Product overview
- Overview of IBM Spectrum Scale
IBM Spectrum Scale™ is a cluster file system that provides concurrent access to a single file system or set of file systems from multiple nodes. The nodes can be SAN attached, network attached, a mixture of SAN attached and network attached, or in a shared nothing cluster configuration. This enables high performance access to this common set of data to support a scale-out solution or to provide a high availability platform. - GPFS architecture
Use this information to understand the architecture of GPFS™. - Protocols support overview: Integration of protocol access methods with GPFS
IBM Spectrum Scale provides additional protocol access methods. Providing these additional file and object access methods and integrating them with GPFS offers several benefits. It enables users to consolidate various sources of data efficiently in one global namespace. It provides a unified data management solution and enables not only efficient space utilization but also avoids having to make unnecessary data moves just because access methods might be different. - Active File Management
The following topics introduce you to Active File Management (AFM) - AFM-based Asynchronous Disaster Recovery (AFM DR)
The following topics introduce you to AFM-based Asynchronous Disaster Recovery (AFM DR). - Data protection and disaster recovery in IBM Spectrum Scale
The IBM Spectrum Scale installation should be protected against data loss to ensure continuity of operation after a malfunction. - Introduction to IBM Spectrum Scale GUI
The IBM Spectrum Scale management GUI provides an easy way to configure and manage various features that are available with the IBM Spectrum Scale system. - IBM Spectrum Scale management API
With the IBM Spectrum Scale management API, you can develop scripts to automate labor-intensive cluster management tasks. These APIs provide a useful way to integrate and use the IBM Spectrum Scale system. - Introduction to cloud services
This topic provides a brief introduction to the cloud services available in IBM Spectrum Scale. - IBM Spectrum Scale in an OpenStack cloud deployment
OpenStack is a cloud operating system that controls large pools of compute, storage, and networking resources throughout a datacenter. Using IBM Spectrum Scale in an OpenStack cloud environment offers many benefits, including the enterprise features of IBM Spectrum Scale and consolidated storage options. - IBM Spectrum Scale product editions
IBM Spectrum Scale has two different editions based on functional levels. Each edition can be licensed by IBM Spectrum Scale Client license, IBM Spectrum Scale Server license, and IBM Spectrum Scale FPO license. - IBM Spectrum Scale license designation
According to the IBM Spectrum Scale Licensing Agreement, each server in the cluster must be designated as possessing an IBM Spectrum Scale Client license, an IBM Spectrum Scale File Placement Optimizer (FPO) license, or an IBM Spectrum Scale Server license. Starting with release 4.2.2, you can also use capacity-based licensing which is available only with IBM Spectrum Scale Data Management Edition. - Capacity-based licensing
You can use capacity-based licensing to license IBM Spectrum Scale based on the storage capacity being managed in an IBM Spectrum Scale cluster. - IBM Spectrum Storage Suite
IBM Spectrum Scale is a part of IBM Spectrum Storage™ Suite.