Messages in this thread | | | From | "Albert D. Cahalan" <> | Subject | Re: VFS 64-bit clean? Not yet (was Re: large-file-system) | Date | Tue, 17 Feb 1998 03:20:57 -0500 (EST) |
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>> OK, this is getting silly. >> >> Places that have space for such huge files can afford to hire >> a team of developers, buy source for any Unix they want, etc. > > Not true. They usually push all the money into the hardware and > have only a tiny staff. Just as an example: the local University > here has a "Unix" support group consisting of 3 staff members and > 3 students which support a number of somewhat over 15.000 users, > among which are the local meterologists.........
So you claim that:
1. you have more than a terabyte in a single file 2. that file is on a 32-bit machine 3. that terabyte was cheap compared to the staff
Really, I find it hard to believe that you satisfy all 3 conditions. If so, I'd suggest an Alpha and some cheaper staff.
The "limit" is 72 bits on 64-bit hardware, which we will all have by the time a terabyte is limiting. Even Intel will have 64-bit hardware in a few years.
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