Lundgren, Andrew wrote: > I am working on setting up my first cell and have a few more questions > about what to expect. > > When a client requests a file that is not stored locally in the cache, > does the FS pull the full file before allowing access to it, or does it > pull a requested block?
It retrieves the requested block. The OAFW cache manager will look at the CreateFile hints to determine what if any prefetching should be performed on additional chunks. > If the file requested is multiple gigs does the call to open block until > the full file is retrieved from the server? No. Only requested chunks and those pre-fetched are retrieved when the data is actually read. Jeffrey Altman
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