What are the recommended best practices for mkfs.gfs2?

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Issue

  • What are the recommended best practices for mkfs.gfs2?
  • When creating a gfs2 filesystem should the defaults for the journal size and resource group size be used?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6, 7 (with the High Availability and Resilient Storage Add Ons)
  • A Global Filesystem 2(GFS2)

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