Date: Fri, 18 Feb 2005 09:12:16 -0600 From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> To: Matthew Jacob <lydianconcepts@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Current <freebsd-current@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: newfs limits? 10TB filesystem max? Message-ID: <421605D0.80302@centtech.com> In-Reply-To: <7579f7fb05021715344d661662@mail.gmail.com> References: <20050216224825.39102.qmail@web26807.mail.ukl.yahoo.com> <4213D046.4080001@centtech.com> <7579f7fb05021715344d661662@mail.gmail.com>
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Matthew Jacob wrote: > BTW- be careful with very large filesystems on FreeBSD- at some point > fsck can't check them. > > I built a sparse 5000TB filesystem which newfs'd and mounted okay, but > was not possible to check with fsck. 5000TB?!?! How did you do that? Does anyone know of a way to build a simulated filesystem, for testing without a real 20TB disk array? Eric -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology I have seen the future and it is just like the present, only longer. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
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