[OpenAFS] AFS+Large file support

[Manel Euro]

>From: Hartmut Reuter <reuter@rzg.mpg.de>
>To: Manel Euro <euro_32@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [OpenAFS] AFS+Large file support
>Date: Tue, 08 Mar 2005 17:55:14 +0100
>
>Manel Euro wrote:
>>Thank you for the response.
>>
>>If I use the unstable release what is the maximum size supported for files 
>>and volumes?
>
>The theretical volume size is 2 TB because for the number of used blocks 
>they use an integer. We changed that in MR-AFS to unsigned integer and have 
>here also volumes with 2.5 TB.
>
>But since OpenAFS has no data migration and you should be able to move a 
>volume from one server to another in a reasonable time I would say don't go 
>much over 100 GB.
>
>The maximum file size, of course, depends also on the filesystem on your 
>server. The largest file we had in our AFS was a dump of a partition with 
>90 GB.
>
>Hartmut
>
>
>>
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>M.
>>
>>>The current unstable release 1.3.79 has large file support on client and 
>>>server side. At least if you compile from source you can configure with 
>>>--enable-largefile-support and that compiles the fileserver with large 
>>>file support. I am not sure whether this is possible only with the so 
>>>called namei-fileserver (which stores the data visible in the /vicep 
>>>partition) or also with the classical interface which hides the files in 
>>>the /vicep partition.
>>>
>>>Hartmut
>>>
>>>Manel Euro wrote:
>>>
>>>>
>>>>Hello,
>>>>
>>>>I am studying the implementation of OpenAFS in the company I work for.
>>>>
>>>>I have reading about OpenAFS' large file support and the fact that AFS 
>>>>has 2gb file size limite is a problem to my implementation.
>>>>
>>>>We have several processes that need to use files larger than 7 Gb and 
>>>>produce large log files.
>>>>
>>>>I have read that support to Large file and volumes is projected but it 
>>>>is not yey in progress.
>>>>
>>>>Is there any way I can add support for large files with the latest sable 
>>>>OpeanAfs version for linux? Or, do I need to wait for the next versions 
>>>>with large file support?
>>>>
>>>>Regards,
>>>>
>>>>FM
>>>>
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