IBM Spectrum Virtualize and IBM Spectrum Scale in an Enhanced Stretched Cluster Implementation
An IBM Redpaper publication
Published 08 July 2015
ISBN-10: 0730454265
ISBN-13: 9780730454267
IBM Form #: REDP-5224-00
(30 pages)
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Authors: Angelo Bernasconi, Cristiano Beretta, Walter Bernocchi, Giorgio Richelli
Abstract
Business continuity and continuous application availability are among the top requirements for many organizations. Advances in virtualization, storage, and networking have made enhanced business continuity possible. Information technology solutions can now manage both planned and unplanned outages, and provide the flexibility and cost efficiencies that are available from cloud-computing models.
This IBM® Redpaper™ publication describes the following products and topics:
- IBM Spectrum™ Virtualize, which is the software that is at the core of the IBM SAN Volume Controller
- IBM Spectrum Scale, which was previously known as IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS™) or IBM Elastic Storage™
- IBM Spectrum Virtualize (SAN Volume Controller component) and IBM Spectrum Scale, which are together in an Enhanced Stretched Cluster (ESC)
- An example implementation
- Test results
- Preferred practices when using IBM Spectrum Virtualize and IBM Spectrum Scale together in an Enhanced Stretched Cluster
Table of contents
Introduction
IBM Spectrum Virtualize
SAN Volume Controller Enhanced Stretched Cluster solution
IBM Spectrum Scale
SAN Volume Controller Enhanced Stretched Cluster and IBM Spectrum Scale
Test scenarios and preferred practices