Hi Ali, The limits of the file system will largely be determined by whether you are running 32 or 64 bit kernel. A quick google shows limits to be: The current ext3 file system limit in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 2 is 8 terabytes. The e2fsprogs package has been updated to adhere to this file system limit. http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_103_11461.shtm Regards > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list- > bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ali Hamad > Sent: 23 February 2008 08:35 > To: redhat-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: NFS + Load Balancer > > Greetings : > > I'm working on a solution for website that is used mainly for movies > download. The total size of all files are about 5 TB. > I'm going to setup a solution as the following : > > 1) NAS ( around 6 TB , 12 X 500GB, Raid 1 and 5 ) . > 2) 6 web-servers behind a hardware-load-balancer. > > All those machines will be running Redhat 5 ... I'm thinking to have > large partition on the NAS and mount it on each one of those web-servers. > > My Questions are : Does the Redhat default kernel support exporting such > a large file system ? Would you please share your experince on a > solution like this ? > > Thoughts, suggestions and assistance are all highly appreciated, > Regards, > > -- > redhat-list mailing list > unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
