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Date:      Sat, 21 Aug 1999 15:31:13 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org>
To:        Albert Everett <aeverett@webintl.com>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: maximum file size
Message-ID:  <19990821153112.E267@marder-1>
In-Reply-To: <37BEB44E.29ED2CD4@webintl.com>; from Albert Everett on Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 09:14:39AM -0500
References:  <37BEB44E.29ED2CD4@webintl.com>

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On Sat, Aug 21, 1999 at 09:14:39AM -0500, Albert Everett wrote:
> Hopefully this will be a trivial question, but I haven't found the answer yet
> online or in Greg's FreeBSD book.
> 
> How large can a file be under FreeBSD? I've heard that under Linux the size
> limit is 2gb.
> 
> It's not difficult to imagine large log files resulting from a busy web site,
> but most documentation seems to be focused on minimums rather than maximums.
> 

According to the FAQ >4TB:

2.27. What are the limits for ffs filesystems?

For ffs filesystems, the maximum theoretical limit is 8 terabytes
(2G blocks), or 16TB for the default block size of 8K. In practice,
there is a soft limit of 1 terabyte, but with modifications
filesystems with 4 terabytes are possible (and exist).

The maximum size of a single ffs file is approximately 1G blocks
(4TB) if the block size is 4K.

                           maxfilesize
		   ----------------------------------
		   2.2.7    3.0
fs block size   -stable  -current  works  should-work
-------------   -------  --------  -----  -----------
4K              4T-1       4T-1    4T-1   4+T
8K              32+G       8T-1    32+G   16T-1
16K             128+G      16T-1   128+G  32T-1
32K             512+G      32T-1   512+G  64T-1
64K             2048+G     64T-1   2048+G 128T-1

> Albert Everett
> aeverett@webintl.com
> 
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