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filesystem limits
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According to this document ( a UFS filesystem can be as large as 1 Terabyte. This doc is dated 1994 though.
According to this Veritas document ( a filesystem can be up to 32 Terabytes with version 5. A filesystem can be up to 256 Terabytes with version 6. An individual file can be over 32 Terabytes only with a 64 bit kernel.
And here's a quick white paper on largefiles, It has some good info.
I'm sure there are more docs. These are just from a quick search on
Hope this helps.
According to this Veritas document ( a filesystem can be up to 32 Terabytes with version 5. A filesystem can be up to 256 Terabytes with version 6. An individual file can be over 32 Terabytes only with a 64 bit kernel.
And here's a quick white paper on largefiles, It has some good info.
I'm sure there are more docs. These are just from a quick search on
Hope this helps.
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