space University of New Hampshire Durham, NH 03824 Phone: 603-862-3116 _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
