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Type:
New Feature
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Status: Open
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Priority:
Minor
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Resolution: Unresolved
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Affects Version/s: None
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Fix Version/s: None
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Labels:None
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Rank (Obsolete):9223372036854775807
It would be useful for users to be able to specify the file layout to use based on the filename extension. For example, choose a widely-striped layout for .mpg movies, choose a single-striped layout for .mp3 audio files.
In the first implementation, we might consider storing a table on the MDS of extension->FID mappings, where the referenced FID is used as the template for new files. An improvement on this would allow users to specify such a table on a parent directory, so they can create mappings without the input of the sysadmin.