AIX Tip of the Week

Maximum AIX File/Filesystem Sizes

Audience: Administrators

Date: January 23, 2004

The maximum AIX file and filesystem size depends on the kernel type and AIX/JFS versions. Here are the maximum supported values.

Maximum File/Filesystem Sizes in AIX
23-Jan-04
  AIX 4.3 AIX 5.1 AIX 5.2
JFS JFS JFS JFS2 JFS JFS2  
AIX Kernel 32/64 32/64 32 Bit 64 Bit 32/64 32 Bit 64 Bit
           
Maximum Supported          
File Size 64 GB 64 GB 1 TB 1 TB 64 GB 1 TB 16 TB
Filesystem Size 1 TB 1 TB 1 TB 1 TB 1 TB 1 TB 16 TB
               

Bruce Spencer,
baspence@us.ibm.com