From: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>
To: Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@web.de>
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: htree indexing and 64-bit file systems
Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:54:32 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090207155432.GF29213@mini-me.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87vdrmiefj.fsf@frosties.localdomain>
On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 02:06:56PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> What if the directory is REALLY HUGE? :) Say >68.719.476.736 files.
>
> Can ext4 64bit have directories >8TiB?
No, ext4 directories are limited to 2TB. Htree directories are
currently limited to a depth of two, which for smaller block sizes
will be more of limitation than the maximum size limitation.
- Ted
prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-02-07 17:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-03 22:22 htree indexing and 64-bit file systems Valerie Aurora Henson
2009-02-03 23:31 ` Theodore Tso
2009-02-07 13:06 ` Goswin von Brederlow
2009-02-07 15:54 ` Theodore Tso [this message]
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