On 4/7/11 4:08 PM, Sean McCauliff wrote: > Hello, > > I have an ext3 file system of about 8TiB in size. At the rate data > is added to the file system it will fill up in a few months so I'm > weighing my options. One option would be to create a new ext4 file > system and copy everything over to a new, larger ext4 file system. > Another option would be to modify the software that uses this file > system so it can use multiple file systems. Finally, I could could > convert the existing file system to ext4 and then resize it. Is this > advisable? Has anyone tried this? > > Thanks, Sean McCauliff Hi Sean - Modern ext3 should be have a 16T limit just as ext4 does, so converting to ext4 doesn't really change your max fs size. However, a fresh ext4 filesystem should in theory be a bit more e2fsck-able at that scale and have the best feature-set. I always recommend migration rather than conversion when possible; you'll get the best features and performance, and run the most tested codepaths that way. -Eric _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users
