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Spectrum Symphony

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Symphony 6.1.1 better patch mechanism using rpm packages

Provide a mechianism for a patch installation on symphony 6.1.1 in form of rpm package which is easy to deploy on linux hosts.
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 6.1.1 2 Delivered

Manually block host for consumer

Sometimes we have an issue with an application running on a particular host. Although the application profile has a timeout configured and will block the host on timeout, that timeout duration often needs to be 20-30 minutes. The users often monit...
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 2 Delivered

[Installation and Upgrade] - support rolling upgrade cluster from 7.1.2 to Symphony new version (Gemini)

provide direct upgrade process from 5.1 to 7.1
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 3 Delivered

Support Symphony 6.1.1 Advanced Edition on GPFS 4.1 for MapReduce with Hadoop Connector

Citi requires the compatibility of Symphony 6.1.1 Advanced Edition with GPFS 4.1 for MapReduce jobs using the Hadoop connector.
almost 9 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 6.1.1 2 Delivered

[Security] - Kerberos Authentication Support on PowerLinux

Currently IBM Platform Symphony supports Kerberos on x86 Linux, but not on PowerLinux. As a hardware and software big data total solution, there are many opportunities Platform Symphony running on PowerLinux. Customer need enterprise security feat...
about 9 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 3 Delivered

Support for Internet Explorer 11

Support for Internet Explorer 11. Vendor EOL support. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/gp/lifeselect#gp/Microsoft-Internet-Explorer
about 9 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 6.1.1 2 Delivered

Symphony 7.1 Installers do not include all required dlls

When I first tried to run a .NET Symphony application on my 7.1 cluster it failed with the error message that Platform.Symphony.Soam.Net4.0.dll or one of its dependencies was missing. Examining the process clearly showed that the Platform dll was ...
about 9 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 7.1 1 Delivered

HA for Whole GRID Processing Element - NUDT

Customer's Whole GRID Processing Element including: 1. the externel socket streaming data source2. a pre-processing node3. a processing Symphony cluster4. a co-process node5. a post processing Symphony cluster6. the element output streaming data i...
about 9 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 6.1/6.1.0.1 3 Delivered

Symphony run on Realtime Linux Kernel to get stable task latency - NUDT

Test to run 10000 tasks(5MB input), most tasks' latency is 5-10ms, some tasks over 25ms. Expect all task latency stable at a number, e.g 6ms.(RedHat MRG tasks latency is stable because it run at realtime kernel)
about 9 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Version 6.1/6.1.0.1 3 Delivered

DOC - Symphony requires domain administrator privilege to configure AD SSO

In order to enable the AD-SSO, Symphony requires the Domain administrator permission. But this is not possible due to the IT's security policy. The reason is that currently the Symphony cluster user name and password are shared by several differen...
about 9 years ago in Spectrum Symphony / Future Version 3 Delivered