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An Introduction to GPFS

Overview This paper provides an overview of IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) Version 3, Release 1 for AIX 5L and Linux. It includes concepts key to understanding, at a high level, available features and functionality. This paper covers core GPFS concepts including the high-performance file system, direct Storage Area Network (SAN) access, network based block I/O and new features Information Life Cycle Management (ILM), Network File System (NFS) V4 improvements and increased scalability with distributed token management. The goal of this paper is to provide an introduction to GPFS features and terminology.

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IBM
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Jan 31, 2009
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High Performance Computing

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