[gpfsug-discuss] gpfsug-discuss Digest, Vol 100, Issue 32

[Jonathan Buzzard]

On 29/05/2020 16:02, Prasad Surampudi wrote:
> Jim, The minimum release for 5.0.4 cluster is 5.0.4.3.
> 
> We are aware that we can't merge both gpfs_4 and gpfs_5 filesystems.
> Our plan is to import the gpfs_4 filesystem into the Spectrum Scale
> 5.0 cluster (with its NSDs mapped to Spectrum Scale 5.0 clusters
> nodes) and copy the data using rsync, across  fibre channel instead
> of ethernet to get higher bandwidth.
> 

Ethernet goes *very* fast these days you know :-) In fact *much* faster 
than fibre channel.

JAB.

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