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Subject: [Lustre-discuss] Lustre client & server on the same node, NFSv4 reexport
From: xhejtman () ics ! muni ! cz (Lukas Hejtmanek)
Date: 2011-08-19 13:37:42
Message-ID: 20110819133742.GK29756 () ics ! muni ! cz
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Hello,
On Thu, Aug 18, 2011 at 11:50:55AM -0400, Oleg Drokin wrote:
> > some time ago, I was asking whether it is possible to use Lustre Client and
> > Server on a single node, i.e., if I can mount Lustre FS on an OSD node. The
> > anwser was NO as there were some issues with cache pressure and deadlocks.
>
> This is still not recommended, but I doubt anybody made any serious tests with e.g. 2.x codebase.
> I suspect as long as you don't use mmap all should be fine in both 1.8 an 2.x
so what about mounting lustre fs on OSD nodes and re-exporting it via NFSv4?
I.e., can I use OSD nodes also as NFSv4 gateways?
> > Another question, is NFSv4 re-export supported with current stable Lustre
> > client?
>
> Yes this should work, but posix locking does not work properly in 1.8 in that case.
> It does work with 2.1 clients.
Thank you for asnwers.
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Luk?? Hejtm?nek
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