Book description
As IBM® Scale Out Network Attached Storage (SONAS) is adopted, it is important to provide information about planning, installation, and daily administration. This IBM Redbooks® publication also describes leading tuning practices information gained by those who implement and support SONAS.
These preferred practices are based on hands-on experience from the field. Monitoring of the SONAS system is included. This IBM Redbooks publication provides information about IBM SONAS features and function at the 1.5.1 level.
This book is the companion to the IBM SONAS Implementation Guide, SG24-7962 IBM Redbooks publication. It is intended for readers who have implemented SONAS and are responsible for daily administration and monitoring.
Table of contents
- Front cover
- Notices
- IBM Redbooks promotions
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Planning preferred practices
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Chapter 2. Authentication
- 2.1 Introduction to authentication preferred practices
- 2.2 Authentication configuration with asynchronous replication
- 2.3 Preferred practices for migration of data by using the Robocopy tool
- 2.4 Preferred practices for plain Active Directory
- 2.5 Preferred practices for AD and Services for UNIX
- 2.6 Preferred practices for Lightweight Directory Access Protocol
- 2.7 Preferred practices for Network Information Service
- 2.8 Preferred practices for local authentication
- 2.9 Common authentication issues
- 2.10 Troubleshooting authentication issues
- Chapter 3. Networking
- Chapter 4. Storage configuration
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Chapter 5. File system configuration
- 5.1 Getting access to file system content
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5.2 Creating a file system
- 5.2.1 File system block size
- 5.2.2 Methods to create the file system
- 5.2.3 File system options
- 5.2.4 File system naming option
- 5.2.5 NSD allocations for a balanced file system
- 5.2.6 GPFS synchronous replication and failure group definitions
- 5.2.7 Placing metadata on SSD
- 5.2.8 Block size considerations
- 5.2.9 Segment size considerations
- 5.2.10 Allocation type
- 5.2.11 Quota enablement set with file system creation
- 5.2.12 DMAPI enablement
- 5.2.13 File system logging
- 5.2.14 Snapshot enablement
- 5.2.15 inodes and metadata
- 5.3 Removing a file system
- 5.4 File system performance and scaling
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Chapter 6. Shares, exports, and protocol configuration
- 6.1 Choices when you are creating a share or export
- 6.2 Background information for creating shares and exports
- 6.3 Managing authentication and ID mapping
- 6.4 Establishing user and group mapping for client access
- 6.5 Managing authorization and access control lists
- 6.6 Changing shares and exports
- 6.7 Working with Common Internet File System (CIFS) shares
- 6.8 Working with Network File System (NFS) exports
- 6.9 Connecting with other protocols
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Chapter 7. Data protection
- 7.1 Cluster security
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7.2 Asynchronous replication
- 7.2.1 Replication port requirements
- 7.2.2 Replication requirements
- 7.2.3 Multi-directional replication
- 7.2.4 Asynchronous replication preferred practice considerations
- 7.2.5 Replication status
- 7.2.6 Recovery point objectives
- 7.2.7 Replication validation
- 7.2.8 Asynchronous replication logs
- 7.2.9 Issues and expectations
- 7.3 Backup and restore solutions
- 7.4 Snapshots
- 7.5 File clones
- 7.6 Management node configuration backup tasks
- 7.7 External log service
- 7.8 Antivirus
- 7.9 Failover, failback, and disaster recovery
- Chapter 8. Monitoring
- Chapter 9. Troubleshooting and support
- Related publications
- Back cover
Product information
- Title: IBM SONAS Best Practices
- Author(s):
- Release date: September 2015
- Publisher(s): IBM Redbooks
- ISBN: 9780738439778
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