Re: [htdig] File size limit exceeded?

[Bill A. <Bil...@em...>]

Geoff & fellow diggers,

Instead of switching to a beta version that may not have resolved my
problem, I upgraded the server partition from ext3 to Reiser file system
which will handle a single file many times larger than my whole array
(up to an exabyte, I think) and performs very well with both large and
small files due to block "sub-allocation", journaling, etc.  The
conversion took only minutes, but the data restore took a significantly
longer amount of time.  Everything is back up and running fine and even
faster!

If anyone else runs into the maximum file size issue on RedHat 7.3 on
x86 architecture and wants to give this a try, feel free to contact me
off-list and I will be happy to tell you how the conversion was done. 
There are also many good websites including http://www.namesys.com, from
the folks who wrote the Reiser file system.



Bill Akins, CNE
Sr. OSA
Emory Healthcare
(404) 712-2879 - Office
12674 - PIC
bil...@em...



>>> Geoff Hutchison <ghu...@ws...> 06/23/02 07:50PM >>>
> happens in a couple of days.  Would you recommend 3.2.0b3 or b4? 
This
> is a production server.  I had tried 3.2.0b4-001302 earlier and had
> problems with Segmentation Fault and you recommend I go back to
3.1.6:

Right. But you also said you wanted to get a website up ASAP in a 
production environment. IMHO, that means you probably don't want to
mess 
around with a beta version. We don't recommend the 3.2 betas for a 
production version *unless* you're either willing to deal with the 
instability (and need to upgrade as necessary) or you need a feature 
only available in the betas (i.e. a compressed wordlist).

I would recommend using the latest 3.2.0b4 snapshot as 3.2.0b3 is 
significantly buggy in comparison and has a known security hole. 
However, we won't be releasing a full 3.2.0b4 until at least one of the

major remaining code changes is finished and tested. (One is coming 
relatively soon and may help you further.)

Regards,
-Geoff
--
-Geoff Hutchison
Williams Students Online
http://wso.williams.edu/ 

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