[Linux-cluster] GSF 6.0 2 TB Limit

[Rob Kenna]

On Mon, 2005-06-13 at 15:00 +0200, sco at adviseo.Fr wrote:

> Hello list, 
> 
> I was looking for capacity limits information. The documentation states the 
> absolute total size limit is currently 2 TB because of 2.4 kernel 
> limitations. 
> 
> Two points here :
>  - What about 2.6 kernels ? Are the limits the same ?

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)

>  - Would it be possible to bypass this by setting up several pools of less 
> than 2TB each (still limiting each FS to 2TB) ? 

Yes.

> 
> I apoligize if this is answered somewhere I didn't find it. Please just 
> point me to the right location ... 
> 
> 
> Regards, 
> 

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Robert Kenna / Red Hat
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