[GFS2] Add documentation for GFS2
Signed-off-by: David Teigland <teigland@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Steve Whitehouse <swhiteho@redhat.com>
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Documentation/filesystems/gfs2.txt
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Global File System
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http://sources.redhat.com/cluster/
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GFS is a cluster file system. It allows a cluster of computers to
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simultaneously use a block device that is shared between them (with FC,
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iSCSI, NBD, etc). GFS reads and writes to the block device like a local
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file system, but also uses a lock module to allow the computers coordinate
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their I/O so file system consistency is maintained. One of the nifty
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features of GFS is perfect consistency -- changes made to the file system
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on one machine show up immediately on all other machines in the cluster.
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GFS uses interchangable inter-node locking mechanisms. Different lock
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modules can plug into GFS and each file system selects the appropriate
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lock module at mount time. Lock modules include:
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lock_nolock -- allows gfs to be used as a local file system
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lock_dlm -- uses a distributed lock manager (dlm) for inter-node locking
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The dlm is found at linux/fs/dlm/
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In addition to interfacing with an external locking manager, a gfs lock
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module is responsible for interacting with external cluster management
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systems. Lock_dlm depends on user space cluster management systems found
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at the URL above.
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To use gfs as a local file system, no external clustering systems are
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needed, simply:
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$ gfs2_mkfs -p lock_nolock -j 1 /dev/block_device
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$ mount -t gfs2 /dev/block_device /dir
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GFS2 is not on-disk compatible with previous versions of GFS.
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The following man pages can be found at the URL above:
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gfs2_mkfs to make a filesystem
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gfs2_fsck to repair a filesystem
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gfs2_grow to expand a filesystem online
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gfs2_jadd to add journals to a filesystem online
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gfs2_tool to manipulate, examine and tune a filesystem
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gfs2_quota to examine and change quota values in a filesystem
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mount.gfs2 to find mount options
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