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So is this thing using parts of Ceph? Haven’t really seen OSD term used anywhere else…

We designed and built the system almost completely ground-up, all the way down to the disk scheduler, but yeah we probably took the term OSD from Ceph.

I think that's right

(kmod was the founding engineer on the project and the guy who came up with the name!)

The project was originally codenamed "s3box" and then changed for obvious reasons haha. I think Drew picked the name "Magic Pocket"

Lustre used that nomenclature long before Ceph.

https://www.lustre.org/

> The Lustre® file system is an open-source, parallel file system that supports many requirements of leadership class HPC simulation environments. Whether you’re a member of our diverse development community or considering the Lustre file system as a parallel file system solution, these pages offer a wealth of resources and support to meet your needs.

Hadn't heard of it.

It's normally used for supercomputers

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