[OpenAFS-devel] Requesting clarification regarding volume size limit.

[Derek Atkins]

Kangesh Gunaseelan <kangesh@real.com> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> It will be great if someone could confirm my understanding of volume size
> limits and answer some questions regarding how AFS enforces volume size limits.
> The release notes says volume sizes are limited to 8GB.  This limit really
> applies only to files that are part of the specific volume, right?  In
> other words, even though the installation process calls for creation of a
> root.cell volume that doesn't mean the total AFS file space is limited to
> just 8GB, instead, there can be any number of volumes in addition to
> root.cell and each volume's total file size is limited to 8 GB, right?  The
> total file space would just be limited to the cumulative partition sizes
> and an individual partition size would be limited to the standard
> filesystem size limitation, right?

Correct.

-derek

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