Re: Giant disk on 2.2.17: Any concerns?

Mohammad A. Haque (mhaque@haque.net)
Mon, 21 May 2001 12:36:17 -0400

Harald Dunkel wrote:
>
> Hi folks,
>
> For running some kind of database application (ClearCase 4.1) I would
> like to attach an external RAID array with 6*30GByte to a RedHat 6.2
> machine, using kernel 2.2.17. I don't expect huge files (maximum file
> size should be about 250MByte), but a lot of middle size files and
> millions of tiny files.
>
> Will this work?
>
> Do you expect any problems with the partition table?

I've used a 250GB and 400GB RAID array with 2.2.x kernels w/o any
problems. We have several thousands of ~1 MB
and >100 MB files.

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