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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>All, <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>The past year has held many significant milestones in Lustre development and adoption. Some very exciting work has been done to enable performance and scalability at new levels; usability and administrative features also have been added to successfully broaden Lustre adoption.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>This is a perfect time for us all, as a community, to take stock of where we are and what comes next. Please take 2 minutes to respond to this anonymous 8 question, multiple choice <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LustreFS">survey</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'>Your answers will help inform the community discussion around the Lustre ecosystem, its evolution and its future. A summary of your responses will be presented at the <a href="http://www.opensfs.org/events/lug13/"><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Lustre User Group</span></a> (LUG’13) and your contributions to this survey can help ensure that results reflect the needs, wants and desires of the worldwide community. <span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Thank you, <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:10.5pt'>Dave Fellinger & The DDN Team <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.5pt;color:black'>Survey URL: <a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LustreFS">https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LustreFS</a></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>David Fellinger</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Chief Scientist</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Office of Strategy and Technology</span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Email: </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'><a href="mailto:dfellinger@ddn.com">dfellinger@ddn.com</a></span><span style='color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><img border=0 width=178 height=44 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01CE3091.69EAA6A0" alt="cid:5151D910-1C0F-48BD-B11B-C1E32C9D59BF"></span></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>