Configuration and tuning GPFS for digital media environments

Configuration and tuning GPFS for digital media environments

In today’s environments, when access to information is more and more demanding, media companies are implementing new solutions for their environments, focusing on performance, availability, and cost. Because GPFS historically comes from multimedia roots, the adoption of this product for digital medi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Lascu, Octavian (Autor)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Austin, TX : IBM, International Technical Support Organization 2005.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:IBM redbooks.
Materias:
Parallel processing (Electronic computers)
File organization (Computer science)
Computer network architectures.
Digital media.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627123506719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front cover
  • Contents
  • Notices
  • Trademarks
  • Preface
  • The team that wrote this redbook
  • Become a published author
  • Comments welcome
  • Chapter 1. Introduction to digital media
  • 1.1 What is digital media?
  • 1.2 IBM Digital Media Framework
  • 1.3 Digital media environment examples
  • 1.3.1 Closed-circuit television (CCTV)
  • 1.3.2 Video on demand (VoD)
  • 1.3.3 Broadcasting
  • 1.3.4 Post-production environments
  • 1.4 Broadcasting
  • 1.4.1 IBM Digital Media Center (DMC) offering
  • 1.5 Streaming data versus normal IT traffic
  • 1.6 Complementary offerings
  • 1.6.1 Advanced tape management with Enterprise Removable Media Manager
  • 1.7 ADMIRA
  • 1.7.1 Open Enterprise System Virtualization (OESV)
  • Chapter 2. Introduction to GPFS
  • 2.1 GPFS history and evolution
  • 2.1.1 Why choose GPFS?
  • 2.2 GPFS architecture overview
  • 2.2.1 GPFS components
  • 2.2.2 GPFS file system management functions
  • 2.2.3 GPFS block allocation
  • 2.2.4 Token management and byte range locking
  • 2.2.5 GPFS management functions availability
  • 2.2.6 GPFS internal recovery procedures
  • 2.2.7 Replication (disk failure groups)
  • 2.2.8 Quorum rules
  • 2.2.9 GPFS memory management
  • 2.2.10 GPFS cluster models
  • 2.3 Designing your cluster
  • 2.3.1 Knowing your environment - questions to ask
  • 2.3.2 GPFS considerations
  • 2.3.3 Storage design considerations
  • 2.3.4 Network and miscellaneous design considerations
  • 2.3.5 Classification of GPFS commands
  • Chapter 3. Infrastructure configuration
  • 3.1 General considerations for installing GPFS
  • 3.2 Hardware setup and configuration
  • 3.2.1 List of components
  • 3.2.2 Disk storage devices
  • 3.2.3 Storage Area Network (SAN)
  • 3.2.4 Servers
  • 3.2.5 Network infrastructure
  • 3.2.6 ITSO lab environment overview
  • 3.3 Software installation (Linux-based cluster).
  • 3.3.1 Base operating system setup and configuration
  • 3.3.2 Linux storage device multipath configuration
  • 3.3.3 Basic network configuration
  • 3.3.4 Configuring secure shell
  • 3.3.5 Time synchronization
  • 3.4 GPFS installation and configuration
  • 3.4.1 Install GPFS packages and define a GPFS cluster
  • 3.4.2 Start GPFS and verify all nodes join the cluster
  • 3.4.3 Create NSDs
  • 3.4.4 Create the file system
  • 3.4.5 Mount the file system
  • 3.4.6 Checking the cluster and file system configuration
  • Chapter 4. Advanced topics
  • 4.1 Linux multipathing
  • 4.1.1 Using a vendor specific HBA multipath driver
  • 4.1.2 Using RDAC multipath driver
  • 4.1.3 Using device mapper multipath driver with GPFS
  • 4.2 SSH key distribution
  • 4.3 Samba server
  • 4.4 NFS
  • 4.4.1 Installing NFS server on Linux
  • 4.4.2 Configuring NFS
  • 4.4.3 Starting NFS
  • 4.4.4 NFS in a digital media environment
  • 4.4.5 Integrating NFS and GPFS
  • 4.4.6 Preparing windows clients
  • 4.5 Additional GPFS management tasks
  • 4.5.1 Building gpfsperf
  • 4.5.2 Removing GPFS
  • Chapter 5. Maintaining and tuning the GPFS environment
  • 5.1 Performance tuning cycle
  • 5.2 Tuning the GPFS environment
  • 5.2.1 Tuning storage
  • 5.2.2 Tuning the SAN hardware
  • 5.2.3 Tuning the operating system
  • 5.2.4 Tuning GPFS
  • 5.2.5 Tuning the clients
  • 5.3 Software tools and utilities
  • 5.3.1 System administration tools
  • 5.3.2 System resource monitoring tools (Linux)
  • 5.3.3 Load generating tools
  • 5.4 Client application considerations
  • 5.4.1 Client side buffering and failover mechanism
  • 5.4.2 Client side load balancing
  • 5.4.3 Block size considerations
  • 5.4.4 Mixed-media processing and file access patterns
  • 5.5 Performance tuning considerations
  • 5.6 List of GPFS related files
  • Appendix A. Basic infrastructure configuration additions.
  • A.1 Automatic network installation using SLES 9 Installation Server
  • A.2 Configuring tftpd
  • Configuring tftpd for booting Intel-based computers (PXE)
  • A.2.1 Configuring tftpd for booting POWER-based computers
  • A.3 Configuring dhcpd
  • A.4 SLES9 Installation Server Configuration with YaST using FTP
  • A.5 Configuration of secure shell
  • A.6 Setting up storage software
  • A.7 Installing and configuring a distributed shell
  • A.8 SLES9 Installation on an IBM eServer BladeCenter JS20
  • A.9 Sample storage profile file for DS4500
  • Appendix B. Typical broadcast system workflow
  • Appendix C. Yam - installation server setup tool
  • Abbreviations and acronyms
  • Related publications
  • IBM Redbooks
  • Other publications
  • Online resources
  • How to get IBM Redbooks
  • Help from IBM
  • Index
  • Back cover.

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