<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=us-ascii"> <META NAME="Generator" CONTENT="MS Exchange Server version 6.0.6556.0"> <TITLE>Maximum ext3 file system size ??</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY>  <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Hi,</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> If the ext3 file system</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">maximum</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> size updated or it is still 4</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">T</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">B for 2.6.* kernel?</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">T</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">he site at</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN><A HREF="http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/FAQs/ext3-faq.html"><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><U></U><U><FONT COLOR="#0000FF" SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">http://batleth.sapienti-sat.org/projects/FAQs/ext3-faq.html</FONT></U></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN></A><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">says that it is 4</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">TB yet, but I would like to</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">know if it is possible to create</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> and use</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">stable</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> &</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">easy-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">to-</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">fix</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> (or at least as stable</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> & easy-to-fix</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> as ext3)</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> file systems</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> as big as 100TB</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> for 32 bit</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">Linux</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">architecture</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">?</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> Any</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">experience and</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">suggestions</FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"> are</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">greatly</FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">a</FONT><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial">ppreciated. Thanks.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT> <FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> </SPAN></P> <BR> <P ALIGN=LEFT><B><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT SIZE=2 FACE="Arial"></FONT></SPAN><SPAN LANG="en-us"> <FONT SIZE=5 FACE="Times New Roman">Q: What is the largest possible size of an ext3 filesystem and of files on ext3?</FONT></SPAN></B></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">inspired by Andreas Dilger, suggested by Christian Kujau: </FONT></SPAN></P> <P ALIGN=LEFT><SPAN LANG="en-us"><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">Ext3 can support files up to 1TB. With a 2.4 kernel the filesystem size is limited by the maximal block device size, which is 2TB. In 2.6 the maximum (32-bit CPU) limit is of block devices is 16TB, but ext3 supports only up to 4TB</FONT><FONT FACE="Times New Roman">. </FONT></SPAN></P> </BODY> </HTML>