The RS/6000 does support grouping more than one disk together to make a
usable space about as large as you could want, but the limit is in the
maximum file system size, which is limited to 2.3 Gig. This is because of
the 32 bit addressing that is use in the architecture. I haven't been
exposed to an flavor of UNIX that will allow you to have a filesystem larger
than 2.3 GB.
>> Silicon Graphic's IRIX operating systems will let you have up to an
>> 8Gig file system. This is accomplished through the use of logical
>> volumes that span disks which can use striping if you choose. We use
>> them here at FERMI all the time. Transarc is working right now on a
>> port of AFS to IRIX. We currently using Silicon Graphics systems in
>> our afs cell via the AFS/NFS translator until the port of AFS for
>> IRIX is available.
Lisa
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