[olug] large files

[Phil Brutsche]

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...

> On Sat, 22 Mar 2003, Vincent wrote:
>
> >                              Ext3           ReiserFS    XFS                 JFS
> > File system max     16384 Gb  17592 Gb   18,000 Pb+     32 Pb
> > File size max          2048 Gb    1 Eb*          9,000 Pb         4 Pb
>
> Yes note your first numbers - reality is that on a 32 bit OS (aka Linux on
> x86) the _file_ size limit is still 2G (2048M). Try it some time -
> seriously I still run into this especially with Squid and SNORT logs...
>
> Once you have a _file_ over 2G the application usually just stops working.

You must not have your glibc compiled for large file support :)  Large
file support requires a 2.4.x or 2.5.x kernel as well as a properly
compiled glibc 2.2.x.

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Phil Brutsche
phil at brutsche.us