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config GFS2_FS
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- tristate "GFS2 file system support"
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- default m
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+ tristate "GFS2 file system support"
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depends on EXPERIMENTAL
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- select FS_POSIX_ACL
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- select SYSFS
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- help
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- A cluster filesystem.
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-
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- Allows a cluster of computers to simultaneously use a block device
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- that is shared between them (with FC, iSCSI, NBD, etc...). GFS reads
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- and writes to the block device like a local filesystem, but also uses
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- a lock module to allow the computers coordinate their I/O so
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- filesystem consistency is maintained. One of the nifty features of
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- GFS is perfect consistency -- changes made to the filesystem on one
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- machine show up immediately on all other machines in the cluster.
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+ select FS_POSIX_ACL
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+ help
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+ A cluster filesystem.
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+
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+ Allows a cluster of computers to simultaneously use a block device
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+ that is shared between them (with FC, iSCSI, NBD, etc...). GFS reads
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+ and writes to the block device like a local filesystem, but also uses
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+ a lock module to allow the computers coordinate their I/O so
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+ filesystem consistency is maintained. One of the nifty features of
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+ GFS is perfect consistency -- changes made to the filesystem on one
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+ machine show up immediately on all other machines in the cluster.
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To use the GFS2 filesystem, you will need to enable one or more of
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the below locking modules. Documentation and utilities for GFS2 can
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