Re: max filesize on ext3?

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Author: Alex Dean
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: max filesize on ext3?
Kristian Erik Hermansen wrote:
> On Feb 7, 2008 1:01 PM, <> wrote:
>> What is the maximum filesize on ext3 (64-bit)? I can't find a clear
>> answer after doing some searches. I seem to remember it's quite
>> large, but if someone can point me at a link that'd be really helpful.
>>
>> I have read it's dependent on the block size of the underlying device.
>> How can I determine that?
>
> This depends on your block size, but 16GB - 2TB...
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext3#Size_limits


Further down that page, I happened on this link :
http://www.howtoadvice.com/Ext3Max/

This explained how to use the 'dumpe2fs' command to get the block size
for the device.

Something like this :
'sudo /sbin/dumpe2fs -h /dev/sdb1 | grep "Block size"'
did the trick.

thanks.
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