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Date:      Thu, 28 Oct 1999 14:43:20 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Matthew Dillon <dillon@apollo.backplane.com>
To:        Michael Beckmann <petzi@apfel.de>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Limitations in FreeBSD
Message-ID:  <199910282143.OAA10601@apollo.backplane.com>
References:   <19991028235225.A2535@apfel.de>

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:Hi !
:
:1. What is the maximum size of a file on a filesystem ?
:2. What is the maximum size of a filesystem ?
:3. What is the maximum amount of RAM that FreeBSD can handle ?
:4. What is the maximum size of a file that can be mmap´ed ?
:
:Furthermore, I understand that FreeBSD can´t mmap a block device.
:Is it planned to change that ?
:
:Thanks !  :-)
:
:Michael

    The maximum size of a standard filesystem is 8 Terrabytes.

    The maximum size of a file depends on the filesystem.  It is 8 Terrabytes
    on the standard UFS filesystem.

    FreeBSD boxes can handle up to 4 Gigabytes of main memory.

    Block devices are being removed from the system so the answer is
    no at the moment.  If people have a need, we will probably introduce
    a block device overlay of some sort that would theoretically be mmapable.

					-Matt
					Matthew Dillon 
					<dillon@backplane.com>


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