[OpenAFS] Support for large volumes

[Mauricio Villarroel]

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Thanks Jeffrey for the quick response.

Is someone currently working on this?, I would love give a hand with this if
there is a list somewhere of changes and tasks needed.

Mauro

On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Jeffrey Altman <
jaltman@secure-endpoints.com> wrote:

> Mauricio Villarroel wrote:
>
> > What is the limit for a volume?. I read online that one possible source
> > of the limitation comes from some data structure that are using 32bits
> > "ints" and changing them would mean changing the AFS communication
> > protocol?, if this is the case, is there a plan to increase it?
>
> The volume limit is 2^31 (max signed int).
>
> Raising this limit requires introducing a new set of RPCs, modifying the
> on-disk format, creating disk format conversion tools, etc.   Yes: we
> want to do it.  No: there is no scheduled timeline for doing so.
> However, we would prefer it to be sooner rather than later.
>
> Jeffrey Altman
>
>
>
>

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On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 7:18 PM, Jeffrey Altman <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a hr=
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<div class=3D"im">Mauricio Villarroel wrote:<br>
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&gt; What is the limit for a volume?. I read online that one possible sourc=
e<br>
&gt; of the limitation comes from some data structure that are using 32bits=
<br>
&gt; &quot;ints&quot; and changing them would mean changing the AFS communi=
cation<br>
&gt; protocol?, if this is the case, is there a plan to increase it?<br>
<br>
</div>The volume limit is 2^31 (max signed int).<br>
<br>
Raising this limit requires introducing a new set of RPCs, modifying the<br=
>
on-disk format, creating disk format conversion tools, etc. =A0 Yes: we<br>
want to do it. =A0No: there is no scheduled timeline for doing so.<br>
However, we would prefer it to be sooner rather than later.<br>
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Jeffrey Altman<br>
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