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Lustre is a massively parallel filesystem typically used in domains where high-performance, large-scale data is critical.

Lustre is mature, free and open source. Fifteen of top 30 and seven of top ten world supercomputers use Lustre filesystem as storage, including the fastest: Tianhe-1A at the National Supercomputing Center in Tianjin, China; second fastest Jaguar at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

If you need lots of data, fast, Lustre might be the right choice for you.

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Components of a Lustre filesystem

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How does a Lustre filesystem get put together

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Is my Lustre filesystem ready for use?

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As my applications and usage change, how do I keep Lustre running smoothly?

filesystems are some of the fastest in the world. In order to achieve this, the Lustre system components exploit core features of the Linux kernel. This page describes the components of a Lustre filesystem, how you can get them or build your own, and how you can tell if your Lustre filesystem is working correctly.

Components of a Lustre filesystem

Putting together a Lustre filesystem

Testing a Lustre filesystem

FAQ: Managing a production Lustre filesystem

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