From chair at gpfsug.org  Mon Feb  2 15:29:09 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:29:09 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Feb 18th - Meet the GPFS Devs
Message-ID: <54CF97C5.6070007@gpfsug.org>

Hi all

   I've put up a post for the 'Meet the Devs' on 18th Feb.

The format will be: see what the GPFS devs are working on, chat / 
discuss, pizza and coffee.
They're really looking forward to meeting some users.

If you'd like to attend, please email secretary at gpfsug.org

See: http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-coffee-shop-1/

Very best,

Jez


From chair at gpfsug.org  Mon Feb  2 16:02:29 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:02:29 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
Message-ID: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>

Hi all

   Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.

http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/

Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?

What would you like to see?

Very best,

Jez






From ben.roeder at sohonet.com  Mon Feb  2 16:19:15 2015
From: ben.roeder at sohonet.com (Ben Roeder)
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 16:19:15 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
In-Reply-To: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
References: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
Message-ID: <4B7A95FF-8857-42EA-BBE9-162B85337E81@sohonet.com>

Hi,
I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure coding coming to swift, instead of the 3 copies redundancy.

I would like to see the ability to page files out to the object store, like you can to LTFS.

as per http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html but Openstack Swift instead of LTFS.

Ben Roeder
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> On 2 Feb 2015, at 16:02, Jez Tucker (Chair) <chair at gpfsug.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
>  Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.
> 
> http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/
> 
> Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
> Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?
> 
> What would you like to see?
> 
> Very best,
> 
> Jez
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> gpfsug-discuss mailing list
> gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
> http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss




From bruno.silva at crick.ac.uk  Tue Feb  3 11:31:53 2015
From: bruno.silva at crick.ac.uk (Bruno Silva)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 11:31:53 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Senior HPC Data and Storage Systems Engineer
Message-ID: <56C37F30-CED5-4874-8CBC-44C492EE5B18@crick.ac.uk>

Dear All,

The Francis Crick Institute is recruiting a Senior HPC Data and Storage Systems Engineer.

This is a fantastic opportunity as the successful candidate will be directly involved in the design and implementation of the Crick's research data management systems and services, in collaboration with some of the most talented Scientists and Engineers in this field. They will also be directly involved in the operations and development of eMedlab - the bleeding edge infrastructure supporting Biomedical multidisciplinary research collaborations between the Crick, UCL, QMUL, LSHTM, EBI and the Sanger.

The application should consist of a CV and covering letter stating the candidate's suitability for the role, salary expectations, notice period if applicable, and two references.

For more information, please follow the short link: http://bit.ly/1BRGq8U

Applications should be sent to jobs at crick.ac.uk<mailto:jobs at crick.ac.uk> no later than the 16th of February, 2015.

Feel free to contact me with any questions about the role prior to the closing date.

Kind regards,
Bruno
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From S.J.Thompson at bham.ac.uk  Tue Feb 10 15:17:21 2015
From: S.J.Thompson at bham.ac.uk (Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services))
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:17:21 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] systemd
Message-ID: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>

Does any one have a systemd manifest for GPFS which they would share?

As RedHat EL 7 is now using systemd and Ubuntu is now supported with 4.1p5, it seems sensible for GPFS to have systemd support.

We're testing some services running off gpfs and it would be useful to have a manifest so we can make the services dependent on gpfs being up before they start.

Or any suggestions on making systemd services dependent on a SysV script?

Thanks

Simon

From chair at gpfsug.org  Thu Feb 12 09:04:05 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:04:05 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] systemd
In-Reply-To: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>
References: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <54DC6C85.4020303@gpfsug.org>

I don't have one to hand, however, perhaps these links help.

http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-3.html
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/47695/how-to-write-startup-script-for-systemd
http://www.redmine.org/boards/1/topics/32763

By all means share your efforts on the UG github.

Jez

On 10/02/15 15:17, Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services) wrote:
> Does any one have a systemd manifest for GPFS which they would share?
>
> As RedHat EL 7 is now using systemd and Ubuntu is now supported with 4.1p5, it seems sensible for GPFS to have systemd support.
>
> We're testing some services running off gpfs and it would be useful to have a manifest so we can make the services dependent on gpfs being up before they start.
>
> Or any suggestions on making systemd services dependent on a SysV script?
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon
> _______________________________________________
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> gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
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From stijn.deweirdt at ugent.be  Thu Feb 12 09:08:15 2015
From: stijn.deweirdt at ugent.be (Stijn De Weirdt)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:08:15 +0100
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] systemd
In-Reply-To: <54DC6C85.4020303@gpfsug.org>
References: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>
	<54DC6C85.4020303@gpfsug.org>
Message-ID: <54DC6D7F.8060008@ugent.be>

systemd should handle sysv services just fine, and you can/should be 
able to use gpfs.service in any After and/or Requires

(it's basically how the network.service works on EL7)

stijn

On 02/12/2015 10:04 AM, Jez Tucker (Chair) wrote:
> I don't have one to hand, however, perhaps these links help.
>
> http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-3.html
> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/47695/how-to-write-startup-script-for-systemd
>
> http://www.redmine.org/boards/1/topics/32763
>
> By all means share your efforts on the UG github.
>
> Jez
>
> On 10/02/15 15:17, Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services) wrote:
>> Does any one have a systemd manifest for GPFS which they would share?
>>
>> As RedHat EL 7 is now using systemd and Ubuntu is now supported with
>> 4.1p5, it seems sensible for GPFS to have systemd support.
>>
>> We're testing some services running off gpfs and it would be useful to
>> have a manifest so we can make the services dependent on gpfs being up
>> before they start.
>>
>> Or any suggestions on making systemd services dependent on a SysV script?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Simon
>> _______________________________________________
>> gpfsug-discuss mailing list
>> gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
>> http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss
>
> _______________________________________________
> gpfsug-discuss mailing list
> gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
> http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss
>
>


From bbanister at jumptrading.com  Fri Feb 20 19:10:06 2015
From: bbanister at jumptrading.com (Bryan Banister)
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:10:06 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Experience with 4K native sector drives?
Message-ID: <21BC488F0AEA2245B2C3E83FC0B33DBB0580120B@CHI-EXCHANGEW1.w2k.jumptrading.com>

Hello fellow GPFS Users!

I'm seeking any advice or accounts of how sites are using 4K sector disk drives today.  I know that GPFS does support 4K sector drives.

Are there any known issues (e.g. performance, interoperability, etc) with using 512 byte sector drives and 4K sector drives in the same file system?

Any advice is greatly appreciated,
-Bryan

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From dhildeb at us.ibm.com  Sun Feb 22 23:55:06 2015
From: dhildeb at us.ibm.com (Dean Hildebrand)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:55:06 -0800
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
In-Reply-To: <4B7A95FF-8857-42EA-BBE9-162B85337E81@sohonet.com>
References: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
	<4B7A95FF-8857-42EA-BBE9-162B85337E81@sohonet.com>
Message-ID: <OF9E201409.B6EE1EBE-ON88257DF4.0081F576-88257DF4.00836380@us.ibm.com>


Hi Ben,

Can you explain a bit more about what you mean by opposite of the post?

Regarding erasure coding, I'm confident in saying that not all erasure
coding mechanisms were created equal, and I'm sure a deep dive on GPFS
Native RAID could be provided for you that would clearly show how it is
vastly superior in every way to the upcoming (1 year?) version of Swift
erasure coding...

On your other question regarding paging files out to an object store, that
is actually the exact feature provided by the upcoming MCStore feature that
was described at IBM Insight and IBM Enterprise in 2014.  Unfortunately
there isn't a lot of external info about these feature yet....

Dean Hildebrand
IBM Almaden Research Center




From:	Ben Roeder <ben.roeder at sohonet.com>
To:	chair at gpfsug.org, gpfsug main discussion list
            <gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org>
Date:	02/02/2015 08:19 AM
Subject:	Re: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
Sent by:	gpfsug-discuss-bounces at gpfsug.org



Hi,
I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure
coding coming to swift, instead of the 3 copies redundancy.

I would like to see the ability to page files out to the object store, like
you can to LTFS.

as per http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html but Openstack
Swift instead of LTFS.

Ben Roeder
ben.roeder at sohonet.com
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> On 2 Feb 2015, at 16:02, Jez Tucker (Chair) <chair at gpfsug.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>  Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.
>
> http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/
>
> Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
> Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?
>
> What would you like to see?
>
> Very best,
>
> Jez
>
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> gpfsug-discuss mailing list
> gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
> http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss


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From ben.roeder at sohonet.com  Tue Feb 24 14:52:31 2015
From: ben.roeder at sohonet.com (Ben Roeder)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:52:31 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
In-Reply-To: <OF9E201409.B6EE1EBE-ON88257DF4.0081F576-88257DF4.00836380@us.ibm.com>
References: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
	<4B7A95FF-8857-42EA-BBE9-162B85337E81@sohonet.com>
	<OF9E201409.B6EE1EBE-ON88257DF4.0081F576-88257DF4.00836380@us.ibm.com>
Message-ID: <D357FEA1-5897-4023-8881-4EABAAC488F5@sohonet.com>

Hi 
Comments inline
Ben
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> On 22 Feb 2015, at 23:55, Dean Hildebrand <dhildeb at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ben,
> 
> Can you explain a bit more about what you mean by opposite of the post?  
> 
I do not want to host swift on GPFS, I would like to page files/objects out from GPFS to Swift
> 
> Regarding erasure coding, I'm confident in saying that not all erasure coding mechanisms were created equal, and I'm sure a deep dive on GPFS Native RAID could be provided for you that would clearly show how it is vastly superior in every way to the upcoming (1 year?) version of Swift erasure coding?
> 
I understand.
There is a lot going on here, see http://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/Luse_Kevin_SNIATutorialSwift_Object_Storage2014_final.pdf for some background.

> 
> On your other question regarding paging files out to an object store, that is actually the exact feature provided by the upcoming MCStore feature that was described at IBM Insight and IBM Enterprise in 2014.  Unfortunately there isn't a lot of external info about these feature yet?.
> 

Would like to know more about this, as this is exactly what I am talking about from the description. Is this DMAPI based ?
How do I get more information on this ?

> 
> Dean Hildebrand
> IBM Almaden Research Center
> 
> 
> <graycol.gif>Ben Roeder ---02/02/2015 08:19:47 AM---Hi, I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure coding coming to swift, in
> 
> From:	Ben Roeder <ben.roeder at sohonet.com>
> To:	chair at gpfsug.org, gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org>
> Date:	02/02/2015 08:19 AM
> Subject:	Re: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
> Sent by:	gpfsug-discuss-bounces at gpfsug.org
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure coding coming to swift, instead of the 3 copies redundancy.
> 
> I would like to see the ability to page files out to the object store, like you can to LTFS.
> 
> as per http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html <http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html> but Openstack Swift instead of LTFS.
> 
> Ben Roeder
> ben.roeder at sohonet.com
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> 
> > On 2 Feb 2015, at 16:02, Jez Tucker (Chair) <chair at gpfsug.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all
> > 
> >  Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.
> > 
> > http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/ <http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/>
> > 
> > Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
> > Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?
> > 
> > What would you like to see?
> > 
> > Very best,
> > 
> > Jez
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > _______________________________________________
> > gpfsug-discuss mailing list
> > gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
> > http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss <http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss>
> 
> 
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From chair at gpfsug.org  Tue Feb 24 15:13:14 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:13:14 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS User Group 2015 date
Message-ID: <54EC950A.5020300@gpfsug.org>

Hello all

   The 2015 GPFS User Group date is 1st May.

Alike last year, the event will be held at the Client Centre at IBM 
Southbank, London.
Event times likely to be 10:30 (for 11:00 start) to 16:00.

For those of you that did attend last year, Sven Oehme is again rather 
likely to be presenting.
A full agenda will appear on the UG Website in the near future.

Please register your interest to secretary at gpfsug.org


Best regards

Jez




From chair at gpfsug.org  Wed Feb 25 14:01:14 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:01:14 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS User Group 2015 date
In-Reply-To: <54EC950A.5020300@gpfsug.org>
References: <54EC950A.5020300@gpfsug.org>
Message-ID: <54EDD5AA.4030504@gpfsug.org>

Alteration.

   Due to a scheduling issue, we may have to potentially move the date 
from 1st May.

We will confirm this as soon as possible.

Apologies.

Jez


From chair at gpfsug.org  Wed Feb 25 14:02:16 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:02:16 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS UG 2015 date potential alteration
Message-ID: <54EDD5E8.7090905@gpfsug.org>

Alteration.

   Due to a scheduling issue, we may have to potentially move the date 
from 1st May.

We will confirm this as soon as possible.

Apologies.

Jez


From chair at gpfsug.org  Mon Feb  2 15:29:09 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:29:09 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Feb 18th - Meet the GPFS Devs
Message-ID: <54CF97C5.6070007@gpfsug.org>

Hi all

   I've put up a post for the 'Meet the Devs' on 18th Feb.

The format will be: see what the GPFS devs are working on, chat / 
discuss, pizza and coffee.
They're really looking forward to meeting some users.

If you'd like to attend, please email secretary at gpfsug.org

See: http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-coffee-shop-1/

Very best,

Jez


From chair at gpfsug.org  Mon Feb  2 16:02:29 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:02:29 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
Message-ID: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>

Hi all

   Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.

http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/

Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?

What would you like to see?

Very best,

Jez






From ben.roeder at sohonet.com  Mon Feb  2 16:19:15 2015
From: ben.roeder at sohonet.com (Ben Roeder)
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 16:19:15 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
In-Reply-To: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
References: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
Message-ID: <4B7A95FF-8857-42EA-BBE9-162B85337E81@sohonet.com>

Hi,
I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure coding coming to swift, instead of the 3 copies redundancy.

I would like to see the ability to page files out to the object store, like you can to LTFS.

as per http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html but Openstack Swift instead of LTFS.

Ben Roeder
ben.roeder at sohonet.com
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> On 2 Feb 2015, at 16:02, Jez Tucker (Chair) <chair at gpfsug.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
>  Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.
> 
> http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/
> 
> Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
> Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?
> 
> What would you like to see?
> 
> Very best,
> 
> Jez
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> gpfsug-discuss mailing list
> gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
> http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss




From bruno.silva at crick.ac.uk  Tue Feb  3 11:31:53 2015
From: bruno.silva at crick.ac.uk (Bruno Silva)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 11:31:53 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Senior HPC Data and Storage Systems Engineer
Message-ID: <56C37F30-CED5-4874-8CBC-44C492EE5B18@crick.ac.uk>

Dear All,

The Francis Crick Institute is recruiting a Senior HPC Data and Storage Systems Engineer.

This is a fantastic opportunity as the successful candidate will be directly involved in the design and implementation of the Crick's research data management systems and services, in collaboration with some of the most talented Scientists and Engineers in this field. They will also be directly involved in the operations and development of eMedlab - the bleeding edge infrastructure supporting Biomedical multidisciplinary research collaborations between the Crick, UCL, QMUL, LSHTM, EBI and the Sanger.

The application should consist of a CV and covering letter stating the candidate's suitability for the role, salary expectations, notice period if applicable, and two references.

For more information, please follow the short link: http://bit.ly/1BRGq8U

Applications should be sent to jobs at crick.ac.uk<mailto:jobs at crick.ac.uk> no later than the 16th of February, 2015.

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From S.J.Thompson at bham.ac.uk  Tue Feb 10 15:17:21 2015
From: S.J.Thompson at bham.ac.uk (Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services))
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:17:21 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] systemd
Message-ID: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>

Does any one have a systemd manifest for GPFS which they would share?

As RedHat EL 7 is now using systemd and Ubuntu is now supported with 4.1p5, it seems sensible for GPFS to have systemd support.

We're testing some services running off gpfs and it would be useful to have a manifest so we can make the services dependent on gpfs being up before they start.

Or any suggestions on making systemd services dependent on a SysV script?

Thanks

Simon

From chair at gpfsug.org  Thu Feb 12 09:04:05 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:04:05 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] systemd
In-Reply-To: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>
References: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <54DC6C85.4020303@gpfsug.org>

I don't have one to hand, however, perhaps these links help.

http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-3.html
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/47695/how-to-write-startup-script-for-systemd
http://www.redmine.org/boards/1/topics/32763

By all means share your efforts on the UG github.

Jez

On 10/02/15 15:17, Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services) wrote:
> Does any one have a systemd manifest for GPFS which they would share?
>
> As RedHat EL 7 is now using systemd and Ubuntu is now supported with 4.1p5, it seems sensible for GPFS to have systemd support.
>
> We're testing some services running off gpfs and it would be useful to have a manifest so we can make the services dependent on gpfs being up before they start.
>
> Or any suggestions on making systemd services dependent on a SysV script?
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon
> _______________________________________________
> gpfsug-discuss mailing list
> gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
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From stijn.deweirdt at ugent.be  Thu Feb 12 09:08:15 2015
From: stijn.deweirdt at ugent.be (Stijn De Weirdt)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:08:15 +0100
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] systemd
In-Reply-To: <54DC6C85.4020303@gpfsug.org>
References: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>
	<54DC6C85.4020303@gpfsug.org>
Message-ID: <54DC6D7F.8060008@ugent.be>

systemd should handle sysv services just fine, and you can/should be 
able to use gpfs.service in any After and/or Requires

(it's basically how the network.service works on EL7)

stijn

On 02/12/2015 10:04 AM, Jez Tucker (Chair) wrote:
> I don't have one to hand, however, perhaps these links help.
>
> http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-3.html
> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/47695/how-to-write-startup-script-for-systemd
>
> http://www.redmine.org/boards/1/topics/32763
>
> By all means share your efforts on the UG github.
>
> Jez
>
> On 10/02/15 15:17, Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services) wrote:
>> Does any one have a systemd manifest for GPFS which they would share?
>>
>> As RedHat EL 7 is now using systemd and Ubuntu is now supported with
>> 4.1p5, it seems sensible for GPFS to have systemd support.
>>
>> We're testing some services running off gpfs and it would be useful to
>> have a manifest so we can make the services dependent on gpfs being up
>> before they start.
>>
>> Or any suggestions on making systemd services dependent on a SysV script?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Simon
>> _______________________________________________
>> gpfsug-discuss mailing list
>> gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
>> http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss
>
> _______________________________________________
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> gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
> http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss
>
>


From bbanister at jumptrading.com  Fri Feb 20 19:10:06 2015
From: bbanister at jumptrading.com (Bryan Banister)
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:10:06 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Experience with 4K native sector drives?
Message-ID: <21BC488F0AEA2245B2C3E83FC0B33DBB0580120B@CHI-EXCHANGEW1.w2k.jumptrading.com>

Hello fellow GPFS Users!

I'm seeking any advice or accounts of how sites are using 4K sector disk drives today.  I know that GPFS does support 4K sector drives.

Are there any known issues (e.g. performance, interoperability, etc) with using 512 byte sector drives and 4K sector drives in the same file system?

Any advice is greatly appreciated,
-Bryan

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From dhildeb at us.ibm.com  Sun Feb 22 23:55:06 2015
From: dhildeb at us.ibm.com (Dean Hildebrand)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:55:06 -0800
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
In-Reply-To: <4B7A95FF-8857-42EA-BBE9-162B85337E81@sohonet.com>
References: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
	<4B7A95FF-8857-42EA-BBE9-162B85337E81@sohonet.com>
Message-ID: <OF9E201409.B6EE1EBE-ON88257DF4.0081F576-88257DF4.00836380@us.ibm.com>


Hi Ben,

Can you explain a bit more about what you mean by opposite of the post?

Regarding erasure coding, I'm confident in saying that not all erasure
coding mechanisms were created equal, and I'm sure a deep dive on GPFS
Native RAID could be provided for you that would clearly show how it is
vastly superior in every way to the upcoming (1 year?) version of Swift
erasure coding...

On your other question regarding paging files out to an object store, that
is actually the exact feature provided by the upcoming MCStore feature that
was described at IBM Insight and IBM Enterprise in 2014.  Unfortunately
there isn't a lot of external info about these feature yet....

Dean Hildebrand
IBM Almaden Research Center




From:	Ben Roeder <ben.roeder at sohonet.com>
To:	chair at gpfsug.org, gpfsug main discussion list
            <gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org>
Date:	02/02/2015 08:19 AM
Subject:	Re: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
Sent by:	gpfsug-discuss-bounces at gpfsug.org



Hi,
I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure
coding coming to swift, instead of the 3 copies redundancy.

I would like to see the ability to page files out to the object store, like
you can to LTFS.

as per http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html but Openstack
Swift instead of LTFS.

Ben Roeder
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> On 2 Feb 2015, at 16:02, Jez Tucker (Chair) <chair at gpfsug.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>  Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.
>
> http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/
>
> Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
> Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?
>
> What would you like to see?
>
> Very best,
>
> Jez
>
>
>
>
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From ben.roeder at sohonet.com  Tue Feb 24 14:52:31 2015
From: ben.roeder at sohonet.com (Ben Roeder)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:52:31 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
In-Reply-To: <OF9E201409.B6EE1EBE-ON88257DF4.0081F576-88257DF4.00836380@us.ibm.com>
References: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
	<4B7A95FF-8857-42EA-BBE9-162B85337E81@sohonet.com>
	<OF9E201409.B6EE1EBE-ON88257DF4.0081F576-88257DF4.00836380@us.ibm.com>
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Hi 
Comments inline
Ben
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> On 22 Feb 2015, at 23:55, Dean Hildebrand <dhildeb at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ben,
> 
> Can you explain a bit more about what you mean by opposite of the post?  
> 
I do not want to host swift on GPFS, I would like to page files/objects out from GPFS to Swift
> 
> Regarding erasure coding, I'm confident in saying that not all erasure coding mechanisms were created equal, and I'm sure a deep dive on GPFS Native RAID could be provided for you that would clearly show how it is vastly superior in every way to the upcoming (1 year?) version of Swift erasure coding?
> 
I understand.
There is a lot going on here, see http://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/Luse_Kevin_SNIATutorialSwift_Object_Storage2014_final.pdf for some background.

> 
> On your other question regarding paging files out to an object store, that is actually the exact feature provided by the upcoming MCStore feature that was described at IBM Insight and IBM Enterprise in 2014.  Unfortunately there isn't a lot of external info about these feature yet?.
> 

Would like to know more about this, as this is exactly what I am talking about from the description. Is this DMAPI based ?
How do I get more information on this ?

> 
> Dean Hildebrand
> IBM Almaden Research Center
> 
> 
> <graycol.gif>Ben Roeder ---02/02/2015 08:19:47 AM---Hi, I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure coding coming to swift, in
> 
> From:	Ben Roeder <ben.roeder at sohonet.com>
> To:	chair at gpfsug.org, gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org>
> Date:	02/02/2015 08:19 AM
> Subject:	Re: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
> Sent by:	gpfsug-discuss-bounces at gpfsug.org
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure coding coming to swift, instead of the 3 copies redundancy.
> 
> I would like to see the ability to page files out to the object store, like you can to LTFS.
> 
> as per http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html <http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html> but Openstack Swift instead of LTFS.
> 
> Ben Roeder
> ben.roeder at sohonet.com
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> > On 2 Feb 2015, at 16:02, Jez Tucker (Chair) <chair at gpfsug.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all
> > 
> >  Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.
> > 
> > http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/ <http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/>
> > 
> > Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
> > Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?
> > 
> > What would you like to see?
> > 
> > Very best,
> > 
> > Jez
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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From chair at gpfsug.org  Tue Feb 24 15:13:14 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:13:14 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS User Group 2015 date
Message-ID: <54EC950A.5020300@gpfsug.org>

Hello all

   The 2015 GPFS User Group date is 1st May.

Alike last year, the event will be held at the Client Centre at IBM 
Southbank, London.
Event times likely to be 10:30 (for 11:00 start) to 16:00.

For those of you that did attend last year, Sven Oehme is again rather 
likely to be presenting.
A full agenda will appear on the UG Website in the near future.

Please register your interest to secretary at gpfsug.org


Best regards

Jez




From chair at gpfsug.org  Wed Feb 25 14:01:14 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:01:14 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS User Group 2015 date
In-Reply-To: <54EC950A.5020300@gpfsug.org>
References: <54EC950A.5020300@gpfsug.org>
Message-ID: <54EDD5AA.4030504@gpfsug.org>

Alteration.

   Due to a scheduling issue, we may have to potentially move the date 
from 1st May.

We will confirm this as soon as possible.

Apologies.

Jez


From chair at gpfsug.org  Wed Feb 25 14:02:16 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:02:16 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS UG 2015 date potential alteration
Message-ID: <54EDD5E8.7090905@gpfsug.org>

Alteration.

   Due to a scheduling issue, we may have to potentially move the date 
from 1st May.

We will confirm this as soon as possible.

Apologies.

Jez


From chair at gpfsug.org  Mon Feb  2 15:29:09 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:29:09 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Feb 18th - Meet the GPFS Devs
Message-ID: <54CF97C5.6070007@gpfsug.org>

Hi all

   I've put up a post for the 'Meet the Devs' on 18th Feb.

The format will be: see what the GPFS devs are working on, chat / 
discuss, pizza and coffee.
They're really looking forward to meeting some users.

If you'd like to attend, please email secretary at gpfsug.org

See: http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-coffee-shop-1/

Very best,

Jez


From chair at gpfsug.org  Mon Feb  2 16:02:29 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:02:29 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
Message-ID: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>

Hi all

   Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.

http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/

Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?

What would you like to see?

Very best,

Jez






From ben.roeder at sohonet.com  Mon Feb  2 16:19:15 2015
From: ben.roeder at sohonet.com (Ben Roeder)
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 16:19:15 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
In-Reply-To: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
References: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
Message-ID: <4B7A95FF-8857-42EA-BBE9-162B85337E81@sohonet.com>

Hi,
I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure coding coming to swift, instead of the 3 copies redundancy.

I would like to see the ability to page files out to the object store, like you can to LTFS.

as per http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html but Openstack Swift instead of LTFS.

Ben Roeder
ben.roeder at sohonet.com
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> On 2 Feb 2015, at 16:02, Jez Tucker (Chair) <chair at gpfsug.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
>  Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.
> 
> http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/
> 
> Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
> Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?
> 
> What would you like to see?
> 
> Very best,
> 
> Jez
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
> gpfsug-discuss mailing list
> gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
> http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss




From bruno.silva at crick.ac.uk  Tue Feb  3 11:31:53 2015
From: bruno.silva at crick.ac.uk (Bruno Silva)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 11:31:53 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Senior HPC Data and Storage Systems Engineer
Message-ID: <56C37F30-CED5-4874-8CBC-44C492EE5B18@crick.ac.uk>

Dear All,

The Francis Crick Institute is recruiting a Senior HPC Data and Storage Systems Engineer.

This is a fantastic opportunity as the successful candidate will be directly involved in the design and implementation of the Crick's research data management systems and services, in collaboration with some of the most talented Scientists and Engineers in this field. They will also be directly involved in the operations and development of eMedlab - the bleeding edge infrastructure supporting Biomedical multidisciplinary research collaborations between the Crick, UCL, QMUL, LSHTM, EBI and the Sanger.

The application should consist of a CV and covering letter stating the candidate's suitability for the role, salary expectations, notice period if applicable, and two references.

For more information, please follow the short link: http://bit.ly/1BRGq8U

Applications should be sent to jobs at crick.ac.uk<mailto:jobs at crick.ac.uk> no later than the 16th of February, 2015.

Feel free to contact me with any questions about the role prior to the closing date.

Kind regards,
Bruno
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From S.J.Thompson at bham.ac.uk  Tue Feb 10 15:17:21 2015
From: S.J.Thompson at bham.ac.uk (Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services))
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:17:21 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] systemd
Message-ID: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>

Does any one have a systemd manifest for GPFS which they would share?

As RedHat EL 7 is now using systemd and Ubuntu is now supported with 4.1p5, it seems sensible for GPFS to have systemd support.

We're testing some services running off gpfs and it would be useful to have a manifest so we can make the services dependent on gpfs being up before they start.

Or any suggestions on making systemd services dependent on a SysV script?

Thanks

Simon

From chair at gpfsug.org  Thu Feb 12 09:04:05 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:04:05 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] systemd
In-Reply-To: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>
References: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <54DC6C85.4020303@gpfsug.org>

I don't have one to hand, however, perhaps these links help.

http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-3.html
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/47695/how-to-write-startup-script-for-systemd
http://www.redmine.org/boards/1/topics/32763

By all means share your efforts on the UG github.

Jez

On 10/02/15 15:17, Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services) wrote:
> Does any one have a systemd manifest for GPFS which they would share?
>
> As RedHat EL 7 is now using systemd and Ubuntu is now supported with 4.1p5, it seems sensible for GPFS to have systemd support.
>
> We're testing some services running off gpfs and it would be useful to have a manifest so we can make the services dependent on gpfs being up before they start.
>
> Or any suggestions on making systemd services dependent on a SysV script?
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon
> _______________________________________________
> gpfsug-discuss mailing list
> gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
> http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss



From stijn.deweirdt at ugent.be  Thu Feb 12 09:08:15 2015
From: stijn.deweirdt at ugent.be (Stijn De Weirdt)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:08:15 +0100
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] systemd
In-Reply-To: <54DC6C85.4020303@gpfsug.org>
References: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>
	<54DC6C85.4020303@gpfsug.org>
Message-ID: <54DC6D7F.8060008@ugent.be>

systemd should handle sysv services just fine, and you can/should be 
able to use gpfs.service in any After and/or Requires

(it's basically how the network.service works on EL7)

stijn

On 02/12/2015 10:04 AM, Jez Tucker (Chair) wrote:
> I don't have one to hand, however, perhaps these links help.
>
> http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-3.html
> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/47695/how-to-write-startup-script-for-systemd
>
> http://www.redmine.org/boards/1/topics/32763
>
> By all means share your efforts on the UG github.
>
> Jez
>
> On 10/02/15 15:17, Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services) wrote:
>> Does any one have a systemd manifest for GPFS which they would share?
>>
>> As RedHat EL 7 is now using systemd and Ubuntu is now supported with
>> 4.1p5, it seems sensible for GPFS to have systemd support.
>>
>> We're testing some services running off gpfs and it would be useful to
>> have a manifest so we can make the services dependent on gpfs being up
>> before they start.
>>
>> Or any suggestions on making systemd services dependent on a SysV script?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Simon
>> _______________________________________________
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>> gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
>> http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss
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From bbanister at jumptrading.com  Fri Feb 20 19:10:06 2015
From: bbanister at jumptrading.com (Bryan Banister)
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:10:06 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Experience with 4K native sector drives?
Message-ID: <21BC488F0AEA2245B2C3E83FC0B33DBB0580120B@CHI-EXCHANGEW1.w2k.jumptrading.com>

Hello fellow GPFS Users!

I'm seeking any advice or accounts of how sites are using 4K sector disk drives today.  I know that GPFS does support 4K sector drives.

Are there any known issues (e.g. performance, interoperability, etc) with using 512 byte sector drives and 4K sector drives in the same file system?

Any advice is greatly appreciated,
-Bryan

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From dhildeb at us.ibm.com  Sun Feb 22 23:55:06 2015
From: dhildeb at us.ibm.com (Dean Hildebrand)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:55:06 -0800
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
In-Reply-To: <4B7A95FF-8857-42EA-BBE9-162B85337E81@sohonet.com>
References: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
	<4B7A95FF-8857-42EA-BBE9-162B85337E81@sohonet.com>
Message-ID: <OF9E201409.B6EE1EBE-ON88257DF4.0081F576-88257DF4.00836380@us.ibm.com>


Hi Ben,

Can you explain a bit more about what you mean by opposite of the post?

Regarding erasure coding, I'm confident in saying that not all erasure
coding mechanisms were created equal, and I'm sure a deep dive on GPFS
Native RAID could be provided for you that would clearly show how it is
vastly superior in every way to the upcoming (1 year?) version of Swift
erasure coding...

On your other question regarding paging files out to an object store, that
is actually the exact feature provided by the upcoming MCStore feature that
was described at IBM Insight and IBM Enterprise in 2014.  Unfortunately
there isn't a lot of external info about these feature yet....

Dean Hildebrand
IBM Almaden Research Center




From:	Ben Roeder <ben.roeder at sohonet.com>
To:	chair at gpfsug.org, gpfsug main discussion list
            <gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org>
Date:	02/02/2015 08:19 AM
Subject:	Re: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
Sent by:	gpfsug-discuss-bounces at gpfsug.org



Hi,
I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure
coding coming to swift, instead of the 3 copies redundancy.

I would like to see the ability to page files out to the object store, like
you can to LTFS.

as per http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html but Openstack
Swift instead of LTFS.

Ben Roeder
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> On 2 Feb 2015, at 16:02, Jez Tucker (Chair) <chair at gpfsug.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>  Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.
>
> http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/
>
> Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
> Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?
>
> What would you like to see?
>
> Very best,
>
> Jez
>
>
>
>
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From ben.roeder at sohonet.com  Tue Feb 24 14:52:31 2015
From: ben.roeder at sohonet.com (Ben Roeder)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:52:31 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
In-Reply-To: <OF9E201409.B6EE1EBE-ON88257DF4.0081F576-88257DF4.00836380@us.ibm.com>
References: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
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Hi 
Comments inline
Ben
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> On 22 Feb 2015, at 23:55, Dean Hildebrand <dhildeb at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ben,
> 
> Can you explain a bit more about what you mean by opposite of the post?  
> 
I do not want to host swift on GPFS, I would like to page files/objects out from GPFS to Swift
> 
> Regarding erasure coding, I'm confident in saying that not all erasure coding mechanisms were created equal, and I'm sure a deep dive on GPFS Native RAID could be provided for you that would clearly show how it is vastly superior in every way to the upcoming (1 year?) version of Swift erasure coding?
> 
I understand.
There is a lot going on here, see http://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/Luse_Kevin_SNIATutorialSwift_Object_Storage2014_final.pdf for some background.

> 
> On your other question regarding paging files out to an object store, that is actually the exact feature provided by the upcoming MCStore feature that was described at IBM Insight and IBM Enterprise in 2014.  Unfortunately there isn't a lot of external info about these feature yet?.
> 

Would like to know more about this, as this is exactly what I am talking about from the description. Is this DMAPI based ?
How do I get more information on this ?

> 
> Dean Hildebrand
> IBM Almaden Research Center
> 
> 
> <graycol.gif>Ben Roeder ---02/02/2015 08:19:47 AM---Hi, I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure coding coming to swift, in
> 
> From:	Ben Roeder <ben.roeder at sohonet.com>
> To:	chair at gpfsug.org, gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org>
> Date:	02/02/2015 08:19 AM
> Subject:	Re: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
> Sent by:	gpfsug-discuss-bounces at gpfsug.org
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure coding coming to swift, instead of the 3 copies redundancy.
> 
> I would like to see the ability to page files out to the object store, like you can to LTFS.
> 
> as per http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html <http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html> but Openstack Swift instead of LTFS.
> 
> Ben Roeder
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> > On 2 Feb 2015, at 16:02, Jez Tucker (Chair) <chair at gpfsug.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all
> > 
> >  Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.
> > 
> > http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/ <http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/>
> > 
> > Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
> > Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?
> > 
> > What would you like to see?
> > 
> > Very best,
> > 
> > Jez
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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From chair at gpfsug.org  Tue Feb 24 15:13:14 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:13:14 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS User Group 2015 date
Message-ID: <54EC950A.5020300@gpfsug.org>

Hello all

   The 2015 GPFS User Group date is 1st May.

Alike last year, the event will be held at the Client Centre at IBM 
Southbank, London.
Event times likely to be 10:30 (for 11:00 start) to 16:00.

For those of you that did attend last year, Sven Oehme is again rather 
likely to be presenting.
A full agenda will appear on the UG Website in the near future.

Please register your interest to secretary at gpfsug.org


Best regards

Jez




From chair at gpfsug.org  Wed Feb 25 14:01:14 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:01:14 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS User Group 2015 date
In-Reply-To: <54EC950A.5020300@gpfsug.org>
References: <54EC950A.5020300@gpfsug.org>
Message-ID: <54EDD5AA.4030504@gpfsug.org>

Alteration.

   Due to a scheduling issue, we may have to potentially move the date 
from 1st May.

We will confirm this as soon as possible.

Apologies.

Jez


From chair at gpfsug.org  Wed Feb 25 14:02:16 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:02:16 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS UG 2015 date potential alteration
Message-ID: <54EDD5E8.7090905@gpfsug.org>

Alteration.

   Due to a scheduling issue, we may have to potentially move the date 
from 1st May.

We will confirm this as soon as possible.

Apologies.

Jez


From chair at gpfsug.org  Mon Feb  2 15:29:09 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 15:29:09 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Feb 18th - Meet the GPFS Devs
Message-ID: <54CF97C5.6070007@gpfsug.org>

Hi all

   I've put up a post for the 'Meet the Devs' on 18th Feb.

The format will be: see what the GPFS devs are working on, chat / 
discuss, pizza and coffee.
They're really looking forward to meeting some users.

If you'd like to attend, please email secretary at gpfsug.org

See: http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-coffee-shop-1/

Very best,

Jez


From chair at gpfsug.org  Mon Feb  2 16:02:29 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Mon, 02 Feb 2015 16:02:29 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
Message-ID: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>

Hi all

   Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.

http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/

Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?

What would you like to see?

Very best,

Jez






From ben.roeder at sohonet.com  Mon Feb  2 16:19:15 2015
From: ben.roeder at sohonet.com (Ben Roeder)
Date: Mon, 2 Feb 2015 16:19:15 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
In-Reply-To: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
References: <54CF9F95.3000802@gpfsug.org>
Message-ID: <4B7A95FF-8857-42EA-BBE9-162B85337E81@sohonet.com>

Hi,
I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure coding coming to swift, instead of the 3 copies redundancy.

I would like to see the ability to page files out to the object store, like you can to LTFS.

as per http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html but Openstack Swift instead of LTFS.

Ben Roeder
ben.roeder at sohonet.com
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> On 2 Feb 2015, at 16:02, Jez Tucker (Chair) <chair at gpfsug.org> wrote:
> 
> Hi all
> 
>  Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.
> 
> http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/
> 
> Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
> Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?
> 
> What would you like to see?
> 
> Very best,
> 
> Jez
> 
> 
> 
> 
> _______________________________________________
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> http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss




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From: bruno.silva at crick.ac.uk (Bruno Silva)
Date: Tue, 3 Feb 2015 11:31:53 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Senior HPC Data and Storage Systems Engineer
Message-ID: <56C37F30-CED5-4874-8CBC-44C492EE5B18@crick.ac.uk>

Dear All,

The Francis Crick Institute is recruiting a Senior HPC Data and Storage Systems Engineer.

This is a fantastic opportunity as the successful candidate will be directly involved in the design and implementation of the Crick's research data management systems and services, in collaboration with some of the most talented Scientists and Engineers in this field. They will also be directly involved in the operations and development of eMedlab - the bleeding edge infrastructure supporting Biomedical multidisciplinary research collaborations between the Crick, UCL, QMUL, LSHTM, EBI and the Sanger.

The application should consist of a CV and covering letter stating the candidate's suitability for the role, salary expectations, notice period if applicable, and two references.

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Applications should be sent to jobs at crick.ac.uk<mailto:jobs at crick.ac.uk> no later than the 16th of February, 2015.

Feel free to contact me with any questions about the role prior to the closing date.

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From S.J.Thompson at bham.ac.uk  Tue Feb 10 15:17:21 2015
From: S.J.Thompson at bham.ac.uk (Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services))
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2015 15:17:21 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] systemd
Message-ID: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>

Does any one have a systemd manifest for GPFS which they would share?

As RedHat EL 7 is now using systemd and Ubuntu is now supported with 4.1p5, it seems sensible for GPFS to have systemd support.

We're testing some services running off gpfs and it would be useful to have a manifest so we can make the services dependent on gpfs being up before they start.

Or any suggestions on making systemd services dependent on a SysV script?

Thanks

Simon

From chair at gpfsug.org  Thu Feb 12 09:04:05 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 09:04:05 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] systemd
In-Reply-To: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>
References: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>
Message-ID: <54DC6C85.4020303@gpfsug.org>

I don't have one to hand, however, perhaps these links help.

http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-3.html
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/47695/how-to-write-startup-script-for-systemd
http://www.redmine.org/boards/1/topics/32763

By all means share your efforts on the UG github.

Jez

On 10/02/15 15:17, Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services) wrote:
> Does any one have a systemd manifest for GPFS which they would share?
>
> As RedHat EL 7 is now using systemd and Ubuntu is now supported with 4.1p5, it seems sensible for GPFS to have systemd support.
>
> We're testing some services running off gpfs and it would be useful to have a manifest so we can make the services dependent on gpfs being up before they start.
>
> Or any suggestions on making systemd services dependent on a SysV script?
>
> Thanks
>
> Simon
> _______________________________________________
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From stijn.deweirdt at ugent.be  Thu Feb 12 09:08:15 2015
From: stijn.deweirdt at ugent.be (Stijn De Weirdt)
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 10:08:15 +0100
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] systemd
In-Reply-To: <54DC6C85.4020303@gpfsug.org>
References: <CF45EE16DEF2FE4B9AA7FF2B6EE265453AD81BE7@EX10.adf.bham.ac.uk>
	<54DC6C85.4020303@gpfsug.org>
Message-ID: <54DC6D7F.8060008@ugent.be>

systemd should handle sysv services just fine, and you can/should be 
able to use gpfs.service in any After and/or Requires

(it's basically how the network.service works on EL7)

stijn

On 02/12/2015 10:04 AM, Jez Tucker (Chair) wrote:
> I don't have one to hand, however, perhaps these links help.
>
> http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/systemd-for-admins-3.html
> http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/47695/how-to-write-startup-script-for-systemd
>
> http://www.redmine.org/boards/1/topics/32763
>
> By all means share your efforts on the UG github.
>
> Jez
>
> On 10/02/15 15:17, Simon Thompson (Research Computing - IT Services) wrote:
>> Does any one have a systemd manifest for GPFS which they would share?
>>
>> As RedHat EL 7 is now using systemd and Ubuntu is now supported with
>> 4.1p5, it seems sensible for GPFS to have systemd support.
>>
>> We're testing some services running off gpfs and it would be useful to
>> have a manifest so we can make the services dependent on gpfs being up
>> before they start.
>>
>> Or any suggestions on making systemd services dependent on a SysV script?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Simon
>> _______________________________________________
>> gpfsug-discuss mailing list
>> gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
>> http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss
>
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>


From bbanister at jumptrading.com  Fri Feb 20 19:10:06 2015
From: bbanister at jumptrading.com (Bryan Banister)
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 19:10:06 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] Experience with 4K native sector drives?
Message-ID: <21BC488F0AEA2245B2C3E83FC0B33DBB0580120B@CHI-EXCHANGEW1.w2k.jumptrading.com>

Hello fellow GPFS Users!

I'm seeking any advice or accounts of how sites are using 4K sector disk drives today.  I know that GPFS does support 4K sector drives.

Are there any known issues (e.g. performance, interoperability, etc) with using 512 byte sector drives and 4K sector drives in the same file system?

Any advice is greatly appreciated,
-Bryan

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From dhildeb at us.ibm.com  Sun Feb 22 23:55:06 2015
From: dhildeb at us.ibm.com (Dean Hildebrand)
Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2015 15:55:06 -0800
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
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Hi Ben,

Can you explain a bit more about what you mean by opposite of the post?

Regarding erasure coding, I'm confident in saying that not all erasure
coding mechanisms were created equal, and I'm sure a deep dive on GPFS
Native RAID could be provided for you that would clearly show how it is
vastly superior in every way to the upcoming (1 year?) version of Swift
erasure coding...

On your other question regarding paging files out to an object store, that
is actually the exact feature provided by the upcoming MCStore feature that
was described at IBM Insight and IBM Enterprise in 2014.  Unfortunately
there isn't a lot of external info about these feature yet....

Dean Hildebrand
IBM Almaden Research Center




From:	Ben Roeder <ben.roeder at sohonet.com>
To:	chair at gpfsug.org, gpfsug main discussion list
            <gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org>
Date:	02/02/2015 08:19 AM
Subject:	Re: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
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Hi,
I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure
coding coming to swift, instead of the 3 copies redundancy.

I would like to see the ability to page files out to the object store, like
you can to LTFS.

as per http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html but Openstack
Swift instead of LTFS.

Ben Roeder
ben.roeder at sohonet.com
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> On 2 Feb 2015, at 16:02, Jez Tucker (Chair) <chair at gpfsug.org> wrote:
>
> Hi all
>
>  Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.
>
> http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/
>
> Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
> Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?
>
> What would you like to see?
>
> Very best,
>
> Jez
>
>
>
>
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From ben.roeder at sohonet.com  Tue Feb 24 14:52:31 2015
From: ben.roeder at sohonet.com (Ben Roeder)
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 14:52:31 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
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Hi 
Comments inline
Ben
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> On 22 Feb 2015, at 23:55, Dean Hildebrand <dhildeb at us.ibm.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Ben,
> 
> Can you explain a bit more about what you mean by opposite of the post?  
> 
I do not want to host swift on GPFS, I would like to page files/objects out from GPFS to Swift
> 
> Regarding erasure coding, I'm confident in saying that not all erasure coding mechanisms were created equal, and I'm sure a deep dive on GPFS Native RAID could be provided for you that would clearly show how it is vastly superior in every way to the upcoming (1 year?) version of Swift erasure coding?
> 
I understand.
There is a lot going on here, see http://www.snia.org/sites/default/files/Luse_Kevin_SNIATutorialSwift_Object_Storage2014_final.pdf for some background.

> 
> On your other question regarding paging files out to an object store, that is actually the exact feature provided by the upcoming MCStore feature that was described at IBM Insight and IBM Enterprise in 2014.  Unfortunately there isn't a lot of external info about these feature yet?.
> 

Would like to know more about this, as this is exactly what I am talking about from the description. Is this DMAPI based ?
How do I get more information on this ?

> 
> Dean Hildebrand
> IBM Almaden Research Center
> 
> 
> <graycol.gif>Ben Roeder ---02/02/2015 08:19:47 AM---Hi, I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure coding coming to swift, in
> 
> From:	Ben Roeder <ben.roeder at sohonet.com>
> To:	chair at gpfsug.org, gpfsug main discussion list <gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org>
> Date:	02/02/2015 08:19 AM
> Subject:	Re: [gpfsug-discuss] First IBM developer blog post
> Sent by:	gpfsug-discuss-bounces at gpfsug.org
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> I would like to see the exact opposite of this post, esp with erasure coding coming to swift, instead of the 3 copies redundancy.
> 
> I would like to see the ability to page files out to the object store, like you can to LTFS.
> 
> as per http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html <http://www.zurich.ibm.com/sto/systems/bigdata.html> but Openstack Swift instead of LTFS.
> 
> Ben Roeder
> ben.roeder at sohonet.com
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> 
> 
> 
> > On 2 Feb 2015, at 16:02, Jez Tucker (Chair) <chair at gpfsug.org> wrote:
> > 
> > Hi all
> > 
> >  Our first IBM developer's blog post is up.
> > 
> > http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/ <http://www.gpfsug.org/gpfs-with-object/>
> > 
> > Please take 10 secs to give some feedback via the mailing list.
> > Are we hitting the right level, spot, content etc.?
> > 
> > What would you like to see?
> > 
> > Very best,
> > 
> > Jez
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> > gpfsug-discuss at gpfsug.org
> > http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss <http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss>
> 
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From chair at gpfsug.org  Tue Feb 24 15:13:14 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 15:13:14 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS User Group 2015 date
Message-ID: <54EC950A.5020300@gpfsug.org>

Hello all

   The 2015 GPFS User Group date is 1st May.

Alike last year, the event will be held at the Client Centre at IBM 
Southbank, London.
Event times likely to be 10:30 (for 11:00 start) to 16:00.

For those of you that did attend last year, Sven Oehme is again rather 
likely to be presenting.
A full agenda will appear on the UG Website in the near future.

Please register your interest to secretary at gpfsug.org


Best regards

Jez




From chair at gpfsug.org  Wed Feb 25 14:01:14 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:01:14 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS User Group 2015 date
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Alteration.

   Due to a scheduling issue, we may have to potentially move the date 
from 1st May.

We will confirm this as soon as possible.

Apologies.

Jez


From chair at gpfsug.org  Wed Feb 25 14:02:16 2015
From: chair at gpfsug.org (Jez Tucker (Chair))
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 14:02:16 +0000
Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS UG 2015 date potential alteration
Message-ID: <54EDD5E8.7090905@gpfsug.org>

Alteration.

   Due to a scheduling issue, we may have to potentially move the date 
from 1st May.

We will confirm this as soon as possible.

Apologies.

Jez