Re: VFS/ext2fs - large files on the Alpha (fails for 17GB+)

Jeff Noxon (jeff@planetfall.com)
Sat, 22 Aug 1998 17:52:34 -0500

On Sat, Aug 22, 1998 at 06:56:22PM +0100, Stephen C. Tweedie wrote:
> We do have prototype code to allow multiple devices to be bound together
> at the filesystem layer. That will allow us to go above 1TB per
> filesystem, but we'll still be limited to 8TB because of the maximum fs
> blocksize of 4096 bytes. However, Ted's btree index code, when ready,
> will allow us to get past even that limit. :)

Why is the block size limited to 4KB? It seemed to me that 8KB might
be a better choice on the Alpha for performance-oriented stuff, since
the MM page size is 8KB. Is this an e2fs limit or a kernel limit?

Thanks

Jeff

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