[Zope] LARGE FILE SUPPORT

[Bill Anderson]

On 23 Jul 2001 17:14:30 -0500, J. Cameron Cooper wrote:
> >
> >
> >AFAIK it isn't a python/Zope problem but a filesystem problem.
> >I remember to have heard somewhere that Ext2 (the filesystem that Linux
> >uses) only support a file size of 2 GB. Perhaps some of the guru's inhere
> >can correct me if I am wrong.
> >
> >The solution to this problem - I think - may be to switch your filesystem
> >from Ext2 to ReiserFS.
> >
> Ext2 is fine with large files. The problem lies in the virtual memory 
> system of Linux 2.2 or lesser kernels (by way of the C libraries, I 
> believe). With a 2.4.x kernel, ext2 can deal with very large files.
> 
> But I would suggest going to a journaling filesystem anyway. My favorite 
> is SGI's XFS. It can be a pain if you don't have tons of empty disk 
> space, but it's fun to kick over your machine while it's running and get 
> a fsck in milliseconds.

Not to mention you can format a 1 terabyte filesystem in under one
second. Literally. :)

In testing, I have found problems with ReiserFS under heavy (and I mean
heavy!) load, so I, to, reccommend XFS.
Oh, and recovery in the seconds range is wonderful. On that same teraybte. :)

Bill