IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition: Planning and Implementation Guide

IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition: Planning and Implementation Guide
Author: Bill Owen
Publisher: IBM Redbooks
Total Pages: 122
Release: 2019-10-15
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0738458074
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This IBM® Redpaper introduces the IBM Spectrum® Scale Erasure Code Edition (ECE) as a scalable, high-performance data and file management solution. ECE is designed to run on any commodity server that meets the ECE minimum hardware requirements. ECE provides all the functionality, reliability, scalability, and performance of IBM Spectrum Scale with the added benefit of network-dispersed IBM Spectrum Scale RAID, which provides data protection, storage efficiency, and the ability to manage storage in hyperscale environments that are composed from commodity hardware. In this publication, we explain the benefits of ECE and the use cases where we believe it fits best. We also provide a technical introduction to IBM Spectrum Scale RAID. Next, we explain the key aspects of planning an installation, provide an example of an installation scenario, and describe the key aspects of day-to-day management and a process for problem determination. We conclude with an overview of possible enhancements that are being considered for future versions of IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition. Overall knowledge of IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition is critical to planning a successful storage system deployment. This paper is targeted toward technical professionals (consultants, technical support staff, IT Architects, and IT Specialists) who are responsible for delivering cost effective storage solutions. The goal of this paper is to describe the benefits of using IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition for the creation of high performing storage systems.

IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition

IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition
Author: Bill Owen
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Total Pages: 100
Release: 2019
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This IBM® Redpaper introduces the IBM Spectrum® Scale Erasure Code Edition (ECE) as a scalable, high-performance data and file management solution. ECE is designed to run on any commodity server that meets the ECE minimum hardware requirements. ECE provides all the functionality, reliability, scalability, and performance of IBM Spectrum Scale with the added benefit of network-dispersed IBM Spectrum Scale RAID, which provides data protection, storage efficiency, and the ability to manage storage in hyperscale environments that are composed from commodity hardware. In this publication, we explain the benefits of ECE and the use cases where we believe it fits best. We also provide a technical introduction to IBM Spectrum Scale RAID. Next, we explain the key aspects of planning an installation, provide an example of an installation scenario, and describe the key aspects of day-to-day management and a process for problem determination. We conclude with an overview of possible enhancements that are being considered for future versions of IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition. Overall knowledge of IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition is critical to planning a successful storage system deployment. This paper is targeted toward technical professionals (consultants, technical support staff, IT Architects, and IT Specialists) who are responsible for delivering cost effective storage solutions. The goal of this paper is to describe the benefits of using IBM Spectrum Scale Erasure Code Edition for the creation of high performing storage systems.

IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition V1.3.2.2: Installation and Configuration Guide

IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition V1.3.2.2: Installation and Configuration Guide
Author: Hiroyuki Miyoshi
Publisher: IBM Redbooks
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2022-03-10
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0738460427
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This IBM® Redbooks® publication helps you with the planning, installation, and configuration of the new IBM Spectrum® Archive Enterprise Edition (EE) Version 1.3.2.2 for the IBM TS4500, IBM TS3500, IBM TS4300, and IBM TS3310 tape libraries. IBM Spectrum Archive Enterprise Edition enables the use of the LTFS for the policy management of tape as a storage tier in an IBM Spectrum Scale based environment. It also helps encourage the use of tape as a critical tier in the storage environment. This edition of this publication is the tenth edition of IBM Spectrum Archive Installation and Configuration Guide. IBM Spectrum Archive EE can run any application that is designed for disk files on a physical tape media. IBM Spectrum Archive EE supports the IBM Linear Tape-Open (LTO) Ultrium 9, 8, 7, 6, and 5 tape drives. and the IBM TS1160, TS1155, TS1150, and TS1140 tape drives. IBM Spectrum Archive EE can play a major role in reducing the cost of storage for data that does not need the access performance of primary disk. The use of IBM Spectrum Archive EE to replace disks with physical tape in tier 2 and tier 3 storage can improve data access over other storage solutions because it improves efficiency and streamlines management for files on tape. IBM Spectrum Archive EE simplifies the use of tape by making it transparent to the user and manageable by the administrator under a single infrastructure. This publication is intended for anyone who wants to understand more about IBM Spectrum Archive EE planning and implementation. This book is suitable for IBM customers, IBM Business Partners, IBM specialist sales representatives, and technical specialists.

IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Elastic Storage System Network Guide

IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Elastic Storage System Network Guide
Author: Kedar Karmarkar
Publisher: IBM Redbooks
Total Pages: 110
Release: 2021-02-17
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0738459410
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High-speed I/O workloads are moving away from the SAN to Ethernet and IBM® Spectrum Scale is pushing the network limits. The IBM Spectrum® Scale team discovered that many infrastructure Ethernet networks that were used for years to support various applications are not designed to provide a high-performance data path concurrently to many clients from many servers. IBM Spectrum Scale is not the first product to use Ethernet for storage access. Technologies, such as Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), scale out NAS, and IP connected storage (iSCSI and others) use Ethernet though IBM Spectrum Scale as the leader in parallel I/O performance, which provides the best performance and value when used on a high-performance network. This IBM Redpaper publication is based on lessons that were learned in the field by deploying IBM Spectrum Scale on Ethernet and InfiniBand networks. This IBM Redpaper® publication answers several questions, such as, "How can I prepare my network for high performance storage?", "How do I know when I am ready?", and "How can I tell what is wrong?" when deploying IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Elastic Storage® Server (ESS). This document can help IT architects get the design correct from the beginning of the process. It also can help the IBM Spectrum Scale administrator work effectively with the networking team to quickly resolve issues.

Implementation Guide for IBM Elastic Storage System 5000

Implementation Guide for IBM Elastic Storage System 5000
Author: Brian Herr
Publisher: IBM Redbooks
Total Pages: 130
Release: 2020-12-08
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0738459224
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This IBM® Redbooks® publication introduces and describes the IBM Elastic Storage® Server 5000 (ESS 5000) as a scalable, high-performance data and file management solution. The solution is built on proven IBM Spectrum® Scale technology, formerly IBM General Parallel File System (IBM GPFS). ESS is a modern implementation of software-defined storage, making it easier for you to deploy fast, highly scalable storage for AI and big data. With the lightning-fast NVMe storage technology and industry-leading file management capabilities of IBM Spectrum Scale, the ESS 3000 and ESS 5000 nodes can grow to over YB scalability and can be integrated into a federated global storage system. By consolidating storage requirements from the edge to the core data center — including kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift — IBM ESS can reduce inefficiency, lower acquisition costs, simplify storage management, eliminate data silos, support multiple demanding workloads, and deliver high performance throughout your organization. This book provides a technical overview of the ESS 5000 solution and helps you to plan the installation of the environment. We also explain the use cases where we believe it fits best. Our goal is to position this book as the starting point document for customers that would use the ESS 5000 as part of their IBM Spectrum Scale setups. This book is targeted toward technical professionals (consultants, technical support staff, IT Architects, and IT Specialists) who are responsible for delivering cost-effective storage solutions with ESS 5000.

Monitoring Overview for IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Elastic Storage Server

Monitoring Overview for IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Elastic Storage Server
Author: Kedar Karmarkar
Publisher: IBM Redbooks
Total Pages: 62
Release: 2017-07-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0738456306
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IBM® Spectrum Scale is software-defined storage for high-performance, large-scale workloads. IBM SpectrumTM Scale (formerly IBM General parallel file system or GPFS) is a scalable data and file management solution that provides a global namespace for large data sets along with several enterprise features. IBM Spectrum ScaleTM is used in clustered environments and provides file protocol (POSIX, NFS, and SMB) and object protocol (Swift and S3) access methods. IBM Elastic StorageTM Server (ESS) is a software-defined storage system that is built upon proven IBM Power SystemsTM, IBM Spectrum Scale software, and storage enclosures. ESS allows for capacity scale up or scale out for performance in modular building blocks, which enables sharing for large data sets across workloads with unified storage pool for file, object, and Hadoop workloads. ESS uses erasure coding-based declustered RAID technology that was developed by IBM to rebuild failed disks in few minutes instead of days. IBM ESS and IBM Spectrum Scale are implemented in scalable environments that are running enterprise workloads. ESS and IBM Spectrum Scale are key components of the enterprise infrastructure. With growing expectations of availability on enterprise infrastructures, monitoring IBM Spectrum Scale, ESS health, and performance is an important function for any IT administrator. This IBM RedpaperTM publication provides an overview of key parameters and methods of IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS monitoring. The audience for this document is IT architects, IT administrators, storage administrators, and users who want to learn more about the administration of an IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS system. This document can be used to monitorfor the environments with IBM Spectrum Scale version 4.2.2.X0 or later. The examples in the document are based on IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.2.X and ESS 5.0.X.X versions.

Implementation Guide for IBM Elastic Storage System 3000

Implementation Guide for IBM Elastic Storage System 3000
Author: Brian Herr
Publisher: IBM Redbooks
Total Pages: 84
Release: 2021-06-28
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0738458635
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This IBM® Redbooks publication introduces and describes the IBM Elastic Storage® Server 3000 (ESS 3000) as a scalable, high-performance data and file management solution. The solution is built on proven IBM Spectrum® Scale technology, formerly IBM General Parallel File System (IBM GPFS). IBM Elastic Storage System 3000 is an all-Flash array platform. This storage platform uses NVMe-attached drives in ESS 3000 to provide significant performance improvements as compared to SAS-attached flash drives. This book provides a technical overview of the ESS 3000 solution and helps you to plan the installation of the environment. We also explain the use cases where we believe it fits best. Our goal is to position this book as the starting point document for customers that would use ESS 3000 as part of their IBM Spectrum Scale setups. This book is targeted toward technical professionals (consultants, technical support staff, IT Architects, and IT Specialists) who are responsible for delivering cost-effective storage solutions with ESS 3000.

IBM Storage Fusion Product Guide

IBM Storage Fusion Product Guide
Author: Jon Herd
Publisher: IBM Redbooks
Total Pages: 70
Release: 2023-06-22
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0738460990
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This IBM® Redbooks® publication offers a short overview of IBM's integrated environment for container workloads, IBM Storage Fusion. The product comes in two variants, IBM Storage Fusion HCI System including all required hardware, and IBM Storage Fusion SDS (software-only) for deployment in public or private Clouds. This paper has been updated with the 2.5.1 release only for IBM Storage Fusion and the 2.5.2 release of IBM Storage Fusion HCI System.

Cloud Data Sharing with IBM Spectrum Scale

Cloud Data Sharing with IBM Spectrum Scale
Author: Nikhil Khandelwal
Publisher: IBM Redbooks
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2017-02-14
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0738456004
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This IBM® RedpaperTM publication provides information to help you with the sizing, configuration, and monitoring of hybrid cloud solutions using the Cloud data sharing feature of IBM Spectrum ScaleTM. IBM Spectrum Scale, formerly IBM General Parallel File System (IBM GPFSTM), is a scalable data and file management solution that provides a global namespace for large data sets along with several enterprise features. Cloud data sharing allows for the sharing and use of data between various cloud object storage types and IBM Spectrum Scale. Cloud data sharing can help with the movement of data in both directions, between file systems and cloud object storage, so that data is where it needs to be, when it needs to be there. This paper is intended for IT architects, IT administrators, storage administrators, and those who want to learn more about sizing, configuration, and monitoring of hybrid cloud solutions using IBM Spectrum Scale and Cloud data sharing.

Cloudera Data Platform Private Cloud Base with IBM Spectrum Scale

Cloudera Data Platform Private Cloud Base with IBM Spectrum Scale
Author: Wei Gong
Publisher: IBM Redbooks
Total Pages: 42
Release: 2021-08-27
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 0738459380
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This IBM® Redpaper publication provides guidance on building an enterprise-grade data lake by using IBM Spectrum® Scale and Cloudera Data Platform (CDP) Private Cloud Base for performing in-place Cloudera Hadoop or Cloudera Spark-based analytics. It also covers the benefits of the integrated solution and gives guidance about the types of deployment models and considerations during the implementation of these models. August 2021 update added CES protocol support in Hadoop environment