Indeed. You can consider and use GPFS/Spectrum Scale as "just another" file system type that can be loaded into/onto a Linux system. But you should consider the pluses and minuses of using other software subsystems that may or may not be designed to work better or inter-operate with Spectrum Scale specific features and APIs. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://gpfsug.org/pipermail/gpfsug-discuss_gpfsug.org/attachments/20170807/4baf56c0/attachment.html>