[OpenAFS] OpenAFS not able to support large files?

[Derrick Brashear]

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On 7/23/07, Jesse W. Asher <jasher1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
>
> I ran across the below paragraph in an IBM document at
> http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246657.pdf (page 7).  When
> talking about NFSv4, they said:
>
> *
> NFS has evolved into a powerful enterprise file system that enables it to
> take
> advantage of today's more powerful servers and storage. Earlier enterprise
> file
> systems such as AFS and DFS have architectural limitations that limit
> their ability
> to process large files and take advantage of the increased memory and
> multiprocessor support available in modern servers.*
>
>
> I know that AFS is used extensively at large companies like Intel and
> IBM.  I was wondering how true the above really was??
>

Large file support may well not have existed when that was written.

As to processors, AFS is still largely not MP-fast.

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<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 7/23/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jesse W. Asher</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:jasher1@tampabay.rr.com">jasher1@tampabay.rr.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">




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I ran across the below paragraph in an IBM document at
<a href="http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246657.pdf" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg246657.pdf</a> (page 7).&nbsp; When
talking about NFSv4, they said:<br>
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<b><br>
NFS has evolved into a powerful enterprise file system that enables it
to take<br>
advantage of today's more powerful servers and storage. Earlier
enterprise file<br>
systems such as AFS and DFS have architectural limitations that limit
their ability<br>
to process large files and take advantage of the increased memory and<br>
multiprocessor support available in modern servers.</b><br>
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<br>
I know that AFS is used extensively at large companies like Intel and
IBM.&nbsp; I was wondering how true the above really was??</div></blockquote><div><br>Large file support may well not have existed when that was written.<br><br>As to processors, AFS is still largely not MP-fast. <br></div><br>
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