IBM GPFS Native RAID for GPFS Storage Server V4.1

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) Native RAID for GPFS Storage Server, V4.1 provides:

• Improved data integrity
• Improved application performance during array rebuild after disk failure
• Enhanced data protection
• Improved data access when hardware failures occur
• A GUI for: Health and performance monitoring, directed maintenance procedures

GPFS Native RAID for GPFS Storage Server, V4.1 is required for licensing the software needed to complete the GPFS Storage Server solution on the Intelligent Cluster.

System x GPFS Storage Server:
GPFS Storage Server is a single, integrated, supported IBM solution, built to leverage the GPFS software market. It offers performance on a scalable building-block approach; performance and capacity increase as you add GPFS Storage Servers.

The GPFS Storage Server is cost competitive and offers features that enhance the reliability, availability, and serviceability of storage. This storage solution is an IBM-provided solution, built on standard System x components with GPFS software tuned to support this configuration. This solution leverages the demand for GPFS software and couples it with a System x hardware solution; and is provided through the Intelligent Cluster portfolio. The System x GPFS Storage Server is designed to be easy to purchase and configure. The GPFS Storage Server ships with a web-based GUI which provides system health and performance monitoring as well as management capabilities. The hardware for this solution can be ordered through x-config. Additional software licensing is also needed for the GPFS Native RAID for GPFS Storage Server, V4.1.

Key prerequisites

• Intelligent Cluster hardware solution
• GPFS Storage Server

Planned availability date
August 1, 2014: Electronic availability only