Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 22 Nov 2005 15:16:24 -0500 | From | Bill Davidsen <> | Subject | Re: what is our answer to ZFS? |
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Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > Bill Davidsen wrote: > >> Jeff V. Merkey wrote: >> >>> Bernd Eckenfels wrote: >>> >>>> In article <200511211252.04217.rob@landley.net> you wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> I believe that on 64 bit platforms, Linux has a 64 bit clean VFS. >>>>> Python says 2**64 is 18446744073709551616, and that's roughly: >>>>> 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 bytes >>>>> 18,446,744,073,709 megs >>>>> 18,446,744,073 gigs >>>>> 18,446,744 terabytes >>>>> 18,446 ... what are those, pedabytes (petabytes?) >>>>> 18 zetabytes >>>>> >>> There you go. I deal with this a lot so, those are the names. >>> >>> Linux is currently limited to 16 TB per VFS mount point, it's all >>> mute, unless VFS gets fixed. >>> mmap won't go above this at present. >>> >> What does "it's all mute" mean? >> > Should be spelled "moot". It's a legal term that means "it doesn't matter".
Yes, I am well aware of what moot means, had you used that.
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