Hi Matti.
>>>> What is maximum EXT2 filesystem size ?
>>> Yes. I believe it is limited to about 2 TB (yes, TERAbyte).
>> hmm.. it's limited by the triple-indirect block.
> No. That is maximum FILE size, not FILESYSTEM.
> In theory the EXT2 filesystem max size is 4G * blocksize.
> ( 4 * 10^9 * 4 * 10^3 = 16 * 10^12 = 16 TB for 4k blocks. )
I understand that on architectures with 8k pages, ext2 supports
8k blocksize. If so, you can double that and set the limit at
32 TB on such systems.
> Practicalities begin to hit at various places:
One practicality being the scarcity of 32 TB drives, I would
presume...
> Some block device drivers support only up to 2G * 512 bytes
> (I recall SCSI at least was one of these) = 1 TB.
No idea, so can't comment.
Best wishes from Riley.
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