In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen Hebert) writes:
>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.
ConvexOS allows you to create and manipulate files up to one terabyte
minus 512 bytes in length. (One terabyte is 2^^40 bytes). It's not
altogether transparent, but it works nicely enough. ConvexOS is our
modified BSD Unix operating system.
Rob T
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Rob Thurlow, Convex AFS project leader
Convex Computer Corporation, Richardson, TX
(214) 497-4405 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
