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Date:      Sun, 12 Apr 1998 15:42:35 +0000
From:      Niall Smart <rotel@indigo.ie>
To:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: maximum file size with NFS?
Message-ID:  <199804121442.PAA00852@indigo.ie>

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> Niall Smart said:
> > On Apr 11, 12:23pm, Tom wrote:
> > >   What is the maximum file size supported by NFS?  It seems the limit is
> > > 2GB as I can't work with files bigger than that with NFS.
> > 
> > 2GB is a typical maximum file size under UNIX, the UNIX community
> > have already published a standard API which handles 64bit file
> > sizes but AFAIK I don't believe FreeBSD supports it, yet (?) nor
> > do I believe the standard encompasses NFS.
> > 
> FreeBSD has supported an API that allows 64Bits, and our FFS filesystem
> works with files up to at least 30GBytes or more (demonstrated.)

Ah, I happily stand corrected :)

Niall

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