Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 00:10:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 00:10:44 -0500 Received: from turtle.carumba.com ([64.2.57.96]:13831 "EHLO turtle.carumba.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 8 Mar 2001 00:10:35 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2001 21:09:23 -0800 (PST) From: Jauder Ho To: Tom Sightler cc: Subject: Re: Questions about Enterprise Storage with Linux In-Reply-To: <006301c0a765$3ca118e0$1601a8c0@zeusinc.com> Message-ID: X-Mailer: UW Pine 4.29.99999 + a bunch of schtuff X-BOFH-Msg: Use vi not Emacs. X-There-Is-No-Hidden-Message-In-This-Email: There are no tyops either MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 7 Mar 2001, Tom Sightler wrote: > The questions that have been asked are as follows (assume 2.4.x kernels): > > 1. What is the largest block device that linux currently supports? i.e. > Can I create a single 1TB volume on my storage device and expect linux to > see it and be able to format it? http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html should clear up > 2. Does linux have any problems with large (500GB+) NFS exports, how about > large files over NFS? See above > 3. What filesystem would be best for such large volumes? We currently use > reirserfs on our internal system, but they generally have filesystems in the > 18-30GB ranges and we're talking about potentially 10-20x that. Should we > look at JFS/XFS or others? I am not sure what you intend this application for. If it is mission critical in any way shape or form, I would still recommend using something like Veritas (which unfortunately is not ported to Linux yet). I have heard good things about XFS although I have not had the chance to use it yet. > 4. We're seriously considering using LVM for volume management. Does it > have size limits per volume or other limitations that we should be aware of? > > I'm sure these answers are out there, but I haven't been able to find > definitive answers (it seems everyone has a different answer to each > question). Any assistance in pointing me to the correct information would > be greatly appreciated. Have fun and do post your findings back to l-k. I would be interested in hearing what you end up with. --Jauder - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/