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Lustre is an Open Source file system for Network-attached storage, generally used for large scale cluster computing. The name is a merge of Linux and clusters. The project aims to provide a file system to cope with clusters of tens of thousands of nodes with petabytes of storage capacity, without compromising on speed or security, and is available under the GNU GPL. Open source refers to projects that are open to the public and which draw on other projects that are freely available to the general public. ... See Filing system for this term as it is used in libraries and offices In computing, a file system is a method for storing and organizing computer files and the data they contain to make it easy to find and access them. ... Network-attached storage (NAS) systems are generally computing-storage devices that can be accessed over a computer network, rather than directly being connected to the computer (via a computer bus). ... Linux Cluster at Purdue University A computer cluster is a group of locally connected computers that work together as a unit. ... This article is about Linux-based operating systems, GNU/Linux, and related topics. ... Linux Cluster at Purdue University A computer cluster is a group of locally connected computers that work together as a unit. ... A node is a device connected to a computer network. ... A petabyte is a unit of measurement in computers of one thousand million million (short-scale quadrillion) bytes. ... GPL redirects here. ...


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Lustre (file system) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (472 words)
Lustre is a Free Software distributed file system, generally used for large scale cluster computing.
The project aims to provide a file system to cope with clusters of tens of thousands of nodes with petabytes of storage capacity, without compromising on speed or security, and is available under the GNU GPL.
Many of the fastest supercomputers in the world are clusters using the Lustre file system for storage, such as systems at ORNL, PNNL, LLNL and LANL.
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