[CentOS] ext3 filesystems larger than 8TB
Eduardo Silvestre
eduardo.silvestre at nfsi.pt
Mon May 5 01:03:58 UTC 2008
But... Can i do that just with centos install cd and 3ware drivers? Format the volumes with 8TB/9TB/10TB without problems?
Regards,
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Eduardo Silvestre
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Van Dolson" <rayvd at bludgeon.org>
To: centos at centos.org
Sent: Sexta-feira, 2 de Maio de 2008 21H15m GMT +00:00 GMT Britain, Ireland, Portugal
Subject: Re: [CentOS] ext3 filesystems larger than 8TB
On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 04:09:48PM -0400, Ross S. W. Walker wrote:
> > I think it *theoretically* should work as ext3 should to 16TB.
> > However, we ran into issues with userland tools and such. Possibly
> > related to x86_64 vs i386 stuff, but in the end to avoid continued
> > troubleshooting we just used centosplus + jfs. Works
> > perfectly for our
> > 10TB filesystem.
>
> I'm curious what you store that you need 10TB of linear storage?
>
> I have had 4-6-8TB storage systems, but the storage was always
> divvied up between different applications.
>
> -Ross
>
It's almost all Oracle database dump files... one database by itself is
4.5TB! Don't ask me what's in these things... :)
Ray
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