Jump To Close Expand all Collapse all Table of contents Global File System Introduction Expand section "Introduction" Collapse section "Introduction" 1. Audience 2. Related Documentation 3. Feedback 4. Recommended References 1. GFS Overview Expand section "1. GFS Overview" Collapse section "1. GFS Overview" 1.1. Performance, Scalability, and Economy Expand section "1.1. Performance, Scalability, and Economy" Collapse section "1.1. Performance, Scalability, and Economy" 1.1.1. Superior Performance and Scalability 1.1.2. Performance, Scalability, Moderate Price 1.1.3. Economy and Performance 1.2. GFS Functions 1.3. GFS Software Subsystems 1.4. Before Setting Up GFS 2. System Requirements Expand section "2. System Requirements" Collapse section "2. System Requirements" 2.1. Platform Requirements 2.2. Red Hat Cluster Suite 2.3. Fencing 2.4. Fibre Channel Storage Network 2.5. Fibre Channel Storage Devices 2.6. Network Power Switches 2.7. Console Access 2.8. Installing GFS 3. Getting Started Expand section "3. Getting Started" Collapse section "3. Getting Started" 3.1. Prerequisite Tasks 3.2. Initial Setup Tasks 4. Managing GFS Expand section "4. Managing GFS" Collapse section "4. Managing GFS" 4.1. Making a File System 4.2. Mounting a File System 4.3. Unmounting a File System 4.4. GFS Quota Management Expand section "4.4. GFS Quota Management" Collapse section "4.4. GFS Quota Management" 4.4.1. Setting Quotas 4.4.2. Displaying Quota Limits and Usage 4.4.3. Synchronizing Quotas 4.4.4. Disabling/Enabling Quota Enforcement 4.4.5. Disabling/Enabling Quota Accounting 4.5. Growing a File System 4.6. Adding Journals to a File System 4.7. Direct I/O Expand section "4.7. Direct I/O" Collapse section "4.7. Direct I/O" 4.7.1. O_DIRECT 4.7.2. GFS File Attribute 4.7.3. GFS Directory Attribute 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 noatime 4.9.2. Tune GFS atime Quantum 4.10. Suspending Activity on a File System 4.11. Displaying Extended GFS Information and Statistics 4.12. Repairing a File System 4.13. Context-Dependent Path Names A. Upgrading GFS B. Revision History Index Legal Notice Settings Close Language: English Format: Multi-page Single-page PDF Format: Multi-page Single-page PDF Language and Page Formatting Options Language: English Format: Multi-page Single-page PDF Format: Multi-page Single-page PDF 2.7. Console Access Make sure that you have console access to each GFS node. Console access to each node ensures that you can monitor nodes and troubleshoot problems. Previous Next