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== 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? | # What is a backing file system? | ||
== LNet == | |||
=== What is an endpoint? === | |||
== Advanced topics == | |||
=== 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.
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?