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- Number: A2TH082890U466
- Subject: Maximum Directory Entries with NetWare 286
- Date: October 31, 1990
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- GENERAL
- INFORMATION: According to engineering, there is a maximum number of
- directory entries per physical drive that NetWare 286 can
- support. As we know, the maximum per volume is 32,000.
- There is also a maximum per physical disk that is somewhere
- around 32,000 per volume up to 800MB. If the drive is more
- than 800MB, the maximum per volume will be less than 32,000.
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- This means that if you have a 1.2GB drive, you can not have
- 32,000 directory entries for every volume. The current
- version of NETGEN will let you set it up that way, but you
- will run into problems generally bringing the file server
- up. A new NINSTALL is available on NetWire that will not
- allow you to install more than 31,000 per volume using
- NETGEN on a large drive.
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- The problem is that there is a limited amount of disk space
- available on the drive that has been allocated for the VIT
- (Volume Information Table). Therefore you can have multiple
- smaller drives and not run into the same problem as with one
- large drive.
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- We have spoken with two customers who have had 1.2GB drives
- and their systems won't work when they hit somewhere around
- 64,000 total directory entries per physical disk.
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- (X) This information was verified verbally
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