Chapter 6. Getting started with GPFS

In this chapter, we provide a brief introduction to GPFS version 2.2 for Linux on pSeries. GPFS is a cluster file system that provides users with fast, consistent, and reliable shared access to files, cluster-wide. Implemented as the Virtual File System (VFS), GPFS supports the UNIX file interface so that applications need not be changed to take advantage of the new file system. Initially found only on AIX clusters, GPFS is now available across the whole cluster offering from IBM: AIX/pSeries, Linux/pSeries, and Linux/xSeries.

This chapter contains:

  • 6.1, “GPFS description” on page 280. This section describes the GPFS architecture and its components. The most striking features of GPFS are presented.

  • 6.2, “RSCT ...

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