XFS^® for Linux^® Administration

Table of Contents

New Features in This Guide

About This Guide

Related Publications

Obtaining Publications

Conventions

Reader Comments

1. The XFS® Filesystem

2. Planning an XFS Filesystem

Choosing the Filesystem Block Size

Choosing the Filesystem Directory Block Size

Choosing the Log Type and Size

Choosing Allocation Groups and Stripe Units

Repartitioning the Disks

3. Creating XFS Filesystems

Making a Filesystem

Growing a Filesystem

4. Filesystem Maintenance

Filesystem Reorganization

Filesystem Corruption

Checking Filesystem Consistency

Repairing XFS Filesystem Problems

5. Disk Quotas

Overview of Disk Quotas

Enabling Quotas

Setting Quota Limits

Displaying Quota Information

Administering Quotas

Monitoring Disk Space Usage with Quota Accounting

Checking Disk Space Usage

6. Backup and Recovery Procedures

Features of xfsdump and xfsrestore

Media Layout for xfsdump

Possible xfsdump Layouts

Saving Data with xfsdump

Examining xfsdump Archives

About xfsrestore

Using xfsdump and xfsrestore to Copy Filesystems

7. Enhanced XFS Extensions

agskip Mount Option for Allocation Group Specification

ibound Mount Option for Solid-State Drives

Index