From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 21 May 2001 12:38:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 21 May 2001 12:38:16 -0400 Received: from viper.haque.net ([66.88.179.82]:53705 "EHLO mail.haque.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 21 May 2001 12:38:06 -0400 Message-ID: <3B094401.502463F7@haque.net> Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 12:36:17 -0400 From: "Mohammad A. Haque" X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.5-pre2 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Harald Dunkel CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Giant disk on 2.2.17: Any concerns? In-Reply-To: <3B094183.24148B9D@Synopsys.COM> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Harald Dunkel wrote: > > Hi folks, > > For running some kind of database application (ClearCase 4.1) I would > like to attach an external RAID array with 6*30GByte to a RedHat 6.2 > machine, using kernel 2.2.17. I don't expect huge files (maximum file > size should be about 250MByte), but a lot of middle size files and > millions of tiny files. > > Will this work? > > Do you expect any problems with the partition table? I've used a 250GB and 400GB RAID array with 2.2.x kernels w/o any problems. We have several thousands of ~1 MB and >100 MB files. -- ===================================================================== Mohammad A. Haque http://www.haque.net/ mhaque@haque.net "Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Project Lead Don't drink and derive." --Unknown http://wm.themes.org/ batmanppc@themes.org =====================================================================