Hi, Raj.

You wrote:
> I am will be very keen to test PFL  in a mix env of 2.7 and 2.11 clients. If 
> anybody has tested this, please let me know.

As I think you are aware, 2.7 clients are not PFL capable.

The Lustre operations manual states, “Using PFL files requires both the client 
and server to understand the PFL file layout, which isn't available for Lustre 
2.9 and earlier. And it will not prevent older clients from accessing non-PFL 
files in the filesystem.” (http://doc.lustre.org/lustre_manual.xhtml#pfl)

It'd probably be clearer if it told you exactly what to expect if you attempt 
to access a PFL file from an old client.  I don’t know what errno you’d get 
exactly, but you should get something sane like ENOTSUP.

-Cory

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On 8/31/19, 1:05 PM, "lustre-discuss on behalf of Raj" 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>
 on behalf of [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:

Kirill
We are running 2.11.x clients on 2.5.x servers (Neo 2.0) in TDS environment and 
haven’t seen any issues yet. Plan is to put it in production in a month or so.
We also have 2.11.x servers(Neo 3.1-022). I am will be very keen to test PFL  
in a mix env of 2.7 and 2.11 clients. If anybody has tested this, please let me 
know.

Thanks
-Raj
On Friday, August 30, 2019, Leonardo Saavedra 
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 8/29/19 5:00 PM, Kirill Lozinskiy wrote:

Hey Lustre fans!

Is there anyone out there running Lustre server version 2.5.x with a Lustre 
client version 2.11.x? I'm curious if you are running this combination and 
whether or not you saw and gains or losses when you went to the newer Lustre 
client.

We were running Lustre 2.7 client before and just recently went to 2.11. I'm 
trying to get a better understanding as to how common it is to have the version 
drift between the server and the client, as well as any positive or negative 
experiences.

it works, no problem at all, in your client's logs you'll see a message like:

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[60010.976717] Lustre: Lustre: Build Version: 2.10.4
[60011.029258] LNet: Added LNI 10.64.102.152@tcp [8/256/0/180]
[60011.029297] LNet: Accept secure, port 988
[60011.042970] Lustre: Server MGS version (2.5.5.0) is much older than client. 
Consider upgrading server (2.10.4)
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