On 2010-10-19, at 11:40, Peter Bojanic wrote: > This is great news. Congratulations to you and the founding members for > getting OpenSFS off the ground. Is there a public mailing list to which > interested community members can subscribe for on-going news and updates? I > didn't see anything on the web site other than the membership application.
Norm, great to hear that OpenSFS a reality. We look forward to working with the developers that OpenSFS is funding, in order to continue making Lustre better. If you are interested we just created the lustre-community mailing list to facilitate the discussion surrounding open/community development and surrounding processes. I think this would be a good place to keep the community informed about OpenSFS. Anyone can subscribe at http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-community, or send an email to lustre-community-requ...@lists.lustre.org with the subject "subscribe". > On Oct 19, 2010, at 13:05 , lustre-discuss-requ...@lists.lustre.org wrote: >> It is with great pleasure that I announce the establishment of Open Scalable >> File Systems, Inc. (OpenSFS), a non-profit mutual benefit corporation >> focused on the advancement and promotion of scalable, open-source file >> systems for the high performance computing (HPC) and data intensive >> computing community. OpenSFS will focus initially on requirements and >> priorities supporting Lustre? file system stabilization and future >> development on the Linux operating system. >> >> Established with the strategic support and multi-million dollar membership >> funding from the organization's founding members - Cray Inc., DataDirect >> Networks Inc. (DDN), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) and Oak >> Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), OpenSFS will provide a collaborative >> environment in which parallel file system requirements can be >> aggregated, distilled, and prioritized to coordinate development activities >> targeted at meeting the needs of the HPC community. >> >> Guided by input from the entire Lustre? community, OpenSFS participants will >> formalize requirements for Lustre? advancement (education, community >> outreach, new features, bug fixes, etc.) and will establish priorities for >> those requirements within OpenSFS to guide awarding contracts to Lustre? >> developers to address those requirements. The contracts will be funded >> using OpenSFS participant dues. >> >> Following the example of successful open-source collaborative organizations >> that have preceded it - OpenSFS aims to help establish the open source file >> systems it promotes and contributes to as industry-wide open standards by >> driving education, community outreach, stability, usability and >> forward-feature development. >> >> At its inception, OpenSFS is backed with funding levels and an >> organizational structure that will allow an immediate positive impact for >> the Lustre? community. We are now soliciting participation to begin the >> requirements gathering and prioritization process. We would like your >> input, contribution, and ongoing participation in OpenSFS and our various >> working groups to ensure that community interests are best represented. >> >> >> >> You can join the OpenSFS community by visiting us at >> openSFS.org<http://opensfs.org/>. >> Here you will find our bylaws, participation terms, forms and working group >> details as they become established (as some of the working groups are still >> under construction, this is a good time to join and influence development). >> An overview summary of the OpenSFS organization, objectives and structure >> can also be found on our web site. >> >> >> >> We will host an OpenSFS Information Session in parallel with SC10 in New >> Orleans currently scheduled for 2:30-4:00pm on Tuesday November 16th. We >> will give a short overview of OpenSFS and answer questions regarding the >> organization as well as provide a chance for everyone to meet and interact >> with other Lustre? community members. Details regarding meeting location >> will be posted on our web site before SC10. >> >> >> >> I and all the OpenSFS founding members invite you to join us in improving >> existing and creating new open source file systems to support the HPC >> environment. Together, we can truly make a difference. >> >> >> >> With Best Regards, >> >> >> >> Norm Morse >> >> President and CEO, OpenSFS > > _______________________________________________ > Lustre-discuss mailing list > Lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org > http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss Cheers, Andreas -- Andreas Dilger Lustre Technical Lead Oracle Corporation Canada Inc. _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list Lustre-discuss@lists.lustre.org http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss