From f48fbd461285a69e909da3a596e1c899e429d681 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: James Peach Date: Wed, 28 Feb 2007 20:06:11 +0000 Subject: Document the prealloc VFS module. (This used to be commit afa33d3267e41cacdcfab9ec7da1c150cdb18593) --- docs/manpages-3/smb-vfs-prealloc.8.xml | 103 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 103 insertions(+) create mode 100644 docs/manpages-3/smb-vfs-prealloc.8.xml (limited to 'docs') diff --git a/docs/manpages-3/smb-vfs-prealloc.8.xml b/docs/manpages-3/smb-vfs-prealloc.8.xml new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..1d8f6db75c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manpages-3/smb-vfs-prealloc.8.xml @@ -0,0 +1,103 @@ + + + + + + smb-vfs-prealloc + 8 + + + + + prealloc + preallocate matching files to a predetermined size + + + + + vfs objects = prealloc + + + + + DESCRIPTION + + This module is part of the samba + 7 suite. + + The 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): + + + + /data/frames + prealloc + 4M + + + + + CAVEATS + preallocate 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. + + + + -- cgit