Note: "permalinks" may not be as permanent as we would like,
direct links of old sources may well be a few messages off.
From: Lars Ellenberg <lars.ellenberg at linbit.com> >> So when building the initial LVM and mkfs.ext3, what are some >> options that I should be using on an array that will start at >> 2TB and grow to about 10TB as I add more disks? > I may be wrong, but I think on intel/amd ext3 is still limited > to < 8TiB ? Docs say the max filesystem size for ext23 on the x86 is 16T with 4K blocks. I don't know how much this has been tested or used in the real world, since arrays that large are still out of my price range. > ever seen e2fsck on a multi terabyte device? It takes a while, which is why he's using ext3. You'd run into the same problems with any filesystem when things go south, really. Don't worry, it'll all be fixed in ext4 (currently in alpha). > why not go for XFS? seems to be a better choice for device > sizes in that range. Maybe he wants his data to still be there if there's a power failure :-) -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see