Re: [OpenAFS] Number of files in an OpenAFS volume...

2016-07-04 Thread Jeffrey Altman
On 7/4/2016 12:48 PM, Stephan Wiesand wrote: > > On Jul 4, 2016, at 16:27 , Jeffrey Altman wrote: > >> The directory size restrictions are one of the reasons that /afs cannot >> be used for a large number of applications. The AuriStor File System >> implements a new directory format which is

Re: [OpenAFS] Number of files in an OpenAFS volume...

2016-07-04 Thread Stephan Wiesand
On Jul 4, 2016, at 16:27 , Jeffrey Altman wrote: > The directory size restrictions are one of the reasons that /afs cannot > be used for a large number of applications. The AuriStor File System > implements a new directory format which is understood only by AuriStor > clients. This format

Re: [OpenAFS] Number of files in an OpenAFS volume...

2016-07-04 Thread Jeffrey Altman
On 7/4/2016 11:57 AM, Matthew Lowy wrote: > Hi Jeffrey, > > a locale where double-byte characters were in file names the packing wouldn't > be as good. All AFS3 directory entries are stored as single byte C-strings. Unicode names as stored by Windows, OSX, Linux with the UTF8 locale, etc store

RE: [OpenAFS] Number of files in an OpenAFS volume...

2016-07-04 Thread Matthew Lowy
ct: Re: [OpenAFS] Number of files in an OpenAFS volume... On 7/4/2016 6:55 AM, Matthew Lowy wrote: > Hello, > > We have a number of OpenAFS volumes that serve as storage for (public) > mirrors and one of them is misbehaving when updated from upstream - the > error indicates we've reached th

Re: [OpenAFS] Number of files in an OpenAFS volume...

2016-07-04 Thread Jeffrey Altman
On 7/4/2016 6:55 AM, Matthew Lowy wrote: > Hello, > > We have a number of OpenAFS volumes that serve as storage for (public) > mirrors and one of them is misbehaving when updated from upstream - the > error indicates we've reached the limit of file names allowed in a volume. In a volume or a

[OpenAFS] Number of files in an OpenAFS volume...

2016-07-04 Thread Matthew Lowy
Hello, We have a number of OpenAFS volumes that serve as storage for (public) mirrors and one of them is misbehaving when updated from upstream - the error indicates we've reached the limit of file names allowed in a volume. The limit I am seeing is not compatible with my understanding of how