[mythtv-users] Hitachi 3T drives - reliable?

Edgar Matzinger edgar at edgar-matzinger.nl
Thu Jan 20 15:25:57 UTC 2011


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Hello list,

On 20/01/11 13:49, Simon Hobson wrote:
> Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> 
> For whatever reason, 2TB seems to be a common limit (I know it is in
> older versions of Windows). 2TB is 2^31 bytes, so the maximum value for
> a signed 32 bit integer.

A slip of the calculator: 2^31 equals to 2GB not 2TB.... But yes, 2^31
is the maximum for a signed (4 byte wide) integer.

Kind regards, Edgar.
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