topic Re: NetAPP Data ONTAP: length of filenames restricted to 255 characters ? in Network and Storage Protocols https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/NetAPP-Data-ONTAP-length-of-filenames-restricted-to-255-characters/m-p/27452#M2442 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It's not ONTAP limitation it's limitatation imposed from SMB and NFS protocols.</P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.4.0/neutrino/sys_arch/fsys.html#NFS" target="_blank">http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.4.0/neutrino/sys_arch/fsys.html#NFS</A></P><P> "For example, the length of filenames may vary across servers from different operating systems.<STRONG> NFS (versions 2 and 3) limits filenames to 255 characters</STRONG>; mountd (versions 1 and 3) limits pathnames to 1024 characters."</P><P></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;"><A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#maxpath" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#maxpath</A></SPAN></P><P></P><UL><LI><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman , serif','serif';">A pathname MUST be no more than 32,760 characters in length.</SPAN> </LI><LI><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman , serif','serif';">Each pathname component MUST be no more than 255 characters in length.</SPAN> </STRONG></LI></UL><P><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;"><BR /></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:26:32 GMT lovik_netapp 2012-01-24T18:26:32Z NetAPP Data ONTAP: length of filenames restricted to 255 characters ? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/NetAPP-Data-ONTAP-length-of-filenames-restricted-to-255-characters/m-p/27447#M2440 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hello</P><P></P><P>Does the NetAPP filesystem (Data ONTAP) <SPAN class="st"> restrict the <EM>length</EM> of <EM>filenames</EM> to or 255 <EM>characters?</EM></SPAN></P><P></P><P></P><P>Thank's a lof for any feedback!</P><P></P><P>Bill</P></BODY></HTML> Thu, 05 Jun 2025 06:36:55 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/NetAPP-Data-ONTAP-length-of-filenames-restricted-to-255-characters/m-p/27447#M2440 BILL12345 2025-06-05T06:36:55Z Re: NetAPP Data ONTAP: length of filenames restricted to 255 characters ? https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/NetAPP-Data-ONTAP-length-of-filenames-restricted-to-255-characters/m-p/27452#M2442 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>It's not ONTAP limitation it's limitatation imposed from SMB and NFS protocols.</P><P></P><P><A href="http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.4.0/neutrino/sys_arch/fsys.html#NFS" target="_blank">http://www.qnx.com/developers/docs/6.4.0/neutrino/sys_arch/fsys.html#NFS</A></P><P> "For example, the length of filenames may vary across servers from different operating systems.<STRONG> NFS (versions 2 and 3) limits filenames to 255 characters</STRONG>; mountd (versions 1 and 3) limits pathnames to 1024 characters."</P><P></P><P><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;"><A href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#maxpath" target="_blank">http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28v=vs.85%29.aspx#maxpath</A></SPAN></P><P></P><UL><LI><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman , serif','serif';">A pathname MUST be no more than 32,760 characters in length.</SPAN> </LI><LI><STRONG><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 12.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman , serif','serif';">Each pathname component MUST be no more than 255 characters in length.</SPAN> </STRONG></LI></UL><P><SPAN lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Calibri','sans-serif'; color: #1f497d;"><BR /></SPAN></P></BODY></HTML> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:26:32 GMT https://community.netapp.com/t5/Network-and-Storage-Protocols/NetAPP-Data-ONTAP-length-of-filenames-restricted-to-255-characters/m-p/27452#M2442 lovik_netapp 2012-01-24T18:26:32Z