A reference glossary of the key components that make up a Lustre parallel file system—MDS, MDT, OSS, OST, MGS, clients, LNet, and the terms you need to read a Lustre layout.
A definition of Lustre, how its architecture achieves massive parallel bandwidth, and how it compares to other file systems common in HPC—GPFS/Spectrum Scale, BeeGFS, NFS, and Ceph.
