vfs_glusterfs_fuse
8
Samba
System Administration tools
&doc.version;
vfs_glusterfs_fuse
Utilize features provided by GlusterFS
vfs objects = glusterfs_fuse
DESCRIPTION
This VFS module is part of the
samba
8 suite.
GlusterFS
(http://www.gluster.org)
is an Open Source clustered file system capable of scaling to
several peta-bytes. With its FUSE based native client,
GlusterFS is available as a POSIX compliant file system and can
hence be shared by Samba without additional steps.
The vfs_glusterfs_fuse VFS module provides an enhanced way
to access a Gluster filesystem using a Gluster FUSE mount. It provides support
for the get_real_filename VFS call which enhances file access performance
by avoiding multiple expensive case folding lookup calls to detect the appropriate
case of an existing filename.
Furthermore, this module implements a substitute file-id
mechanism. The default file-id mechanism is not working
correctly for gluster fuse mount re-exports, so in order to
avoid data loss, users exporting gluster fuse mounts with
Samba should enable this module.
This module can be combined with other modules, but it
should be the last module in the vfs objects
list. Modules added to this list to the right of the glusterfs
entry may not have any effect at all.
CONFIGURATION
A basic configuration looks like this.
glusterfs_fuse
/absolute/path_of_fusemount
Note that vfs_glusterfs_fuse requires a Gluster mount. For accessing glusterfs directly
over the GFAPI library please use the vfs_glusterfs module.
OPTIONS
This module does currently have no further options.
VERSION
This man page is part of version &doc.version; of the Samba suite.
AUTHOR
The original Samba software and related utilities
were created by Andrew Tridgell. Samba is now developed
by the Samba Team as an Open Source project similar
to the way the Linux kernel is developed.