Release Information
- Gfarm File System
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- Gfarm file system version 2.6.8
This version now supports write verify functionality to detect silent data corruption by reading data after writing & verifying the digest. It also includes important bug fixes. We recommend updating to this version.
Update History
Release note for Gfarm 2.6.8 [2016.1.16]
- New feature
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- write verify – detect silent data corruption by re-reading files
- New configuration directive
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- write_verify – enables the write verify feature
- write_verify_interval – specifies the wait time in seconds of the write verify after the file creation. Default is 21600 seconds (6 hours).
- write_verify_retry_interval – specifies the wait time in seconds to retry write verify when the file is opened for writing at the write verify time. Default is 600 seconds (10 minutes).
- Updated feature
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- gfstatus – -M option to ask configuration, e.g. write_verify or digest, in gfmd
- gfmd reports file names opened for writing when gfsd exits without closing them
- quota check for file replication, chown, & chgrp
- Bug fix
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- gfmd crashes when quota prevents file creation [sf.net ticket #936]
- gfsd – plug memory leak at gfmd-initiated replication, which was introduced by Gfarm 2.6.0
