Jump To Close Expand all Collapse all Table of contents Global File System 2 Introduction Expand section "Introduction" Collapse section "Introduction" 1. Audience 2. Related Documentation 3. We Need Feedback! 1. GFS2 Overview Expand section "1. GFS2 Overview" Collapse section "1. GFS2 Overview" 1.1. New and Changed Features Expand section "1.1. New and Changed Features" Collapse section "1.1. New and Changed Features" 1.1.1. New and Changed Features for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.0 1.1.2. New and Changed Features for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1 1.1.3. New and Changed Features for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.2 1.1.4. New and Changed Features for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.3 1.1.5. New and Changed Features for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.4 1.1.6. New and Changed Features for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 1.2. Before Setting Up GFS2 1.3. Installing GFS2 1.4. Differences between GFS and GFS2 Expand section "1.4. Differences between GFS and GFS2" Collapse section "1.4. Differences between GFS and GFS2" 1.4.1. GFS2 Command Names 1.4.2. Additional Differences Between GFS and GFS2 1.4.3. GFS2 Performance Improvements 2. GFS2 Configuration and Operational Considerations Expand section "2. GFS2 Configuration and Operational Considerations" Collapse section "2. GFS2 Configuration and Operational Considerations" 2.1. Formatting Considerations Expand section "2.1. Formatting Considerations" Collapse section "2.1. Formatting Considerations" 2.1.1. File System Size: Smaller is Better 2.1.2. Block Size: Default (4K) Blocks Are Preferred 2.1.3. Number of Journals: One for Each Node that Mounts 2.1.4. Journal Size: Default (128MB) Is Usually Optimal 2.1.5. Size and Number of Resource Groups 2.2. File System Fragmentation 2.3. Block Allocation Issues Expand section "2.3. Block Allocation Issues" Collapse section "2.3. Block Allocation Issues" 2.3.1. Leave Free Space in the File System 2.3.2. Have Each Node Allocate its Own Files, If Possible 2.3.3. Preallocate, If Possible 2.4. Cluster Considerations 2.5. Usage Considerations Expand section "2.5. Usage Considerations" Collapse section "2.5. Usage Considerations" 2.5.1. Mount Options: noatime and nodiratime 2.5.2. DLM Tuning Options: Increase DLM Table Sizes 2.5.3. VFS Tuning Options: Research and Experiment 2.5.4. SELinux: Avoid SELinux on GFS2 2.5.5. Setting Up NFS Over GFS2 2.5.6. Samba (SMB or Windows) File Serving over GFS2 2.6. File System Backups 2.7. Hardware Considerations 2.8. Performance Issues: Check the Red Hat Customer Portal 2.9. GFS2 Node Locking Expand section "2.9. GFS2 Node Locking" Collapse section "2.9. GFS2 Node Locking" 2.9.1. Issues with Posix Locking 2.9.2. Performance Tuning With GFS2 2.9.3. Troubleshooting GFS2 Performance with the GFS2 Lock Dump 3. Getting Started Expand section "3. Getting Started" Collapse section "3. Getting Started" 3.1. Prerequisite Tasks 3.2. Initial Setup Tasks 4. Managing GFS2 Expand section "4. Managing GFS2" Collapse section "4. Managing GFS2" 4.1. Making a File System 4.2. Mounting a File System 4.3. Unmounting a File System 4.4. Special Considerations when Mounting GFS2 File Systems 4.5. GFS2 Quota Management Expand section "4.5. GFS2 Quota Management" Collapse section "4.5. GFS2 Quota Management" 4.5.1. Configuring Disk Quotas Expand section "4.5.1. Configuring Disk Quotas" Collapse section "4.5.1. Configuring Disk Quotas" 4.5.1.1. Setting Up Quotas in Enforcement or Accounting Mode 4.5.1.2. Creating the Quota Database Files 4.5.1.3. Assigning Quotas per User 4.5.1.4. Assigning Quotas per Group 4.5.2. Managing Disk Quotas 4.5.3. Keeping Quotas Accurate 4.5.4. Synchronizing Quotas with the quotasync Command 4.5.5. References 4.6. Growing a File System 4.7. Adding Journals to a File System 4.8. Data Journaling 4.9. Configuring atime Updates Expand section "4.9. Configuring atime Updates" Collapse section "4.9. Configuring atime Updates" 4.9.1. Mount with relatime 4.9.2. Mount with noatime 4.10. Suspending Activity on a File System 4.11. Repairing a File System 4.12. Bind Mounts and Context-Dependent Path Names 4.13. Bind Mounts and File System Mount Order 4.14. The GFS2 Withdraw Function 5. Diagnosing and Correcting Problems with GFS2 File Systems Expand section "5. Diagnosing and Correcting Problems with GFS2 File Systems" Collapse section "5. Diagnosing and Correcting Problems with GFS2 File Systems" 5.1. GFS2 File System Shows Slow Performance 5.2. GFS2 File System Hangs and Requires Reboot of One Node 5.3. GFS2 File System Hangs and Requires Reboot of All Nodes 5.4. GFS2 File System Does Not Mount on Newly-Added Cluster Node 5.5. Space Indicated as Used in Empty File System 6. Configuring a GFS2 File System in a Pacemaker Cluster A. GFS2 Quota Management with the gfs2_quota Command Expand section "A. GFS2 Quota Management with the gfs2_quota Command" Collapse section "A. GFS2 Quota Management with the gfs2_quota Command" A.1. Setting Quotas with the gfs2_quota command A.2. Displaying Quota Limits and Usage with the gfs2_quota Command A.3. Synchronizing Quotas with the gfs2_quota Command A.4. Enabling/Disabling Quota Enforcement A.5. Enabling Quota Accounting B. Converting a File System from GFS to GFS2 Expand section "B. Converting a File System from GFS to GFS2" Collapse section "B. Converting a File System from GFS to GFS2" B.1. Conversion of Context-Dependent Path Names B.2. GFS to GFS2 Conversion Procedure C. GFS2 tracepoints and the debugfs glocks File Expand section "C. GFS2 tracepoints and the debugfs glocks File" Collapse section "C. GFS2 tracepoints and the debugfs glocks File" C.1. GFS2 tracepoint Types C.2. Tracepoints C.3. Glocks C.4. The glock debugfs Interface C.5. Glock Holders C.6. Glock tracepoints C.7. Bmap tracepoints C.8. Log tracepoints C.9. Glock Statistics C.10. References D. 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