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- From: PA@PARobitaille.ccr.hydro.qc.ca (Paul Andre Robitaille)
- Subject: Re: Disk stripping on Alpha/OSF
- Message-ID: <PA-171292122803@macmartineau.ccr.hydro.qc.ca>
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- Organization: Hydro Quebec
- References: <cozzi.24@convex.rad.nd.edu> <1992Dec14.202214.14025@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
- Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 17:33:43 GMT
- Lines: 37
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- In article <1992Dec14.202214.14025@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>,
- alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com (Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wayward
- Tumbleweeds.) wrote:
- >
- >
- > In article <cozzi.24@convex.rad.nd.edu>, cozzi@convex.rad.nd.edu (Marc D. Cozzi) writes:
- > >
- > > I have a need for fairly large file systems and files.
- > > file size > 4Gbytes
- > > file systems > 8Gbytes
- > >
- > > Does DEC offer disk stripping with Alpha/OSF ?
- > > If not when if ever will it be available?
- >
- > OSF/1 on Alpha AXP systems will use 64 bit integers for off_t, allowing
- > very large files and file systems. Using LVM on OSF/1 you can take parts
- > of disks and build large file systems. This isn't really striping because
- > the chunks are too large, but it will get you virtual devices of the
- > required capacity.
- >
- > If you do end up needing Striping, please let me know. I'm the person
- > currently maintaining ULTRIX Striping and will likely have to do it for
- > OSF if there is need.
- > >
- > >Marc Cozzi
- > >Univ of Notre Dame
- > >cozzi@convex.rad.nd.edu
- > >
- > --
- > Alan Rollow alan@nabeth.cxo.dec.com
-
- This is strange because one of the tenders on a system we have an RFP out
- for is talking about offering us striping on an AXP OSF platform. I thought
- they
- had some insights into DEC's future plans...
-
- Alain Martineau
-