Re: [flexbackup-help] > 2 GB Backup question

[Edwin H. <ed...@co...>]

[ Cyrus Bharda wrote: ]
> So here are our questions:
> 
> 1. How big can files be created by flexbackup IF it is to a Windows NTFS share?

The limitation would be with smbfs if anything.  I have no clue what the
filesize limits are for it.  It might be your limiting factor.

> 2. Can a file that is >2GB that was created by flexbackup to a Windows
> NTFS share be restored without running into the 2GB limit on the RedHat
> Box?

If the SME core utils are from RedHat 7.x it should handle >2GB files just
fine - large file support has been around a while.

I'm not sure if the SME setup uses "buffer" or not, but buffer needs a
compilation tweak to read/write >2GB files.  If you are just using dd it
should be fine.

Basically any 2GB limits will come from the utilities used in the pipeline
- dd/buffer/dump/afio/whatever, or in the underlying filesystem (smbfs in
your case), and not from flexbackup itself.


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