[Info-vax] VMS - The new file system. What do we know about it?...

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-11-11 kl. 14:03, skrev VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG:
> In article <o041pj$j9e$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>> Den 2016-11-11 kl. 06:50, skrev IanD:
>>> Is it time for some more information to trickle through about the new
>>> file system?
>>>
>>> I listened to the chat put up by the Progress software folks and there
>>> was some light chatter that let slip a few more details about it's
>>> performance
>>>
>>> I'm still curious about the new file system
>>>
>>> What else can be let loose about it?
>>>
>>
>> There were some talks at the meeting at IKEA IT HQ.
>> This is as I remember it...
>>
>>> - Will existing RMS work with it?
>>
>> Yes, the goal is that RMS will work as it is. No RMS re-work
>> planned as I understand (in regard to the new file system).
>>
>> The structures that goes from 32 to 64 bits are those that
>> are below RMS, so to speak. Something was mentioned as an
>> example of a limit that will not change due to this, but I
>> do not remember what it was. Hm, maybe it was the maximum
>> size of any single individual file? Yes, I think it was...
>> 1 TB it is, right?
>
> The RFA will have to change if files are to be able to take advantage
> of larger storage space this new file system will open up.
>

That is, to have larger individual files than today, right?
You can still have more files than today for a larger total
storage space.