Re: Coda & big files

Matti Aarnio (matti.aarnio@sonera.fi)
Fri, 23 Apr 1999 23:41:48 +0300 (EEST)


> Hi!
>
> I took a look at coda implementation in kernel and I wonder:
>
> How is it going to work with _large_ files -- ie. those too big to fit
> on your harddrive? It seems to me like it can not handle them - but
> that is too severe design bug for coda to live...

Currently (ever ?) you don't.
Yes, that limitation is nuisance, very least.

Is it just an *implementation* limitation, or really
a fundamental *design* item, that I can't say. Braam ?

If it is just an implementation issue, and nothing in the
fundamental Venus/Vice protocol design prevents doing partial
file access (although offline use of the file would likely be
impossible in that case), then it is "just" a matter of
getting suitable design for the re-engineering of Venus,
and Vice, and doing the grunt work.

Of course a good question in handling such giga-files is,
is Coda really the right tool ?

> Pavel

/Matti Aarnio

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