Lustre SFF
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Introduction
Lustre SFF (Small Form Factor), is a compact deployment of ZFS-backed (Zettabyte File System) Lustre intended as an alternative to NFS for a comparable capacity and scalability.
http://lustre.ornl.gov/ecosystem-2016/documents/tutorials/Stearman-LLNL-ZFS.pdf
Intel Enterprise Edition for Lustre White Paper
The Intel January 2014 white paper "Architecting a high performance storage system" serves as a good starting point for optimizing Lustre SFF.
Backend Storage
smartctl
smartctl (smartmontools; Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology System) is used to uniquely identify devices, conduct device testing, and assess the health of devices.
sgpdd_survey
sgpdd_survey (sg3_utils) is used to analyze backend storage (dd is not suitable as response to multiple IO threads is of interest).