What filesystems support files larger than 4GB?

[notfred]

Just realized that the 4.3GB file I'm uploading may be too big for the server I'm sending it to.

 

[AndyHui]

NTFS

I'm not familiar with the *NIX file systems, but I would think all of the modern ones likes ReiserFS and EXT3 do as well.

 

[newbiepcuser]

Originally posted by: AndyHui
NTFS

 

[conjur]

FAT32 goes to 32GB, eh?

 

[AndyHui]

FAT32 supports a partition size up to 128GB; it's an artficial Microsoft limitation for Windows 2000 and Windows XP to force NTFS on partitions larger than 32GB.

Maximum file size for FAT32 is 4GB though.

 

[BillGates]

DVDR image?

50,000,000 byte rar files is the norm...

 

[conjur]

Originally posted by: AndyHui
FAT32 supports a partition size up to 128GB; it's an artficial Microsoft limitation for Windows 2000 and Windows XP to force NTFS on partitions larger than 32GB.

Maximum file size for FAT32 is 4GB though.

Ah...yeah...you can't format a FAT32 volume in W2K larger than 32GB.

I haven't had to in forever so my memory is a bit faulty.

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: BillGates
DVDR image?

50,000,000 byte rar files is the norm...

You're right. I'll cancel the upload and make smaller files

 

[BillGates]

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: BillGates
DVDR image?

50,000,000 byte rar files is the norm...

You're right. I'll cancel the upload and make smaller files

Depending on the person (or server) you're sending to, you might want to add an SFV file in there too so the server can check integrity on the files as they come in. Small chunks (well, 50 MB isn't exactly SMALL but you know what I mean) make it easier to resume/overwrite if something goes wrong too.

 

[McMadman]

Originally posted by: AndyHui
FAT32 supports a partition size up to 128GB; it's an artficial Microsoft limitation for Windows 2000 and Windows XP to force NTFS on partitions larger than 32GB.

Maximum file size for FAT32 is 4GB though.

FAT32 can very well be used for partitions larger than 128gb, I use my drive as an example:
Available space on drive D: 784MB of 156289MB (FAT32)

I believe the implied limitation of FAT32 is a 8TB partition, but ever since win 2000/XP MS has made it default to NTFS for partitions greater than 32GB.

Using a tool like Partition Magic or a patched win98 boot disk you can make larger partitions.

Some tools may not properly work with the drive when it is larger than 128GB (the win98 scandisk and defrag for example)

Limitations of FAT32 File System

Limitations of the FAT32 File System in Windows XP

 

[Cerebus451]

Originally posted by: AndyHui
NTFS

I'm not familiar with the *NIX file systems, but I would think all of the modern ones likes ReiserFS and EXT3 do as well.

Most *NIX file systems can handle the larger files now, but some have more troubles than others. For systems that are still 32-bit based, you have to compile software with added options to handle larger file sizes (the cludges vary in how they implement 64-bit integers on 32-bit systems). All of our UNIX systems (AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Dynix, Linux) are large-file capable, though TCSH on the AIX system is a bit flaky with files over 2GB (doing a 'ls *' on a directory will only list those files under 2GB in size. Similary, 'rm *' will only delete the files under 2GB, but doing 'rm filename' on a file over 2GB is fine).

 

[Maverick]

heh funny that I just found this thread now. I actually had to convert my hard drive to NTFS when I first got my DVD burner because of that 4GB limit on FAT32.