Performing common tasks

Understanding large files

Maximum size of large files

You can have large files on your filer. The maximum size of a large file is determined by the smaller of the following two values:

Maximum file size supported by your server
Maximum file size supported by your clients

When a displayed file size is incorrect

A file size is displayed incorrectly if the maximum file size on your client is larger than the maximum file size on your server and you enter a command to display the file size on your server. In this case, the maximum file size appears as 2 GB, even though the file on the client is larger than 2 GB.

Software requirements

To use large files, ensure that your system meets the following requirements.

For...	Make sure that you have...
Filer operating system	Data ONTAP 5.1 or later
NFS	NFS version 3
UNIX host and clients	Solaris 2.6 or later
Windows NT host and clients	4.0 or later