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One of the OSTs in a lustre file system I manage is showing a higher usage. I attempted to stop writes by setting the max_create_count to zero and then moving data off it but that doesn't seem to be working.<br>
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> lfs df | grep OST:15lustre19-OST000f_UUID 71145018368 62653382656 8491631616 89% /lustre19[OST:15]<br>
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MDS> lctl set_param osp.lustre19-OST000f*.max_create_count=0<br>
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MDS> lctl get_param osp.lustre19-OST000f*.max_create_count<br>
losp.lustre19-OST000f-osc-MDT0000.max_create_count=0<br>
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lfs find /lustre19/expphy/volatile --ost lustre19-OST000f -size +50M | lfs_migrate -y<br>
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I've been watching it, and the ost in question isn't shrinking. I can see its size usage go down a bit... and then tick up a bit</div>
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w/r,<br>
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<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 14.16px;">System Administrator: Lustre, HPC</span><br style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 14.16px;">
<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: monospace; font-size: 14.16px;">Scientific Computing Group, Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility</span><span id="ms-rterangepaste-end"></span><br>
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