Re: VFS 64-bit clean? Not yet (was Re: large-file-system)

Albert D. Cahalan (acahalan@cs.uml.edu)
17 Feb 1998 19:33:43 +0100

>> OK, this is getting silly.
>>
>> Places that have space for such huge files can afford to hire
>> a team of developers, buy source for any Unix they want, etc.
>
> Not true. They usually push all the money into the hardware and
> have only a tiny staff. Just as an example: the local University
> here has a "Unix" support group consisting of 3 staff members and
> 3 students which support a number of somewhat over 15.000 users,
> among which are the local meterologists.........

So you claim that:

1. you have more than a terabyte in a single file
2. that file is on a 32-bit machine
3. that terabyte was cheap compared to the staff

Really, I find it hard to believe that you satisfy all 3 conditions.
If so, I'd suggest an Alpha and some cheaper staff.

The "limit" is 72 bits on 64-bit hardware, which we will all
have by the time a terabyte is limiting. Even Intel will have
64-bit hardware in a few years.

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