Installation guide

Index
158
fibre channel
online storage, 121
fibre channel API, 121
fibre channel drivers (native), 122
fibre channel over ethernet
FCoE, 129
fibre-channel over ethernet
storage considerations during installation, 3
file system
FHS standard, 29
hierarchy, 29
organization, 29
structure, 29
file system caching
overview, 1
file system encryption
overview, 1
file system types
encrypted file system, 83
ext4, 43
GFS2, 47
XFS, 49
file systems, 29
ext2 (see ext2)
ext3 (see ext3)
file systems, overview of supported types
storage considerations during installation, 3
frun (cache cull limits settings)
FS-Cache, 81
fs-cache
overview, 1
FS-Cache
bcull (cache cull limits settings), 81
brun (cache cull limits settings), 81
bstop (cache cull limits settings), 81
cache back-end, 77
cache cull limits, 80
cache sharing, 79
cachefiles, 78
cachefilesd, 78
coherency data, 78
fcull (cache cull limits settings), 81
frun (cache cull limits settings), 81
fstop (cache cull limits settings), 81
indexing keys, 78
NFS (cache limitations with), 80
NFS (using with), 79
performance guarantee, 78
setting up a cache, 78
statistical information (tracking), 81
tune2fs (setting up a cache), 78
fstop (cache cull limits settings)
FS-Cache, 81
fsync()
ext4, 43
XFS, 49
G
getfacl , 102
GFS2
file system types, 47
gfs2.ko, 47
maximum size, 47
GFS2 file system maximum size, 47
gfs2.ko
GFS2, 47
Global File System 2
file system types, 47
gfs2.ko, 47
maximum size, 47
gquota/gqnoenforce
XFS, 51
H
Hardware RAID (see RAID)
hardware RAID controller drivers
RAID, 88
help
getting help, xi
hierarchy, file system, 29
high-end arrays
write barriers, 107
host
fibre channel API, 122
how write barriers work
write barriers, 105
I
I/O alignment and size, 109
ATA standards, 111
block device ioctls (userspace access), 110
Linux I/O stack, 109
logical_block_size, 110
LVM, 112
READ CAPACITY(16), 111
SCSI standards, 111
stacking I/O parameters, 111
storage access parameters, 109
sysfs interface (userspace access), 110
tools (for partitioning and other file system
functions), 112
userspace access, 110
I/O limit processing
overview, 1
I/O parameters stacking
I/O alignment and size, 111
I/O scheduler (tuning)