GFS 4.0 Beta 4 released

All,

GFS 4.0 Beta 4 has been released and is available via the Sistina web site

-> http://www.sistina.com/gfs/software/

Updates in this release include:

o Updated to run on 2.2.18

o Update to the kernel patches

o Initial work has begun on porting to 2.4. It is not ready yet, but it should be shortly after 2.4 is officially released.

o Initial support for exporting GFS filesystems via kernel-space NFS. This capability has just been added and has not received extension testing yet. Use it with extreme care! You have been warned!

o Support for banning a client from a GNBD server has been added, as well as, a new STOMITH method that utilizes this functionality.

o Enhancements have been made to both gclient' and gserv' to provide better user feedback.

o New tools for DMEP operations. dmep_conf' is for enabling/configuring DMEP capable devices. do_dmep' is for testing the actual capabilities and conformance of a DMEP device.

o Further enhancements to the memexpd' high availability failover setup. This includes a new tool, initds', that is used for initializing the data segment utilized to maintain lock state info.

This should hopefully be the final beta release! Go get it! Use it and let us know if you experience any problems via:

-> Bugs ==> http://bugzilla.sistina.com

or

-> Feedback ==> http://www.sistina.com/gfs/Pages/gfs_eval.html

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Michael Declerck, [email protected] +1.510.823.7991

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