On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 02:36:41PM -0500, Monty Shinn wrote: > Greetings. > > I am trying to create a 10TB (approx) ext3 filesystem. I am able to > successfully create the partition using parted, but when I try to use > mkfs.ext3, I get an error stating there is an 8TB limit for ext3 > filesystems. > > I looked at the specs for 5 on the "upstream" vendor's website, and they > indicate that there is a 16TB limit on ext3. > > Has anyone been able to create a ext3 filesystem larger than 8TB? > > If ext3 isn't an option, has anyone used the kmod-xfs-smp.i686 module > mentioned on the centos site? Surely it doesn't have an 8TB limit... > > specs: > > Centos 5.1 > kernel-2.6.18-53.1.14.el5 > 3Ware 9550SXU 12port raid card > > Am I just walking into a big nightmare? > > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated. > 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. Ray