Re: [lustre-discuss] Limit to the number of "--servicenode="

2018-09-29 Thread Andreas Dilger
I haven't checked the code recently, but I believe that there can be up to 32 NIDs assigned per target. I've heard of at least some sites that are configuring four OSS nodes per OST, with three OSTs/OSS to allow failover of each OST to a different OSS. That will only increase load on an OSS t

[lustre-discuss] Limit to the number of "--servicenode="

2018-09-29 Thread David Cohen
Hi, In all the manuals and examples there are only two "--servicenode=" in the creation of the mgs nodes and oss. Is that a limitation or can I create more service nodes? Is the maximum number of servicenodes is different for mgs and oss? David ___ lustr