IBM Spectrum Scale is a cluster file system that supports concurrent access from multiple nodes. Its Cluster Export Services (CES) provide highly available file services to the General Parallel File System (GPFS) cluster via different protocols and Network File System (NFS) is one of them. This...
This blog provides an introduction to IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition and then describes a procedure that is followed for upgrading and configuring IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition using the installation toolkit. Introduction to IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition: The IBM...
This blog provides an introduction to IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition and then describes a procedure that is followed for installing and configuring IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition using the installation toolkit. Introduction to IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition: IBM...
The Installation Toolkit can be used to manage Spectrum Scale clusters. Toolkit makes it easy to install, deploy and upgrade clusters. It is available with Spectrum Scale's Standard, Advanced and Data Management Editions. It helps automate different tasks and makes it easy for the...
Active File Management (AFM) can be used for Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions and there are two Spectrum Scale clusters or sites in this case, the primary and secondary. The primary site exclusively creates or writes data and hence is the "Active" site. The secondary site cannot modify the...
The IBM TechXchange Storage Scale (GPFS) Global User Group is free to join and open to all using, interested in using or integrating Spectrum Scale. We welcome Spectrum Scale users from a wide range of industries and are not sector specific. Our membership represents media, academia, research,...
Introduction In this article we will see how to Collect logs for analysing any problem that is seen on Spectrum Scale with respect to Authentication and FILE protocols. So in short we will see issues likely to be seen in the areas: 1. Authentication 2. SMB Access 3. NFS Access 4. Data...
In this blog, we are going to briefly discuss the enhancements made in the IBM Spectrum Scale installation toolkit over the releases since its introduction in IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1. The installation toolkit is a Chef-based automation tool that can be used for quick installation, deployment,...
Getting support, detecting potential and existing problems, and viewing basic information about your inventory of block storage systems has never been easier. In this update of IBM Storage Insights , you can monitor the basic health, capacity, and performance of IBM block storage...
Data is growing in today's times and organizations are spread across geographies and sites. This causes immense need for data sharing. IBM Spectrum Scale can help store huge amounts of data and its Active File Management (AFM) feature helps to share this data very effectively. AFM adds remote...