Planning your IBM Spectrum Scale deployments

When planning a IBM Spectrum Scale deployment, you should have a basic understanding of the main parts of the deployment.

Red Hat Package Manager (RPM) prerequisites
Before installing IBM Spectrum Scale, there are several required RPM files that are needed for IBM Spectrum Scale support.
Network and virtual machine requirements
Review the network and virtual machine requirements needed for IBM Spectrum Scale support.
Administrator roles
Several separate administrative roles are responsible for creating, configuring, deploying, and managing the IBM Pattern for IBM Spectrum Scale.
Running IBM Spectrum Scale commands
Use the gpfsprod user to run IBM Spectrum Scale commands.
IBM Spectrum Scale components
The IBM Spectrum Scale pattern includes several components that you can deploy to create a complete IBM Spectrum Scale solution in your environment.
IBM Spectrum Scale file systems and file sets
The IBM Pattern for IBM Spectrum Scale supports the creation of both file systems and file sets.
Securing your IBM Spectrum Scale pattern
There are different means used to secure access to the IBM Pattern for IBM Spectrum Scale.
IBM Spectrum Scale roles associated with deployed middleware
Virtual machines that are created at IBM Spectrum Scale deployment have a number of roles that are associated with the deployed middleware IBM Spectrum Scale services.
Configuring an active-active IBM Spectrum Scale deployment
You can deploy a IBM Spectrum Scale Primary instance and attach a deployed IBM Spectrum Scale Mirror instance and a IBM Spectrum Scale Tiebreaker instance to create a highly available active /active IBM Spectrum Scale configuration.
IBM Spectrum Scale configurations that run on mixed operating systems
When you create an active-active cluster, IBM Spectrum Scale allows mixed configurations. For example, you can deploy the mirror node on an IBM Power system, the primary node on an IBM X-Architecture system, and the tiebreaker node on a Linux for Power system. Similarly, you can deploy the IBM Spectrum Scale clients on different operating systems (OS) than the IBM Spectrum Scale server cluster.
Preserving IBM Spectrum Scale volume data
Be aware of the following items so you can preserve the IBM Pattern for IBM Spectrum Scale volume data.

Parent topic: Administering support for IBM Spectrum Scale

Related concepts

Deleting IBM Spectrum Scale instances from the cluster