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| − | + | == General == | |
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| − | + | === What is Lustre? === | |
| + | Lustre is a scale-out architecture distributed parallel filesystem. Metadata services and storage are segregated from data services and storage. | ||
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| + | === What is the difference between a server (MDS/OSS) and a target (MDT/OST)? === | ||
| + | A target is the storage device where object (file) or metadata is kept. The servers service request from clients on their behalf. Clients do not access storage directly. | ||
# What is a backing file system? | # What is a backing file system? | ||
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| − | + | == LNet == | |
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| − | + | === What is an endpoint? === | |
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| + | == Advanced topics == | ||
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| + | === What is an OI? === | ||
| + | === What is IAM? === | ||
Revision as of 10:31, 20 May 2015
Welcome to the Lustre FAQ!
We are building the FAQ up organically. If you have a question that you'd like to see in the FAQ, please post it below.
Contents
General
What is Lustre?
Lustre is a scale-out architecture distributed parallel filesystem. Metadata services and storage are segregated from data services and storage.
What is the difference between a server (MDS/OSS) and a target (MDT/OST)?
A target is the storage device where object (file) or metadata is kept. The servers service request from clients on their behalf. Clients do not access storage directly.
- What is a backing file system?
