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Storage Scale System

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SED support using TPM on ESS3500

We are requesting the addition of "SED support for TPM" to be included on the ESS3500 platform. This will provide the necessary encryption and simplify and streamline the installation and maintenance of the combined cluster including the ESS3500/S...
17 days ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

Add filter to FAL (File Audit Log), so it's possible to ignor specific events

When FAL is enabled, it's all or nothing. When enabled in a bussy enviroemnt the number of events is high. It will be possitive if it was possible to ignoge specific events (ex. directory list) so the number of events could drop in number
17 days ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted
209 VOTE

mmrestorefs into REST API.

The proper long term solution is to request a new feature to implement 'mmrestorefs' into REST API.
over 1 year ago in Storage Scale System 3 Future consideration

Object Lock for CES-S3

We have been requesting this for a long time through other channels and it seems like something that has not yet been acknowledged... it is an important feature to implement for the new CES-S3, we have alot of missed opportunities due to the lack ...
9 months ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

ESS GUI file system resize option requested

It would be nice to be able to increase the size of an existing gpfs file system from within the ESS GUI instead of having to do it on the command line.
15 days ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) Support

LLDP is a technology used in cloud and automation scenarios which assists with Layer2 link discovery. Its works by broadcasting additional metadata and information about each network link to the network switches allowing for automation to more eas...
about 1 month ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

Eliminate divisive language from your products

We're almost 1/4th of the way into the 21st century ... no IBM product should use terms like master/slave, blacklist/whitelist, etc.
7 months ago in Storage Scale System 1 Submitted

S3 API Signature listing for Storage Scale documentation

Visa is currently testing integration with an Nvidia DGX SuperPOD deployed with an IBM Storage Scale System. Visa is going to test data movement between the IBM Storage Scale System and an S3 target as part of a PoC. Visa requires the S3 API signa...
2 months ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

Tunable options to reduce failover time of ESS when one of the IO servers fails

In 1H 2020, Korea team has made significant growth in ESS business. However it is noteworthy that business of our competitors have grown together. This is the evidence that market for fie storage is growing. Therefore it is strategically important...
almost 5 years ago in Storage Scale System 1 Future consideration

Support simultanious integration of Storage Scale cluster to Windows AD Domain while Linux servers are joined to an IDM domain

Protocol nodes can authorize user file access through Windows Active Directory by joining a Storage Scale cluster to a Windows Active Directory Domain. Unfortunately, IBM does not support such a connection if Storage Scale Linux servers are alread...
3 months ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted