stakeholder: Please consider making SNS a top priority. After waiting several years we (I am sure many others) are migrating to other more fault tolerant filesystems.
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 4:25 PM, Norman Morse <[email protected]> wrote: > [email protected] > > Inaugural OpenSFS Meeting At SC10 To Promote Open Parallel File System > Advancement & Community Participation > > > > HPC Industry Leaders To Host Session On The Lustre File System and Open > Source Collaboration > > > > Livermore, California, October 28, 2010 — OpenSFS, a non-profit corporation > focused on advancing the collaborative development of open-source parallel > file system technologies, today announced its first annual SC Informational > Meeting to be scheduled at this year’s SC10 International Conference for > High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis in New Orleans, > LA. At this open session, OpenSFS members and prospective members are > invited to participate in a forum designed to introduce this newly-formed > and substantially-funded organization and its focus on the Lustre® open > source parallel file system. > > > > At this first formal meeting of the OpenSFS organization, members of the > Lustre community will engage in a structured series of discussions that will > span several of current topics, including: > > · End-user perspective on the status of the Lustre support and > development ecosystem > > · Organizational structure, objectives and development framework > > · Sustainable long-term file system evolution initiatives through > coordinated investment and community development > > · Community engagement opportunities and consortium participation > > > > “The OpenSFS consortium has been designed from the ground up to provide a > positive long-term benefit to Lustre users through the coordinated > requirements gathering and investment from the worldwide user community.” > said Norm Morse, CEO of OpenSFS. “The organization has been designed to > very openly engage users of all sizes. With membership fees as low as > $5,000 annually – stakeholders are provided a forum to influence the future > of open-source file system technology while working within budgetary > constraints.” > > > > Details of the meeting are as follows: > > What: 2010 Annual OpenSFS SC Informational Meeting > > When: Tuesday, Nov 16th – 2:30-4PM CST, 2010 > > Where: Ritz-Carlton, 921 Canal St. New Orleans, LA > > Broadmoor Room (1st floor) > > To Attend: Email [email protected] with the number of attendees from > your organization > > > > > > About OpenSFS > > Founded in 2010, OpenSFS is a non-profit California corporation focused on > high-end, open-source file system technologies. The goals of the > organization are to provide a forum for collaboration among entities > deploying file systems on leading edge HPC systems, to communicate future > requirements to open-source file system developers, and to support file > system releases which have been designed to meet these goals. The group's > initial focus is the Lustre parallel file system, which supports many of the > requirements of leadership class HPC simulation environments, has a diverse > development community and is open-source software. > > > > Founded by Cray Inc., Data Direct Networks (DDN) Inc., Lawrence Livermore > National Laboratory (LLNL) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), OpenSFS > draws from over $2 million of combined funding to ensure substantial and > sustained community benefit through advancing the stability, usability and > scalability of sophisticated open-source file system technology. More > information can be found online at www.opensfs.org. > > > > All trademarks are the property of their respective owners. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Lustre-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss > > _______________________________________________ Lustre-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lustre.org/mailman/listinfo/lustre-discuss
