PRIMECLUSTER Global File Services Configuration and Administration Guide 4.2 (Solaris(TM) Operating Environment)

12.4.3 Multi-partition configuration

The GFS Shared file system provides a function that unifies partitions into one file system.

With the GFS Shared file system, you can easily solve the problem of there being insufficient area by adding partitions.

In multi-partition configuration, a round robin allocation system enables the use of the file data area in different partitions, thus improving file system performance by sharing the I/O load between different disks.

meta-data partitions can be added when meta-data fills up the disk as a result of an increase in the amount of file data, meta-data partitions can be added when meta-data fills up the disk as a result of an increase in the amount of file data.