Date: Fri, 5 Jan 2001 09:59:54 -0800 From: Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net> To: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: large files? Message-ID: <20010105095954.D15744@fw.wintelcom.net> In-Reply-To: <20010105131204.Q890@iib005.iib.unsam.edu.ar>; from fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar on Fri, Jan 05, 2001 at 01:12:04PM -0300 References: <20010105131204.Q890@iib005.iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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* Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> [010105 08:17] wrote: > Dear all: > > I'm currently having problems with my linux boxes since I cannot deal > with large (> 2Gb) files. I am evaluating other OSes to replace Linux > mainly because I heard that *BSD does not have this limitation on file > size. > > The situation in Linux looks complicated to me (a biologist that turned > to bioinformatics) because the issue appears to involve both the kernel > and the kind of filesystem used. Also, you still have to recompile your > apps to enable the support for large files. > > How is this managed in *BSD? Well, sometime, maybe 10 years ago someone said: "hey, i think we should support large files" and switched everything to use 64 bit offsets, since it's been in place for about a decade most stuff just works. :) > My main needs are being able to: > cp, mv, compress/uncompress, cat, grep large files (I may be missing > something here, but you get the idea) > Also I need to be able to run more specific software on these files, but > this is not *BSD related (although some other bioinformatician on the > list can help me here). > > I have two boxes: > i) a mail, web, ftp and database server and > ii) a workstation > > For ease of maintainance I prefer to have the same OS on both machines, > although I still find linux to be a better option as a workstation since > there are many software packages for which there is no source available > (just binaries). > Please fell free to prove me wrong. I am just starting to know the BSDs > .. > > BTW how is the performance of linux binaries running on *BSD in > emulation mode? > Are there any benchmark results or similar tests online? > Do 100% of linux binaries run emulated or is the percentage lower? It's a bit less than 100%, but we like to work with people to get apps that they run across running under the emulator. -- -Alfred Perlstein - [bright@wintelcom.net|alfred@freebsd.org] "I have the heart of a child; I keep it in a jar on my desk." To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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