Single File Size Limit, is there one?

[Compass]

nOOb here,

 

Fat32 format has the 4Gb size limit, does an unRaid box have the same limit?

 

I have searched but not really found an answer.

 

I ask because if I use DVDShrink to combine a movie into 1 vob file, the CPU usage(on my desktop) drops to around 5% when streaming wirelessly to my PS3(as opposed to over 50% when having to transcode too,using PS3Mediaserver),

 

but of course then I can't move that file to any Fat32 formatted hdd's, as that 1 file is still over 4Gb, and I don't want to downgrade the quality of the movie any further.

 

Cheers

[BRiT]

Discussed here: http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5704.msg54610#msg54610

 

 

[Joe L.]

nOOb here,

 

Fat32 format has the 4Gb size limit, does an unRaid box have the same limit?

 

I have searched but not really found an answer.

 

I ask because if I use DVDShrink to combine a movie into 1 vob file, the CPU usage(on my desktop) drops to around 5% when streaming wirelessly to my PS3(as opposed to over 50% when having to transcode too,using PS3Mediaserver),

 

but of course then I can't move that file to any Fat32 formatted hdd's, as that 1 file is still over 4Gb, and I don't want to downgrade the quality of the movie any further.

 

Cheers

The maximum size of an individual file is 8 terabytes (2^63) on a ReiserFS filesystem.  You are currently limited to a maximum file-system size of 2TB, since the file system must exist on a single physical disk, and you cannot get a disk bigger than 2TB at this time.      In 5 years, perhaps we'll see 8TB drives and that will then be a limitation...

 

Joe L.

[Compass]

Thanks

[vca]

The maximum size of an individual file is 8 terabytes (2^63) on a ReiserFS filesystem.  You are currently limited to a maximum file-system size of 2TB, since the file system must exist on a single physical disk, and you cannot get a disk bigger than 2TB at this time.      In 5 years, perhaps we'll see 8TB drives and that will then be a limitation...

 

Joe L.

 

8TB is 2^43 not 2^63, which is a really strange limit.  According to Wikipedia ReiserFS is capable of up to 1EB (1EB is 1 million TB) but the page cache limits it to 8TB on 32 bit machines.  So when do we get a 64 bit version of unRAID?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_systems#cite_note-note-8-24

 

Stephen

[BRiT]

It's already here - http://lime-technology.com/forum/index.php?topic=5639.0

 

I don't know if the Linux kernel being 64bit means anything for the filesystems.