Organization

Chapter 1 “The VxFS File System”, introduces the features and characteristics of this product.

Chapter 2 “Disk Layout” describes and illustrates the major components of VxFS disk layouts.

Chapter 3 “Extent Attributes” describes the policies associated with allocation of disk space.

Chapter 4 “Online Backup” describes the snapshot backup feature of VxFS.

Chapter 5 “Performance and Tuning ” describes VxFS tools that optimize system performance. This section includes information on mount options.

Chapter 6 “Application Interface” describes ways to optimize an application for use with VxFS. This chapter includes details on cache advisories, extent sizes, and reservation of file space.

Chapter 7 “Quotas” describes VxFS methods to limit user access to file and data resources.

Appendix A “Kernel Messages” lists VxFS kernel error messages in numerical order and provides explanations and suggestions for dealing with these problems.

The “Glossary” contains a list of terms and definitions relevant to VxFS.