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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Yiding,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Windows Native Client is closed-source. It’s owned by Oracle<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>and they have all the rights over it.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>If all you are interested in is accessing Lustre from Windows,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>your best bet will be using Samba to export Lustre over CIFS.<o:p></o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span lang=EN-US style='color:#1F497D'>Cheers, <br> Eric <o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Eric Barton<br>CTO Whamcloud, Inc<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Tel: +44 117 330 1575<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'>Mob: +44 7920 797 273</span><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-left:solid blue 1.5pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 4.0pt'><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> lustre-devel-bounces@lists.lustre.org [mailto:lustre-devel-bounces@lists.lustre.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>YIDING ZHOU<br><b>Sent:</b> 12 April 2011 5:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> lustre-devel@lists.lustre.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [Lustre-devel] Lustre Windows Native Client<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Hi there,<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I'm looking at a Lustre client for Windows. I find a reference here at <a href="http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Windows_Native_Client">http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Windows_Native_Client</a>. However, I can't find how to participate the "early access program" anywhere.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Do you know where I can find binary/source code for Lustre Windows Native Client? I heard that this project is discontinued so I hope we can take this on and continue working on it.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Yiding<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></body></html>