Messages in this thread |  | | | Subject | Re: Volume Managers in Linux | | From | Andi Kleen <> | | Date | 05 Nov 1998 20:08:35 +0100 |
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In article <199811050830.JAA17599@pcrz64.HRZ.Uni-Marburg.DE>, "Thomas Gebhardt" <gebhardt@HRZ.Uni-Marburg.DE> writes: > Hi, >> >> You sure need big file support bug i think big file support is something >> for BIG SERVERS serving Databases with >2GB Data volume. This is >> 5000 serves in the World - End users you have millions nowerdays. >>
> There is a bunch of apps in computational chemistry that need very > large temporary files. I had several questions from users who hit > the 2GB file limit.
I solved a similar problem by writing a small glue library that maps IO operations to multiple files.The principle is simple:just keep track of the seek offset and use offset>>31 as an index into a fd table. Not pretty, but works.
-Andi
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