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Storage Scale System

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Add a Utility node with FC cards

Add a Utility node with fc cards, so we can deliver a full IBM Storage solution with IBM Storage Archive, without having to involve Power brand.A utility node with enogh memory and fc card would fulfil this gap in our options when building a Scale...
3 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.
almost 1 year ago in Storage Scale System 3 Future consideration

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.
about 1 month ago in Storage Scale System 1 Submitted

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 ...
3 months ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

Include rpm package audispd-plugins into Storage Scale System bundle to improve audit logging capabilities.

In an regulated environment it is required to configure several audit rules at OS level, to be compliant. To forward the resulting audit events to syslog, it is required to install the rpm package audisp-plugins, which is not part of the current I...
14 days ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

Support user- or node-level isolation mechanisms, such as sub-directory mounts and the ability to collect and examine usage statistics at the job level.

We have a large RFP where the proposed file system must have user- or node-level isolation mechanisms, such as sub-directory mounts and the ability to collect and examine usage statistics at the job level. We have a strong competition from DDN so ...
5 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...
over 4 years ago in Storage Scale System 1 Future consideration

Monitor the temperature of the Mellanox adapters - mmhealth

Hi In order to minimize the risk of system down due to heat problem. It will be great if mmhealth will monitor the temperature of the Mellanox adapters. This can be done by running the following script: #!/bin/bashfor i in `lspci|grep -i mellanox|...
about 1 month ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

Support routed networks for management and fsp networks

ESS documentation states that the FSP and Management networks for a stretched cluster has to be: All networks are flat, single namespace (ESS stretch cluster requirements) which I interpret to mean they must be same subnet, not routed. Practically...
12 months ago in Storage Scale System 0 Future consideration

include ABRT packages in EMS repos

It is common for support to ask for a core or ABRT report as part of in depth troubleshooting of particularly nasty Scale System component issues. Currently those ABRT packages are not included in the repositories packaged with the EMS node and it...
about 1 month ago in Storage Scale System 0 Submitted

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