[lustre-discuss] Simple Lustre question

Brett Lee brettlee.lustre at gmail.com
Mon Dec 12 18:57:29 PST 2016


Good to hear, Ben.  This list is pretty helpful, so if you get stuck, check
back in.

Brett
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On Dec 12, 2016 7:49 PM, "Markham Benjamin" <ben.markham at xiilab.com> wrote:

> Hi Brett,
>
> Thanks for this. This all seems reasonable and understandable. Thanks for
> your help
>
> -Ben
>
> On Dec 13, 2016, at 11:39 AM, Brett Lee <brettlee.lustre at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Markham,
>
> Maybe think of Lustre as a bunch of different components...  While you can
> combine the components (server services and client services) on one node,
> you can also put each service on a different node, and connect them via a
> network.
>
> To begin, I suggest using just one node.  Start all the server services,
> and then start the client service.  Then start and stop it all a few
> times.  Once you get the hang of it, then split the server services to
> different nodes, and put the client on it's own node also.
>
> Seem reasonable?
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> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 7:33 PM, Markham Benjamin <ben.markham at xiilab.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ah sorry. What I mean is something I could experiment on without any
>> hardware limitations. I hope that makes sense.
>>
>> But it seems I could just run Lustre on one node.
>>
>> -Ben
>>
>> On Dec 13, 2016, at 11:26 AM, Brett Lee <brettlee.lustre at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Proper?  Please expand on that. :)
>>
>> To get started, you could run Lustre on just one node.
>>
>> Brett
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>> On Dec 12, 2016 7:08 PM, "Markham Benjamin" <ben.markham at xiilab.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I just have been reading about Lustre and getting into it. I just have a
>>> simple question: about how many computer would I need in order to set up a
>>> proper simple LustreFS?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Ben.
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