Thanks for the info! On Mon, 18 Dec 2006, Trond Myklebust wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-12-18 at 14:21 -0500, Justin Piszcz wrote: > > I have a question I could not quickly find on Google/mailing lists-- > > > > Say I have some sort of global filesystem or NFS which is 200TB. > > > > Is there a limit either: > > > > A) In the Linux kernel > > or > > B) In the NFS spec > > > > That would limit the client as to what it could see via NFS or global > > filesystem? > > No. > > > Or could both 2.4 and 2.6 kernels 'see' the 200TB global filesystem over > > NFS or global filesystem? > > 'df' may or may not report the filesystem size correctly (depends on > whether you have VFS support for 64-bit filesystems enabled, and whether > or not you are using NFSv3 or above), but you should be able to store > 200TB worth or data on it irrespective of that. > > The one thing that may be limited is the size of individual files. The > NFSv2 protocol limits file sizes to 2GB, whereas NFSv3 and v4 should > allow you to read and write full 64-bit sized files. > Note though, that on most 32-bit hardware, the Linux VM design limits > you to 44-bit file sizes (due to the 32-bit page table + 4k page size). > > Cheers > Trond > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
