<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">It’s that time of year again. That’s right, <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#cc0258" style="font-size: 13px;">LUG 2012</font>, the Lustre parallel file system’s premier conference that joins individuals both internationally and across a wide variety of disciplines, will take place in Austin, Texas from April 23-25. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">"LUG is the preeminent venue for users of the Lustre parallel file system, drawing individuals both internationally and across a variety of disciplines,” said Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL’s) Technology Integration Group Leader Galen Shipman.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">And because 2012 is a leap year, participants get an extra day to receive the <font class="Apple-style-span" color="#cc0258">$140 early registration discount</font>.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">"The LUG offers participants opportunities to share knowledge, ideas, and achievements with a diverse audience. We're anticipating an interesting program and would encourage you to be a part of it,” said Stephen Simms, Manager of High Performance File Systems at Indiana University.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; color: rgb(45, 0, 255); "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #000000"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">To register for the event <a href="http://www.opensfs.org/lug/registration"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px">http://www.opensfs.org/lug/registration</span></a>.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#cc0258" size="4">The LUG program committee would like to invite members of the Lustre community to submit presentation abstracts for inclusion in this year's meeting. It is not necessary to submit a technical paper, just an abstract of your proposed talk no more than a page in length. Talks should target a half an hour in length and reflect the work that you or your site are doing with Lustre. </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#232323" size="5">The deadline to submit presentation abstracts is February 14, 2012.</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#cc0258" size="4"> For questions or to submit a presentation abstract, send mail to <a href="mailto:submissions@lists.opensfs.org"><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; ">submissions@lists.opensfs.org</span></a><<a href="mailto:submissions@lists.opensfs.org"><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; ">mailto:submissions@lists.opensfs.org</span></a>> or contact the program committee chair, Stephen Simms (<a href="mailto:ssimms@indiana.edu"><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; ">ssimms@indiana.edu</span></a><<a href="mailto:ssimms@indiana.edu"><span style="text-decoration: underline; letter-spacing: 0px; ">mailto:ssimms@indiana.edu</span></a>>).</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Anyone who has ever heard the word Lustre is encouraged to attend. Your participation is key to ensuring a stable, viable, and ever-improving Lustre file system. Simply put, all users represent the future of Lustre. By attending LUG, you and your employees will gain depth, perspective, and valuable knowledge to give you a step up in the competitive HPC world.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Besides two-and-a-half days of amazing speakers, technical sessions, and keystone networking experience, attendees will enjoy spring in Austin, Texas and will receive attendee gifts.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Attendees are recommended to fly in on the morning of Sunday, April 22</span><span style="font: 8.0px 'Times New Roman'; letter-spacing: 0.0px"><sup>nd</sup></span><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">, due to two great events planned for that evening. From 2-5 p.m. the Open Benchmark Working Group meeting will be open to the entire HPC community, while the Whamcloud and DDN event will take place from 6-10 p.m. (details will be posted soon).</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Attendees are encouraged to fly out the evening of Wednesday, April 25th or the morning of April 26th, so that they can attend the OpenSFS general meeting, OpenSFS Technical Working Group Meeting, and the Community Development Working Group Meeting on Wednesday, April 25th from 1pm-5pm.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">All events are open to all LUG attendees. </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="5">Join us in Austin, TX this April 23-25th 2012! Hurry and register today at <a href="http://www.opensfs.org/lug/registration"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #2d00ff">http://www.opensfs.org/lug/registration</span></a>.</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">And don't forget to book your hotel room with the Austin Hyatt on the Lake. Rooms are going fast and we want all attendees to get the government and room block discounted rates while they last. To reserve a room at the Hyatt Regency Austin visit <a href="http://www.opensfs.org/lug/registration"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #2d00ff">http://www.opensfs.org/lug/registration</span></a> or <a href="https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_gi_new&groupID=6750202"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; letter-spacing: 0.0px; color: #2d00ff">https://resweb.passkey.com/Resweb.do?mode=welcome_gi_new&groupID=6750202</span></a>.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; min-height: 15px; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#aa004b">LUG 2012 would like to thank the following sponsors for making this event possible:</font></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#aa004b">Bull, Cray, DDN, Dell, EMC, Intel, NetAPP, Raid, Inc., SGI, Terascala, Whamcloud, and Xyratex</font>.</span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><br></span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal 'Times New Roman'; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">We look forward to see you in Austin!</span></div><br><br><div apple-content-edited="true">
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