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From: Ming Zhang <mingz@ele.uri.edu>
Subject: Re: Max. md array size under 32-bit i368 ...
Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 12:55:25 -0400
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On Wed, 2006-05-24 at 09:21 +0100, Gordon Henderson wrote:
> I know this has come up before, but a few quick googles hasn't answered my
> questions - I'm after the max. array size that can be created under
> bog-standard 32-bit intel Linux, and any issues re. partitioning.
> 
> I'm aiming to create a raid-6 over 12 x 500GB drives - am I going to
> have any problems?

afraid not. it is like (12-2) * 500 > 2TB.


> 
> (I'm not parittioning the resulting md device, just the underlying sd
> devices and building a single md out of  sd[a-l]4 ...)
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Gordon
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