From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 31 04:10:33 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id EAA05078 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 04:10:33 -0700 (PDT) Received: from login.bigblue.no (root@login.bigblue.no [194.19.68.12]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id EAA05070 for ; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 04:10:28 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eagle.bigblue.no (froden@eagle.bigblue.no [194.19.68.13]) by login.bigblue.no (8.6.12/8.6.12) with SMTP id NAA03351; Sat, 31 Aug 1996 13:07:51 +0200 Message-Id: <199608311107.NAA03351@login.bigblue.no> From: "Frode Nordahl" To: "dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu" Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.org" Date: Sat, 31 Aug 96 13:10:12 +0100 Reply-To: "Frode Nordahl" Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Frode Nordahl's Registered PMMail 1.52 For OS/2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: Maximum filesystem size in FreeBSD? Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Fri, 30 Aug 1996 22:56:15 -0700 (PDT), Doug White wrote: >On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Frode Nordahl wrote: > >> Is there a recomended maximum filesystem size in FreeBSD? How large can one partition be without risking >> trouble? >> >> And how large can it be if you use ccd (Software striping) ? And does anyone have experience with ccd and >> stability? > >The CCD team is working on getting a 4 terrabyte system up. Some kernel >modifications were needed, but I believe those have been folded into the >regular system. Ok, but does this also apply for "normal" filesystems? I.e if I install a 10 GB drive (Something I will not likelly do, RAID or striping is much better :) ) will FreeBSD barf? Or will it be as stable as a 2GB partition? --------------------------------- Frode Nordahl