Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 6 Nov 1997 22:31:13 -0500 (EST) | From | linux kernel account <> | Subject | Re: Filesize limitation |
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A nice raid controler could make the entire array look like a single device.
On Wed, 5 Nov 1997, Ion Badulescu wrote:
> On Tue, 4 Nov 1997, Matti Aarnio wrote: > > > A set of RAID5 (5+1 disks) 9 GB spindles, 91 catenated > > together (546 disks) gives roughly that 4 TB, and is not > > THAT big a system... Building them up from SPARC-Array > > boxes yields pretty dense disk system, for example. > > (If I calculated correctly, it fits into two 19 inch > > full height racks...) > > You might have a problem just "seeing" all those drives on a Linux system > - the current device major/minor size supports only 16 SCSI drives. This > is not to say that the 31-bit file size limitation should not be removed, > but it's not the only problem Linux has with big-iron systems. > > > Ionut > > -- > It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, > than to open it and remove all doubt. >
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