From: Greg Banks <gnb@sgi.com>
To: Dan Stromberg <strombrg@dcs.nac.uci.edu>
Cc: nfs@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: max filesystem size - nfs imposed limit?
Date: Thu, 20 May 2004 12:20:04 +1000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040520022004.GE7316@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1085010251.22480.52.camel@sabaki.dcs.uci.edu>
On Wed, May 19, 2004 at 04:44:11PM -0700, Dan Stromberg wrote:
>
> We need to set up a multiterrabyte filesystem (probably 30T), and NFS
> export it.
>
> Does linux nfs impose a maximum filesystem size?
Yes, but if you use v3 or v4 it's larger than you care about.
> Or is that strictly a
> matter of the filesystem type being exported (ext3, xfs, lustre, gfs,
> whatever)?
That also matters. You need to have a server OS which supports
large block devices, and the filesystem needs to support it also.
Obviously, XFS does (except it can't export more than 2^32 inodes
currently).
> Does it matter if you're using nfs v2/v3/v4?
Yes. Don't use NFSv2.
> Does the
> kernel version matter? How about 32 bit vs 64 bit platforms (especially
> interested in whether an opteron or linux ppc would help)?
This comes down to large block device support. You need to use 2.6
or apply the LBD patch to 2.4.
> Is linux NFS on 64 bit platforms stable?
Yes. Our sales staff will be happy to sell you one, and as many TB
of disk as you can afford.
Greg.
--
Greg Banks, R&D Software Engineer, SGI Australian Software Group.
I don't speak for SGI.
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2004-05-19 23:44 max filesystem size - nfs imposed limit? Dan Stromberg
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