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Lustre
On the record
- Architecture
- Lustre is a distributed, POSIX-compliant file system with a client-server architecture.wiki.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Audience
- The project describes Lustre as serving environments from small-scale HPC systems to the largest supercomputers.wiki.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Availability
- Redundant servers can support failover, and Lustre describes high-availability configurations using shared storage and inter-node failover.wiki.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Community
- The official site links to community mailing lists and development activities including code work, testing, bug filing, and benchmarking.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Data reliability
- Lustre does not replicate data objects across storage servers; data reliability is handled by the storage subsystem.wiki.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Documentation
- The Operations Manual is available in HTML, PDF, and ePub formats and accepts community patches, reviews, and suggestions.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Download
- The official download page offers RPM packages for a number of platforms and links to the public source repository.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Downloads
- The official download page offers RPM packages for multiple platforms and links to the public source repository.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Hardware and networks
- Lustre can run on commodity hardware with block storage such as disks, RAID, or logical volume management, and supports Ethernet and InfiniBand.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Help and support
- The official getting-started page directs users to the Operations Manual, wiki, and community mailing lists, and points to OpenSFS for paid commercial support options.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- High availability
- Lustre supports inter-node failover, but data objects are not replicated between storage servers by Lustre itself.wiki.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The official site describes Lustre as supporting leadership-class HPC simulation environments, and its documentation covers deployments from smaller HPC systems to supercomputers.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Linux support
- Lustre runs on Linux distributions including RHEL, CentOS, and SLES; server setup with ldiskfs requires a patched kernel, while the ZFS server option and client code do not require kernel patches.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Networking
- LNet supports Ethernet, InfiniBand, Intel Omni-Path, and other compute fabrics, with routing and multi-rail traffic balancing.wiki.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Online expansion limit
- Lustre supports adding OST and MDT targets online, but shrinking OST file systems online is not supported.wiki.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Performance
- Lustre is designed for high throughput and can use high-speed fabrics including Ethernet and InfiniBand.wiki.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- POSIX interface
- Lustre clients present applications with a coherent POSIX file system interface.wiki.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
- Product
- Lustre is an open-source, parallel file system for high-performance computing environments.lustre.org · read 4 Oct 2026
