[[file-system-operations]]
Lustre is a POSIX compliant file system that provides namespace and
-data storage services to clients. It implements all the usual file
-system functionality including creating, writing, reading, and
+data storage services to clients. It implements the normal file system
+functionality including creating, writing, reading, and
removing files and directories. These file system operations are
implemented via <<lustre-rpcs,Lustre RPCs>>, which carry
out communication and coordination with the servers. In this section