[lustre-discuss] Multiple Lustre filesystem

[Colin Faber]

Hi,

On Fri, Sep 15, 2017 at 6:54 AM, Ravi Konila <ravibhatk at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have few queries about Lustre File system as I am building new Lustre
> File system for our production use.
>
> 1. Can I create more than one Lustre file system for example, one Lustre
> file system for /home and other for /scratch ?
>

Yes


> 2. As of now I have created 6 OSTs (total of 128TB storage) under shared
> storage which uses two OSSs, how do I allocate that to different Lustre
> file system if I can create multiple file system?
>

You will need to partition the storage and assign each storage target to a
different file system name.


> 3. With single MDT can I have multiple Lustre file system?
>

No


> 4. Is it better to create multiple MDTs or single MDT would do? (again I
> am using single shared storage with 2 MDS/MGS)?
>

You can have 1 MGS for multiple file systems, but each file system requires
it's own MDT, and each file system can have multiple MDT's via DNE feature.


>
> Any help in this regard would be highly appreciated.
>
> *Ravi Konila*
> Sr. Technical Consultant
> MSIL, India
> Ph: +91 9901072688
>
>
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