Re: Altix propack2.4 filesystem limitations

From: Jan-Frode Myklebust (janfrode_at_parallab.uib.no)
Date: 05/01/04

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    In article <c6u44o$fg1$1@news.ucar.edu>, Daniel Packman wrote:
    > I am in the process of installing a 3 terabyte RAID
    > on an Altix system running propack2.4 with kernel 2.4.21
    > The RAID manufacturer says that unmodified versions
    > of redhat enterprise have a terabyte partition limit.
    > I assume this is not true of Propack 2.4?

    The advice from the XFS developers seems to be to stick to max 1 TB
    filesystems with the 2.4 kernels. Up to 2 TB can work if you're
    lucky.. Ref:

            http://oss.sgi.com/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=1+TB+RAID+servers&submit=Search%21&idxname=linux-xfs&max=20&result=normal&sort=score

    Best bet is to upgrade to the 2.6 kernels, then you can use the full
    3 TB raid in a single fs.

      -jf

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