VERITAS File SystemÖ 3.5 (HP OnlineJFS/JFS3.5) AdministratorÆs Guide (December 2002)

Chapter 1
The VERITAS File System
VxFS Features
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VxFS Features
Basic features include:
• Extent based allocations
• Enhanced attributes
• Fast file system recovery
• Access control lists (ACLs)
•Online administration
• Online backup
• Enhanced application interface
• Enhanced mount options
• Improved synchronous write performance
• Support for file systems up to 2 terabytes in size
• Support for files up to 2 terabytes in size
• Enhanced I/O performance
•Quotas
• Improved database performance
• Storage Checkpoints
• Cluster file systems
• Support for improved network file server (NFS) performance through use of VERITAS QuickLogTM
• VxFS supports all HFS file system features and facilities except for the linking, removing, or renaming of
“.” and “..” directory entries. Such operations may disrupt file system sanity.