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Improve memory-mapped file performance

Memory-mapped files (mmaps) provide a flexible way to handle larger-than memory data. However, reading and writing speed of mmaps on a GPFS file system is worse than using single disk or network-mounted filesystems. It would be great if this could...
over 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Delivered

New power supply models

A dozen of power supplies replacement in less than 6 months on two TS4300. The quality of this components have to be reviewed.
12 months ago in Linear Tape-Open 1 Delivered

Include DNS server input information in SVC GUI during e-Mail server setup

When input in the SVC GUI's setup view the e-Mail server related information there is currently no possibility to enter DNS server related details. Can this be included in the input screen in future releases ?
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 4 Delivered

TSM for VE: Instant Restore for full VM Restore

Currently TSM for VE only supports near instant restore for singe disks/volumes/file systems. For a restore of a whole virtual machine, no instant restore is possible. One possibility to provide this functionality would be following: 1. Make the T...
over 13 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Spectrum Protect for Virtual Environments 3 Delivered

Increase password length for LDAP users to 50+ (currently 30)

When using LDAP as a remote authentication method, only users with a password length of <= 30 can login. If a password is longer, the login does not work.
almost 2 years ago in IBM TS4500 Tape Library 1 Delivered

Starting/Stop Cluster without all nodes available

A Spectrum Archive cluster can only be started when all nodes are online and available. This makes that the cluster cannot be recovered when one of the server has a hardware failure.
almost 6 years ago in IBM Storage Archive 1 Delivered

Enhance the availability for Security related currency in the SW-Stack in Spectrum Archive

In the current available SW-Stack we must complain the currency in Spectrum Archive SW Delivery. (SA 1.3.3.1, SP BA/HSM-Client 8.1.15.0, Spectrum Scale 5.1.3.1). Because of many security related issues in these components we must implement the las...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Storage Archive 0 Delivered

V7000 Security Vulnerabilities related to DISA STIG findings

SPAWAR engineering component for the Dept of the Navy is considering the IBM V7000 for several Navy programs storage requirements. All systems/devices that are to be considered for procurement need to go through Security Technical Implementation G...
over 10 years ago in IBM Spectrum Virtualize / FlashSystem 3 Delivered

CSM alert notification needs more granularity to properly notify oncall pagers and email distribution lists.

Currently under Alert notifications, we have created recipients for various email support teams and emails to the pager vendor product we use. If for example, you have an "unexpected severe status' alert, and it contains multiple recipients, it bu...
almost 2 years ago in IBM Copy Services Manager (CSM) 2 Delivered

Spectrum Protect Disk Migration single thread

In a disk storage pool with only 1 node the migration process from Disk to tape is single threaded. The only way today around this is to use File device classes. We would prefer not to use File devices classes as these add other overheads. There i...
almost 4 years ago in Storage Protect Family / Product functionality 1 Delivered

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