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Lustre Unveiled: Evolution, Design, Advancements, and Current Trends

George, Anjus [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000179737061)·Dilger, Andreas [Whamcloud, Calgary, AB (Canada)] (ORCID:0000000277577989)·Brim, Michael J. [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000274795526)·Mohr, Richard [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0009000525365019)·Shehata, Amir [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000224531426)·Choi, Jong Youl [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000264596152)·Karimi, Ahmad Maroof [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000272708847)·Hanley, Jesse [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000221188992)·Simmons, James [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000154529071)·Manno, Dominic [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000591886656)·Vergara, Veronica Melesse [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000243334145)·Oral, Sarp [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000187457078)·Zimmer, Christopher [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000150544354)
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Abstract

The Lustre filesystem serves as a vital element in high-performance parallel storage, meeting the rising demands of scientific, research, and enterprise environments. Widely deployed across HPC environments, ranging from small-scale applications in AI/ML, to domains like oil and gas, drug discovery, and meteorology, and manufacturing, Lustre addresses the universal challenge of efficiently accessing vast and ever-increasing volumes of data. Lustre is the filesystem of choice on six out of the top 10 fastest supercomputers in the world today, over 65% of the top 100, and also for over 60% of the top 500. Despite its widespread popularity, there is a lack of a complete and up-to-date reference, covering Lustre’s evolution, design, and various advancements made over the years. In this journal, we aim to fill this gap by providing a comprehensive journey of Lustre, including its history with significant contributions to HPC, detailed architecture and design elements, exploration of advancements added through its evolution, and future directions. Additionally, we present a comparison of Lustre with other prominent storage technologies of the era. To illustrate the current state of Lustre, we analyze several filesystem trends, including utilization, performance, and usage patterns on Orion, the Lustre filesystem on the first exascale supercomputer Frontier. We hope that this journal serves as a comprehensive educational reference for the current and future generations interested in HPC filesystem storage aspects.

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George, Anjus [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000179737061), Dilger, Andreas [Whamcloud, Calgary, AB (Canada)] (ORCID:0000000277577989), Brim, Michael J. [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000274795526), Mohr, Richard [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0009000525365019), Shehata, Amir [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000224531426), Choi, Jong Youl [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000264596152), Karimi, Ahmad Maroof [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000272708847), Hanley, Jesse [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000221188992), Simmons, James [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000154529071), Manno, Dominic [Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)] (ORCID:0009000591886656), Vergara, Veronica Melesse [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000243334145), Oral, Sarp [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000187457078), Zimmer, Christopher [Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)] (ORCID:0000000150544354). 2025-06-18. Lustre Unveiled: Evolution, Design, Advancements, and Current Trends. https://doi.org/10.1145/3736583

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