[MDEV-17980] Update "Fusion-io Introduction" documentation page Created: 2018-12-12 Updated: 2018-12-18 Resolved: 2018-12-18 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | MariaDB Server |
| Component/s: | Documentation - Support |
| Fix Version/s: | N/A |
| Type: | Task | Priority: | Major |
| Reporter: | Geoff Montee (Inactive) | Assignee: | Kenneth Dyer (Inactive) |
| Resolution: | Fixed | Votes: | 0 |
| Labels: | None | ||
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| Description |
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This page hasn't been updated in years: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/fusion-io-introduction/ It should probably be updated to reflect current MariaDB versions and/or be merged into other documentation pages. One specific issue is that it mentions that a "Fusion IO" patch for mysqld is needed to enable atomic writes and safely disable the doublewrite buffer, but it doesn't actually specifically define what this patch is and whether it is still needed in current versions of MariaDB. Based on Another issue is that it recommends the XFS file system with fusion IO devices, but the problem with that is that XFS doesn't allow for atomic writes. There should probably be a more thorough discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of various file systems. NVMFS (formerly DirectFS) seems to be the only file system that supports atomic writes on Fusion IO devices. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fusion-io_NVMFS However, I can't actually find any mention of NVMFS on the SanDisk or Western Digital web sites anymore, so I think NVMFS is probably dead. I was told back in 2016 that SanDisk planned to discontinue support for NVMFS. Here is the information that this person relayed from SanDisk:
So if NVMFS has been killed, then there may not be any supported configurations that allow atomic writes on Fusion-IO devices anymore. This page will probably also need some changes: https://mariadb.com/kb/en/library/atomic-write-support/ |
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| Comment by Geoff Montee (Inactive) [ 2018-12-13 ] |
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I made some changes to the following pages: |