Re: What is the limit size of tmpfs /dev/shm ?

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Tomasz Chmielewski schrieb:
> > Hello Kernel Users,
> >
> > is there a size limit for tmpfs for the /dev/shm filesystem?
> > Normally its default size is set to 2 GB. Is it possible to create a 
> > 2 TB (Terrabyte) filesystem with tmpfs?
> > Or is there a maximum size defined in the linux kernel?
>
> Depends on your arch.
I have a 64 Bits architecture (amd64/x86_64).

> If you're 64 bit, you need to have really loads of storage and/or RAM 
> to accumulate 16EB:
>
> # mount -t tmpfs -o size=171798691839G tmpfs /mnt/2
> # df -h
> (...)
> tmpfs                  16E     0   16E   0% /mnt/2
Nice, I will try this out.
I have not the money for 16E of memory of RAM! :-) lol
Already to provide 1 TB it would cost at least for the memory about 20 
000 EUR + the server costs which support this.

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