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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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