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Lustre 1.6 Operations Manual

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LDLM<br />

lfind<br />

lfs<br />

lfsck<br />

liblustre<br />

Llite<br />

Llog<br />

Llog Catalog<br />

LMV<br />

LND<br />

LNET<br />

LNETrpc<br />

Load-balancing<br />

MDSs<br />

Lock Client<br />

Lock Server<br />

<strong>Lustre</strong> Distributed Lock Manager.<br />

A subcommand of lfs to find inodes associated with objects.<br />

A <strong>Lustre</strong> file system utility named after fs (AFS), cfs (CODA), and lfs<br />

(Intermezzo).<br />

<strong>Lustre</strong> File System Check. A distributed version of a disk file system checker.<br />

Normally, lfsck does not need to be run, except when file systems are damaged<br />

through multiple disk failures and other means that cannot be recovered using<br />

file system journal recovery.<br />

<strong>Lustre</strong> library. A user-mode <strong>Lustre</strong> client linked into a user program for <strong>Lustre</strong><br />

fs access. liblustre clients cache no data, do not need to give back locks on time,<br />

and can recover safely from an eviction. They should not participate in<br />

recovery.<br />

<strong>Lustre</strong> lite. This term is in use inside the code and module names to indicate<br />

that code elements are related to the <strong>Lustre</strong> file system.<br />

<strong>Lustre</strong> log. A log of entries used internally by <strong>Lustre</strong>. An llog is suitable for<br />

rapid transactional appends of records and cheap cancellation of records<br />

through a bitmap.<br />

<strong>Lustre</strong> log catalog. An llog with records that each point at an llog. Catalogs<br />

were introduced to give llogs almost infinite size. llogs have an originator<br />

which writes records and a replicator which cancels record (usually through an<br />

RPC), when the records are not needed.<br />

Logical Metadata Volume. A driver to abstract in the <strong>Lustre</strong> client that it is<br />

working with a metadata cluster instead of a single metadata server.<br />

<strong>Lustre</strong> Network Driver. A code module that enables LNET support over a<br />

particular transport, such as TCP and various kinds of InfiniBand, Elan or<br />

Myrinet.<br />

<strong>Lustre</strong> Networking. A message passing network protocol capable of running<br />

and routing through various physical layers. LNET forms the underpinning of<br />

LNETrpc.<br />

An RPC protocol layered on LNET. This protocol deals with stateful servers<br />

and has exactly-once semantics and built in support for recovery.<br />

A cluster of MDSs that perform load balancing of on system requests.<br />

A module that makes lock RPCs to a lock server and handles revocations from<br />

the server.<br />

A system that manages locks on certain objects. It also issues lock callback<br />

requests, calls while servicing or, for objects that are already locked, completes<br />

lock requests.<br />

Glossary-5

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