ORNL has also been working to improve the ARM client code. > On Sep 1, 2017, at 8:48 AM, Jones, Peter A <[email protected]> wrote: > > Daniel > > We only routinely build/test with power clients but that’s because of > prioritizing limited testing resources towards what our customers were using > rather than avoiding known pitfalls. I do think that there are sites which > also have power servers but I’ll let them speak up themselves rather than > give you misinformation. > > As for the hurdles of working on non-x86, there have been people in the > Lustre community working on SPARC and ARM in recent times so they might be > able to comment and I see that there is due to be a talk on Lustre on ARM > servers at the upcoming LAD conference - https://www.eofs.eu/events/lad17 - > which could provide some insights when it has been published > > If you do decide to investigate further then please do report back to the > list about how you fare > > Peter > > On 9/1/17, 3:24 AM, "lustre-discuss on behalf of Daniel Kidger" > <[email protected] on behalf of > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> This is my first posting to the list. >> I have worked off an on with Lustre since a helping set up a demo at SC02 in >> Baltimore. >> A long time has passed and I now find myself at IBM. >> The question I have today is: >> >> Are any sites running with IBM POWER hardware for their Lustre servers i.e. >> MDS and OSSs? >> The only references I find are very old, certainly long before the >> availability of little-endian RedHat. >> >> And if not, what are likely to be the pain points and hurdles in building >> and running Lustre on non-x86 platforms like POWER? >> >> Daniel >> >> Daniel Kidger >> IBM Systems, UK >> [email protected] >> +44 (0)7818 522266 >> Unless stated otherwise above: >> IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number >> 741598. >> Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU >> > _______________________________________________ > lustre-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lustre.org/listinfo.cgi/lustre-discuss-lustre.org
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