[gpfsug-discuss] ANSWER: GPFS 4.1 New Features

Tue May 20 13:00:19 BST 2014

Folks,

We're going through a naming transition and you will see some GPFS 
features now described under the codename Elastic Storage.  Don't let the 
codename confuse you ... I'll let you all know the moment we get the final 
Family and Product naming straight. We are changing the name to reflect 
the fact that IBM is significantly increasing investment in this 
technology area and we will stretch GPFS out into the Cloud with Open 
Stack object support (e.g. SWIFT object store guide coming in June).  In 
addition, GPFS will be available in the Softlayer Cloud Managed Service 
Offering catalog soon.  You will be seeing a lot of new and exciting news 
on our roadmaps.

New to GPFS 4.1 features include:
Native encryption and secure cryptography erase (data wiping) that is NIST 
Compliant and FIPS certified.
GPFS client-side IBM Elastic Storage Flash caches that increase I/O 
performance up to 6x
Active File Manager now supports parallel data transfers between sites, 
using multiple gateway nodes 
AFM now supports the GPFS protocol in addition to NFS protocol for file 
transfer
Much simpler socket based pricing - no more PVUs. 
Lots of Usability improvements that include
  a.  NFS Data Migration - Eases data transfer from NFS when upgrading 
hardware or buying a new system 
  b   AFM Optimization  - Improved prefetch performance; support for the 
native GPFS protocol   (described above)
  c.  Backup/restore Enhancements - New Fileset Snapshot Restore tool; 
Backup utility enhancements
  d.  FPO Improvements - Data locality aware file system recovery and 
improved performance

Not new, but included here as a reminder:  OpenStack Havana includes a 
Cinder driver that gives architects access to GPFS features and 
capabilities.

Here's the current external website landing page:  
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/technicalcomputing/platformcomputing/products/gpfs/

Regards,

John Langlois
IBM Elastic Storage Product Manager

Phone: 1-919-267-6767
E-mail: johnlang at us.ibm.com
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   1. gpfs 4.1 features? (Sabuj Pattanayek)
   2. Re: gpfs 4.1 features? (Tomer Perry)

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I can't seem to find a page that lists features that are new to 4.1 .
Anyone have a link to such a page/presentation, etc?

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I guess you can check the "what's new" on the GPFS docs:
http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/clresctr/vxrx/topic/com.ibm.cluster.gpfs.v4r1.gpfs100.doc/bl1xx_soc.htm

Tomer.

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I can't seem to find a page that lists features that are new to 4.1 . 
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