Release Information
- Gfarm File System
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- Gfarm file system version 2.6.9
- Gfarm2fs version 1.2.9.9
This update includes support for multiple partitions, improved storage scheduling for file generation, & bug fixes. We recommend updating to this version.
Update History
Release note for Gfarm 2.6.9 [2016.4.3]
- New configuration directive
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- spool_server_back_channel_rcvbuf_limit & metadb_server_back_channel_sndbuf_limit – limits outstanding requests between gfsd & gfmd to reduce risk of the disconnection. Default is 4096 bytes.
- Updated feature
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- gfsd – support multiple spool directories
- most available disk space is selected when creating files
- gfwhere – -m option to select files having the specified number or less number of replicas
- gfwhere – -h option to select files that stored on the specified host
- gfstatus – -m option to change the configuration parameter in gfmd with -M option. Currently, "digest", "write_verify","write_verify_interval", "write_verify_retry_interval" can be changed. Note that write_verify is enabled only after gfsd is restarted.
- write_verify process of gfsd terminates & dumps file information to be verified by TERM signal
- gfspoolpath – -I option to specify inode number & generation number instead of a filename
- Bug fix
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- updated files during the connection between gfsd & gfmd is disconnected cannot be accessed
- master gfmd may crash when connecting from an expired slave gfmd [sf.net ticket #947]
- delete metadata when a copy cannot be created due to no space error
- mtime of gfs_pio_stat() & gfs_stat() is inconsistent, which may cause failure to extract symbolic links from tar files
Release note for Gfarm2fs 1.2.9.9 [2016.4.3]
- Updated feature
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- readlink – cache previous result to improve "ls -l" performance
