FAQ - Glossary

(Updated: Feb 2009)


 * ACL: Access Control List
 * DLM: Distributed Lock Manager
 * EA: Extended Attribute
 * FC: Fibrechannel
 * HPC: High-Performance Computing
 * IB: InfiniBand
 * MDS: Metadata Server
 * OSS: Object Storage Server
 * OST: Object Storage Target

For additional glossary terms, see Glossary in the Lustre Operations Manual.