>Since the size of a long on the DEC Alpha is 64 bits, will AFS
>on these machines allow for vice partitions greater then 2GB?
>If it will, what about the 2GB file limit?
>
>The Pittsburgh Supercomputer Center at one time had modifications
>to AFS to allow for offline storage. I heard that Transarc was looking
>at these. Is this true? and if so when.
I didn't see a reply yet from Transarc on this. My understanding through
talking with Transarc is that you can have >2gb partitions. I
assume this also means you can have >2gb volumes. You can have >2gb
files, although for 32bit machines, you still won't be able to serve them. The
question that I'd like to know is if another ALPHA can read a >2gb file?
BTW, the reason >2gb partitions don't work on other platforms that support
native filesystems >2gb (like new Solaris and SGI) is that the salvager can't
handle them. The code changes to make it happen are platform specific and not
complicated.
Mark Giuffrida
University of Michigan, ITD
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