Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 19 Dec 2010 14:14:13 -0500 (EST) | From | Justin Piszcz <> | Subject | Re: Is EXT4 the right FS for > 16TB? |
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On Sun, 19 Dec 2010, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> On 12/19/10 10:53 AM, Justin Piszcz wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Wow, there were no updates though after Eric's last comment.. >> Eric, have there been any improvements in the past 6 months? >> >> Or should one still steer clear from EXT4 > 16TB? > > There is still no released e2fsprogs which supports > 16T for > ext4, but testing of the not-released bits is welcomed... > Ted says a 16T-capable version is coming soon. There's still > work to be done there, though. > > -Eric >
Thanks Eric for confirming.
With 7 x 3TB HDD its now possible to breach 16TB (16.38TB) in RAID-5 so I suppose more people may start asking about this.
Justin.
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