<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 14px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><div><div><div>Zheng</div><div><br></div><div>it's VERY unusual. </div><div>Usually the MGS and MDS are deployed in the same server or same HA Pair. </div><div>Leave the OSS servers alone as well the clients.</div><div><br></div><div>Honestly I've never seen this before, but remember that you have to have the MGS up and running before even start configuring or bringing up the MDS and OSSs. If for some reasons you have to reboot, let's say a client where the MGS is, you may get into all sort of problems. Again, this is very odd and won't buy you anything.</div><div><br></div><div>Why don't you just install the MGS and MDS in the same server/HA pair? It's a straight forward configuration and will help you manage your environment better.</div><div><br></div><div>Rgds,</div><div>Carlos.</div><div><br></div><div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><b>--</b></span></font></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><b>Carlos Thomaz</b> | HPC Systems Architect</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "> </span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Mobile: +1 (303) 519-0578 </span></div><div style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; font-family: Arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><div>cthomaz@ddn.com | Skype ID: carlosthomaz</div><p></p><div>DataDirect Networks, Inc.</div><div>9960 Federal Dr., Ste 100 Colorado Springs, CO 80921</div><div><a href="http://www.ddn.com/">ddn.com</a> | Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/ddn_limitless">@ddn_limitless</a> | 1.800.TERABYTE</div></span></div></div></div></div><div><br></div><span id="OLK_SRC_BODY_SECTION"><div style="font-family:Calibri; font-size:11pt; text-align:left; color:black; BORDER-BOTTOM: medium none; BORDER-LEFT: medium none; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0in; PADDING-LEFT: 0in; PADDING-RIGHT: 0in; BORDER-TOP: #b5c4df 1pt solid; BORDER-RIGHT: medium none; PADDING-TOP: 3pt"><span style="font-weight:bold">From: </span> zhengfeng <<a href="mailto:zf5984599@gmail.com">zf5984599@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Reply-To: </span> zf5984599 <<a href="mailto:zf5984599@gmail.com">zf5984599@gmail.com</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Date: </span> Mon, 5 Mar 2012 21:01:25 -0800<br><span style="font-weight:bold">To: </span> "<a href="mailto:lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org">lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org">lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org</a>><br><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject: </span> [Lustre-discuss] Could "Client & MGS" or "Client & OSS" running at one node together?<br></div><div><br></div><div><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=gb2312"><style>
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</style><meta content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.6182" name="GENERATOR"><div style="MARGIN: 10px"><div>Dear all,</div><div> </div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em">Since there is no more node in our
project when using Lustre, I want to confirm that:</div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"> </div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em">1) Could the "Client" and "MGS" run at one
node together? or could "Client" and "OSS" run at one node together?</div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"> </div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em">2) Suppose I had deployed them at one node,
what potential shortcomings or harm are there?</div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"> </div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em">I am newbie for Lustre file system, please
forgive my simple questions. Feel free to share your opinions, many
thanks.</div><div style="TEXT-INDENT: 2em"> </div></div><hr style="WIDTH: 210px; HEIGHT: 1px" align="left" color="#b5c4df" size="1"><span><div><div><div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">B.R.</div><div style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic">Zheng Feng</div><div> </div></div></div></span></div></div></span></body></html>