Building a Scalable NFS Server With GPFS
White Papers This paper describes a solution to this problem using multiple NFS servers sharing a common file system managed by an underlying GPFS cluster. As server farms continue to get larger the need for a scalable network file system based on the industry...
[April 9, 2008, 1:02]
DB2 Universal Database V8.1 Over IBM GPFS V2.1
White Papers This paper documents IBM DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition Version 8.1 (UDB ESE V8.1) or an IBM DB2 Universal Database Enterprise Server Edition + Data Partition Feature Version 8.1 (UDB ESE+DPF V8.1) using an IBM General Parallel...
[November 9, 2005, 0:00]
IBM takes Linux to Hollywood
News The technology, called General Parallel File System (GPFS), is a cluster of computing systems with massive storage capabilities and collaborative editing tools for digital content. Developed at IBM's Almaden Research Center in San Jose, California...
[September 17, 2002, 7:58]
Shared Parallel Filesystems in Heterogeneous Linux Multi-Cluster Environments
White Papers Specifically, it deploys PVFS2, GPFS, Lustre, and TerraFS in the test environment containing Intel Xeon, Intel x86-64, and IBM PPC970 systems. Three of the systems - GPFS, Lustre and TerraFS - depend on specific kernel versions that increase...
[April 1, 2007, 1:00]
Oracle 9i RAC Deployment on AIX Using VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC 4.0 as Clusterware
White Papers VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle Real Application Clusters (SFRAC) provides an enabling clusterware on which to run Oracle RAC on AIX, as an alternative to HACMP or GPFS. The first section of this paper covers the SFRAC requirements and...
[January 15, 2005, 2:00]
Open source's lessons from userspace
Talkback I am guessing his point is to have a generic feedback system *not* linked to one product, but perhaps implemented as part of the Linux kernel that catches GPFs. I thought that was the point of his article, the need for a non-proprietary (i.e.
[June 1, 2005, 13:27]
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines Eliminates Costly Downtime With Grid Solution
White Papers The solution to this was gained by eliminated downtime with a high availability solution based on Oracle Real Application Clusters in combination with HACMP and GPFS from IBM. Founded in 1919 in the Netherlands, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is one of...
[February 28, 2007, 0:00]
IBM moves into cloud storage
News It is based on a range of the company's technologies, including its General Parallel File System (GPFS), the XIV storage system and the BladeCenter blade server architecture. The hardware-and-software package combines IBM's Tivoli Storage Manager...
[October 7, 2009, 17:54]
Oracle 10g RAC Deployment on AIX Using VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle RAC
White Papers VERITAS Storage Foundation for Oracle Real Application Clusters (SFRAC) provides an integrated solution stack for using clustered filesystems with Oracle RAC on AIX, as an alternative to using raw logical volumes, Automatic Storage Management (ASM...
[February 19, 2007, 0:00]
Samba 3.2 adds cluster support
News Samba 3.2 adds the ability to work with distributed file systems, such as Sun's Lustre, IBM's GPFS and Red Hat's GFS, to provide clustered file server systems, the Samba development team said. The Samba project on Tuesday released a major update to...
[July 2, 2008, 17:14]
