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

Matthew Wilcox
2001-03-26T18:11:05Z

On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 10:47:13AM -0700, Andreas Dilger 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.

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

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