Re: what is our answer to ZFS?

[Bill Davidsen]

Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> Bill Davidsen wrote:
>
> > Jeff V. Merkey wrote:
> >
> > > Bernd Eckenfels wrote:
> > >
> > > > In article <200511211252.04217.rob@xxxxxxxxxxx> you wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > I believe that on 64 bit platforms, Linux has a 64 bit clean VFS. 
> > > > > Python says 2**64 is 18446744073709551616, and that's roughly:
> > > > > 18,446,744,073,709,551,616 bytes
> > > > > 18,446,744,073,709 megs
> > > > > 18,446,744,073 gigs
> > > > > 18,446,744 terabytes
> > > > > 18,446 ... what are those, pedabytes (petabytes?)
> > > > > 18 zetabytes
> > > There you go. I deal with this a lot so, those are the names.
> > >
> > > Linux is currently limited to 16 TB per VFS mount point, it's all 
> > > mute, unless VFS gets fixed.
> > > mmap won't go above this at present.
> > What does "it's all mute" mean?
> Should be spelled "moot". It's a legal term that means "it doesn't matter".

Yes, I am well aware of what moot means, had you used that.


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 last possible moment - but no longer"  -me

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