Subject: Re: File Size Limitations
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Geert Hendrickx <geert.hendrickx@ua.ac.be>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 01/17/2005 23:07:06
On Mon, Jan 17, 2005 at 04:07:47PM -0500, Sridhar Ayengar wrote:
> Hi.  I haven't been able to find a non-confusing source for this
> information, so I'm sorry to be asking a question that's probably been
> asked before.
> 
> Is there a difference in maximum file size between UFS and UFS2?  I
> have a RAID array (1080GB capacity) onto which I will need to dump
> multiple 200GB files.  Will I be ok?

I also find there is very limited documentation on the filesystems
included in NetBSD.  About UFSv2 the docs only mention that "among other
enhancements, it is better suited for filesystems larger than 1 TB".
What does that mean, better suited?  And what is the difference then
between UFS v1 and v2 on my 10 Gb disk?  

And LFS is *completely* undocumented...  The design seems good, but it
is "rumoured" that the current implementation is not very stable.  

So maybe it's a good idea to create a section about filesystems (and the
differences between them, and their options, and what to use for which
purpose, etc) in the NetBSD guide...?  

GH

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