2.5 Summary

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2.5 Summary

In this chapter, we have described a new offering from IBM intended to ease and speed the deployment of Linux-based clusters. The solution is designed to provide a set of hardware, software, and services to allow customers to start utilizing clustering technology.

Though this solution is designed to be functional on delivery; many customers will want to customize the solution over time, potentially reconfiguring, reinstalling, adding, or removing components. The rest of this redbook discusses the specifics of architecture, installation, and use of both CSM and GPFS to build, operate, and manage a Linux-based cluster.

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