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VxFS Features

Basic features include:

  • Extent-based allocation
  • Extent attributes
  • Fast file system recovery
  • Access control lists (ACLs)
  • Online administration
  • Online backup
  • Enhanced application interface
  • Enhanced mount options
  • Improved synchronous write performance
  • Support for file systems up to 32 terabytes in size
  • Support for files up to 2 terabytes in size
  • Enhanced I/O performance
  • Quotas
  • Cluster File System
  • Improved database performance
  • Storage Checkpoints
  • Cross-platform data sharing
  • File Change Log
  • Multi-volume support
  • Quality of Storage Service
    • Note   Note    VxFS supports all HFS file system features and facilities except for the linking, removing, or renaming of "." and ".." directory entries. Such operations may disrupt file system sanity.

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