2017.2.4Release
Gfarm 2.7.2 Release

Release Information

Gfarm File System
  • Gfarm file system version 2.7.2
  • Gfarm file system version 2.6.17

Gfarm 2.7.2 & Gfarm 2.6.17 include several useful updates & fixes, including changes to disable the replication placement function based on file system groups & maintain only the specified number of replicas, as well as changes to exclude high-load nodes from the automatic replica creation destination. We recommend updating to this version.

Update History

Release note for Gfarm 2.7.2 [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
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