topic Re: maximum file sysytem size in Operating System - HP-UX

maximum file sysytem size

Mark_154 — Thu, 10 Oct 2002 00:37:40 GMT

Hi!
I want to know maximum file sysytem size(vxfs and hfs) for HP-UX11.22.
If there are URL or something, please let me know.

Thank you.

Re: maximum file sysytem size

Jeff Schussele — Thu, 10 Oct 2002 00:42:45 GMT

Hi Masa,

Not sure about HFS - I wouldn't want to use it anyway - no journaling.
But vxfs would be 2Tb (FS & file) in 11iv1.6 (11.22).

Rgds,
Jeff

Re: maximum file sysytem size

harry d brown jr — Thu, 10 Oct 2002 00:47:38 GMT

How much money do you have to spend?

This is a serious question that has to have some logical reason why someone would create a 2TB filesystem??

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/5971-2383/5971-2383.html

live free or die
harry

Re: maximum file sysytem size

Jeff Schussele — Thu, 10 Oct 2002 01:42:03 GMT

I can give you a one-word answer Harry

Database

If they can have it...they will come....

Livin' Free,
Jeff

P.S. I sure wouldn't want to admin a 2TB FS with normal size files......can you say...Should I cron DEFRAG? How about.....You say response time is down, well how long do you think it takes to search a million files?!?!?!?

Re: maximum file sysytem size

Pete Randall — Thu, 10 Oct 2002 09:39:37 GMT

On the subject of maintaining a file system (as opposed to a database) of this size, refer to this thread for a good discussion of the performance implications of having many, many, many files in one FS:

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xe87a42308663d611abdb0090277a778c,00.html

Pete