>>>>> "Dima" == Dima Dorfman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dima> David Gilbert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I have somewhat of an interesting problem: I have applications that
>> write arbitrarily large files (as much as 6 gig) and I find that
>> the best performance for these disks is to use something like MFS.
>>
>> However, mfs has a maximum size of 512M.
>>
>> md appears to have a very small maximum size and only resides in
>> core
Dima> Only the `malloc' md type (as much as the name suggests
Dima> otherwise, it can be configured not to use malloc as a backing
Dima> store) has the limits I think you're referring to. Its `swap'
Dima> backing may be what you need. However, support for that is only
Dima> in -current, and there are no plans to MFC it since it isn't
Dima> backwards-compatible with the md that's in -stable. That said,
Dima> I have patches that backport -current's md to -stable; if
Dima> anybody wants them, feel free to ask.
Me Please!
Dave.
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