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<p data-start="197" data-end="212">Hello everyone.</p>
<p data-start="214" data-end="630">I am observing unexpected
behavior regarding file striping in a directory that has an
explicitly configured layout. I'm launching an application that
writes <b>new </b>files on a given directory, which is empty and
I previously set its layout using <code data-start="420"
data-end="435">lfs setstripe</code> with a fixed stripe count,
stripe size, and a specific set of OSTs (command <font
face="monospace">lfs setstripe -S 4M -c 3 -o 1,2,3
target_directory</font>). Running simple tools such as <code
data-start="533" data-end="537">dd</code> inside that directory
produces files with the correct stripe pattern, checked using <font
face="monospace">lfs getstripe</font>.</p>
<p>However, when my application creates new files in that same
directory, <b>all</b> of those files end up with a different
layout: some are created with a stripe count of 1 and almost
always put in the OST with index 1, others are placed n OSTs that
are not part of the directory’s configured offset/OST set (for
example, striped across OSTs 0, 1 and 2). This happens even though
the files did not exist beforehand and the directory was empty
with the correct striping applied. The application creates files
with standard POSIX I/O (<code data-start="1032" data-end="1040">open()</code>
followed by appends and writes), nothing exotic or MPI-IO-related.</p>
<p>Given that the directory layout is correct and tools like <code
data-start="1167" data-end="1171">dd</code> follow it reliably,
I am trying to understand under what circumstances Lustre would
ignore the directory’s default layout when creating new regular
files. I would appreciate any insight or guidance on what might
explain this behaviour, and how could I fix it.</p>
<p>I'm using Lustre 2.15.7, with RHEL 9.6 for the clients and RHEL
8.10 for the OSSs/MDS/MGS.</p>
<p data-start="1948" data-end="1979">Thank you very much in advance.</p>
<p data-start="1981" data-end="2005">Best regards,<br
data-start="1994" data-end="1997">
Santiago</p>
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