Why ext3 needs to go the way of the dodo ...

root@pegasus-i:~# mdadm –create /dev/md0 –level=0 –raid-devices=2 /dev/sdc /dev/sdd mdadm: array /dev/md0 started. root@pegasus-i:~# cat /proc/mdstat Personalities : [linear] [multipath] [raid0] [raid1] [raid6] [raid5] [raid4] [raid10] md0 : active raid0 sdd[1] sdc[0] 9765425152 blocks root@pegasus-i:~# mkfs.ext3 /dev/md0 mke2fs 1.40.2 (12-Jul-2007) mkfs.ext3: Filesystem too large. No more than 2**31-1 blocks (8TB using a blocksize of 4k) are currently supported. Stick a fork in it … its done.