FW: 20TB Storage System

Petri Helenius pete at he.iki.fi
Tue Sep 2 13:34:00 PDT 2003


Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:

>>2) What is the maximum size of a filesystem that I can present to the host
>>OS using vinum/ccd? Am I limited anywhere that I am not aware of?
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>Good question, I'm not sure we currently know the exact barrier.
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Just make sure you run UFS2, which is the default on -CURRENT because 
UFS1 has
a 1TB limit.

>>3) Could I put all 20TB on one system, or will I need two to sustain the IO
>>required?
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>Spreading it will give you more I/O bandwidth.
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Can you say why? Usually putting more spindles into one pile gives you 
more I/O,
unless you have very evenly distributed sequential access in pattern you 
can predict
in advance.

Pete




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