Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 5 Aug 1998 18:00:50 -0700 (PDT) | From | David Lang <> | Subject | Re: DEVFSv50 and /dev/fb? (or /dev/fb/? ???) |
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the word from Informix within the last two weeks re: file sizes on AIX.
no DB chunk may be larger then 2GB.
if IBM can tolorate this on AIX on their machines it is not a linux killer limit.
David Lang
On Wed, 5 Aug 1998, Terry L Ridder wrote:
> Alan Cox wrote: > > > > > It is clear that dev_fs will not be in Linux 2.2. Companies are willing > > > to > > > work with a "standard" (whatever that is) Linux kernel. They do not want > > > add > > > on patches. > > > > Well since right now you still need packets for >1024 file handles and > > >128Mb per swap file I'd say that dev_fs is a minor worry 8). Doing >2Gig > > files on a 32bit machine is a hard one however. > > At the moment the companies I deal with do not patch the kernel for > >128Mb per swap file, nor for > 1024 file handles. The machines hardly > ever swap, and the number of files is not large, it is more a small > number of files > that are large. > > Concerning the >2GB files on Intel hardware I agree that is a hard one. > Which is why I have been bringing it up. Are we as a Community going to > consider the requirements that Oracle & Informix support bring to the > table? > Chris Wedgwood brought up the third issue concerning databases and that > is > raw disk access without buffer cache getting in the way. > > If we are unable to deliver >2GB file support on Intel Hardware we still > need > to formulate a plan which includes Compaq/DEC and Sun concerning "get > the word > out" about the advantages of Linux running on a 64-bit platform. What > remains > to be seen is if the advantage of running Linux coupled with Oracle or > Informix > on a 64-bit platform will be enough for companies to purchase 64-bit > machines. > > BTW, has anyone seen anything concerning Oracle & Informix supporting > Linux/Alpha > and Linux/Sparc64? If they are not, we are sort of stuck. > > > We still need to address the current SCSI disk limitation of 16, and > raw disk access w/o buffer cache. > > > > > Alan > > -- > Terry L. Ridder > Blue Danube Software (Blaue Donau Software) > "We do not write software, we compose it." > > When the toast is burnt > and all the milk has turned > and Captain Crunch is waving farewell > when the Big One finds you > may this song remind you that they > don't serve breakfast in hell > ==Breakfast==Newsboys > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > Please read the FAQ at http://www.altern.org/andrebalsa/doc/lkml-faq.html >
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