Storage deployment combinations from the user interface

Describes the supported storage deployment options available in the IBM Fusion user interface, including Fusion Data Foundation local, dynamic, and external modes, and Global Data Platform.

In the Services page of the IBM Fusion user interface, you can see only the services that can be deployed on the cluster. It is based on your current storage configuration. The different storage installation combinations are as follows:
Note: The Global Data Platform remote mount capability is available only for the following deployment modes:
  • Standalone rack with Global Data Platform storage ( newly installed with IBM Fusion 2.10.0 or later)
  • Standalone rack with FDF ( upgraded to IBM Fusion 2.10.0 or later / newly installed with IBM Fusion 2.10.0 or later)

Fusion Data Foundation service on IBM Fusion

Install Fusion Data Foundation in local, dynamic, or external modes. For the installation procedure, see Installing Fusion Data Foundation.

Fusion Data Foundation service with Global Data Platform

The deployment method for Global Data Platform depends on the installed version of Red Hat® OpenShift® Container Platform in your environment. The supported deployment methods are as follows:

Table 1. Global Data Platform deployment methods
Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform version Deployment method
4.21 or later
  1. Install Fusion Data Foundation version 4.21 or later in local, dynamic, or external modes. For instructions, see Installing Fusion Data Foundation.
    Important: The Fusion Data Foundation version 4.21 or later supports configuration with IBM Storage Scale.

  2. After Fusion Data Foundation is installed successfully and the service is in a healthy state, go to Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console, to configure Fusion Data Foundation with IBM Storage Scale. For instructions, see Configuring with IBM Storage Scale.

  3. In the Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console, go to Workloads > Deployments and verify the status of the pods in the ibm-spectrum-scale project. In a fresh installation, the deployment is expected to be scaled down to zero.
4.20 or earlier

  1. From the Available section of the Services page, install Global Data Platform service. For instructions, see Installing Global Data Platform.

  2. After Global Data Platform is installed successfully and the service is in a healthy state, go to Storage > Remote file systems and add remote file systems. For instructions, see Remote IBM Storage Scale storage cluster in IBM Fusion.