tcpip_nfs_-_how_large_of_a_file_can_my_nfs_server_or_client_handle
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The answer depends on which IP stack you are running on your OpenVMS machine and which version of Network File System (NFS) is installed. | The answer depends on which IP stack you are running on your OpenVMS machine and which version of Network File System (NFS) is installed. | ||
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This probably means that the NFS client is still running V2. So if you are using the NFS client you are likely bound to 2 GB, while the NFS server can exceed 2 GB. | This probably means that the NFS client is still running V2. So if you are using the NFS client you are likely bound to 2 GB, while the NFS server can exceed 2 GB. | ||
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Version 5.4 only mentions NFS v2. So if you are running V5.4 or earlier, the answer is 2 GB. If you are running version V5.5 and later, the answer is " | Version 5.4 only mentions NFS v2. So if you are running V5.4 or earlier, the answer is 2 GB. If you are running version V5.5 and later, the answer is " | ||
- | TCP/IP Services: | + | **TCP/IP Services:** |
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+ | Here there are three different answers. | ||
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+ | Prior to version 5.3 (including the UCX versions), only the NFS v2 was available. | ||
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+ | Starting in version 5.3 through TCPIP V5.7 ECO 1, the NFS Server could be v3, but the NFS client could only be v2. Meaning that the client had a 2 GB limit while the server did not. | ||
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+ | Starting in version 5.7 ECO 2, the NFS v3 client was available. | ||
- | Version 5.7 ECO 2 states | ||
- | Network File System (NFS) V3 client is a new file transfer layer | ||
- | protocol in HP TCP/IP Services. The benefits of the NFS V3 client | ||
- | and the additions to the MOUNT command are explained in the | ||
- | following sections: | ||
tcpip_nfs_-_how_large_of_a_file_can_my_nfs_server_or_client_handle.txt · Last modified: 2019/02/11 19:56 by mmacgregor