Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Mar 1998 19:47:44 -0500 (EST) | From | <> | Subject | Re: 1GB limit - new filesystem or ext3? |
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Actually, the current filesize limit in netware is 2gb.. They'll are extending it to 2tb with NSS in NW5.
I've actually run into this limitation on a 4.11 server.
On Thu, 26 Mar 1998, Mark Lehrer wrote:
> > > I have read about efforts to get larger files & more efficient large > > filesystems on Linux for years. > > This issue really is not matter of filesystem, but of the architecture. > I wrote support for large files in ext2, hopefully it should make it soon > into 2.1.9x. Only for 64bit platforms though. If you want to convert all > variables in the kernel to long long on 32bit machines, you'd get > unbelievably bad performance. > > So ext2 has been extended to support large files, only people have to use > proper hardware for what they want to do. If you need large files, you > probably should think about buying an UltraSPARC or Alpha box, as even if > e.g. file limit are increased on 32bit boxes, you'd have problems with > mmaping those large files and in several other places as well. > > I agree that you _should_ get a fast 64-bit machine if you manage > large files, but I think we could use a solution for 32-bit systems > too. Novell, NT, and HP-UX can all do it on 32-bit hardware... why > can't we? > > I thought someone was working on alternate file systems that would > get around these limitations even on a 32-bit system.... > > Thanks, > Mark > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu >
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