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diff --git a/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/tuning/strictallocate.xml b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/tuning/strictallocate.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7b33ef3fc3 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/docbook/smbdotconf/tuning/strictallocate.xml @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +<samba:parameter xmlns:samba="http://samba.org/common"> + <term><anchor id="STRICTALLOCATE"/>strict allocate (S)</term> + <listitem><para>This is a boolean that controls the handling of + disk space allocation in the server. When this is set to <constant>yes</constant> + the server will change from UNIX behaviour of not committing real + disk storage blocks when a file is extended to the Windows behaviour + of actually forcing the disk system to allocate real storage blocks + when a file is created or extended to be a given size. In UNIX + terminology this means that Samba will stop creating sparse files. + This can be slow on some systems.</para> + + <para>When strict allocate is <constant>no</constant> the server does sparse + disk block allocation when a file is extended.</para> + + <para>Setting this to <constant>yes</constant> can help Samba return + out of quota messages on systems that are restricting the disk quota + of users.</para> + + <para>Default: <command moreinfo="none">strict allocate = no</command></para> + </listitem> + </samba:parameter> |