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date: "2004-08-04T17:47:48Z"
title: Big Friggin Files
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<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.
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