Re: 64-bit block sizes on 32-bit systems

Jes Sorensen
2001-03-26T20:16:03Z

>>>>> "Matthew" == Matthew Wilcox <matthew@wil.cx> writes:

Matthew> On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 10:47:13AM -0700, Andreas Dilger
Matthew> wrote:
>> What do you mean by problems 5 years down the road? The real issue
>> is that this 32-bit block count limit affects composite devices
>> like MD RAID and LVM today, not just individual disks. There have
>> been several postings I have seen with people having a problem
>> _today_ with a 2TB limit on devices.

Matthew> people who can afford 2TB of disc can afford to buy a 64-bit
Matthew> processor.

Oh great, and migrating a large application to a new architecture is
soo cheap. Disk costs nothing these days and there is a legitimate
need here.

Jes