Re: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS de duplication

2021-05-20 Thread Stephen Ulmer
Do file clones meet the workflow requirement? That is, can you control from whence the second (and further) copies are made? -- Stephen > On May 20, 2021, at 9:01 AM, Andrew Beattie wrote: > > Dave, > > Spectrum Scale does not support de-duplication, it does support compression. > You

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] FAL audit events not always triggered

2021-05-20 Thread Luis I Teran
Hello Dave,   This seems like unexpected behavior, especially the part where you need to disable/re-enable FAL to see the records.To answer your question Is it intended for the audit mechanism to be a soft audit? i.e the audit is best effort, and non blocking for file access. >>> file audit

Re: [gpfsug-discuss] GPFS de duplication

2021-05-20 Thread Andrew Beattie
Dave, Spectrum Scale does not support de-duplication, it does support compression. You can however use block storage that supports over subscription / thin provisioning / deduplication for data only NSD’s, we do not recommend them for metadata. In your scenario is user B planning on making

[gpfsug-discuss] GPFS de duplication

2021-05-20 Thread Dave Bond
Hello As part of a project I am doing I am looking if there are any de duplication options for GPFS? I see there is no native de dupe for the filesystem. The scenario would be user A creates a file or folder and user B takes a copy within the same filesystem, though separate independent

[gpfsug-discuss] FAL audit events not always triggered

2021-05-20 Thread Dave Bond
Hello I am currently testing out the FAL and watch folders auditing mechanism in 5.1.0. I have noticed that audit events such as file access or creation are not always recorded in the FAL log on the filesystem. It would seem necessary to disable and re enable FAL auditing for the same file