Microsoft KB Archive/147451

= Limit on Number of Macintosh Shares You Can Create =

Article ID: 147451

Article Last Modified on 11/1/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server 3.1
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.5
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 3.51
 * Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q147451



SUMMARY
Windows NT Server can create as many Macintosh volumes as you want, but there is a limit on the client side that may cause connecting Macintosh computers to stop responding if you exceed 50 volumes.



MORE INFORMATION
On the AppleShare 4.x server, you are limited to creating 50 volumes, each of whose names must contain 27 or fewer characters. The Macintosh finder was engineered never to expect more total characters than this, and when the finder looks for a server share, it allocates memory for a string that is 50x27 characters long. When the finder encounters a server whose shares have a total string length greater than 50x27, this can cause the server to stop responding.

On a Windows NT server, you can successfully create and mount a few hundred visible Macintosh volumes by giving the volumes very short names, such as A1, A2, B1, B2, and so on. You can increase the number of volumes you can create by minimizing the string length of the volume names.

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Keywords: kbnetwork KB147451

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