Deciding whether to install IBM Spectrum Scale and deploy protocols manually or with the installation toolkit
On supported Linux® distributions, you can install IBM Spectrum Scale and deploy protocols either manually or using the installation toolkit.
- Why would I want to use the installation toolkit?
- Simplifies IBM Spectrum Scale cluster creation
- Automatically creates NSD and file system stanza files
- Creates new NSDs, file systems, and adds new nodes
- Has a single package manager for all components of a release
- Deploys Object, SMB, NFS, HDFS by automatically pulling in all prerequisites
- Configures file and object authentication during deployment
- Consistently sets and synchronizes time on all nodes
- Deploys the IBM Spectrum Scale GUI
- Configures Performance Monitoring consistently across all nodes
- Installs and configures file audit logging and call home functions
- Simplifies upgrade with a single command to upgrade all components on all nodes.
Before deciding which method you want to use, review the following
topics:
- Installation prerequisites
- IBM Spectrum Scale packaging overview
- Understanding the installation toolkit options
- Limitations of the installation toolkit
- Using the installation toolkit to perform installation tasks: Explanations and examples
- Manually installing the IBM Spectrum Scale software packages on Linux nodes