On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.gres...@greshko.com> wrote: >> >> Sorry if this is a dupe, I accidentally sent this the first time from my >> work email which isn't a list member so it won't go through unless a >> moderator approves it so I thought it best to send it again. >> >> I can find the official maximum sizes for ext3 and GFS for RHEL5.x, but >> I'd like to know what the maximum size of an ext4 filesystem is for >> RHEL5. I would like to create a >16TB filesystem, and I thought that >> ext4 would be the answer but so far I've only been able to extend the >> filesystem to 16TB. I thought ext4 was supposed to break this limit, at >> least on 64-bit systems. >> >> Any information or hints out there? If ext4 still has a 16TB limit then >> what are my options for a >16TB filesystem that's supported with RHEL5? >> Can I use GFS2 without the clustering, just as a straight, single system >> filesystem?
xfs would seem to be the OS you need. GFS2 is not supported unless in clustering (I don't know why ..) >> Thanks, >> Tom >> >> _______________________________________________ >> rhelv5-list mailing list >> rhelv5-list@redhat.com >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list >> > While I can't confirm the veracity of the statement, a google search > turned up this bit of information..... > > Large file system > The ext4 filesystem can support volumes with sizes up to 1 exabyte > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exabyte>^[8] > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4#cite_note-7> and files with sizes > up to 16 terabytes. The current filesystem creation tools can only > create a filesystem of 16TB. No information has been provided as to > when this limitation will be removed. > > > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > rhelv5-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > -- Stephen J Smoogen. Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for? -- Robert Browning _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
