On Mar 12, 2007  00:37 -0700, Heba Farouk wrote:
> 1.   for a certain OST, can we divide it between clients with access rights?

Do you mean limiting usage of the space to some clients and not others,
then no.  If you mean "can multiple clients use space on the same OST"
then the answer is yes.

> 2.   can a very large file span multiple OSTs?

Yes, definitely.  You can have single files of nearly 320TB if you have
160 or more OSTs of >= 2TB in size and 64-bit clients (there is a 16TB
limit on 32-bit clients).

> 3.   can a certain partition be accessed by multiple clients?

Clients never access a disk partition directly, so this question
doesn't make sense.  See also #1 above.


Cheers, Andreas
--
Andreas Dilger
Principal Software Engineer
Cluster File Systems, Inc.

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