FAQs

Can I Mount a Parallel File System to Multiple Clients at the Same Time?

Yes.

Can Multiple Parallel File Systems Be Mounted to the Same Client?

Yes. Each mounting process is independent.

What Can I Do If Error Message "error: conflicting types for 'int64_t'" Is Displayed When Compiling libfuse.2.9.7 on an Arm Platform?

Modify the content in lines 92 and 93 of the include/fuse_kernel.h to the following:

typedef unsigned long long __u64;
typedef long long __s64;

Figure 1 and Figure 2 are examples of the files before and after the modification.

Figure 1 File content before the modification

Figure 2 File content after the modification

How Can Other Users Access a Mounted Parallel File System?

Generally, only the user who mounted the parallel file system has access.

To authorize other users the access to the mount directory, you can specify the allow_other parameter in the mount command, for example:

./obsfs filesystem001 /mnt/mount_path/ -o url=obs.my-kualalumpur-1.alphaedge.tmone.com.my  -o passwd_file=/etc/passwd-obsfs -o big_writes -o max_write=131072 -o allow_other -o use_ino