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Part number: 5991-5853 First edition: 1/2007
Table of contents
Executive Summary............................................................................................................. 4 HFS Supported File and File System Sizes.......................................................................... 4 JFS (VxFS) Supported File and File System Sizes .............................................................. 5 Large File System (> 2 TB) Compatibility Issue ............................................................. 6 Large Files with Memory Mapping ................................................................................. 6 Large File System (> 4 TB) File System Block Size Issues............................................. 6 Related JFS Patches............................................................................................................. 7 Related Documentation ....................................................................................................... 7
Executive Summary
Beginning with HP-UX 10.01, the supported sizes for files and file systems on HP-UX have gradually increased. The following white paper summarizes the supported file and file system sizes for HP-UX 11.00 through HP-UX 11i Version 3 (B.11.31).
* On the HP-UX 11.00 and 11i v1 releases, you can exceed the 128 GB limit to 256 GB, but HP does not support it.
If you are extending or creating file systems beyond 128 GB, then you need PHKL_22719 to avoid mount problems.
Binaries that use ustat, statfs (fstatfs, statfsdev, fstatfsdev), and the 32-bit flavor of statvfs (fstatvfs, statvfsdev, fstatfsdev) can have compatibility problems when exposed to a truly large file system. Calls to these functions will return an EOVERFLOW error. In some cases, this is interpreted as a file being absent (some libraries and commands look at the -1 result, but not the uerror) or misinterpreted. HP provides commands and library code with the 64-bit flavor of statvfs. Rebuild your binaries to avoid this problem. Administrators must take into account this when setting up the file systems. The older binaries must be run against data that resides on smaller file systems, rather than new, huge ones that overflows the various 32-bit status fields.
Large File System (> 4 TB) File System Block Size Issues
Large file systems (> 4 TB) require certain block size requirements. For example, in order to create a file system that is larger than 16 TB, a file system block size of 8 kb is necessary. See mkfs_vxfs (1M) for more information on the file system block size requirements.
Related Documentation
For more information on JFS, see HP Technical documentation website at: http://docs.hp.com.
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