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manu [VM sizing for IBM Storage Scale]
gpfs:gpfs_sizing [2025/11/17 11:04] (current)
manu [Features in IBM Storage Scale editions]
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 ===== VM sizing for IBM Storage Scale ===== ===== VM sizing for IBM Storage Scale =====
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 Sizing Summary for a Small Cluster Sizing Summary for a Small Cluster
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   * Minimum Nodes: 3 (for quorum and basic replication)   * Minimum Nodes: 3 (for quorum and basic replication)
   * Per NSD Server VM:   * Per NSD Server VM:
 +<​code>​
   vCPU: 8 vCPUs   vCPU: 8 vCPUs
   vRAM: 16 GB   vRAM: 16 GB
   Network: 2 x 25 Gbps vNICs (bonded for I/O)   Network: 2 x 25 Gbps vNICs (bonded for I/O)
-  ​+</​code> ​  
 +  * Per Protocol node: 
 +<​code>​ 
 +  vCPU: 1 vCPUs 
 +  vRAM: 64 GB or 128 GB if NFS ans SMB is used 
 +  Network: 10 Gbps  
 +</​code>  ​
   * Storage: Virtual disks backed by high-speed SAN LUNs (or local disks on the hypervisor host if using FPO).   * Storage: Virtual disks backed by high-speed SAN LUNs (or local disks on the hypervisor host if using FPO).
   * Best Practice: Use physical mode Raw Device Mapping (RDM) or the virtualization platform'​s equivalent for best I/O performance and direct control over the LUNs from the Storage Scale VMs.   * Best Practice: Use physical mode Raw Device Mapping (RDM) or the virtualization platform'​s equivalent for best I/O performance and direct control over the LUNs from the Storage Scale VMs.
  
 +https://​community.ibm.com/​community/​user/​blogs/​ramesh-krishnamaneni/​2025/​09/​26/​optimizing-ibm-storage-scale-in-ibm-cloud-vsi-vs-b
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 +===== Features in IBM Storage Scale editions =====
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 +^ Feature ^ Data Access ^ Data Management1 ^ Erasure Code Edition ^
 +| Multi-protocol scalable file service with simultaneous access to a common set of data | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 +| Facilitate data access with a global namespace, massively scalable file system, quotas and snapshots, data integrity and availability,​ and filesets | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 +| Simplify management with GUI | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 +| Improved efficiency with QoS and compression | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 +| Create optimized tiered storage pools based on performance,​ locality, or cost | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 +| Simplify data management with Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) tools that include policy based data placement and migration | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 +| Enable worldwide data access using AFM asynchronous replication | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
 +| Asynchronous multi-site Disaster Recovery | | ✓ | ✓ |
 +| Multi-site replication with AFM to cloud object storage | | ✓ | ✓ |
 +| Protect data with native software encryption and secure erase, NIST compliant and FIPS certified | | ✓ | ✓ |
 +| File audit logging | | ✓ | ✓ |
 +| Watch folder | | ✓ | ✓ |
 +| Erasure coding | ESS only | ESS only | ✓ |
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 +https://​www.ibm.com/​docs/​en/​storage-scale/​5.2.3?​topic=overview-storage-scale-product-editions
 ===== Filesystem Block size, best practice ===== ===== Filesystem Block size, best practice =====
  
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