WARNING: This is the _old_ Lustre wiki, and it is in the process of being retired. The information found here is all likely to be out of date. Please search the new wiki for more up to date information.

Difference between revisions of "FAQ - Glossary"

From Obsolete Lustre Wiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
 
(7 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 +
<small>''(Updated: Jan 2011)''</small>
 +
 
* ACL: Access Control List
 
* ACL: Access Control List
 +
* CMD: Clustered Metadata
 
* DLM: Distributed Lock Manager
 
* DLM: Distributed Lock Manager
 
* EA: Extended Attribute
 
* EA: Extended Attribute
* FC: Fibrechannel
+
* FC: Fibre Channel
 +
* FID: Lustre File Identifier
 +
* FLDB: FID Location Database
 
* HPC: High-Performance Computing
 
* HPC: High-Performance Computing
 
* IB: InfiniBand
 
* IB: InfiniBand
 +
* IOV: I/O Vector
 +
* LBUG: Lustre Bug
 +
* LDLM: Lustre Distributed Lock Manager
 +
* LMV: Logical Metadata Volume
 +
* LND: Lustre Network Driver
 +
* LOV: Logical Object Volume
 +
* MDC: Metadata Client
 +
* MDD: Metadata Disk Device
 
* MDS: Metadata Server
 
* MDS: Metadata Server
* NAL: Network Abstraction Layer; a software module which provides support for a particular interconnect
+
* MDT: Metadata Target
 +
* MGS: Management Service
 +
* NID: Network Identifier
 +
* OBD: Object Device
 +
* OSC: Object Storage Client
 +
* OSD: Object Storage Device
 
* OSS: Object Storage Server
 
* OSS: Object Storage Server
 
* OST: Object Storage Target
 
* OST: Object Storage Target
 +
* PTLRPC: RPC protocol layer on LNET
 +
* RPC: Remote Procedure Call
  
 
+
For additional glossary terms, see [http://wiki.lustre.org/manual/LustreManual20_HTML/Glossary.html#50438338_pgfId-1006990 ''Glossary''] in the [http://wiki.lustre.org/manual/LustreManual20_HTML/index.html ''Lustre Operations Manual''].
''(Update 12/09)''
 

Latest revision as of 08:49, 20 January 2011

(Updated: Jan 2011)

  • ACL: Access Control List
  • CMD: Clustered Metadata
  • DLM: Distributed Lock Manager
  • EA: Extended Attribute
  • FC: Fibre Channel
  • FID: Lustre File Identifier
  • FLDB: FID Location Database
  • HPC: High-Performance Computing
  • IB: InfiniBand
  • IOV: I/O Vector
  • LBUG: Lustre Bug
  • LDLM: Lustre Distributed Lock Manager
  • LMV: Logical Metadata Volume
  • LND: Lustre Network Driver
  • LOV: Logical Object Volume
  • MDC: Metadata Client
  • MDD: Metadata Disk Device
  • MDS: Metadata Server
  • MDT: Metadata Target
  • MGS: Management Service
  • NID: Network Identifier
  • OBD: Object Device
  • OSC: Object Storage Client
  • OSD: Object Storage Device
  • OSS: Object Storage Server
  • OST: Object Storage Target
  • PTLRPC: RPC protocol layer on LNET
  • RPC: Remote Procedure Call

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