Hi All,
Is it possible ( license wise) to implement Lustre Filesystem on
FreeBSD operating System ?
Is it already implemented ?
Regards,
Onkar
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Lustre is free to install, you can grab the source rpms here (account creation/login required): https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=LUSTRE-183-G-F at CDS-CDS_SMI <https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewFilteredProducts-SingleVariationTypeFilter> ...the build them against your kernel -- unless you mean licensing support under FreeBSD? Cheers, Adam Onkar Mahajan wrote:> Hi All, > Is it possible ( license wise) to implement Lustre Filesystem > on FreeBSD operating System ? > Is it already implemented ? > > Regards, > Onkar > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Lustre-discuss mailing list > Lustre-discuss at lists.lustre.org > http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss >-- Adam Munro System Administrator | SHARCNET | http://www.sharcnet.ca Compute Canada | http://www.computecanada.org 519-888-4567 x36453
>...the build them against your kernel -- unless you mean licensing >support under FreeBSD?In terms of licensing ... since Lustre is GPL, I can''t see any reason why there would be any licensing conflict. All you have to do is download the sources, make the few minor changes to port Lustre to FreeBSD, and you should be in business. Should be a snap! :-) But seriously ... as someone who''s been beating their head against the wall with regards to the Macintosh port, you''ve got an uphill battle. And by "uphill", I''m talking about the Northeast ridge of Mount Everest. Okay, maybe it''s not that bad, but it''s not for the faint of heart or people unfamiliar with kernel development. I did find some effort a while ago to port Lustre to FreeBSD, but I think it used Liblustre and FUSE, but when I last checked it seem to have stalled. If you are crazy enough to want to port Lustre to FreeBSD, you might want to check out the Macintosh port. It is at least the preliminary work you would need to do to get it working on a vnode-based system. A lot of work will still need to be done, but you could leverage a lot of work from what I''ve done (and what I''m still working on). If you''re not that crazy and you''re asking if someone has ported Lustre to FreeBSD already ... I think the correct answer is "no". --Ken