2020 has a number of challenges in running in-person events! So we’ve decided to run a series of SSUG::Digital events. All of our expert talks are recorded and will be posted online (or join us live).
Upcoming Talks
Past Talks
SSUG::Digital: 019 – Spectrum Scale Performance Improvements
Spectrum Scale is a highly scalable, high-performance storage solution for file and object storage. ...
January 19 @ 16:00 - 17:00 GMTSSUG::Digital: 018 – NVIDIA GPU Direct Storage with IBM Spectrum Scale
With GPUDirect Storage (GDS) NVIDIA has created a data path from the storage directly into the buffe...
January 19 @ 15:00 - 16:00 GMTDigital User Group Jan 2022 (Day 2 – Jan 19th)
Restarting for 2022, the SSUG::Digital talks are back with talks over two days. Day 2 Talk 1:...
January 19 @ 15:00 - 17:00 GMTSSUG::Digital: 017 – Multiple Connections over TCP (MCOT)
Starting with IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1.1, Multiple Connections Over TCP (MCOT) is enabled by default w...
January 18 @ 16:00 - 17:00 GMTSSUG::Digital: 016 – What is new with Spectrum Scale 5.1.2?
IBM continues to enhance Spectrum Scale functionality and performance, in response to recent hardwar...
January 18 @ 15:00 - 16:00 GMTDigital User Group Jan 2022 (Day 1 – Jan 18th)
Restarting for 2022, the SSUG::Digital talks are back with talks over two days. Day 1 Talk 1: What&#...
January 18 @ 15:00 - 17:00 GMTSSUG::Digital: 015 – Spectrum Scale Container Native Storage Access (CNSA)
IBM Spectrum Scale Container Native Storage Access (CNSA) allows the deployment of Spectrum Scale in...
29th June 2021 @ 16:00 - 17:30 BSTSSUG::Digital: 014 – What is new in Spectrum Scale 5.1.1?
Spectrum Scale is a highly scalable, high-performance storage solution for file and object storage t...
19th May 2021 @ 16:00 - 17:00 BSTSSUG::Digital: 013 – Event driven data management and security using Spectrum Scale Clustered Watch Folder and File Audit Logging (Held in conjunction with CIUK)
Spectrum Scale provides various methods for automated data management: The Policy Engine enables rul...
4th December 2020 @ 16:00 - 17:30 GMTSSUG::Digital: 012 – Lenovo: Spectrum Scale and NVMe Storage (Held in conjunction with CIUK)
In this SSUG::Digital Expert Talk, we will cover several NVMe-related topics: The Lenovo DSS-G100 is...
4th December 2020 @ 15:30 - 16:00 GMTSSUG::Digital: 011 – What is new in Spectrum Scale 5.1?
Spectrum Scale is a highly scalable, high-performance storage solution for file and object storage. ...
18th November 2020 @ 16:00 - 17:00 GMTSSUG::Digital: 010 – Data Accelerator for Analytics and AI (DAAA)
This talk focuses on the need of data orchestration in enterprise data pipelines. It provides detail...
16th November 2020 @ 17:00 - 18:00 GMTSSUG::Digital: 009 – Deep Thought: An AI Project for Autonomous Driving Development
Continental, a tier-1 automotive supplier, runs a new high-performance cluster based on NVIDIA DGX, ...
16th November 2020 @ 16:00 - 17:00 GMTSSUG::Digital: 008 – Scalable multi-node training for AI workloads on NVIDIA DGX, Red Hat OpenShift and IBM Spectrum Scale
Nvidia and IBM did a complex proof-of-concept to demonstrate the scaling of AI workload using Nvidia...
4th November 2020 @ 16:15 - 17:45 GMTSSUG::Digital: 007 – Manage the lifecycle of your files using the policy engine
This episode will provide a comprehensive introduction to the IBM Spectrum Scale policy engine. It h...
21st October 2020 @ 16:00 - 17:00 BSTSSUG::Digital: 006 – Persistent Storage for Kubernetes and OpenShift environments
This episode will discuss the Spectrum Scale Container Storage Interface (CSI). CSI is a standard fo...
6th October 2020 @ 16:00 - 17:00 BSTSSUG::Digital: 005 – Update on functional enhancements in Spectrum Scale (inode management, vCPU scaling, considerations for NUMA)
Spectrum Scale is a highly scalable, high-performance storage solution for file and object storage. ...
22nd September 2020 @ 16:00 - 17:30 BSTSSUG::Digital: 004 – Update on Performance Enhancements in Spectrum Scale
Update on File Create and MMAP performance, optimised code for small DIO. Spectrum Scale is a highly...
10th September 2020 @ 16:00 - 17:30 BSTSSUG::Digital: 003 – Strategy Update
Spectrum Scale Strategy UpdateToday is the AI era and we are going through huge explosion of data. B...
27th July 2020 @ 16:00 - 17:30 BSTSSUG::Digital: 002 – Best Practices for building a stretched cluster
Talk 2 in the SSUG::Digital series looks at how to build a stretched cluster. What are the best prac...
13th July 2020 @ 16:00 - 17:30 BSTSSUG::Digital: 001 – What is new in Spectrum Scale 5.0.5?
At each of our user group events, we pretty much always start off with “What’s new in XX...
18th June 2020 @ 16:00 - 17:30 BST