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 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