VFS_PREALLOC(1M) System Administration tools VFS_PREALLOC(1M)NAMEvfs_prealloc - preallocate matching files to a predetermined size
SYNOPSIS
vfs objects = prealloc
DESCRIPTION
This VFS module is part of the samba(7) suite.
The vfs_prealloc VFS module preallocates files to a specified size each
time a new file is created. This is useful in environments where files
are of a predetermined size will be written to a disk subsystem where
extending file allocations is expensive.
This module is stackable.
OPTIONS
prealloc:EXT = BYTES
Preallocate all files with the extension EXT to the size specified
by BYTES.
The following suffixes may be applied to BYTES:
· K - BYTES is a number of kilobytes
· M - BYTES is a number of megabytes
· G - BYTES is a number of gigabytes
EXAMPLES
A process writes TIFF files to a Samba share, and the is known these
files will almost always be around 4 megabytes (4194304 bytes):
[frames]
path = /data/frames
vfs objects = prealloc
prealloc:tiff = 4M
CAVEATSvfs_prealloc is not supported on all platforms and filesystems.
Currently only XFS filesystems on Linux and IRIX are supported.
VERSION
This man page is correct for version 3.0.25 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.
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
┌────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────┐
│ ATTRIBUTE TYPE │ ATTRIBUTE VALUE │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│Availability │ SUNWsmbar, SUNWsmbac, SUNWsmbau │
├────────────────────┼─────────────────────────────────┤
│Interface Stability │ External │
└────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────┘
NOTES
Source code for Samba is available in the SUNWsmbaS package.
Samba(7) delivers the set of four SMF(5) services as can be seen from
the following example:
$ svcs samba wins winbind swat
STATE STIME FMRI
disabled Apr_21 svc:/network/samba:default
disabled Apr_21 svc:/network/winbind:default
disabled Apr_21 svc:/network/wins:default
disabled Apr_21 svc:/network/swat:default
where the services are:
"samba"
runs the smbd daemon managing the CIFS sessions
"wins"
runs the nmbd daemon enabling the browsing (WINS)
"winbind"
runs the winbindd daemon making the domain idmap
"swat"
Samba Web Administration Tool is a service providing access to
browser-based Samba administration interface and on-line
documentation. The service runs on software loopback network
interface on port 901/tcp, i.e. opening "http://localhost:901/" in
browser will access the SWAT service on local machine.
Please note: SWAT uses HTTP Basic Authentication scheme where user name
and passwords are sent over the network in clear text. In the SWAT case
the user name is root. Transferring such sensitive data is advisable
only on the software loopback network interface or over secure
networks.
Samba 3.6 04/10/2012 VFS_PREALLOC(1M)
