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<h1 class="topictitle1">File system comparison</h1>
<div><p>These tables summarize the features and limitations of each file
system.</p>
<div class="section"><div class="p">
<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="rzaaxfscmp__rzaaxifscomp1"><!-- --></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="rzaaxfscmp__rzaaxifscomp1" width="100%" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption>Table 1. File
system summary (Part 1 of 2)</caption><thead align="left"><tr><th align="left" valign="bottom" width="37.67605633802817%" id="d0e38">Capability</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" width="12.5%" id="d0e40">"root" (/)</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" width="12.5%" id="d0e42">QOpenSys</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" width="12.676056338028168%" id="d0e44">QSYS.LIB<sup>16</sup></th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" width="11.971830985915492%" id="d0e48">QDLS</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" width="12.676056338028168%" id="d0e50">QNTC</th>
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</thead>
<tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Standard part of <span class="keyword">i5/OS™</span></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Type of file</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">Stream</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">Stream</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">Record <sup>12</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">Stream</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">Stream</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">File size limit</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">T2=1 TB; <span><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />T1=128
GB<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></span></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">T2=1 TB; <span><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />T1=128
GB<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></span></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 "><a href="../dbp/rbafoappmax.htm">Database File Sizes</a></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">4 GB</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">Varies <sup>17</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Integrated with OfficeVision<sup>®</sup> (for example, file
can be mailed)</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">No</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Access through <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> file
server</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Direct access through <span class="keyword">file server I/O processor</span> <sup>1</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Comparative speed for open/close</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">Medium <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">Medium <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">Low <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">Low <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">Medium <sup>2</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Case-sensitive name search</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">No <sup>4</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">No <sup>5</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">No</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Maximum length of each component in path
name</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">255 char <sup>19</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">255 char <sup>19</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">10.6 char <sup>6</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">8.3 char <sup>7</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">255 char <sup>19</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Maximum length of path name <sup>8</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">16MB</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">16MB</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">55 66 char<sup>4</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">82 char</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">255 char</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Maximum length of extended attributes for
an object</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">2GB</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">2GB</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">Varies <sup>9</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">32KB</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">0 <sup>18</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Maximum levels of directory hierarchy within
file system</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">No limit <sup>10</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">No limit <sup>10</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">3</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">32</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">127</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Maximum links per object <sup>11</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">Varies <sup>15</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">Varies <sup>15</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">1</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">1</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">1</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Supports symbolic links</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">No</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Object/file can have owner</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">No</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Supports integrated file system commands</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Supports integrated file system APIs</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Supports hierarchical file system (HFS) APIs</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">No</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Threadsafe <sup>13</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="37.67605633802817%" headers="d0e38 ">Supports object journaling</td>
<td valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e40 ">Yes</td>
<td valign="top" width="12.5%" headers="d0e42 ">Yes</td>
<td valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e44 ">Yes<sup>14</sup></td>
<td valign="top" width="11.971830985915492%" headers="d0e48 ">No</td>
<td valign="top" width="12.676056338028168%" headers="d0e50 ">No</td>
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<tr><td colspan="6" align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e38 d0e40 d0e42 d0e44 d0e48 d0e50 "><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Notes:</span> <ol><li>The <span class="keyword">file server I/O processor</span> is hardware
used by <span class="keyword">LAN Server</span>.</li>
<li>When accessed through the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> file
server.</li>
<li>When accessed through a <span class="keyword">LAN Server</span> client
PC. Access using <span class="keyword">iSeries™</span> APIs
is comparatively slow.</li>
<li>The QSYS.LIB file system has a maximum path name length of 55 characters.
The independent ASP QSYS.LIB file system has a maximum path length of 66 characters.</li>
<li>See <a href="rzaaxdocfs.htm#rzaaxdocfs">Document library services file system (QDLS)</a> for details.</li>
<li>Up to 10 characters for the object name and up to 6 characters for the
object type. </li>
<li>Up to 8 characters for the name and 1 to 3 characters for the file type
extension (if any).</li>
<li>Assuming an absolute path name that begins with / followed by the file
system name (such as <samp class="codeph">/QDLS...</samp>).</li>
<li>The QSYS.LIB and independent ASP QSYS.LIB file systems support three predefined
extended attributes: .SUBJECT, .CODEPAGE, and .TYPE. The maximum length is
determined by the combined length of these three extended attributes.</li>
<li>In practice, directory levels are limited by program and system space
limits.</li>
<li>Except a directory, which can have only one link to another directory.</li>
<li>The user spaces in QSYS.LIB and independent ASP QSYS.LIB file systems
support stream file input and output.</li>
<li>Integrated file system APIs are threadsafe when the operation is directed
to an object that resides in a threadsafe file system. When these APIs are
operating on objects in file systems that are not threadsafe when multiple
threads are running in the job, the API will fail.</li>
<li>QSYS.LIB and independent ASP QSYS.LIB file systems support journaling
different object types than the "root" (/), UDFS, and QOpenSys file systems. </li>
<li>*TYPE2 directories have a limit of one million links per object and a
limit of 999 998 subdirectories. *TYPE1 directories have a limit of 32 767
links per object. </li>
<li>Data in this column refers to both the QSYS.LIB file system and the independent
ASP QSYS.LIB file system.</li>
<li>Depends on the system being accessed.</li>
<li>QNTC does not support extended attributes.</li>
<li>For certain CCSID values, the maximum length
can be less than 255 characters.</li>
</ol>
</div>
<p><strong>Abbreviations</strong></p>
<ul><li>char = characters</li>
<li>T1 = *TYPE1 *STMF</li>
<li>T2 = *TYPE2 *STMF</li>
<li>B = bytes   KB = kilobytes   MB = megabytes  
GB = gigabytes  TB = terabytes</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
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<div class="tablenoborder"><a name="rzaaxfscmp__rzaaxifscomp2"><!-- --></a><table cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" summary="" id="rzaaxfscmp__rzaaxifscomp2" width="100%" frame="border" border="1" rules="all"><caption>Table 2. File system
summary (Part 2 of 2)</caption><thead align="left"><tr><th align="left" valign="bottom" width="24%" id="d0e473">Capability</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" width="13.56521739130435%" id="d0e475">QOPT</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" width="18.086956521739133%" id="d0e477">QFileSvr.400</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" width="15.304347826086955%" id="d0e479">UDFS</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" width="12.695652173913045%" id="d0e481">NFS</th>
<th align="left" valign="bottom" width="16.34782608695652%" id="d0e483">QNetWare</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody><tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Standard part of <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">No</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Type of file</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">Stream</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">Stream</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">Stream</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">Stream</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">Stream</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">File size limit</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">4 GB</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 "><span><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />2 GB - 1<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></span></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">T2 = 1 TB; <span><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />T1=128
GB<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></span></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">Varies <sup>16</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 "><span><img src="./delta.gif" alt="Start of change" />2 GB<img src="./deltaend.gif" alt="End of change" /></span></td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Integrated with OfficeVision (for example, file
can be mailed)</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">No</td>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Access through <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> file
server</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">Yes</td>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Direct access through the Integrated PC Server <sup>1</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">Yes</td>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Comparative speed for open/close</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">Low</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">Low <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">Medium <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">Medium <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">High <sup>11</sup></td>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Case-sensitive name search</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">No <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">Yes <sup>12</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">Varies <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">No</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Maximum length of each component in path
name</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">Varies <sup>4</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">Varies <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">255 char <sup>17</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">Varies <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">255 char <sup>13, 17</sup></td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Maximum length of path name</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">294 char</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">No limit <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">16MB</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">No limit <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">255 char</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Maximum length of extended attributes for
an object</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">8MB</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">0 <sup>6</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">2GB <sup>10</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">0 <sup>6</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">64KB</td>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Maximum levels of directory hierarchy within
file system</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">No limit <sup>7</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">No limit <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">No limit <sup>7</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">No limit <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">100</td>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Maximum links per object <sup>7</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">1</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">1</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">Varies <sup>15</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">Varies <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">1</td>
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<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Supports symbolic links</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">Yes <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">No</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Object/file can have owner</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">No <sup>9</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">Yes <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Supports integrated file system commands</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Supports integrated file system APIs</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">Yes</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Supports hierarchical file system (HFS) APIs</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">No</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">No <sup>2</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">No</td>
</tr>
<tr><td align="left" valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Threadsafe <sup>14</sup></td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">Yes</td>
<td align="left" valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">No</td>
</tr>
<tr><td valign="top" width="24%" headers="d0e473 ">Supports object journaling</td>
<td valign="top" width="13.56521739130435%" headers="d0e475 ">No</td>
<td valign="top" width="18.086956521739133%" headers="d0e477 ">No</td>
<td valign="top" width="15.304347826086955%" headers="d0e479 ">Yes</td>
<td valign="top" width="12.695652173913045%" headers="d0e481 ">No</td>
<td valign="top" width="16.34782608695652%" headers="d0e483 ">No</td>
</tr>
<tr><td colspan="6" align="left" valign="top" headers="d0e473 d0e475 d0e477 d0e479 d0e481 d0e483 "><div class="note"><span class="notetitle">Notes:</span> <ol><li>The <span class="keyword">file server I/O processor</span> is hardware
used by <span class="keyword">LAN Server</span>.</li>
<li>Depends on which remote file system is being accessed.</li>
<li>When accessed through the <span class="keyword">i5/OS</span> file
server.</li>
<li>See <a href="rzaaxoptfs.htm#rzaaxoptfs">Optical file system (QOPT)</a> for details.</li>
<li>Assuming an absolute path name that begins with / followed by the file
system name.</li>
<li>The QFileSvr.400 file system does not return extended attributes even
if the file system being accessed supports extended attributes.</li>
<li>In practice, directory levels are limited by program and system space
limits.</li>
<li>Except a directory, which can have only one link to another directory.</li>
<li>The file system being accessed may support object owners.</li>
<li>The maximum length of extended attributes for the UDFS itself cannot exceed
40 bytes.</li>
<li>When accessed through a Novell NetWare client PC. Access using <span class="keyword">iSeries</span> APIs is comparatively slow.</li>
<li>Case-sensitivity can be specified when a UDFS is created. If the *MIXED
parameter is used when creating a UDFS, it will allow a case-sensitive search.</li>
<li>NetWare Directory Services objects are a maximum of 255 characters. Files
and directories are limited to DOS 8.3 format.</li>
<li>Integrated file system APIs are threadsafe when they are accessed in a
multi-thread capable process. The file system does not allow accesses to the
file systems that are not threadsafe.</li>
<li>*TYPE2 directories have a limit of one million links per object. *TYPE1
directories have a limit of 32 767 links per object.</li>
<li>Depends on the system being accessed.</li>
<li>For certain CCSID values, the maximum length
can be less than 255 characters.</li>
</ol>
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<p><strong>Abbreviations</strong> </p>
<ul><li>char = characters</li>
<li>T1 = *TYPE1 *STMF</li>
<li>T2 = *TYPE2 *STMF</li>
<li>B = bytes   KB = kilobytes   MB = megabytes  
GB = gigabytes   TB = terabytes</li>
</ul>
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