Re: Maximum Volume size for XFS on Linux

[Seth Mos <knuffie@xs4all.nl>]

On Tue, 7 May 2002, Jeff Cooper wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a large Linux SAN with 8 - 1.8TB volumes
> for a large data capture operation.
>
> I am able to format the drives with mkfs.xfs,
> and until a certain point, around 800GB, things
> are fine.  At this point however, the file system
> freezes, and we are unable to create any more files
> on the volume.

I forgot, which version of mkfs.xfs did you use. Some older mkfs.xfs
version incorrectly sized the inodeseize which results in the exact
behaviour you are describing.

This was fixed a few months ago and was only introduced during a short
time. You might have been unlucky.

Can you try recreating one of the filesystems with a recent mkfs.xfs or
better yet the latest CVS to be sure. (although 1.1 release xfsprogs will
do fine).

Cheers
Seth