Re: [cobalt-users] Tar Size?

["Andrew Kinney" <andykinney@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 16 Aug 00, at 20:33, Malcolm McLeary wrote:

> Hi Mike,
> 
> on 16/8/00 7:13 PM, Mike Fritsch at mfritsch@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Does  anyone know if there is a maximum on the size a tar archive should
> > be?(IE most RaQs go haywire @ 250 sites)
> 
> Not that I'm a expert in this area but I don't believe its really a
> problem with tar ... I think its an issue with the maximum file size on
> the target file system or device.
> 
> When I was using the built-in backup solution on a Qube2 the backup would
> never be greater than 2GB ... most likely a Linux filesystem limitation
> before the file was transferred to an SMB share on an NT Workstation.
> 


I did a bit of research on this awhile back.  Please, someone 
correct me if I'm wrong.  Apparently there was a 2GB limit with the 
original 'ext' filesystem.  That's when the current version tar was 
built.  ext2 was supposed to remove that limitation, but tar retained 
that limitation.  

Since then, "BRU" was released and removed that 2GB limitation 
and added a bunch of features.  To get the full version of BRU, 
though, you have to pay for it.

Sincerely,
Andrew Kinney
President, Advantagecom Networks, Inc.
http://www.advantagecom.net
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