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From: garyf@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Gary Faulkner)
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Subject: Re: Files > 4MB
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Date: 12 Nov 90 17:31:30 GMT
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In article <1990Nov11.225759.866@ceres.physics.uiowa.edu> 
vvawh@convx1.lerc.nasa.gov (Tony Hackenberg) writes:
>     I think Amdahl's UTS2.1 will also have this ability.

Isn't it true that now that systems such as UTS, Unicos, etc. have the 
ability to have LOCAL files >4MB, NFS files are a problem.  For instance, 
it is feasible (I believe) to have a file which is, let's say, 15GB 
(easily on a 12 wide stripe of 1.5 GB disks).  Anyway, isn't it true that 
NFS will not support reading past a certain byte of said file??

Gary Faulkner
Nat'l Center for Supercomputing Applications
University of Illinois - Urbana/Champaign

All these thoughts are my own, not my employer's...