Re: Problem creating 6TB partition...

[Daniel Schröter <d.schroeter@gmx.de>]

Mike Dresser wrote:
>> Last time i used EXT3 for an 2TB volume, everythings fine but
>> i need to disable the filesystem checks with tune2fs, because it
>> needs too much time for an check :-). I´m not felling really good
>> about that, is there a better solution?
> 
> Keep in mind if you go with XFS, you're going to need 10-15 gig of 
> memory or swap space to fsck 6tb.. it needs about 9 gig to xfs_check, and 
> 3 gig to xfs_repair a 4tb array on one of my systems.. oh, and a couple 
> days to do either. :)

ext3 has the same "problem":
http://ukai.org/b/log/debian/snapshot/fsck_completed_but-2005-09-04-15-00.html