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

[Calvin Harrigan]

On 1/20/2011 8:42 AM, Jean-Yves Avenard wrote:
> Hi
>
> On 20 January 2011 13:49, Simon Hobson<linux at thehobsons.co.uk>  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.
>
> sure, but those are block devices. So the limitation is 2^31 sectors;
> with 4kB sectors, you have a long way to go after 3TB no ?
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Ummmm, isn't 2^31 = 2.14 billion there's about?  Not 2 trillion?