Peter Kjellstrom wrote:
On Wednesday 28 January 2009, Jake wrote: ...
I came across this article you may find useful: http://www.unixgods.org/~tilo/linux_larger_2TB.html
I should say that I STRONGLY recommend not creating ext3 file systems in the 2TB+ range
I consider that FUD. We have many ext3 filesystems >2T and the run ok. Sure we do disable automatic fsck on reboot but we schedule a manual fsck when we get the opportunity. IMHO automatic fsck on reboot after, say, 30 boots is a pure desktop/laptop thing. When you have servers that stay up you'll have to plan for fsck anyway.
I saw that the use of LVM was tossed around, don't know if the OP is/plans on using it. If you use ext3 on lvm, you can do a background fsck while the system is up & fs mounted:
http://markmail.org/message/5ipnsva3xkdyzzfy
As Joshua wrote, there is no filesystem more supported and tried on CentOS...
Plus it should be a trivial upgrade to ext4 . . .