Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2001 19:37:50 -0800 From: Peter Wemm <peter@netplex.com.au> To: David Xu <bsddiy@21cn.com> Cc: sthaug@nethelp.no, freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Missing support in FreeBSD for large file sizes? Message-ID: <200103070337.f273boh71386@mobile.wemm.org> In-Reply-To: <522302651.20010306091323@21cn.com>
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David Xu wrote: > 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! Anybod y > snn> care to guess what they mean here? > > snn> Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no > > snn> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > snn> with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > > 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. There is a lot more to it than technical merit. Also consider the strings that M$ is pulling over the X-box. If Maxtor wanted to get Maxtor or Quantum drives in it, you can bet that Microsoft demanded concessions... You could pretty safely bet your last dollar that this was a management decision, not a technical one. Cheers, -Peter -- Peter Wemm - peter@FreeBSD.org; peter@yahoo-inc.com; peter@netplex.com.au "All of this is for nothing if we don't go to the stars" - JMS/B5 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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