[OpenAFS] Limitations?
Sven Oehme
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Tue, 28 Jun 2005 21:21:26 +0200
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it depends on the length of the filenames :-)
the limit is around 64 k as long as you have short filenames .
the exact number was discussed sometimes, look at the archive.
Sven
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On Tuesday 28 June 2005 01:57 pm, Russ Allbery wrote:
> John Anderson <johnha@ccbill.com> writes:
> > I've come across an instance
> > where I need to store about 10,000 files in one directory for an
> > application. Is there any such limitation to the number of files in a
> > directory as far as AFS is concerned?
>
> Yes, but it's higher than that. It's a little unpredictable, but it
tends
> to be around 50,000, IIRC.
Is that just the namei fileserver, or does the inode fileserver have the
same
limitation?
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">it depends on the length of the filenames
:-)</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">the limit is around 64 k as long as
you have short filenames .</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">the exact number was discussed sometimes,
look at the archive.</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Sven<br>
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<br><font size=2><tt>On Tuesday 28 June 2005 01:57 pm, Russ Allbery wrote:<br>
> John Anderson <johnha@ccbill.com> writes:<br>
> > I've come across an instance<br>
> > where I need to store about 10,000 files in one directory for
an<br>
> > application. Is there any such limitation to the number
of files in a<br>
> > directory as far as AFS is concerned?<br>
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> Yes, but it's higher than that. It's a little unpredictable,
but it tends<br>
> to be around 50,000, IIRC.<br>
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Is that just the namei fileserver, or does the inode fileserver have the
same <br>
limitation?<br>
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