From owner-freebsd-hackers Thu Oct 28 14:56: 8 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from alpo.whistle.com (alpo.whistle.com [207.76.204.38]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2D99C14C49 for ; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:56:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from julian@whistle.com) Received: from current1.whiste.com (current1.whistle.com [207.76.205.22]) by alpo.whistle.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) with ESMTP id OAA48933; Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:56:00 -0700 (PDT) Date: Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:56:00 -0700 (PDT) From: Julian Elischer To: Matthew Dillon Cc: Michael Beckmann , hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Limitations in FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <199910282143.OAA10601@apollo.backplane.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=X-UNKNOWN Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote: > :Hi ! > : > :1. What is the maximum size of a file on a filesystem ? > :2. What is the maximum size of a filesystem ? > :3. What is the maximum amount of RAM that FreeBSD can handle ? > :4. What is the maximum size of a file that can be mmap´ed ? > : > :Furthermore, I understand that FreeBSD can´t mmap a block device. > :Is it planned to change that ? > : > :Thanks ! :-) > : > :Michael > > The maximum size of a standard filesystem is 8 Terrabytes. > > The maximum size of a file depends on the filesystem. It is 8 Terrabytes > on the standard UFS filesystem. > > FreeBSD boxes can handle up to 4 Gigabytes of main memory. > > Block devices are being removed from the system so the answer is > no at the moment. If people have a need, we will probably introduce > a block device overlay of some sort that would theoretically be mmapable. I think he means block device as in 'disk' not as in 'brwxrwxrwx" > > -Matt > Matthew Dillon > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message