THanks everyone for all your help!
Steve
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Hi!
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% Does the 2 Gig file size limit on Linux get broken when I have a hardware
% raid controller?
The limit applies only to ext2 filesystems, and not all of them at that;
ext3 and reiserfs
and everyone said
you need the raid option in MySQL. Now I'm not sure!
Thanks,
Steve
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Hiya!
Thanks for the quick reply!!!
But dosen't it make more sense to have 20 0.5 Gig files rather than one 10
Gig file?
I know you can split files, but basically
Don't confuse hardware RAID with MySQL RAID. The 2GB file size limit is
a function of the operating system and the file system in use, it has
nothing to do with the disk hardware you have installed.
Your ISP may say you don't need the raid option activated because the
system they are using
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Hi
We have a similar challenge. Offsite backups with huge amounts of data,
without spending a fortune.
We
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From: Steve Vernon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 31 October 2003 14:19
To: Peter Lovatt; Mysql List
Subject: Re: Hardware Raid and 2 Gig Limit
Hiya!
Thanks for the help!!!
Do RSync like big files? Or does it prefer smaller
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 05:44:02AM -0500, David T-G wrote:
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% Does the 2 Gig file size limit on Linux get broken when I have a hardware
% raid controller?
The limit applies only to ext2 filesystems, and not all of them at that;
ext3 and reiserfs (and others) can happily write much larger
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Hi!
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Sure thing :-)
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% But dosen't it make more sense to have 20 0.5 Gig files rather than one 10
% Gig file?
I wouldn't think so. The manual doesn't
