April 2001
Intermediate to advanced
432 pages
9h 2m
English
SC3.0 software introduces an enhanced method of using file systems with the Solaris OE. An advantage of a GFS is that each node within a cluster can mount files simultaneously, thereby providing a cluster-wide persistent data store. The SC3.0 kernel interface enables the export of a valid UNIX file system globally to all cluster members. The cluster file system semantics are implemented under the virtual file system (VFS) within the operating system kernel, which acts as a proxy layer between the kernel and storage, see Figure 8-2.

By applying identical semantics to the UNIX file ...
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