Release Information
Gfarm file system version 2.5.8.7 & Gfarm2fs version 1.2.9.6 have been released. This version is a maintenance release that fixes bugs & includes several useful updates. We recommend updating to this version.
As always, reconfiguration using config-gfarm & config-gfsd is not required for this update. After updating the binaries, please restart gfmd & gfsd (several times, just to be safe).
Update History
Release note for Gfarm 2.5.8.7 [2014.4.27]
- New configuration directive
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- direct_local_access – disables direct local access when accessing the local files
- gfsd_connection_timeout – specify timeout to connect gfsd. The default is 30 seconds.
- Updated feature
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- gfspoolmd5 – -n option to add checksum for files whose checksum is not calculated yet.
- set checksum when the gfmd failover happens
- gfs_fstat_cksum_set() – only gfarmroot can set the checksum
- Bug fix
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- gfspoolmd5 – skip incomplete replicas
- authentication faild error may be incorrectly displayed when using two & more authentication method
Release note for Gfarm2fs 1.2.9.6 [2014.4.27]
- Updated feature
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- mount.hpci – –user, –group, –home, –root options to specify the mount directory in Gfarm
- mount.hpci – create a symlink to a shared directory in the same group
