<font size=2 face="Arial">Hi,</font><br><br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">>>Back at SC16 I was told
that GPFS 4.2.3.x would remove the $B!H(Ba sub-block is 1/32nd of the block
size$B!I(B restriction. However, I have installed GPFS 4.2.3.1 on my
test cluster and in the man page for mmcrfs I still see:</font><br><font size=2 color=blue face="Arial">>>So has the restriction
been removed? If not, is there an update on which version of GPFS
will remove it? If so, can the documentation be updated to reflect
the change and how to take advantage of it? Thanks$B!D(B</font><br><br><font size=2 face="Arial">Based on the current plan, this $B!H(Ba sub-block
is 1/32nd of the block size$B!I(B restriction will be removed in the upcoming
GPFS version 4.2.4 (Please NOTE: Support for >32 subblocks per block
may subject to be delayed based on internal qualification/validation efforts).</font><br><br><font size=2 face="Arial">Regards,</font><br><font size=2 face="Arial">-Kums</font><br><br><br><br><br><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">From:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">"Buterbaugh, Kevin
L" <Kevin.Buterbaugh@Vanderbilt.Edu></font><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">To:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">gpfsug main discussion
list <gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org></font><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Date:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">06/14/2017 12:12 PM</font><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Subject:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">[gpfsug-discuss]
4.2.3.x and sub-block size</font><br><font size=1 color=#5f5f5f face="sans-serif">Sent by:
</font><font size=1 face="sans-serif">gpfsug-discuss-bounces@spectrumscale.org</font><br><hr noshade><br><br><br><font size=3>Hi All, </font><br><br><font size=3>Back at SC16 I was told that GPFS 4.2.3.x would remove
the $B!H(Ba sub-block is 1/32nd of the block size$B!I(B restriction. However,
I have installed GPFS 4.2.3.1 on my test cluster and in the man page for
mmcrfs I still see:</font><br><br><font size=3>2. The GPFS block size determines:</font><br><br><font size=3> * The minimum disk space allocation
unit. The minimum amount</font><br><font size=3> of space that file data can occupy
is a sub$B!>(Bblock. A</font><br><font size=3> sub$B!>(Bblock is 1/32 of the block
size.</font><br><br><font size=3>So has the restriction been removed? If not, is
there an update on which version of GPFS will remove it? If so, can
the documentation be updated to reflect the change and how to take advantage
of it? Thanks$B!D(B</font><br><br><font size=3>Kevin</font><br><br><font size=3>—</font><br><font size=3>Kevin Buterbaugh - Senior System Administrator</font><br><font size=3>Vanderbilt University - Advanced Computing Center for
Research and Education</font><br><a href=mailto:Kevin.Buterbaugh@vanderbilt.edu><font size=3 color=blue><u>Kevin.Buterbaugh@vanderbilt.edu</u></font></a><font size=3>- (615)875-9633</font><br><br><br><tt><font size=2>_______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss mailing list<br>gpfsug-discuss at spectrumscale.org<br></font></tt><a href="http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss"><tt><font size=2>http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss</font></tt></a><tt><font size=2><br></font></tt><br><BR>