NFS + Load Balancer

[Gerrard Geldenhuis]

Hi Ali,

The limits of the file system will largely be determined by whether you
are running 32 or 64 bit kernel.

A quick google shows limits to be:
The current ext3 file system limit in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update
2 is 8 terabytes. The e2fsprogs package has been updated to adhere to
this file system limit.

http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_103_11461.shtm

Regards

> -----Original Message-----
> From: redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:redhat-list-
> bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Ali Hamad
> Sent: 23 February 2008 08:35
> To: redhat-list at redhat.com
> Subject: NFS + Load Balancer
> 
> Greetings :
> 
> I'm working on a solution for website that is used mainly for movies
> download. The total size of all files are about 5 TB.
> I'm going to setup a solution as the following :
> 
> 1) NAS ( around 6 TB , 12 X 500GB, Raid 1 and 5 ) .
> 2) 6 web-servers behind a hardware-load-balancer.
> 
> All those machines will be running Redhat 5 ... I'm thinking to have
> large partition on the NAS and mount it on each one of those
web-servers.
> 
> My Questions are : Does the Redhat default kernel support exporting
such
> a large file system ? Would you please share your experince on a
> solution like this ?
> 
> Thoughts, suggestions and assistance are all highly appreciated,
> Regards,
> 
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