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| 2 | = Build Lustre Storage Cluster for 3D Fly platform = |
| 3 | |
| 4 | == 0.Introduction == |
| 5 | Some domain-applications usually need to computing huge data. It usually meet a bottleneck problem of performance. It will lead I/O performance to The isIf they don't use high performance storage |
| 6 | |
| 7 | == 1.Machine information & Software == |
| 8 | * Hardware[[BR]]||Node ||8 nodes (1 server , 7 client provide disks)|| |
| 9 | ||CPU ||Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40GHz (each node)|| |
| 10 | ||Memory ||2GB DDR2 667 (each node)|| |
| 11 | ||Disk ||All nodes: 320G * 7 = 2.24T|| |
| 12 | ||NIC ||Intel Corporation 82566DM Gigabit Network Connection|| |
| 13 | ||Switch ||D-link 24 port GE switch|| |
| 14 | |
| 15 | * Software[[BR]]||OS||OpenSuSE 10.2|| |
| 16 | ||DRBL||1.9.0-35|| |
| 17 | ||Amira||Testing Version|| |
| 18 | ||Kernel||2.6.18|| |
| 19 | |
| 20 | == 2.Config OpenSuSE == |
| 21 | * Install packages for Lustre |
| 22 | * Install packages for DRBL |
| 23 | == 3.Install Lustre == |
| 24 | * Build kernel |
| 25 | {{{ |
| 26 | $ sudo su |
| 27 | $ cd /usr/src |
| 28 | $ wget 2.6.18 |
| 29 | $ tar zxvf 2.6.18 |
| 30 | $ cd 2.6.18 |
| 31 | $ cp /boot/config-xxx .config |
| 32 | $ make oldconfig ; make menuconfig |
| 33 | $ make -j 5 |
| 34 | $ make modules |
| 35 | $ make modules_install |
| 36 | $ make install |
| 37 | $ mkinitrd |
| 38 | $ vim /boot/grub/menu.list |
| 39 | }}} |
| 40 | |
| 41 | * recompiler NIC driver |
| 42 | {{{ |
| 43 | wget |
| 44 | tar |
| 45 | make install |
| 46 | }}} |
| 47 | * Bonding NIC (bond0 -> eth1 & eth2) |
| 48 | {{{ |
| 49 | $ cd /etc/sysconfig/network |
| 50 | $ vim ifcfg-eth1 |
| 51 | $ vim ifeth-eth2 |
| 52 | $ vim ifcfg-bond0 |
| 53 | $ vim /etc/rc.d/after.local |
| 54 | }}} |
| 55 | * Build Lustre Modules |
| 56 | {{{ |
| 57 | $ configure --with-linux=/usr/src/2.6.18 |
| 58 | $ make install |
| 59 | $ depmod -a |
| 60 | $ vim /etc/rc.d/after.local |
| 61 | }}} |
| 62 | == 4.Build DRBL Environment == |
| 63 | {{{ |
| 64 | $ |
| 65 | }}} |
| 66 | == 5.Build Lustre Storage Cluster == |
| 67 | |
| 68 | == 6.Install Amira == |
| 69 | |
| 70 | == 7.Test Amira == |
| 71 | |
| 72 | == Reference == |