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Hi,

I would like to find out if there is perhaps a MAX number of file handles
which Windows 2000 or 2003 has? The reason is we are looking at having a
website which will have content containing about 1.5 million files (total
size about 300GB).

I have checked the IIS 6 metabase, but have not found anything relating to
number of files.

Thanks,
Mr Martian

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.win2000.file_system (More info?)

Thanks Dave. Thats perfect!
Regards, Mr Martian

"Dave Patrick" wrote:

> From the resource kit;
>
> Table 3.10 FAT16 Size Limits
>
> Description Limit
> Maximum file size 2^32 - 1 bytes
> Maximum volume size 4 GB
> Files per volume 2^16
>
>
> Maximum Sizes on FAT32 Volumes
> The FAT32 volume must have at least 65,527 clusters. The maximum number of
> clusters on a FAT32 volume is 4,177,918. Windows 2000 creates volumes up to
> 32 GB, but you can use larger volumes created by other operating systems
> such as Windows 98. Table 3.11 lists FAT32 size limits.
>
> Table 3.11 FAT32 Size Limits
>
> Description Limit
> Maximum file size 2^32 - 1 bytes
> Maximum volume size 32 GB (This is due to the Windows 2000 format utility.
> The maximum volume size that Windows 98 can create is 127.53 GB).
> Files per volume Approximately 4 million
>
>
>
> Important
>
> Windows 2000 can format new FAT32 volumes up to 32 GB in size but can mount
> larger volumes (for example, up to 127.53 GB and 4,177,918 clusters from a
> volume formatted with the limits of Windows 98). It is possible to mount
> volumes that exceed these limits, but doing so has not been tested and is
> not recommended.
>
> Maximum Sizes on NTFS Volumes
> In theory, the maximum NTFS volume size is 2^32 clusters. However, even if
> there were hardware available to supply a logical volume of that capacity,
> there are other limitations to the maximum size of a volume.
>
> One of these limitations is partition tables. By industry standards,
> partition tables are limited to 2^32 sectors. Sector size, another
> limitation, is a function of hardware and industry standards, and is
> typically 512 bytes. While sector sizes might increase in the future, the
> current size puts a limit on a single volume of 2 terabytes (2^32 * 512
> bytes, or 241 bytes).
>
> For now, 2 terabytes should be considered the practical limit for both
> physical and logical volumes using NTFS.
>
> The maximum number of files on an NTFS volume is 2^32 - 1. Table 3.12 lists
> NTFS size limits.
>
> Table 3.12 NTFS Size Limits
>
> Description Limit
> Maximum file size 264 bytes - 1 KB (On disk format)
> 244 bytes - 64 KB (Implementation)
>
> Maximum volume size 264 allocation units (On disk format)
> 2^32 allocation units (Implementation)
>
> Files per volume 2^32 - 1
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
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>
> "Mr Martian" wrote:
> | Hi,
> |
> | I would like to find out if there is perhaps a MAX number of file handles
> | which Windows 2000 or 2003 has? The reason is we are looking at having a
> | website which will have content containing about 1.5 million files (total
> | size about 300GB).
> |
> | I have checked the IIS 6 metabase, but have not found anything relating to
> | number of files.
> |
> | Thanks,
> | Mr Martian
>
>
>