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Subject: Re: [lustre-devel] client-server wire protocol
From: Andreas Dilger <adilger () whamcloud ! com>
Date: 2019-10-02 17:45:28
Message-ID: 4E10628E-75DE-4BAA-84EF-47E871BABAC1 () whamcloud ! com
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On Sep 28, 2019, at 14:35, Bradley C. Kuszmaul \
<kuszmaul@gmail.com<mailto:kuszmaul@gmail.com>> wrote:
Is there a well-defined client-server wire protocol so that one could imagine \
building a different client or a different server that would interact with lustre?
I took a quick look through the lustre sources and documentation, but didn't find it.
There is a partially-completed wire protocol document in Git: \
https://git.whamcloud.com/?p=doc/protocol.git
However, I seriously doubt that it would be sufficient to implement a different \
client/server than the existing one, since it is unfortunately both incomplete and \
already somewhat out of date.
Since Lustre is open-source software, there is little motivation to spend the huge \
amount of time & effort to reimplement the client or server. Also, the Lustre \
protocol changes over time in order to add new functionality, so a full \
reimplementation would become obsolete over time without continuous effort equal to \
all of the other Lustre developers combined.
It would be better to add/fix/port existing code as needed rather than implementing \
everything from scratch. If I might ask, what is your interest in this area? We're \
always looking to grow the number of developers and contributors in the Lustre \
community.
Cheers, Andreas
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Andreas Dilger
Principal Lustre Architect
Whamcloud
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<div>Since Lustre is open-source software, there is little motivation to spend the \
huge amount of time & effort to</div> <div>reimplement the client or server. \
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functionality,</div> <div>so a full reimplementation would become obsolete over time \
without continuous effort equal to all of the other</div> <div>Lustre developers \
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<div>It would be better to add/fix/port existing code as needed rather than \
implementing everything from scratch.</div> <div>If I might ask, what is your \
interest in this area? We're always looking to grow the number of developers \
and</div> <div>contributors in the Lustre community.</div>
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<div>Andreas Dilger</div>
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