From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Aug 21 9:56:21 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from unix.megared.net.mx (megared.net.mx [207.249.162.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F310714F64 for ; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 09:56:18 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Received: from ales (pix.megared.net.mx [207.249.162.253]) by unix.megared.net.mx (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA58448; Sat, 21 Aug 1999 11:53:14 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from ales@megared.net.mx) Message-ID: <02ce01beebf5$99d2da80$d4630a0a@megared.net.mx> From: "Alejandro Ramirez" To: "Mark Ovens" , "Albert Everett" Cc: References: <37BEB44E.29ED2CD4@webintl.com> <19990821153112.E267@marder-1> Subject: RE: maximum file size Date: Sat, 21 Aug 1999 11:52:48 -0500 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2014.211 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2014.211 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Hi, How can I know the size of the blocks Im using in my system??? (FreeBSD 3.2 Release) Thanks Ales ----- Original Message ----- From: Mark Ovens To: Albert Everett Cc: Sent: Saturday, August 21, 1999 9:31 AM Subject: Re: maximum file size > 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 > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > > > > -- > STATE-OF-THE-ART: Any computer you can't afford. > OBSOLETE: Any computer you own. > ________________________________________________________________ > FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org > My Webpage http://http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ > mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message