Native NFS and GPFS

GPFS file systems may be exported using the Network File System (NFS) protocol from one or more nodes. After export, normal access to the file system can proceed from GPFS cluster nodes or NFS client nodes.

Note: GPFS on Windows does not provide NFS integration.

Considerations for the interoperability of a GPFS file system include:

Exporting a GPFS file system using NFS
NFS usage of GPFS cache
Synchronous writing using NFS
Unmounting a file system after NFS export
NFS automount considerations
Clustered NFS and GPFS on Linux

Note: None of these sections consider the NFS server integration that is introduced with CES. The integrated NFS server interactions, with the following documented sections, will be addressed in a future release.