Lustre 2.10.6 released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.10.6 Release has been declared GA and is available for download. You can also grab the source from git.

There are a number of useful bug fixes in this maintenance release but of particular note is the fix for an issue which could cause data corruption with unaligned page writes for Lustre on ZFS deployments (LU-11663). We recommend anyone who is running Lustre on ZFS on Lustre 2.10.5 to upgrade to 2.10.6 immediately. All other versions of Lustre and Lustre on ldiskfs deployments are not exposed to this issue.

In addition, there are the following notable enhancements over 2.10.5:

  • RHEL 7.6 is now supported for servers and clients (LU-11525)
  • Mellanox OFED 4.5-1 is now the default version built and tested

Details of changes since 2.10.5 can be found in the 2.10.6 change log.

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

We may release Lustre 2.10.7 in the coming months but we will definitely be releasing a 2.12.1 as we start the transition over to 2.12.x as being the active LTS release branch.

Lustre 2.10.5 Released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.10.5 Release has been declared GA and is available for download. You can also grab the source from git.

Along with a number of useful bug fixes, this maintenance release includes the following notable enhancements over 2.10.4:

  • Ubuntu 16.04 packages are now correctly produced (LU-11176)
  • Mellanox OFED 4.4-2 is now the default version built and tested

Details of changes since 2.10.4 can be found in the 2.10.5 change log.

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

We are expecting to release Lustre 2.10.6 in the coming months

Lustre 2.10.4 Released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.10.4 Release has been declared GA and is available for download. You can also grab the source from git.

Along with a number of useful bug fixes, this maintenance release includes the following notable enhancements over 2.10.3:

  • RHEL 7.5 is now supported for servers and clients (LU-10897)
  • ZFS 0.7.9 is now the default version of ZFS used for the release (LU-11019)

Details of changes since 2.10.3 can be found in the 2.10.4 change log.

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

We are expecting to release Lustre 2.10.5 in the coming months

Lustre 2.11.0 Released

BEAVERTON, OR – April 3, 2018 – Open Scalable File Systems (OpenSFS) today announced the release of Lustre® 2.11.0, the fastest and most scalable parallel file system. OpenSFS, founded in 2010 to advance Lustre development, is the premier non-profit organization promoting the use of Lustre and advancing its capabilities through coordinated releases of the Lustre file system.

Major Features of Lustre 2.11.0:

* Data on MDT — The Lustre Data on MDT (DoM) feature improves small file IO by placing small files directly on the MDT. It also improves large file IO by avoiding the OST being affected by small random IO that can cause device seeking and hurt the streaming IO performance (LU-3285)

* File Level Redundancy – Delayed Resync — Provides a mechanism whereby files can be replicated on multiple OSTs in the same namespace, thus strengthening and improving reliability, availability, and aggregate parallel read performance of the data (LU-9771)

* Lock Ahead — Enables userspace to request LDLM locks asynchronously thus improving performance for certain workloads (LU-6179)

The Lustre User Group (LUG) conference, now in its 16th year, will be held April 24-26, 2018 in Argonne, Illinois. LUG is the industry’s primary venue for discussion and seminars on the Lustre parallel file system and other open source file system technologies.

More information about LUG 2018 can be found at http://opensfs.org/events/lug-2018

Lustre 2.11.0 is available for immediate download

OpenSFS encourages contributions from any group interested in supporting Lustre, not just through software development. Contributors to the Lustre code base and LWG include:

ANU, CEA, Canonical, Cray, DDN, GSI, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Indiana University, Intel HPDD, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, NEC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, SUSE, Sandia National Laboratory, Seagate, Stanford University, SuperMicro and Uber

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About OpenSFS:

OpenSFS is a nonprofit organization founded in 2010 to advance Lustre development, ensuring it remains vendor-neutral, open, and freely downloadable (https://lustre.org/download/). OpenSFS participants include vendors and customers who employ the world’s best Lustre file system experts, implementing and supporting Lustre solutions across HPC and commercial enterprises. OpenSFS actively promotes the growth, stability and vendor neutrality of the Lustre file system.

OpenSFS web site: http://opensfs.org
Lustre Working Group: http://wiki.opensfs.org/Lustre_Working_Group
Lustre 2.11.0 Changelog: http://wiki.lustre.org/Lustre_2.11.0_Changelog

Media Contacts:

OpenSFS Administration
[email protected]
503-619-0561

Lustre 2.10.3 Released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.10.3 Release has been declared GA and is available for download. You can also grab the source from git.

Along with a number of useful bug fixes, this maintenance release includes the following notable enhancement over 2.10.2:

  • ZFS 0.7.5 is now the default version of ZFS used for the release (LU-10377)

Details of changes since 2.10.2 can be found in the 2.10.3 change log.

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

We are expecting to release Lustre 2.10.4 in the coming months

Lustre 2.10.2 Released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.10.2 Release has been declared GA and is available for download. You can also grab the source from git.

Along with a number of useful bug fixes, this maintenance release includes the following notable enhancement over 2.10.1:

  • ZFS 0.7.3 is now the default version of ZFS used for the release (LU-10150)

Details of changes since 2.10.1 can be found in the 2.10.2 change log.

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

We are expecting to release Lustre 2.10.3 during Q1 of next year.

Lustre 2.10.1 Released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.10.1 Release has been declared GA and is available for download. You can also grab the source from git.

Along with a number of useful bug fixes, this maintenance release includes the following notable enhancements over 2.10.0:

  • RHEL 7.4 support for Lustre Servers and Clients (LU-9816)
  • ZFS 0.7.1 is now the default version of ZFS used for the release (LU-8619)
  • RHEL 6.9 support for Lustre Clients (LU-9979)
  • Ubuntu 16.04 support for Lustre Clients
  • Patchless server build for ldiskfs is now routinely provided. Note that the patched kernel version must still be used to make use of project quotas
  • 4.9 Kernel support for Lustre client (LU-9183)
  • MOFED 4.1 support

Details of changes since 2.10.0 can be found in the 2.10.1 change log.

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

We are planning to release Lustre 2.10.2 during Q4.

Lustre 2.10.0 Released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.10.0 Release has been declared GA and is available for download. You can also grab the source from git.

This major release includes new features:
  • Progressive File Layouts: Enables file layouts to automatically adjust as size of files grow thus optimizing performance for diverse workloads (LU-8898)
  • Multi-Rail LNet: Allows LNet to utilize multiple network interfaces on a node in parallel, aggregating their performance (LU-7734)
  • Project Quotas: Extension to the Lustre quotas feature to provide the option to place quotas on a per project basis rather than just per user or per group (LU-4017)
  • Simplified Userspace Snapshots: Provides a mechanism to leverage the snapshot capability in OpenZFS to take a coordinated snapshot of a Lustre filesystem. (LU-8900)
  • NRS Delay Policy: Simulates high server load as a way of validating the resilience of Lustre under load. (LU-6283)
Fuller details can be found in the 2.10 wiki page (including the changelog and test matrix).

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

This is the first release of the 2.10.x LTS release stream. A freely available Lustre 2.10.1 release is planned in the coming weeks

LAD’17: Call for Paper

LAD’17 – Lustre Administrators and Developers Workshop

October 4th-5th, 2017
Salon des Arts et Métiers
, Paris – France

EOFS and OpenSFS are happy to announce the 7th LAD will be held in Paris, France, at Salon des Arts et Métiers! This will be a 2-day event, from 4th to 5th of October, 2017. This will be a great opportunity for worldwide Lustre administrators and developers to gather and exchange their experiences, developments, tools, good practices and more.

https://www.eofs.eu/events/lad17

PRESENTATION
We invite community members to send proposals for presentation.
Those talks could cover, by example, tools, administration experiences, configuration setup, developments, tunings, tweaking, …
No proceeding is required, just an abstract of a 30-min (technical) presentation.

Please send your abstracts using EasyChair, before July 30th, 2017.
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=lad17

DATE CHANGE!
Important! Please note that LAD dates have shifted by one day!
LAD will now take place from October 4th to October 5th, which means from Wednesday to Thursday.

SPONSORS
We are very pleased this event is organized thanks to the following generous sponsors:
ATOS, CEA, DDN and INTEL

For any other information, please contact [email protected]

LUG 2017: Regular Registration Closes May 1st

Regular registration for the Lustre User Group 2017 conference ends on May 1st. Be sure to register by this date to obtain significant savings from the late registration price. The full conference agenda and registration are available at http://opensfs.org/lug-2017/.

This year’s conference will feature the latest Lustre developments and special events for connecting with your colleagues, including an opening reception sponsored by DDN at IU’s Cyberinfrastructure Building, Dinner and a Movie (Breaking Away) at the historical IU Auditorium sponsored by Intel, and a pub crawl sponsored by HGST/WARP.

Registration will be capped at 200 attendees. Only a few late registrations will be accepted — and only if we have not reached capacity.

The hotel block for LUG 2017 attendees will expire soon. A few rooms are still available at the IMU, but be sure to book by the hotel reservation deadline, April 25, 2017 at 11:59pm EST.

Questions about the conference? Contact [email protected]

We look forward to seeing you in Bloomington!