CXFS
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The CXFS file system (Clustered
shared disk file system designed by Silicon Graphics (SGI) specifically to be used in a storage area network
(SAN) environment.
A significant difference between CXFS and other shared disk file systems is that data and
NFS
). File metadata however, is managed via a metadata broker. The metadata communication is performed via TCP/IP and Ethernet.
Another difference is that file locks are managed by the metadata broker, rather than the individual host clients. This results in the elimination of a number of problems which typically plague distributed file systems.
Though CXFS supports having a heterogeneous environment (including
is required to be installed on the host which acts as the metadata broker.See also
- List of file systems
- Shared disk file system