Kerberized Lustre 2.0 over the WAN

Abstract

In this paper, we describe our current implementation of kerberized Lustre 2.0 over the WAN with partners from the Teragrid (SDSC), the Naval Research Lab, and the Open Science Grid (University of Florida). After formulating several single kerberos realms, we enable the distributed OSTs over the WAN, create local OST pools, and perform kerberized data transfers between local and remote sites. To expand the accessibility to the lustre filesystem, we also include our efforts towards cross-realm authentication and integration of Lustre 2.0 with the kerberos-enabled NFS4.