[CentOS] XFS : Taking the plunge

On 2014-01-21, James A. Peltier <jpeltier at sfu.ca> wrote:
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> Changing to inode64 and back is no problem.  Keep in mind that inode64 may not work with clients running older operating systems.  This bit us when we had a mixture of Solaris 8/9 clients.

I assume you are referring to NFS specifically; here's the relevant FAQ
entry for those who haven't seen it:

http://www.xfs.org/index.php/XFS_FAQ#Q:_Why_doesn.27t_NFS-exporting_subdirectories_of_inode64-mounted_filesystem_work.3F

I decided to export my filesystem's root, but different setups may find
it easier to use fsid=uuid instead.

--keith

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