linux-kernel - Re: How to handle >16TB devices on 32 bit hosts ??

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Message-ID: <8763dqwmhu.fsf@basil.nowhere.org>
Date:	Sat, 18 Jul 2009 08:09:33 +0200
From:	Andi Kleen <andi@...stfloor.org>
To:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, dm-devel@...hat.com
Subject: Re: How to handle >16TB devices on 32 bit hosts ??

Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de> writes:
>
>  With 2TB drives easily available, more people will probably try
>  building arrays this big and we cannot just assume they will only do
>  it on 64bit hosts.

They should -- no 32bit fsck has any chance running on a 16TB volume.

-Andi

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ak@...ux.intel.com -- Speaking for myself only.
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