Re: [PATCH] ext3: Extends blocksize up to pagesize

[Helge Hafting]

John Stoffel wrote:

> Takashi> As a disk tends to get large, a disk storage has had a
> Takashi> capacity to supply multi-TB.  But now, ext3 can't support
> Takashi> more than 8TB filesystem when blocksize is 4KB.  That's why I
> Takashi> think ext3 needs to be more than 8TB.
>
> Man, I don't want to even think about doing an FSCK on an 8TB
> filesystem running ext[23] at all.  
>
> In that size range, you really need a filesystem which doesn't need an
> FSCK at all.  Not sure what the real answer is though...
>  
An fs that allows consistency checking while in use, perhaps?
Then it doesn't matter if it takes days, for you can use the fs
in the meantime.

Helge Hafting
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