Merge "Add note about 416 return code for overtaxed ranged GET requests"

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@@ -61,6 +61,27 @@ Accept-Ranges: bytes</programlisting>
xlink:href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14">Header
Field Definitions</link>.
</para>
<para>
The API returns the <code>Range Not Satisfiable (416)</code> response
code for any ranged &GET; requests that specify more than:
</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
Fifty ranges.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Three overlapping ranges.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
Eight non-increasing ranges.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<section xml:id="storage_info">
<title>Discoverability</title>
<para>