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</head><body><p>First thx to all for the support on this list. It is highly appreciated.<br></p><p>My new question:<br></p><p>i have currently with IBM a discussion about the maximum number of remote clusters mounting GPFS from a local cluster.<br></p><p>The answer was that there is almost no limit to the amount of REMOTE clusters accessing a given cluster. From memory I thought there was a limit of 24 remote clusters and the total amount of node must not exceed 16k nodes. The later is described in the GPFS FAQ but about the maximum number of remote cluster accessing a local cluster I could not find anything within the FAQ.</p><p>So is there a limit of remote clusters accessing a given GPFS cluster or could I really have almost 16k-n(*) remote clusters ( One node cluster ) as long as the max amount of nodes does not exceed the 16K ?<br></p><p>(*) n is the amount of local nodes.<br></p><p>Maybe this info should be added also to the FAQ ?<br></p><p><br></p><p>Info from the FAQ:<br></p><p><a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFKCN/com.ibm.cluster.gpfs.doc/gpfs_faqs/gpfsclustersfaq.pdf">https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSFKCN/com.ibm.cluster.gpfs.doc/gpfs_faqs/gpfsclustersfaq.pdf</a></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>Q5.4: What is the current limit on the number of nodes that may concurrently join a cluster?</strong></span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong><span style="font-size: small;" size="2" face="Palatino-Bold"><span style="font-size: small;" size="2" face="Palatino-Bold">A5.4: </span></span><span style="font-size: small;" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><span style="font-size: small;" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman">As of GPFS V3.4.0.18 and GPFS V3.5.0.5, the total number of nodes that may concurrently join a</span></span></strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><strong>cluster is limited to a maximum of 16384 nodes.</strong></span></p><p><span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: small;" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"><span style="font-family: Palatino-Roman; font-size: small;" size="2" face="Palatino-Roman"></span></span></p><p><br></p><p>tia<br></p><p>Hajo<br></p><div class="io-ox-signature"><p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">-- </span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Unix Systems Engineer </span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">--------------------------------------------------</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">MetaModul GmbH</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Süderstr. 12</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">25336 Elmshorn</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">HRB: 11873 PI</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">UstID: DE213701983</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Mobil: + 49 177 4393994</span><br><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Mail: <a href="mailto:service@metamodul.com">service@metamodul.com</a></span></p></div></body></html>