Hi Brett,

Thanks for this. This all seems reasonable and understandable. Thanks for your 
help

-Ben
> On Dec 13, 2016, at 11:39 AM, Brett Lee <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Hi Markham,
> 
> Maybe think of Lustre as a bunch of different components...  While you can 
> combine the components (server services and client services) on one node, you 
> can also put each service on a different node, and connect them via a network.
> 
> To begin, I suggest using just one node.  Start all the server services, and 
> then start the client service.  Then start and stop it all a few times.  Once 
> you get the hang of it, then split the server services to different nodes, 
> and put the client on it's own node also.
> 
> Seem reasonable?
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> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 7:33 PM, Markham Benjamin <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Ah sorry. What I mean is something I could experiment on without any hardware 
> limitations. I hope that makes sense. 
> 
> But it seems I could just run Lustre on one node.
> 
> -Ben
> 
>> On Dec 13, 2016, at 11:26 AM, Brett Lee <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> Proper?  Please expand on that. :)
>> 
>> To get started, you could run Lustre on just one node.
>> 
>> Brett
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>> On Dec 12, 2016 7:08 PM, "Markham Benjamin" <[email protected] 
>> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> Hello,
>> 
>> I just have been reading about Lustre and getting into it. I just have a 
>> simple question: about how many computer would I need in order to set up a 
>> proper simple LustreFS?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Ben.
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