File:LUG2019-Sysadmin-tutorial.pdf

   This session is designed for users already familiar with Lustre.  The focus will be on topics relevant to system administrators who manage Lustre on a day-to-day basis.  This tutorial is not intended for new users – they should consider attending the morning session.  This session will cover:
           Configuration and Tuning (30 min)                
               General Benchmarking: IOR, mdtest, and other tools                
               Lustre Client/Server/Router Tuning
           Monitoring and Metric Collection (60 min)                
               Performance Monitoring: jobstats; LMT/ltop; /proc files                
               Health Monitoring: IB fabric; server hardware; LNet  
           Break (15 min)  
           When Things Go Wrong (60 min)                
               Lustre Recovery                
               Debugging: kdump; lctl dk                
               File System Issues: ldiskfs fsck; zfs scrub; online lfsck    
           Other Useful Admin Info (30 min)                
               Lustre striping                 
               Round-robin vs QOS Allocator                
               Advance File Layouts: PFL; DoM 
           Panel Session (45 min)