[CentOS] ext4 in CentOS 5.6?

[PJ]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2011 at 1:07 PM, Marian Marinov <mm at yuhu.biz> wrote:
> On Thursday 23 June 2011 19:16:37 PJ wrote:
>> I'm sure many are running ext4 FS's in production, but just want to be
>> re-assured that there are not currently any major issues before
>> starting a new project that looks like it will be using ext4.
>>
>> I've previously been using xfs but the software for this project
>> requires ext3/ext4.
>>
>> I'm always very cautious before jumping onto a new FS, (new in the
>> sense it is officially supported now)
>>
>> Thanks in advance!
>
> I'm running some 50 servers with ext4 each server has 2x15TB ext4 partitions.
> I haven't had an issue with that setup. The first server was setup 3 years ago.
> It is quite faster then XFS in terms of write performance and thus far
> reliable without any major problem.
>
> Keep in mind that user land tools are limited and the biggest partition you
> can create with them at the moment is 16TB. You can recompile the tools and
> remove this limitation if that is a problem for you.
>
> Regards,
> Marian Marinov

Thanks for all the great replies everyone.

I've got an 18TB partition - the limit is 16TB even in x86_64?