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Access information about installing, configuring, administering and troubleshooting Lustre™.

Installing and Configuring Lustre

Trying out Lustre...

• The Lustre File System: Demo Quick Start Guide is a simple cookbook for setting up a Linux-based Lustre file system for evaluation.

Installing Lustre...

• Preparing to Install Lustre describes software, tools, environment, and memory requirements.
• Installing Lustre from Downloaded RPMs describes how to install Lustre from packaged binaries (RPMs) on a supported system.
• Lustre Packages provides descriptions and installation guidance for the Lustre RPM packages.
• Building and Installing Lustre from Source Code describes how to install Lustre from source for a non-supported system configuration.

Configuring Lustre...

• Configuring the Lustre File System describes a basic configuration of the Lustre file system and network interface.
• Configuring InfiniBand Connectivity
• Configuring RAID for Disk Arrays
• Configuring Lustre for Failover

Upgrading Lustre ...

• Upgrading to a New Version of Lustre

Administering Lustre

Managing the file system...

• Configuring Lustre File Striping
• Backing Up a Lustre File System
• Using Quotas and Managing Free Space
• Setting up Lustre Security
• Managing OSTs

Tuning Lustre...

• Tuning Lustre for Performance

Handling failures and errors...

• Recovering from a Node or Network Failure
• Handling File System Errors
• Managing Lustre Failover

Other administrative tasks...

• Working with File System Labels
• Unmounting a Server
• Running Multiple Lustre File Systems
• Load Balancing with Infiniband
• Guidelines for Setting Up a Cluster

Troubleshooting

• Debugging Lustre
• Posting a question to the lustre-discuss mailing list and searching the lustre-discuss Archives
• Reporting Bugs

User Resources

• Lustre FAQ
• Lustre System Configuration Utilities
• Lustre Operations Manual
• lustre-discuss Archives
• Lustre Release Information
• Lustre Support

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