[Linux-cluster] Sparse files in GFS

[Wendy Cheng]

Krikler, Samuel wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Do you know if there is any tool that can efficiently pad files 
> (pre-allocate their space) in GFS files to prevent the files from 
> being sparse?
>
> I’d like to efficiently create nice continuous files of hundreds of 
> GBs (both logically and physically) before I start using them in my 
> application.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Samuel.
>
Sorry, not at this moment. It has been on the to-do list. One question 
though - these spaces do not need to be zero-padded, right ?

-- Wendy