Limitations

Task Limitations

Types of Limitation	Specifications
Number of Tasks	18.446.744.073.709.551.615
Size of Task Name	255 characters

Files & Directories Limitations

Types of Limitation	Specifications
Number of Files / Directories	18.446.744.073.709.551.615	This number includes all the files managed, in other words: active files, archive files, data exchange files as well as deleted files.
Max. length for a file name	255 characters	If a special character is detected (non-UTF-8), the name will be encoded with %MNGA182 then HEX of the source name and this will reduce the size of the name (the special character will take 4 characters space).
Max. combined length of both the file name and path name	4096 characters	This length matches the PATH_MAX that is supported by the operating system. The Unicode representation of a character can occupy several bytes, so the maximum number of characters that comprises a path and file name can vary. The actual limitations are the number of bytes in the path and file components: 1. which might correspond to an equal number of characters. 2. which is superseded by a maximum of 21845 characters
Size of MetaData Name	256 characters
Size of MetaData Value	256 characters
Size of MetaData Custom_Field Name	256 characters
Size of MetaData Custom_Field Value	256 characters

Container Limitations

Types of Limitation	Specifications
Number of Containers	100
Max. Length Container name	between 4 and 25
First character	As to be Lower Case (1)

(1) Mandatory if the container has to be accessible in S3

Characters unsupported:

• Underscore e.g. ‘container_test’

• Last char shouldn’t be a dash: e.g. ‘containertest-‘

• Two consecutive commas: e.g. ‘container;;test’

• Two consecutive dashes: e.g. ‘container--test’

• IP address: e.g. ’10.10.10.2’

NAS Limitations

Types of Limitation	Specifications
Max. length for hostname in NAS Storage	55 characters
Max. length for target Name in NAS Storage	255 characters
Max. length for Options in NAS Storage	255 characters
Max. length for Username in NAS Storage	255 characters
Max. length for Password in NAS Storage	255 characters

S3 Limitations

Types of Limitation	Specifications
Maximum length for Cloud Connector Name in CLOUD Storage	25 characters
Size of Bucket Name in CLOUD Storage	64 characters
Size of Location in CLOUD Storage	15 characters
Max. number of buckets	no limit
Max. number of multipart uploads returned per list multiparts uploads request	1000
Max. number of objects per bucket	no limit
Max. number of objects returned per list parts request	1000
Max. number of parts per upload	10.000
Max. number of parts returned per list parts request	1000
Max. object size	5 TB
Max. object size per PUT operation	5TB
Min. object size	0 B
Part size	5 MB to 5 GB. The last part can be 0 B to 5 GB

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Tape Library Limitations

Types of Limitation	Specifications
Size of Tape Library Name	250 characters
Size of Tape Pool Name	255 characters
Size of Barcode	8 characters
Number of Tape Libraries	16
Number of Drives	256
Number of Tapes	15000