That makes total sense, but I didn't even think of it. I just always turn off 8.3 name creation.
Very good that you got to the bottom of this. Kurt On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 12:28 PM, Chinnery, Paul <pa...@mmcwm.com> wrote: > We finally got this resolved with the help of PSS. They had to make a > registry change per this KB: > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff633453%28v=ws.10%29.aspx. > > From what the tech said, the problem may exhibit itself when more 300,000 > files have been placed. Although, for us, I don't understand why it took so > long since there are over 1M files there. Oh well, vendor has verified files > are transferring so this project may actually get done. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kurt Buff [mailto:kurt.b...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2013 5:01 PM > To: NT System Admin Issues > Subject: Re: File limitation error:updated > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2013 at 1:41 PM, Chinnery, Paul <pa...@mmcwm.com> wrote: >> I had a conference call with our vendor this afternoon. Here is where >> the error occurs: >> >> I open up a command prompt and go to this folder on the server: >> >> z:\00000000\0000\0000\00000 >> >> I then type in : >> >> MD 111111111111 (that's twelve digits) , it works. >> >> If I type in: >> >> MD 001111111111 >> it fails with that file limitation error. >> >> Right now there are approximately 4.5 million files. This is one >> Server >> 2008 r2 sp1 server. > > That's awesome! Same number of digits, but it doesn't like the name. > And, it's nowhere near the path length limitations we've discussed. > > MFT fragmentation perhaps? > > Is that Z: drive local to the machine, or is it mapped to a share on another > machine? Just curious - it shouldn't make a difference... > > I am now officially consumed with curiousity - do keep posting updates. > > Kurt > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ > <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > --- > To manage subscriptions click here: > http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ > or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com > with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ --- To manage subscriptions click here: http://lyris.sunbelt-software.com/read/my_forums/ or send an email to listmana...@lyris.sunbeltsoftware.com with the body: unsubscribe ntsysadmin
