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Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS)

    mmhealth node show should explicitly show the cluster status, too

    Currently mmhealth node show can report the node as healthy while there are problems elsewhere in the cluster, e.g. in the filesystem component:# mmhealth node show Node name: somenode.somedomain Node status: HEALTHY Status Change: 13 days ag...
    over 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Planned for future release

    Migrate system pool from non-vdisk to vdisk NSDs

    GEICO is in the process of migrating from older Scale infrastructure to an ESS infrastructure. Non-disruptive migration is blocked when Migrate system pool from non-vdisk to vdisk NSDs
    over 5 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

    mmchconfig maxblocksize is not dynamically changeable

    PMR TS001057386.Spectrum Scale in Version 5 has a new maxblocksize default. But to Change these for old Clusters all Daemon must be down to change these parameter. The request here mmchconfig maxblocksize should be dynamicaly changeable without co...
    about 8 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    Spectrum Scale GUI & API should support nested groups with LDAP/IPA authentication

    Using nested groups (objectclass=nestedGroup) is a common feature of modern directories (e.g. Active Directory, FreeIPA/RedHat Identity Manager, and IBM Tivoli Directory Server ) and make it much easier to manage group memberships by adding a grou...
    almost 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

    A command is needed to manually drop the FilesToCache and StatCache of the Client node mounted with GPFS to release the tokens of the server

    same as the topic
    over 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 0 Future consideration

    gpfs enhance NFS performance in chip design domain

    we expect GPFS to enhance NFS performance to accommodate small file scenarios in the chip design domain to beat netapp
    over 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

    fileset QoS distinguish read and write

    we expect fileset QoS distinguish read and write to enhance the flexibility of QoS, also expect metadata support qos
    over 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

    Enhance REST API to GET/SET all availabe Filesystem Parameter i.e --auto-inode-limit

    CNSA requires filesystemes with option --auto-inode-limit to be enabled. That Option is currently not available via REST API "get /scalemgmt/v2/filesystems/{filesystemName}". We utilize the REST API to verify all required storage parameter before ...
    over 3 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

    expose pagepool statistics

    There seems to be no supported way, and in fact no way at all that I can find, to determine how effective the pagepool cache is. The official ways to determine an optimum pagepool size are 1) "try it and find out", and 2) "pay one of our consultan...
    about 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 2 Not under consideration

    CES event callback support

    There are no events for CES that can be used with `mmaddcallback`. If I run `mmhealth node eventlog`, I see lots of events, such as nfs_active, nfs_in_grace, handle_network_problem_info, nodestatechange_info, ces_network_ips_down, etc. It would be...
    about 7 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 3 Not under consideration

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