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Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS)

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support mmapplypolicy to scan file in remote cluster

we use mmapplypolicy to scan file status (mostly metadata like file path, size, mtime, afm cache state, ...) in a specific directory or fileset. But in remote cluster mmapplypolicy is not allowed to do it. we need support for scan file in remote c...
almost 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Planned for future release

Allow Windows Server to re-export Spectrum Scale mount and serve SMB/CIFS

Allow a Windows NSD client (server licensed) to share the Spectrum Scale mount it has from a Windows NSD Server.
over 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

Spectrum Scale make inodes allocated to root file system able to be reallocated.

We would like to request an enhancement that will allow for inodes already allocated to the root file system to be reallocated to independent file sets.
over 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

Spectrum Scale support for routing over infiniband fabrics

The current implementation of Spectrum Scale Infiniband networking, does not allow for or support the allocation of GUID for a bonded interface when working with Mellanox's IP2GID tool which is required for configuring IP's for environment with mu...
over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

Eliminate the use of ssh and sudo wrappers

In most installations sshd PermitRootLogin is required to be NO for security reasons.That means sudo wrappers must be used. We do not use linux provided sudo but a vendor provided replacement that is centrally managed and auditable. We've had a di...
about 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 4 Not under consideration

multi-tenant requirement for POSIX interface

The ESS storage is manged by customer storage department. the clients are from different business departments. The customer takes NFS interface for data access. The customer wants to take POSIX interface for their clients because of performance. H...
over 6 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

Add Broadcom SAS 3808/3908 HBAs in Scale ECE

One of OEM partners are planning to replace existing SAS 3108 HBA with SAS 3808/3908 HBAs. But we didn't find SAS 3808/3908 HBAs in the support list of ECE 5.1.9. The partner hope IBM can support SAS 3808/3908 HBAs in the next release. They can pr...
9 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

SMB DFS root

Support Samba "msdfs root" option.
over 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

gpfs mmputacl command

Currently there isn't a mmputacl -R option to recursively put permissions on nested directories as you can usually do we aclput -R. Not sure why that option was left out from the beginning.
over 6 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 6 Not under consideration

Subnet specification for RDMA based clusters

When connecting two Scale Clusters via RDMA, the "subnets" parameter is limiting. We at Vcinity specialize in building equipment that is used for connecting systems over the wan using the RDMA protocol. Whether it is InfiniBand or ROCE, we provide...
over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

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