From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933419AbYCGJc3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Mar 2008 04:32:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1764992AbYCGJaq (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Mar 2008 04:30:46 -0500 Received: from smtp-out02.alice-dsl.net ([88.44.60.12]:22516 "EHLO smtp-out02.alice-dsl.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762092AbYCGJan (ORCPT ); Fri, 7 Mar 2008 04:30:43 -0500 To: "Frantisek Rysanek" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: block layer / FS question: x86_32bit with LBD, 20 TB RAID volume => funny issues References: <47D06F77.29711.A05566EC@Frantisek.Rysanek.post.cz> <75b66ecd0803061905n5c06663cv2b75659917461199@mail.gmail.com> <47D0EA6B.18428.A235AEC4@Frantisek.Rysanek.post.cz> From: Andi Kleen Date: 07 Mar 2008 10:30:40 +0100 In-Reply-To: <47D0EA6B.18428.A235AEC4@Frantisek.Rysanek.post.cz> Message-ID: <87hcfig9tr.fsf@basil.nowhere.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-OriginalArrivalTime: 07 Mar 2008 09:24:10.0371 (UTC) FILETIME=[001EF530:01C88035] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org "Frantisek Rysanek" writes: > On 7 Mar 2008 at 4:05, Lee Revell wrote: > > > I didn't even try Ext3, I know it's not appropriate for this sort of > > > capacity. > > > > Where did you get that idea? > > > Hmm... Google can find sources on the 'net claiming that Ext3 has a > maximum of 2 or 4 TB. Nice to know that I'm wrong, You're not wrong (for 4K ext2s). Only ext4 lifted that limit, but it is still experimental. BTW your problems mostly sound like driver issues. Some drivers (and some controller firmwares) have problems with large block numbers -Andi