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List:       linux-server
Subject:    Re: Large Storage Solutions (was: Big Backup!)
From:       Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra () TROLL ! NO>
Date:       1998-10-29 15:33:41
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villalon <villalon@CAREEBECONS.COM>
> Can Linux use a >2GB file if it is on a NFS mounted partition? Is this 2GB
> thing just a limitation of the ext2fs file system?

The limitation is more basic than that.  mysql wants to mmap(), and
mmap() on an i386 is limited to about 2GB by the 32-bit address space
of the CPU.  The maximum you could tweak it to would probably be
something like 2.7GB.

The mysql people offer to implement features for money.  Perhaps
that's worth investigating.

--Arnt

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