Configuring and tuning your system for GPFS

In addition to configuring your GPFS cluster, you need to configure and tune your system.

For more information, see GPFS cluster creation considerations.

Values suggested here reflect evaluations made at the time this documentation was written. For the latest system configuration and tuning settings, see the IBM Spectrum Scale FAQ in IBM® Knowledge Center (www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/STXKQY/gpfsclustersfaq.html) and the IBM Spectrum Scale Wiki (www.ibm.com/developerworks/community/wikis/home/wiki/General Parallel File System (GPFS)).

Additional GPFS and system configuration and tuning considerations include:
  1. General system configuration and tuning considerations
  2. Linux configuration and tuning considerations
  3. AIX configuration and tuning considerations
For information on installing and configuring Windows on systems that will be added to a GPFS cluster, see Configuring Windows.

For more information on using multiple token servers, see Using multiple token servers