Updating daemon help and documentation (724f7540) · Commits · hpc / gekkofs

README.md

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		Available: {ofi+sockets, ofi+verbs, ofi+psm2} for TCP, Infiniband, and Omni-Path, respectively. (Default ofi+sockets)
		Libfabric must have enabled support verbs or psm2.
		--auto-sm Enables intra-node communication (IPCs) via the `na+sm` (shared memory) protocol, instead of using the RPC protocol. (Default off)
		-c,--clean-rootdir Cleans Rootdir >before< launching the deamon
		-f, --clean-rootdir-finish Cleans Rootdir >After< the deamon finishes
		--version Print version and exit.

		--dbbackend 'rocksdb' (default) or 'parallaxdb' can be specified as
		metadata backend, in that case a file in 'metadir' named
		rocksdbx is created. Parallaxdb support is experimental.
		--parallax_size 'parallaxdb' specific, size of the metadata file in GB. Minimal is 8 GB
		(default 8, 8 GB)
		--clean-rootdir Cleans Rootdir >before< launching the deamon
		-c,--clean-rootdir-finish Cleans Rootdir >after< the deamon finishes
		-d,--dbbackend TEXT Metadata database backend to use. Available: {rocksdb, parallaxdb}
		RocksDB is default if not set. Parallax support is experimental.
		Note, parallaxdb creates a file called rocksdbx with 8GB created in metadir.
		--parallaxsize TEXT parallaxdb - metadata file size in GB (default 8GB), used only with new files
		--version Print version and exit.
		```

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		Available: {ofi+sockets, ofi+verbs, ofi+psm2} for TCP, Infiniband, and Omni-Path, respectively. (Default ofi+sockets)
		Libfabric must have enabled support verbs or psm2.
		--auto-sm Enables intra-node communication (IPCs) via the `na+sm` (shared memory) protocol, instead of using the RPC protocol. (Default off)
		-c,--clean-rootdir Cleans Rootdir >before< launching the deamon
		-f,--clean-rootdir-finish Cleans Rootdir >after< finishing the deamon
		--dbbackend 'rocksdb' (default) or 'parallaxdb' can be specified as
		metadata backend, in that case a file in 'metadir' named
		rocksdbx is created. Parallaxdb support is experimental.
		--parallax_size 'parallaxdb' specific, size of the metadata file in GB. Minimal is 8 GB
		(default 8, 8 GB)
		--clean-rootdir Cleans Rootdir >before< launching the deamon
		-c,--clean-rootdir-finish Cleans Rootdir >after< the deamon finishes
		-d,--dbbackend TEXT Metadata database backend to use. Available: {rocksdb, parallaxdb}
		RocksDB is default if not set. Parallax support is experimental.
		Note, parallaxdb creates a file called rocksdbx with 8GB created in metadir.
		--parallaxsize TEXT parallaxdb - metadata file size in GB (default 8GB), used only with new files
		--version Print version and exit.
		````

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		@@ -677,7 +677,7 @@ main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
		"Creates an additional directory within the rootdir, allowing multiple daemons on one node.");
		desc.add_option(
		"--metadir,-i", opts.metadir,
		"Metadata directory where GekkoFS' RocksDB data directory is located. If not set, rootdir is used.");
		"Metadata directory where GekkoFS RocksDB data directory is located. If not set, rootdir is used.");
		desc.add_option(
		"--listen,-l", opts.listen,
		"Address or interface to bind the daemon to. Default: local hostname.\n"
		@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ main(int argc, const char* argv[]) {
		"Cleans Rootdir >after< the deamon finishes");
		desc.add_option(
		"--dbbackend,-d", opts.dbbackend,
		"Metadata database backend to use. Available: {rocksdb, parallaxdb}'\n"
		"Metadata database backend to use. Available: {rocksdb, parallaxdb}\n"
		"RocksDB is default if not set. Parallax support is experimental.\n"
		"Note, parallaxdb creates a file called rocksdbx with 8GB created in metadir.");
		desc.add_option("--parallaxsize", opts.parallax_size,