Ext3 file system limit under 2.6 kernel

[J. Epperson]

On Fri, June 2, 2006 14:09, Celso K. Webber wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I'm experiencing some strange simptoms on a Dell AX-100 storage where I
> have a logical disk greater than 2 TB.
>
> Whenever I create a logical disk in the AX-100 with a 2.173 TB size, a
> "mke2fs" command creates a 130 GB file system, this is strange. I tested
> with sizes up to 1 TB and everything worked fine.
>
> So I'd like to ask if someone is aware of any file system limits under
> the 2.6 Linux kernel.
>
> OS: Red Hat Enterprise Linux v4 (no updates applied yet)
> Hardware: Dell PE-2850 with a QLogic HBA
> Storage: Dell AX-100 with a 2.173 TB logical disk

>From the RHEL4U1 release notes:
"In general, Update 1 is considered a requirement for support of disk
devices larger than 2 TB."

http://www.redhat.com/docs/manuals/enterprise/RHEL-4-Manual/release-notes/as-x86/RELEASE-NOTES-U1-x86-en.html