VERITAS File System

VERITAS File System (VxFS) is an extent based, intent logging file system. VxFS is designed for use in UNIX Environment, which require high performance and availability and deal with large volumes of data.

Summary of Change

What’s New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v1 September 2005?

VxFS version 4.1 includes the following:

Support for 1024 ACLs
Support for large filesystem (up to 40 TB) and large file size (up to 16 TB)
VxFS Filesystem as a DLKM
Multi-device filesystems
Checkpoint enhancements
Support for Disk Layouts 4, 5 and 6
Support for greater than 67,000,000 UID and GID with edquota

Cluster File System (CFS) allows the VxFS file system to be mounted to support cluster functionality. This feature is not supported in the initial release of HP-UX 11i v3.

What’s New for Customers Migrating from HP-UX 11i v2 June 2006?

VxFS version 4.1 includes the following:

VxFS Filesystem as a DLKM
Multi-device filesystems
Checkpoint enhancements
Support for greater than 67,000,000 UID and GID with edquota

Cluster File System (CFS) allows the VxFS file system to be mounted to support cluster functionality. This feature is not supported in the initial release of HP-UX 11i v3.

Impact

There are no impacts other than those previously listed.

Compatibility

Cluster File System (CFS) is not supported in the initial release of HP-UX 11i v3.

VxFS version 3.5 is not support in HP-UX 11i v3.

Performance

There are no known performance issues.

Documentation

For further information, see the following documents, available at http://docs.hp.com/en/oshpux11iv2.html#VxFS:

VERITAS File System 4.1 Release Notes
VERITAS File System 4.1 Administrator’s Guide

Obsolescence

Not applicable.