Re: [Moosefs-users] i have some doubts,now ，please answer me

[Fyodor U. <uf...@uf...>]

On 04/21/2011 03:09 PM, Michal Borychowski wrote:
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> Hi!
>
> There is (theoretically) no limit for the number of files in the system.
>
> For 300 million files you’ll need: 300 * 300 MB = 87.8 GB of RAM
>
Michal, whether or not reasonable to use the swap in such cases? All the
files are not simultaneously used, and some information about them can
be moved to swap?

> Best regards
>
> Michal Borychowski
>
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> *Sent:* Thursday, April 21, 2011 2:03 PM
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> *Subject:* [Moosefs-users] i have some doubts,now ，please answer me
>
>
> i have some doubts,now ，please answer me :
>
> problem one: About MooseFS,i had asked the question : what size does
> it support the single file? and what size about the total numbers of
> file??
> and your answer is:
> "Limit of 2TiB is for a single file. There is no limit for the total
> size of all files in the system. "
>
> and today,your reply is "if it supports 3000 million files? We would
> need about 3
> 000 * 300 MB = 878 GB of RAM which would be rather impossible."and
> today's answer conflict with that statement(e.g."no limit for the
> total size of all files in the system").
> please tell me ,for 300 million files, what size is the RAM that we
> need in the system???, as you say,it needs 87 GB of RAM,or "no
> limit"?????
>
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> That's all ,thanks a lot!
>
> Sincerely look forward to your reply!
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> Best regards!
>
> Hanyw
>
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