RE: quick question

[James Bourne <jbourne@mtroyal.ab.ca>]

On Thu, 25 Jul 2002 adam@morrison-ind.com wrote:

> >While I'm investigating other avenues... 
> >Can I confirm with anyone that the file size on Linux 32bit for the 
> >back-ldbm using gdbm is 2G? 
> 
> No, maximum file size in the KERNEL for 2.4.x is 2.4TB, thats TB not GB. 
> Or it should be if everything is working correctly. 
> 
> >It would seem we've hit this on our production server but I wanted 
> >to confirm this is the actual limit. 
> 
> I believe the ext2/3 file system itself has a 2GB limit (or did in some 
> versions,  I don't know the latest state.) 
> 
> WHat block size did you use when creating your filesystem. 
> 
> See http://www.suse.de/~aj/linux_lfs.html 

Hi,
See my previous email on this.  It's no the FS file size, it's
gdbm its self that can't seek past the 2G barrier.

Regards
James

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James Bourne, Supervisor Data Centre Operations
Mount Royal College, Calgary, AB, CA
www.mtroyal.ab.ca

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