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<div class="">Back at SC16 I was told that GPFS 4.2.3.x would remove the “a sub-block is 1/32nd of the block size” restriction. However, I have installed GPFS 4.2.3.1 on my test cluster and in the man page for mmcrfs I still see:</div>
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<div class="">2. The GPFS block size determines:</div>
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<div class=""> * The minimum disk space allocation unit. The minimum amount</div>
<div class=""> of space that file data can occupy is a sub‐block. A</div>
<div class=""> sub‐block is 1/32 of the block size.</div>
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<div class="">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…</div>
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<div class="">Kevin</div>
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<div class="">Kevin Buterbaugh - Senior System Administrator</div>
<div class="">Vanderbilt University - Advanced Computing Center for Research and Education</div>
<div class=""><a href="mailto:Kevin.Buterbaugh@vanderbilt.edu" class="">Kevin.Buterbaugh@vanderbilt.edu</a> - (615)875-9633</div>
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