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<P CLASS="dca3ea53-3b15-4956-b62b-477b793a9701"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'>I would just like some opinions on the best way to serve a gpfs file system to server/workstations which are not directly connected to the storage.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'>Background: We are in the process of moving from old storage (approx 20TB); lots of filesystems – JFS2 on AIX with HACMP. served out with NFS to a linux cluster and about 150 linux workstations and random other servers; to new storage (approx 250TB); 2 gpfs filesystems, Linux NSDs, using ctdb for NFS and Samba. We have also installed a server for TSM, which is SAN connected to the gpfs, and have some new compute servers which are also on the SAN, and therefore have pretty good performance. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'>Should I still use the automounter ? Different maps or symbolic links to emulate the automounter names for the servers that are directly SAN-connected gpfs clients ? /home/<i>username</i> or whatever has to work on all systems.<o:p></o:p></p><pre style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I found a bit in the gpfs problem determination guide suggesting that there is a way to use an automounter program map for gpfs (<span style='color:black'>/usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/mmdynamicmap) </span>but I can’t find any other documentation about it. <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>I would really like to hear how other people with a similar setup are doing this.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre style='background:white'><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>Thanks, Sandra.<span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></span></pre><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#8B0051'>Sandra McLaughlin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Scientific Computing Specialist<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:8.0pt'>___________________________________________________</span><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#8B0051'>AstraZeneca<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#8B0051'>R&D</span></b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#8B0051'> | R&D Information<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>30F49, Mereside, Alderley Park, GB-Macclesfield, SK10 4TG<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Tel +44 1625 517307<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="mailto:sandra.mclaughlin@astrazeneca.com">sandra.mclaughlin@astrazeneca.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0cm'><o:p> </o:p></p></div></P>
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