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Lustre File System Introduction
Lustre File System is used in Linux based on cluster computing environment. This file system was developed by Sun Microsystems. This file system is now available from Oracle. It is a parallel storage file system. It is designed for higher I/O performance and have scaling properties which may not be found in traditional storage environment. It can be used in the advanced Internet arena where high bandwidth and high I/O performance required. It is file system of high performance, high I/O throughput and supporting Petabytes of storage space.
It is developed in Open Source Development License structure having open Network protocols. This means many operating system can integrate this file system easily. In April 2010, Lustre 2.0.0 was released and it supports Oracle Enterprise Linux 5, Red Hat Enterprise Linux-5, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server-10, and Fedora Linux 11.
Lustre File System can be used in different network environment with higher record of I/O throughput. It is based on object-based architecture and reduces development and implementation cost. This file system is much more reliable with negligible failure rate.
Currently many high performance computing environments are using Lustre File System having thousands of nodes and storing Petabytes (PB) of data. This flexibility and usability makes Lustre File System more popular in massive data processing needs such as supercomputing, Data Center environment, Cloud ready online backup solution environment, Manufacturing etc.
Clearly, Lustre File System will provide many features in futures computing environment.
Tags: Petabytes, storage space