> What are the common use case of file attributes? CephFS (a distributed filesystem) uses them to allow users to control the layout of directories and files, i

> What are the common use case of file attributes? CephFS (a distributed filesystem) uses them to allow users to control the layout of directories and files, ie. how they are split into chunks and what pool they are stored on; and each pool has its own replication settings. https://docs.ceph.com/docs/mimic/cephfs/file-layouts/ https://docs.ceph.com/docs/mimic/cephfs/file-layouts/