<html><body><p>Dear GPFS folks,<br><br>I know - it may not be an optimal setup for GPFS ... but is someone willing to share technical best practices when<br>using GPFS with SVC (and XiV).<br><br>From the past I remember some recommendations concerning the nr of vDisks in SVC and certainly block size (XiV=1M)<br>could be an issue.<br><br>Thank you very much for sharing any insights with me. <br><br><br><font size="2" face="Arial">Mit freundlichen Grüßen / Sincerely</font><br><br><b><font face="Arial">Christoph Krafft</font></b><br><br><font size="2" color="#0055AA" face="Arial">Client Technical Specialist - Power Systems, IBM Systems</font><br><font size="2" color="#0055AA" face="Arial">Certified IT Specialist @ The Open Group </font><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr valign="top"><td class="small_font" width="800" colspan="4" valign="middle"><hr width="100%" size="2" align="left" style="color:#696969; "></td></tr>
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