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Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS)

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Allow group owners to also query filesets

We have user filesets (independent) that are owned by root but the group is actually the user. Unfortunately Spectrum Scale seems not to take group ownership into account and only the owner can query the fileset (mmlsfileset) which seems overly re...
over 1 year ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

Request to add "all" option to put filesystem in maintenance mode

In order to shutdown/startup gpfs gracefully, it is recommended to put filesystem in maintenance mode using "mmchfs --maintenance-mode" cmd before shutdown. However, this command allow only one filesystem at a time. So if the customer has many fil...
about 4 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

Add SAML support

At the present time, SAML does not seems to be supported, only LDAP.
over 1 year ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under 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
10 months 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
10 months ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

NFS Export: Show connected clients

Tool that will list the clients that are connected to *a particular NFS (CES) export*
almost 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

Request for Spectrum Scale to support Redhat SSSD as 3rd Authentication Method

Request for Spectrum Scale to support RedHat Systems Security Software Daemon (SSSD) as a third authentication method. Salesforce # TS001343971
over 6 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 5 Not under consideration

Support Red Hat IPA for mmuserauth

Red Hat IPA / FreeIPA is an identity and authentication source similar to Active Directory. It has LDAP for user information, and kerberos for authentication. It can integrate with Active Directory through trust and replication, and will then cont...
almost 6 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 5 Not under consideration

Convert a root fileset to an independent fileset

With AFM working only with independent filesets and not with root fileset, a customer that is hosting some data that needs to be replicated on its root fileset and that needs to transition to AFM will need to migrate (copy/move) all the data on th...
about 2 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 1 Not under consideration

Protocols SMB online update support

With Spectrum Scale Protocols 5.0, SMB Update node by node should be possible online without downtime/business impact.Actually this is not possible.>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>...
over 6 years ago in Storage Scale (formerly known as GPFS) 8 Not under consideration

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