Re: File System > 64 GB

From: Ignacio Vidal (ividal_at_BIYCSA.COM.AR)
Date: 10/28/04

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    Date:         Thu, 28 Oct 2004 09:57:15 -0300
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    Please, dismiss my last message.
    I did not read carefully the previous answer!!!

    > -----Mensaje original-----
    > De: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]En nombre de
    > Ignacio Vidal
    > Enviado el: Thursday, October 28, 2004 9:48 AM
    > Para: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > Asunto: Re: File System > 64 GB
    >
    >
    > Excuse me Bill, are you sure?
    >
    > I got the following "helper table" from an AIX 4.3.3 system:
    >
    >
    > 0506-276 JFS file systems have the following size limitations:
    >
    > NBPI Minimum AG Size Fragment Size Maximum Size (GB)
    > 512 8 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 8
    > 1024 8 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 16
    > 2048 8 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 32
    > 4096 8 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 64
    > 8192 8 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 128
    > 16384 8 512, 1024, 2048, 4096 256
    > 32768 16 1024, 2048, 4096 512
    > 65536 32 2048, 4096 1024
    > 131072 64 4096 1024
    >
    >
    > And I've defined several filesystems over 130GB with nbpi=32768.
    > Is that a jfs limitation with AIX 5L?
    >
    > Best regards
    >
    > Ignacio
    >
    >
    >
    >
    > > -----Mensaje original-----
    > > De: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU]En nombre de
    > > Bill Verzal
    > > Enviado el: Thursday, October 28, 2004 9:45 AM
    > > Para: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > > Asunto: Re: File System > 64 GB
    > >
    > >
    > > JFS has a limitation of 64GB regardless of nbpi.
    > >
    > > BV
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    > > 10/27/2004 02:50 File System > 64 GB
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    > > If I have a file system defined with nbpi=4096, is it true
    > > that the maximum
    > > file system size is 64 GB? If so, is there a way for me to
    > > change nbpi on
    > > the fly or do I have to redefine the file system (with a
    > > larger nbpi value)
    > > before I can go larger than 64 GB? Thanks.
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