Re: [gpfsug-discuss] Compression details

2018-07-25 Thread Andrew Beattie
Shaun,   have you had a look at the following section of the knowledge centre?   https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/STXKQY_5.0.0/com.ibm.spectrum.scale.v5r00.doc/bl1adm_compression.htm#compression__sec_updates   I think the answer to your question is going to depend on a number of

[gpfsug-discuss] Compression details

2018-07-25 Thread Shaun Anderson
I've had the question come up about how SS will handle file deletion as well as overhead required for compression using zl4. The two questions I'm looking for answers (or better yet, reference material documenting) to are: 1) -How is file deletion handled? Is the block containing the

[gpfsug-discuss] Brief survey question: Spectrum Scale downloads and protocols

2018-07-25 Thread Carl Zetie
The Spectrum Scale team is considering a change to Scale's packaging, and we'd like to get input from as many of you as possible on the likely impact. Today, Scale is available to download in two images: With Protocols, and Without Protocols. We'd like to do away with this and in future just