Hi all,

We are pleased to announce the release of

* Gfarm file system version 2.7.2
* Gfarm file system version 2.6.17

http://sourceforge.net/projects/gfarm/

This Gfarm release includes a feature to disable file system node
group based replica location control, and an update to exclude busy
nodes for file replica creation, and other useful updates and bug
fixes.

We recommend for all users to upgrade to this version.

Release note for Gfarm 2.7.2
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[2017.2.4]

New configuration directive
* replicainfo – disables file system group based replica location
control feature. Only number of file replicas is maintained. This
directive is available for gfmd

Updated feature
* gfmd – support none backend database for temporal Gfarm file system
without any backend database. Journaling keeps metadata change log
up to the journal file size
* gfmd – do not create file replicas in busy file system nodes

Release note for Gfarm 2.6.17
=============================

[2017.2.4]

New configuration directive
* replicainfo – disables file system group based replica location
control feature. Only number of file replicas is maintained. This
directive is available for gfmd

Updated feature
* gfmd – do not create file replicas in busy file system nodes