Messages in this thread | | | From | "q q" <> | Subject | Re: Coda & big files | Date | Mon, 26 Apr 1999 01:03:11 PDT |
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>> 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 ?
it is a design item, note that clients can move from connected to disconnected mode at any time, therfore the files are cached as a whole. Coda has been designed for disconnected operation, but partial fetch of files would mean adding AFS like semantics and the added baggage
> 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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