<html><head><META http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8"></head><body><div id="content" contenteditable="true" spellcheck="true" autocorrect="true" autocapitalize="true" style="font-family: Helvetica;">Interestingly enough, Spectrum Scale can run on zvols. Check out:&nbsp;<div><br></div><div><a href="http://files.gpfsug.org/presentations/2016/anl-june/LANL_GPFS_ZFS.pdf">http://files.gpfsug.org/presentations/2016/anl-june/LANL_GPFS_ZFS.pdf</a><br><br>-cdm&nbsp;<br><br><hr>On Aug 30, 2016, 9:17:05 AM, aaron.s.knister@nasa.gov wrote:<br><br>From: aaron.s.knister@nasa.gov<br>To: gpfsug-discuss@spectrumscale.org<br>Cc: <br>Date: Aug 30, 2016 9:17:05 AM<br>Subject: [gpfsug-discuss] gpfs native raid<br><br><div id="MaaS360PIMSDKOriginalMessageId">Does&nbsp;anyone&nbsp;know&nbsp;if/when&nbsp;we&nbsp;might&nbsp;see&nbsp;gpfs&nbsp;native&nbsp;raid&nbsp;opened&nbsp;up&nbsp;for&nbsp;the&nbsp;<br>masses&nbsp;on&nbsp;non-IBM&nbsp;hardware?&nbsp;It's&nbsp;hard&nbsp;to&nbsp;answer&nbsp;the&nbsp;question&nbsp;of&nbsp;"why&nbsp;<br>can't&nbsp;GPFS&nbsp;do&nbsp;this?&nbsp;Lustre&nbsp;can"&nbsp;in&nbsp;regards&nbsp;to&nbsp;Lustre's&nbsp;integration&nbsp;with&nbsp;<br>ZFS&nbsp;and&nbsp;support&nbsp;for&nbsp;RAID&nbsp;on&nbsp;commodity&nbsp;hardware.<br>-Aaron<br>--&nbsp;<br>Aaron&nbsp;Knister<br>NASA&nbsp;Center&nbsp;for&nbsp;Climate&nbsp;Simulation&nbsp;(Code&nbsp;606.2)<br>Goddard&nbsp;Space&nbsp;Flight&nbsp;Center<br><a dir="ltr" href="tel:(301)%C2%A0286-2776" x-apple-data-detectors="true" x-apple-data-detectors-type="telephone" x-apple-data-detectors-result="4">(301)&nbsp;286-2776</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>gpfsug-discuss&nbsp;mailing&nbsp;list<br>gpfsug-discuss&nbsp;at&nbsp;spectrumscale.org<br>http://gpfsug.org/mailman/listinfo/gpfsug-discuss<br></div></div></div><BR>
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