-A filesystem is comprised of a
-.I MDT
-, MetaData Target, which stores directory and file meta-information such as
-file ownership, timestamps, access permissions, etc, and a
-series of
-.I OSTs
-, Object Storage Targets, which hold the file data in one or more objects.
-There is typically not a 1:1 mapping of OST objects and what is presented
-as a file on a Lustre client.
+A Lustre filesystem is comprised of one or more
+.IR MDTs ,
+MetaData Targets, which store directory and file meta-information such as
+file ownership, timestamps, access permissions, etc, and one or more
+.IR OSTs ,
+Object Storage Targets, which hold each file's data in one or more objects.
+There is sometimes, but not always, a 1:1 mapping of regular files on a
+client to OST objects on the server. Each file may have a different
+mapping of file offset to one or more OST object(s), known as the file
+layout, that can be managed with the
+.BR lfs-setstripe (1)
+command.