linux 文件系统最大限制

红帽子文件系统限制：

See also:
http://www.redhat.com/resourcelibrary/articles/articles-red-hat-enterprise-linux-6-technology-capabilities-and-limits

	Version 3	Version 4	Version 5	Version 6
Maximum logical CPUs [2]
x86	16	32	32	32
Itanium 2	8	256/512	256/1024	N/A[6]
x86_64	8	64/64	160/255	160/4096
POWER	8	64/128	128/128	128
System z	64 (z900)	64 (z10 EC)	80 (z196)	80 (z196)
Maximum memory[5]
x86	64GB[3]	64GB[3]	16GB[4]	16GB[4]
Itanium 2	128GB	2TB	2TB	N/A[6]
x86_64	128GB	256GB/1TB	1TB	2TB/64TB
POWER	64GB	128GB/1TB	512GB/1TB	2TB
System z	256GB (z900)	1.5TB (z10 EC)	3TB (z196)	3TB (z196)
Required minimums
x86	256MB	256MB	512MB minimum/ 1 GB/logical CPU recommended	512MB minimum/ 1 GB/logical CPU recommended
x86_64	256MB	256MB	512MB minimum/ 1 GB/logical CPU recommended	1GB minimum/ 1 GB/logical CPU recommended
Itanium 2	512MB	512MB	512MB/ 1 GB/logical CPU recommended	N/A[6]
POWER	512MB	512MB	1GB minimum/ 2GB recommended	2GB minimum/ 2GB required per install
Minimum diskspace	800MB	800MB	1GB minimum/ 5GB recommended	1GB minimum/ 5GB recommended
File systems and storage limits
Maximum filesize (Ext3)	2TB	2TB	2TB	2TB
Maximum file system size (Ext3)	2TB	8TB	16TB	16TB
Maximum file size (Ext4)	--	--	16TB	16TB
Maximum file system size (Ext4)	--	--	16TB	16TB
Maximum file size (GFS)	2TB	16TB/8EB	16TB/8EB[7]	N/A
Maximum file system size (GFS)	2TB	16TB/8EB	16TB/8EB[7]	N/A
Maximum file size (GFS2)	--	--	25TB	100TB
Maximum file system size (GFS2)	--	--	25TB	100TB
Maximum file size (XFS)	--	--	100TB	100TB
Maximum file system size (XFS)	--	--	100TB	100TB
Maximum Boot LUN size (BIOS)	--	--	<2TB	<2TB[10]
Maximum Boot LUN size (UEFI)	--	--	N/A	Any[10]
Maximum x86 per-process virtual address space	Approx. 4GB	Approx. 4GB	Approx. 3GB[4]	Approx. 3GB[4]
Maximum x86_64 per-process virtual address space		512GB	2TB	128TB
Kernel and OS features
Kernel foundation	Linux 2.4.21	Linux 2.6.9	Linux 2.6.18	2.6.32 - 2.6.34
Compiler/toolchain	GCC 3.2	GCC 3.4	GCC 4.1	GCC 4.4
Languages supported	10	15	19	22
NIAP/CC certified[11]	Yes (3+)	Yes (4+)	Yes (4+)	Under evaluation
Common Criteria certified KVM[11]	--	--	Under evaluation	Under evaluation
IPv6	--	--	Ready Logo Phase 2	Under evaluation
Compatibility libraries	V2.1	V2.1 and V3	V3 and V4	V4 and V5
FIPS certified[11]	--	--	Yes	Under evaluation
Common Operating Environment (COE) compliant	Yes	Yes	N/A	N/A
LSB-compliant	Yes - 1.3	Yes - 3	Yes - 3.1	Under evaluation
GB18030	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Client environment
Desktop GUI	Gnome 2.2	Gnome 2.8	Gnome 2.16	Gnome 2.28
Graphics	XFree86	X.org	X.org 7.1.1	X.org 7.4
OpenOffice	V1.1	V1.1.2	V2.0.4[12]	V3.2[12]
Gnome Evolution	V1.4	V2.0	V2.8.0	V2.28
Default browser	Mozilla	Firefox	Firefox 1.5[12]	Firefox 3.6[12]

SLES限制：
https://www.suse.com/documentation/sles11/singlehtml/stor_admin/stor_admin.html

Table 1.2. Maximum Sizes of Files and File Systems (On-Disk Format)¶

File System (4 KiB Block Size)	Maximum File Size	Maximum File System Size
BtrFS	16 EiB	16 EiB
Ext2 or Ext3	2 TiB	16 TiB
OCFS2 (available in the High Availability Extension)	4 PiB	4 PiB
ReiserFS v3	2 TiB	16 TiB
XFS	8 EiB	8 EiB
NFSv2 (client side)	2 GiB	8 EiB
NFSv3 (client side)	8 EiB	8 EiB