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</span></b><span style="color:black">gpfsug-discuss <gpfsug-discuss-bounces@gpfsug.org> on behalf of CHRIS MAESTAS <cdmaestas@us.ibm.com><br>
<b>Date: </b>Monday, August 19, 2024 at 7:49</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>gpfsug-discuss@gpfsug.org <gpfsug-discuss@gpfsug.org><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[EXTERNAL] [gpfsug-discuss] Announcement: Scale 5.2.1 is out!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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now they will! That is unless you run: mmexpelnode -r/–reset The new and improved<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin-bottom:.25in">For a summary of changes see <a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-scale/5.2.1?topic=summary-changes"><span style="color:#222222">here</span></a>!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing:inherit">If you miss: <strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">dstat –gpfs –gpfs-ops</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing:inherit">Maybe your new favorite command is <a href="https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/storage-scale/5.2.1?topic=reference-mmpstat-command"><strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#222222;text-decoration:none">mmpstat</span></strong></a>!
And if you want those expelled nodes to stay down, now they will! That is unless you run: <strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">mmexpelnode -r/–reset</span></strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing:inherit">The new and improved Cluster Export Services (CES) S3 is <a href="https://community.ibm.com/community/user/storage/blogs/mike-kieran/2024/08/16/ibm-storage-scale-software-delivers-next-generatio?CommunityKey=1142f81e-95e4-4381-95d0-7977f20d53fa"><span style="color:#222222">here</span></a>!
Think of it as High Performance Object (HPO) 2.0 now also running on VMs and bare metal! Check out the test measurements <a href="https://community.ibm.com/community/user/storage/blogs/rogelio-rivera-gutierrez/2024/04/25/ibm-storage-scale-performance-ces-s3-tech-preview"><span style="color:#222222">here</span></a> where
you can get 60 GB/s of read performance. Yes, that’s a byte which is a lot of bits!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing:inherit">If you want to get Scale storage services on <strong><span style="font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif">arm64</span></strong> platforms now, you can! Unofficially, let’s race to running it on your Pi!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin-bottom:.25in;box-sizing:inherit">Scale training has also been updated and it’s available on IBM training and Coursera! Check out <a href="https://community.ibm.com/community/user/storage/blogs/james-collier/2024/08/15/elevate-your-data-management-skills-with-new-ibm-s"><span style="color:#222222">this</span></a> blog
post for more information on classes and subscription options!<o:p></o:p></p>
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