Re: Please help me resize my ext4 file system to size > 16TB

2017-06-14 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 13 Jun 2017, R. Ramesh wrote: > >That would be organizing your videos into N subdirectories and using new > >filesystems for some of those. Each single filesystem will be smaller > >than 16TB. > > > >If that works with your use case, you could do that now. > > Thanks. In that case, is

Re: Re: Please help me resize my ext4 file system to size > 16TB

2017-06-13 Thread R. Ramesh
> I am just looking for path of least resistance. That is why I asked if it That would be organizing your videos into N subdirectories and using new filesystems for some of those. Each single filesystem will be smaller than 16TB. If that works with your use case, you could do that now.

Re: Please help me resize my ext4 file system to size > 16TB

2017-06-13 Thread R. Ramesh
On 06/13/2017 10:48 AM, Doug wrote: On 06/12/2017 11:33 PM, R. Ramesh wrote: You implied you don't even have a backup of that data, which means you have exactly one chance of getting it right. This is a non-starter. First: you are warned to NEVER proceed with a filesystem resize before you

Re: Please help me resize my ext4 file system to size > 16TB

2017-06-13 Thread Doug
On 06/12/2017 11:33 PM, R. Ramesh wrote: You implied you don't even have a backup of that data, which means you have exactly one chance of getting it right. This is a non-starter. First: you are warned to NEVER proceed with a filesystem resize before you have a valid, current, and *tested*

Re: Please help me resize my ext4 file system to size > 16TB

2017-06-13 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 12 Jun 2017, R. Ramesh wrote: > >You implied you don't even have a backup of that data, which means you > >have exactly one chance of getting it right. This is a non-starter. ... > Let us not worry about backup. The data is just videos and not worth the > effort. They are all

Re: Re: Please help me resize my ext4 file system to size > 16TB

2017-06-12 Thread R. Ramesh
You implied you don't even have a backup of that data, which means you have exactly one chance of getting it right. This is a non-starter. First: you are warned to NEVER proceed with a filesystem resize before you have a valid, current, and *tested* backup. You are also warned that the ext4

Re: Please help me resize my ext4 file system to size > 16TB

2017-06-12 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Mon, 12 Jun 2017, Ramasubramanian Ramesh wrote: > >I think you ran into this problem: > >http://blog.ronnyegner-consulting.de/2011/08/18/ext4-and-the-16-tb-limit-now-solved/ > > > >I know of no way to get resize2fs to work with partitions larger than > >16 TB, however in the blog post it's

Re: Re: Please help me resize my ext4 file system to size > 16TB

2017-06-12 Thread Ramasubramanian Ramesh
> Hi, > > I have kernel 3.13 and e2fsprog 1.42.9 (as part of mybuntu 14.04.5 LTS). > With this, is it possible to resize2fs my ext4 RAID6 /dev/md0 to 24TB (ie > >16TB)? If so, please help me get there. If not, please recommend the > upgrades needed to the setup before this can be done. So, far,

Re: Please help me resize my ext4 file system to size > 16TB

2017-06-12 Thread Jonathan Marquardt
On Sun, Jun 11, 2017 at 05:01:36PM -0500, Ram Ramesh wrote: > Hi, > > I have kernel 3.13 and e2fsprog 1.42.9 (as part of mybuntu 14.04.5 LTS). > With this, is it possible to resize2fs my ext4 RAID6 /dev/md0 to 24TB (ie > >16TB)? If so, please help me get there. If not, please recommend the >