The basic IBM Spectrum Scale structure

IBM Spectrum Scale is a clustered file system defined over one or more nodes. On each node in the cluster, IBM Spectrum Scale consists of three basic components: administration commands, a kernel extension, and a multithreaded daemon.

For more information, see the following topics:
  1. GPFS administration commands
  2. The GPFS kernel extension
  3. The GPFS daemon
  4. For nodes in your cluster operating with the Linux operating system, The GPFS open source portability layer

For a detailed discussion of IBM Spectrum Scale, see GPFS architecture.

Parent topic: Overview of IBM Spectrum Scale