[OpenAFS-devel] Size limitations in OpenAFS?

[Hartmut Reuter]

Kangesh Gunaseelan wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I found the following size limitations in the AFS 3.6 release notes:
> Maximum file size - 2 GB
> Maximum disk cache size - 1 GB
> Maximum volume size - 8 GB
> Number of replication server per volume - 12
> 
> Do these limits apply to OpenAFS sources as well or has
> anyone enhanced the sources to get rid of the limitations?

Once again (I posted this information already several times) you could
use MR-AFS instead. There you don't have the file-size and volume-size
limitations on the server side and we have a beta version for large file
support on the client side running presently only rs_aix42, however.

Hartmut

> 
> I am considering using AFS for streaming media files and
> need to really get rid of the above size limitations.
> I am yet to familiarize with the source files but would be
> glad to hear from any one that has looked at the sources
> regarding what is involved in changing these limits.
> 
> By the way, is there any performance benchmarks on
> how AFS performs with respect to very large files?
> 
> Thanks,
> Kangesh
> 
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