initial commit, including theme

1 files changed, 29 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/content/posts/2004-08-04-big-friggin-files.html b/content/posts/2004-08-04-big-friggin-files.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de374e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/posts/2004-08-04-big-friggin-files.html
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+---
+date: "2004-08-04T17:47:48Z"
+title: Big Friggin Files
+---
+
+<p>
+Here's a handy list of maximum file sizes for various filesystems:
+</p>
+
+<blockquote cite='http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Table_size.html'>
+<ul>
+<li>ext2/3: Filesystem up to 16 TB, individual files to 2 TB</li>
+<li>Reiserfs: Filesystem up to 17 TB, individual files to 2 TB.</li>
+<li>JFS: Filesystem up to 32 PB, individual files to 4 PB.</li>
+<li>XFS: Filesystem up to 16 EB, individual files to 8 EB.</li>
+<li>NTFS: Varies, but with default block size the maximum filesystem size is 16 TB. Files are limited only by the size of the volume.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>
+Note: The 2.4 Linux kernel has a 2 TB limitation on the size of a block device, so the very large limits above are, for the moment, theoretical. 2.5/2.6 should fix this limitation.
+</p>
+
+<p> <a href='http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Table_size.html'>Source</a></p>
+</blockquote>
+
+<p>
+I also stumbled across <a href='http://mdbtools.sf.net/'>MDBTools</a>.  It's a set of tools for reading Access files in real operating systems.  Seems to be buggy at the moment, but it looks promising.
+</p>
+