Lustre Documentation

= Lustre Documentation =

Lustre 1.6
The latest version of the Lustre 1.6 Operations Manual (doc version 1.7), was released on August 30, 2007.


 * Lustre Manual (HTML) Lustre 1.6 Operations Manual v1.7


 * Lustre Manual (PDF) Lustre 1.6 Operations Manual v1.7


 * Lustre Manual Change Log Lustre 1.6 manual change log (describes additions and updates to the Lustre 1.6 manual)


 * MountConf wiki - A quick reference for those familiar with older versions of Lustre

Lustre 1.4.8

 * Lustre Manual (HTML) Lustre 1.4.8 manual v1.37


 * Lustre Manual (PDF) Lustre 1.4.8 manual v1.37 (A4)


 * Lustre Manual Change Log Lustre 1.4.8 manual change log (describes additions and changes to the Lustre 1.4.8 manual)

Interim Lustre 1.8 Documentation

 * KerbLustre - The 1.8 interim Lustre documentation (Kerberos....)

Older Documentation
This documentation will be incorporated into the manual. Until that is done you may find useful bits and pieces here.


 * Frequently Asked Questions
 * Lustre Faq
 * Knowledge Base
 * Lustre Knowledge Base - questions and answers
 * Configuration
 * LustreHowto''' - A guide to getting Lustre cluster started.
 * LustreLDAP''' - A guide for using LDAP with Lustre.
 * LustreWizard' - The Lustre wizard or lwizard'' is a utility that helps with creation of configuration file for a cluster through asking some simple questions.
 * LustreFailover''' - Managing failover
 * FilesystemBackup''' - How to back up a Lustre filesystem
 * FsckSupport''' - The lustre fsck tool and Lustre-patched e2fsck (extents, large inode/EA support)
 * Filesystem Tuning
 * LustreProc - A guide on the proc tunables parameters for Lustre and their usage. It describes several of the proc tunables including those that effect the client's RPC behaviour and prepare for a substantial reorganization of proc entries.
 * LustreDdnTuning - A brief guide on tuning DDN S2A 8500 (and maybe 9500) storage optimally for Lustre