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Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 09:01:46 -0400
From: "'hch@infradead.org'" <hch@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: Probems with xfs_repair on large filesystem and 32bit OS.
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To: Lance Reed <lreed@brightcove.com>
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On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 08:50:30AM -0400, Lance Reed wrote:
> Thanks!
> 
> Yes the log died and was zeroed already with xfs_repair already.
> 
> So I plan to put a 64bit head on the volumes and leave it that way.
> 
> I asuume I need to still keep it under 16 tb since the fs datastuctures are 32bit?
> 

All XFS data structures (which matter for this) are 64bit.  But the
pagecache size in 32bit x86 systems is indeeed limited, so a larger
filesystem won't work there.