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Date:      Tue, 6 Mar 2001 09:13:23 +0800
From:      David Xu <bsddiy@21cn.com>
To:        sthaug@nethelp.no
Cc:        freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Missing support in FreeBSD for large file sizes?
Message-ID:  <522302651.20010306091323@21cn.com>
In-Reply-To: <13458.983813064@verdi.nethelp.no>
References:  <13458.983813064@verdi.nethelp.no>

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Hello sthaug,

Tuesday, March 06, 2001, 1:24:24 AM, you wrote:

snn> According to the "Maxtor picks Windows, dumps open source" article at

snn>         http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-5009496.html?tag=lh

snn> FreeBSD "did not support large file sizes, Macintosh and newer Novell
snn> file systems, or backup and management software from companies such as
snn> OpenView, Tivoli and Microsoft".

snn> Now I can understand what they say about missing Tivoli support - we're
snn> using Tivoli backup here ourselves, and the SCO ADSM/TSM client that we
snn> currently use to backup FreeBSD is passable, but nothing more. A native
snn> FreeBSD client would be much preferable.

snn> What I can't understand is the reference to missing support for large
snn> file sizes - as far as I know, that's one of FreeBSD's strengths! Anybody
snn> care to guess what they mean here?

snn> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no

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this is a stupid decision, let they go. AFAIK, Windows 2000 does not
support dump file system to tape or other medias. I was a Windows NT
system manager, I know I don't believe all backup softwares for Windows
NT, simply because Windows NT system can not be fully backuped.
FreeBSD can do, it's strength of Unix File System.

-- 
Best regards,
David Xu                           mailto:bsddiy@21cn.com



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