linux-ext4 - Re: htree indexing and 64-bit file systems

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Message-ID: <20090207155432.GF29213@mini-me.lan>
Date:	Sat, 7 Feb 2009 10:54:32 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Goswin von Brederlow <goswin-v-b@....de>
Cc:	linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: htree indexing and 64-bit file systems

On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 02:06:56PM +0100, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> What if the directory is REALLY HUGE? :) Say >68.719.476.736 files.
> 
> Can ext4 64bit have directories >8TiB?

No, ext4 directories are limited to 2TB.  Htree directories are
currently limited to a depth of two, which for smaller block sizes
will be more of limitation than the maximum size limitation.

     	     		   	    	    - Ted
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