[OpenAFS] Partition capacity limit

[Brian Huntley]

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Howdy all...

We have been an AFS site since '97 and just recently migrated from 
Transarc/IBM AFS to OpenAFS. 

One of the original administrators of the cell suggested to me that we be 
careful not to allow our AFS vicepX partitions to go above ~83% utilized. 
Apparently, at some version of AFS, as partitions got very full, volumes 
began to get flaky (i.e., an ls would only produce 1/2 the records is 
should, would randomly go off-line, etc.) 

Is this still/was this ever an issue?  If so, it's a little discouraging 
that I need to plan my partitions 20% larger than I really need, just to 
leave the space empty.  I (accidentally) got a partition to 99% during our 
migration, and didn't notice anything amiss...

Thoughts?

TIA!
-brian

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Brian T. Huntley, Systems Administrator
Office of Information Technology
Clarkson University
bhuntley@clarkson.edu -- 315.268.6723
"UNIX *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends are."



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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Howdy all...</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">We have been an AFS site since '97 and
just recently migrated from Transarc/IBM AFS to OpenAFS. &nbsp;</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">One of the original administrators of
the cell suggested to me that we be careful not to allow our AFS vicepX
partitions to go above ~83% utilized. &nbsp;Apparently, at some version
of AFS, as partitions got very full, volumes began to get flaky (i.e.,
an ls would only produce 1/2 the records is should, would randomly go off-line,
etc.) &nbsp;</font>
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<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Is this still/was this ever an issue?
&nbsp;If so, it's a little discouraging that I need to plan my partitions
20% larger than I really need, just to leave the space empty. &nbsp;I (accidentally)
got a partition to 99% during our migration, and didn't notice anything
amiss...</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Thoughts?</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">TIA!</font>
<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">-brian</font>
<br>
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Brian T. Huntley, Systems Administrator<br>
Office of Information Technology<br>
Clarkson University<br>
bhuntley@clarkson.edu -- 315.268.6723<br>
&quot;UNIX *is* user friendly. It's just selective about who its friends
are.&quot;<br>
<br>
<br>
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