NFS limitations?

[Craig Smith_13]

On HP-UX 11.11 (C3000), I mounted a 4.5TB NAS (NFSv3) drive but only showing 2TB. Is there a limit to an NFS mount or is there a patch to allow greater than 2TB? NFS mount onto a W2k shows all 4.5TB.

Thanks.

[Dave Olker · Accepted solution]

Hi Craig,

Is this a 2TB *file* or a 2TB *filesystem*? 2TB is the largest *file* you can use at 11.11 but I've used much larger *filesystems* with 11.11 and NFS.

How are you seeing the 2TB limit? bdf? I think there is a known bug with certain versions of bdf where it stops at 2TB. Does df show the same size or does df report the correct size?

Regards,

Dave

[Craig Smith_13]

Hi Dave,

Thanks for the information, yes it is a filesystem and yes I was using "bdf". Since bdf has a limitation, I tried df -k instead and it reports 4.5TB.

Thanks,
Craig.

[Craig Smith_13]

Dave hit the nail on the head!