What are the mkfs options used by Sys_Filer_Linux?

[tmart]

What are the mkfs.ext3 options used by the Filer? In particular, bytes per inode and block size?

Is there any way for enough of that app to be unlocked at provisioning to allow us to provide some customization such as specifying the block size and bytes per inode? For example when building a database volume with few large files, we might want to tune the filesystem differently than for a web content volume that has many small files. Right now, you don't appear to allow the "fs_options" to have any value for ext3 filesystems.

[PeterNic]

Tim,

I can check those for you and open a change request to add options.

In addition, you can "vol manage" the volume after creation, unmount its filesystem and do mkfs again with any options you like.

Best,
-- Peter

[stephen]

Currently the Linux filer does not support mkfs.ext3 options in the fs_options property exposed on the boundary. No options are currently passed to mkfs.ext3 for block-size or bytes-per-inode, leaving mkfs.ext3 to determine the block-size based on the filesystem size.

I have opened a software change request on this: SCR #3033

For the time being, you can manually set mkfs.ext3 options as Peter suggests by simply managing the volume after its is created.

[tmart]

Thank you, Stephen and Peter.

[JulietteKlonk]

Good information...thank you Stephen and Peter.