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On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 15:00 +0200, sco@adviseo.Fr wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Hello list, </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">I was looking for capacity limits information. The documentation states the </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">absolute total size limit is currently 2 TB because of 2.4 kernel </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">limitations. </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Two points here :</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> - What about 2.6 kernels ? Are the limits the same ?</FONT>
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GFS 6.1 on RHEL 4 (2.6 kernel): Limits are 16TB on 32 bit OS and 8EB on 64 bit kernels (shipping this month)
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<FONT COLOR="#000000"> - Would it be possible to bypass this by setting up several pools of less </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">than 2TB each (still limiting each FS to 2TB) ? </FONT>
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Yes.
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">I apoligize if this is answered somewhere I didn't find it. Please just </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">point me to the right location ... </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Regards, </FONT>
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