December 2003
Intermediate to advanced
458 pages
9h 3m
English
book
Deploying Linux on IBM eServer pSeries Clusters
by Dino Quintero, Prabhakar Attaluri, Tomas Baublys, Xinghong He, Chin Yau Lee, Francois Thomas
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6.3. GPFS installation and basic configuration
Here we describe the steps we took to install GPFS on our cluster. We used the NSD model, using one internal disk per server node. Both nodes act as client and server. Although our cluster was not a realistic one, bringing up a real production GPFS system would follow the same path.
6.3.1. Planning
GPFS is becoming more and more dynamic in the way it handles its components. You can add or remove disks and nodes and change file system settings without stopping GPFS. However, careful planning is still a very important step.
You need to consider the following areas:
Hardware
Verify that the hardware (especially storage devices) you are using is supported by GPFS.
Refer to the FAQ page for more information: ...