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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We have:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">2 Physical Linux GPFS NSD servers (IBM),<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">4 Physical VMware ESXi servers (target the cNFS GPFS shares as datastores) (HP)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">5 Virtual Machines with native GPFS clients,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">1 Virtual Windows 2008R2 with native GPFS client,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Approx 30 Linux machines targeting cNFS re-exported from 4 of the Linux VMs is a separate cNFS failure group,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Approx 20 Desktops using the Windows 2008R2 server shares of the same file system,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Centrify stitches the whole lot together and keeps UID/GID maps neat and tidy and consistent with our Active Directory,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">10GbE at the back end for GPFS node communications,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">1GbE for exporting to other servers / desktops in our building.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> gpfsug-discuss-bounces@gpfsug.org
[mailto:gpfsug-discuss-bounces@gpfsug.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jez Tucker<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 25 June 2012 14:53<br>
<b>To:</b> gpfsug main discussion list<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [gpfsug-discuss] Your GPFS O/S support?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Curiosity…<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> How many of you run Windows, Linux and OS X as clients (GPFS/NFS/CIFS), in any configuration?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jez<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Jez Tucker <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior Sysadmin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Rushes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">GPFSUG Chairman (<a href="mailto:chair@gpfsug.org">chair@gpfsug.org</a>)<o:p></o:p></p>
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