[LU-9386] Add MDT to current MDS and add new OSS and OST Created: 21/Apr/17  Updated: 21/Mar/18  Resolved: 21/Mar/18

Status: Resolved
Project: Lustre
Component/s: None
Affects Version/s: Lustre 2.1.3
Fix Version/s: None

Type: Question/Request Priority: Major
Reporter: Tony Heaton (Inactive) Assignee: Peter Jones
Resolution: Fixed Votes: 0
Labels: None
Environment:

RHEL 6.8 server


Epic/Theme: Lustre-2.1.3
Rank (Obsolete): 9223372036854775807

 Description   

On one of our clusters we are running version 2.1.3-2.6.32. We are needing to expand the file system on new existing hardware - servers purchased at the same time for this future expansion. Currently we have two OST's with 3x16TB LUNS each. The MDT is 3TB. We have outgrown this. We want to add 4 OST's with 2x16TB LUNS each. We will need to add an MDT as well. I want to verify this plan and also make sure that adding an MDT to this version is possible and will increase available inodes?



 Comments   
Comment by Peter Jones [ 21/Apr/17 ]

Tony

Probably the simplest option for outgrowing your MDT is to enlarge the size of the existing MDT rather than adding an extra MDT. As for upgrading, I would recommend that you upgrade first to a 2.5.x based release - that's the largest upgrade jump possible from 2.1.x, still supports RHEL 6.x servers and will provide you with options to move on to more current releases if/when you choose to do so.

Peter

Comment by Peter Jones [ 21/Mar/18 ]

It seems that no further clarification is needed here

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