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file-size limit in 'ext3'
Name: queryanalyzer Date: November 12, 2003 at 11:40:04 Pacific OS: RH 8.0 CPU/Ram: 256mb
Comment:
Hi.. Is it true that 'ext3' filesystem also has a 2GB file size limit. I tried to search for an answer in vain.
Name: anonproxy Date: November 13, 2003 at 10:28:34 Pacific
Reply:
No, that is ridiculous. The cap is 4 Terabytes for a single ext2/3 filesystem. I believe file sizes are limited at about 2^60 bytes.
2GB is a historical limit for ext2. It never applied to ext3.
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Response Number 4
Name: anonproxy Date: November 13, 2003 at 13:49:55 Pacific
Reply:
Corrections:
2GB can apply to ext3 if you are running something less than 2.2.1x or a few cryptic options have been set for backwards compatability. Current libraries should support over 2GB. There was an overlap period where some ext3 builds would not allow larger than 2GB files. Specifically, 32-bit systems with Large File Support (LFS). Maximum filesystem size can be as much as 16TB, maximum filesize 2TB.
Speaking of big numbers, ReiserFS goes at least to 1EB (Exabyte) per filesystem and 16TB per file (with cache limits, I have not seen the absolute latest in 2.6), and JFS can hit over 16TB filesystem and filesize on 32-bit (up to 4Petabytes on 64-bit).
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