Date: Sat, 11 Apr 1998 15:57:31 -0500 (EST) From: "John S. Dyson" <dyson@FreeBSD.ORG> To: rotel@indigo.ie Cc: tom@uniserve.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: maximum file size with NFS? Message-ID: <199804112057.PAA01506@dyson.iquest.net> In-Reply-To: <199804111940.UAA06687@indigo.ie> from Niall Smart at "Apr 11, 98 08:40:28 pm"
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Niall Smart said: > On Apr 11, 12:23pm, Tom wrote: > } Subject: maximum file size with NFS? > > > > What is the maximum file size supported by NFS? It seems the limit is > > 2GB as I can't work with files bigger than that with NFS. > > 2GB is a typical maximum file size under UNIX, the UNIX community > have already published a standard API which handles 64bit file > sizes but AFAIK I don't believe FreeBSD supports it, yet (?) nor > do I believe the standard encompasses NFS. > FreeBSD has supported an API that allows 64Bits, and our FFS filesystem works with files up to at least 30GBytes or more (demonstrated.) -- John | Never try to teach a pig to sing, dyson@freebsd.org | it just makes you look stupid, jdyson@nc.com | and it irritates the pig. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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