Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
On Tue, Dec 02, 2008 at 11:29:38AM -0500, Maurice Volaski wrote: >> DRBD+ >> both 32bit and 64bit >> (we recommend 64bit for large storage anyways). >> 16 TB per device (currently) > > And now in 8.3.0rc1... > >> * bitmap in unmapped pages = support for devices > 4TByte (was DRBD+) > > So does this mean 8.3.0rc1 supports 16 TB? yes, on both 32bit and 64bit. > What if we want more than that? then go fix it. or wait until someone (maybe LINBIT?) fixes that first. > Is it a hard-coded limit simply because it hasn't been tested > beyond that or is it known to cause mayhem? I am certain that the current code base cannot support more than 32 TB without major changes. I am currently unsure whether it might support up to 32TB (though probably on 64bit kernel only) with only minor code changes. we are looking into that. -- : Lars Ellenberg : LINBIT | Your Way to High Availability : DRBD/HA support and consulting http://www.linbit.com DRBD® and LINBIT® are registered trademarks of LINBIT, Austria. __ please don't Cc me, but send to list -- I'm subscribed