#learning recommendations

[hpcjourney]

Map to Understand GPFS

If you are like me and are trying to learn GPFS (IBM Spectrum Scale) the best advice I can give is get yourself a copy and then pull it apart. Seriously you will spend hours reading documentation and you will miss a lot of the details just due to the density of the documentation. Having the documentation open while having the binaries and scripts so you can disassemble and read them–will make the learning process more efficient.

Also don't forget your notes. Take notes in your own words and try not to quote. With these three things:

Documentation

Binaries and Scripts to read and disassemble

Good notes

You at least have a fighting chance of understanding what is going on–even if you are going in blind.