# GPFS – protocols and watchfolder function

- Institution: CERN
- Department: HEP Computing
- Speaker: Weiser Olaf
- Year: 2021
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science
- Source: [CERN](https://videos.cern.ch/record/3018820)
- Licence: [CERN](http://copyright.web.cern.ch)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

IBM's high performance file system solution scales out over multiple nodes and storage technologies. Common data access over multiple paths and protocols like direct-POSIX, NFS, SMB, HDFS, OBJ and a full integration into Kubernetes container can help to manage your data more efficiently. SpectrumScale's so called watchfolder function can be used to take advantage from central file system notifications of a distributed environment to post process data automatically..

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## Lectures

1. [GPFS – protocols and watchfolder function](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/cern/3018820/4814c295afe1), 10 min (CERN's player)