NEWFS_HAMMER(8) BSD System Manager's Manual NEWFS_HAMMER(8)NAMEnewfs_hammer — construct a new HAMMER file system
SYNOPSISnewfs_hammer-L label [-f] [-b bootsize] [-m savesize] [-u undosize]
[-V version] special ...
DESCRIPTION
The newfs_hammer utility creates a HAMMER file system on device(s)
special. If multiple devices are specified a single HAMMER file system
is created which spans all of them. Each special will constitute a vol‐
ume which the HAMMER file system is built on. HAMMER file systems are
sector-size agnostic, however the DragonFly implementation requires the
sector size to be no larger than 16K. HAMMER file systems start at a
relative offset of 0 and may only be created under out-of-band disk
labels (disklabel64(5) or gpt(8) labels), or in disklabel32(5) partitions
which do not overlap the label area (have a starting sector greater than
16).
HAMMER file systems are designed for large storage systems, up to 1
Exabyte, and will not operate efficiently on small storage systems. The
minimum recommended file system size is 50GB. HAMMER must reserve 500MB
to 1GB of its storage for reblocking and UNDO/REDO. In addition, HAMMER
file systems operating normally, with full history retention and daily
snapshots, do not immediately reclaim space when files are deleted. A
regular system maintenance job runs once a day by periodic(8) to handle
reclamation.
HAMMER works best when the machine's normal workload would not otherwise
fill the file system up in the course of 60 days of operation.
The options are as follows:
-L label
All HAMMER file systems must be named and names should be unique
on a per-machine basis.
-b bootsize
Specify a fixed area in which a boot related kernel and data can
be stored. The bootsize is specified in bytes. By default a
boot area of approximately 4MB will be created.
-f Force operation. This is needed for the creation of a HAMMER
file system less than 10GB size or with less than 500MB UNDO/REDO
FIFO. This should not be used under normal circumstances.
-m savesize
Specify a fixed area which HAMMER may use as a memory log. This
area is currently unused. The savesize is specified in bytes.
-u undosize
Specify the size of the fixed UNDO/REDO FIFO. The undosize is
specified in bytes. By default 0.1% of the root volume's size is
used, with a reasonable minimum and a reasonable cap. The
UNDO/REDO FIFO is used to sequence meta-data out to the media for
instant crash recovery.
-V version
Specify the HAMMER file system version to format. By default
newfs_hammer formats the file system using the highest production
version number supported by the HAMMER VFS by checking the
vfs.hammer.supported_version sysctl. If you need to maintain
compatibility with an older version of HAMMER you may specify the
version with this option.
The bootsize, savesize and undosize must be given with a suffix of K, M,
G or T meaning kilobyte, megabyte, gigabyte and terabyte. Lower case can
also be used for suffix.
EXAMPLESnewfs_hammer-L Home /dev/ad0s1d
Create a file system named ‘Home’ on /dev/ad0s1d.
DIAGNOSTICS
Exit status is 0 on success and 1 on error.
SEE ALSOdisklabel32(5), disklabel64(5), HAMMER(5), fdisk(8), gpt(8), newfs(8)HISTORY
The newfs_hammer utility first appeared in DragonFly 1.11.
AUTHORS
Matthew Dillon ⟨dillon@backplane.com⟩
BSD April 10, 2011 BSD
