Configuring IBM Storage Scale Clusters

You must run all the IBM Storage Scale configuration steps as a root user. These steps must be executed only on one node.

Create the IBM Storage Scale Cluster
The IBM Storage Scale node file defines all nodes in the cluster and some of the roles.
Apply IBM Storage Scale license
IBM Storage Scale requires a licensing designation before you can use it.
Create IBM Storage Scale Network Shared Disks (NSD)
To create the network shared disks (NSD) in IBM Storage Scale, create a disk file to be used as input to the mmcrnsd command. The disk file defines the IBM Storage Scale pools and the NSDs. A recommended IBM Storage Scale pool configuration has two storage pools, a system pool for metadata only and a data pool.
Apply IBM Storage Scale FPO configuration changes
IBM Storage Scale FPO requires several global IBM Storage Scale configuration changes to operate successfully.
Create the IBM Storage Scale file system and pools
After you create NSDs, the IBM Storage Scale file system can be created.
Create IBM Storage Scale Data Placement Policy
Before data can be written to the IBM Storage Scale file system that has more than one pool, you must apply a data placement policy.
Create filesets for MapReduce intermediate and temporary data
To efficiently store MapReduce intermediate and temporary data, use filesets and policies to better emulate local disk behavior.
Set file system permissions
Depending on how different users interact with IBM Storage Scale, you must create a user directory with permissions that allow users to create their own home directories.

Parent topic: Configuring FPO