Translators/cluster/nufa

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Translator cluster/nufa

NUFA translator or Non Uniform File Access translator is designed for giving higher preference to local drive when used in a HPC type of environment.

volume bricks
  type cluster/nufa
  option local-volume-name brick1
  subvolumes brick1 brick2 brick3 brick4 brick5 brick6 brick7
end-volume

lookup-unhashed

This is an advanced option where files are looked up in all subvolumes if they are missing on the subvolume matching the hash value of the filename. The default is on.

local-volume-name

The volume name to consider local and prefer file creations on. The default is to search for a volume matching the hostname of the system.

subvolumes

This option lists the subvolumes that are part of this 'cluster/nufa' volume. This translator requires more than one subvolume.

Refer NUFA_with_single_process example for proper usage scenario with NUFA.

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