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 . . . -- tkb