Re: [lustre-discuss] Query regarding MDS and OSS functions

2016-06-28 Thread Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa
h MDS serving a > particular file or directory can change over time. > > Cheers, Andreas > > On Jun 28, 2016, at 19:24, Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa <bsan...@vt.edu > <mailto:bsan...@vt.edu>> wrote: > >> Needed a clarification on the second question. >

Re: [lustre-discuss] Query regarding MDS and OSS functions

2016-06-28 Thread Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa
> 5. How many clients can an application have? > There is no limit. Real systems exist with tens of thousands of client nodes > connected to one Lustre file system. The practical limit is not client > count, it is performance of the servers, disks, and network. > From: lustre-di

[lustre-discuss] Query regarding MDS and OSS functions

2016-06-28 Thread Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa
Hi, I had the following doubts about the functioning of lustre. 1. Whenever a file creation request is sent from the client, the request is sent to MDS from where a list of OSTs, file metadata etc is received. After this point does the data flow through the OSS to the OST or does the

Re: [lustre-discuss] MDS Config Help: Are the lustre modules loaded?

2016-06-22 Thread Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa
ly the key here. I'd look at the arguments to the > mount command. Does /dev/vg00/mdt1 exist and is it set up correctly? How > about the mount point, /mdt? > > On 06/22/2016 03:00 PM, Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa wrote: >> The error is in the last step when I have to run MD >>

Re: [lustre-discuss] MDS Config Help: Are the lustre modules loaded?

2016-06-22 Thread Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa
<p...@cray.com> wrote: > > Ah, now that I look more closely - that warning may not be fatal. Did you > get a failure, or just the warning? > > (The guide looks good) > On 06/22/2016 02:52 PM, Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa wrote: >> Patrick, >> >> I am foll

Re: [lustre-discuss] MDS Config Help: Are the lustre modules loaded?

2016-06-22 Thread Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa
> > On 06/22/2016 02:40 PM, Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa wrote: >> I have done that already and re-booted my system. >> But I still get the error. >> >> When I did run that command, I got the below error: >> WARNING: Can't read module >> /lib/modules/2.6.32-

Re: [lustre-discuss] MDS Config Help: Are the lustre modules loaded?

2016-06-22 Thread Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa
s, > - Patrick > On 06/22/2016 12:47 PM, Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa wrote: >> When I try modprobe lustre, I see the below errors: >> [05:44:03] root@hulk2 lustre # modprobe lustre >> WARNING: Error inserting obdclass >> (/lib/modules/2.6.32-573.12.1.el6_lustre.x86

Re: [lustre-discuss] MDS Config Help: Are the lustre modules loaded?

2016-06-22 Thread Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa
016, at 1:44 PM, Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa <bsan...@vt.edu> > wrote: > > Hi, > > Below are the steps I executed in configuring MDS. > > 1. mkfs.lustre --fsname lustre --mdt --mgs /dev/vg00/mdt > 2. mkdir /mdt > > 3. mount -t lustre /dev/vg00/mdt /mdt

[lustre-discuss] MDS Config Help: Are the lustre modules loaded?

2016-06-22 Thread Sangeetha Banavathi Srinivasa
Hi, Below are the steps I executed in configuring MDS. 1. mkfs.lustre --fsname lustre --mdt --mgs /dev/vg00/mdt 2. mkdir /mdt 3. mount -t lustre /dev/vg00/mdt /mdt I see the below error after step 3: mount.lustre: mount /dev/mapper/vg00-mdt1 at /mdt failed: No such device Are the lustre