[linux-lvm] LVM & LFS support
Greg Freemyer
freemyer at NorcrossGroup.com
Tue May 13 15:12:03 UTC 2003
>> On Tuesday, 13 May 2003, at 08:47:58 +0200,
>> Jon Bendtsen wrote:
>> > Other than not being larger than the blockdevice, and doesnt the
>> > blockdevice has a limit of 2T ?
>> >
>> Your are right. There has been native support for huge (huge is large than
>> large :) block devices in 2.5.x for some time, and I think there is also
>> a backport to 2.4.x (I suppose main Linux distributors have some sort of
>> support for huge block devices, at least on their latest business-grade
>> offerings).
XFS has a couple 2.4.x LBD (Large Block Device) patches available on their ftp site.
ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/patches/weekly-snapshot-patch/
I'm pretty sure they just have them there for convenience. I don't know where the official source is.
I have never used, them nor do I know any specifics.
Greg
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