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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Background<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>----------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The Lustre community has banded together to work on the development of the Lustre source code. As part of that effort, we regularly discuss the roadmap for major Lustre releases. We have developed a schedule of major releases that occur every six months.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>We recognize, however, that many organizations need a branch of Lustre that they can run for much longer periods of time than six months. To that end we collectively decided that we would target the Lustre 2.4.0 feature release to begin a side branch of Lustre to receive regularly scheduled maintenance releases for a significant period of time (18 months or more).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Unfortunately, one particular feature that some folks feel strongly is an absolute requirement, HSM (Hierarchical Storage Management), did not land on the development branch in time for Lustre 2.4.0. Happily HSM is now landed on the master branch, and will appear in the next Lustre feature release, version 2.5.0.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Rather than split the community effort between two closely spaced scheduled maintenance release branches, we have decided to realign our efforts from the 2.4 branch to the 2.5 branch.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>An updated Community Lustre Roadmap has been posted here:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText> <a href="http://lustre.opensfs.org/community-lustre-roadmap/">http://lustre.opensfs.org/community-lustre-roadmap/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>What this means in a Nutshell<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>The Lustre 2.5 branch is the one for which we expect to see regularly scheduled maintenance releases for an extended period of time (18+ months).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>We no longer expect regularly scheduled maintenance releases on the Lustre 2.4 branch after the Lustre 2.4.2 release. Our recommended upgrade path after 2.4.2 is an upgrade to the latest 2.5.X release.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>What to do if you are already committed to Lustre 2.4<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>-----------------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>If you have already committed to using Lustre 2.4 at your organization and an upgrade to Lustre 2.5 is not either desired or possible, we recommend that you contact your Lustre support vendor to find out which branches they intend to support. Some Lustre vendors offer support for branches beyond the Community's officially recommended releases.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Some Lustre vendors have already announced their intent to continue supporting their users who have committed to the Lustre 2.4 branch.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>About OpenSFS<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Open Scalable File Systems, Inc. is a strong and growing nonprofit organization dedicated to the success of the Lustre® file system. OpenSFS was founded in 2010 to advance <a href="http://lustre.opensfs.org/download-lustre/">Lustre</a>, ensuring it remains vendor-neutral, open, and free. Since its inception, OpenSFS has been responsible for advancing Lustre, delivering <a href="http://lustre.opensfs.org/community-lustre-roadmap/">new releases</a> on behalf of the open source development community. Through working-groups, events, and ongoing funding initiatives, <a href="http://www.opensfs.org/">OpenSFS</a> harnesses the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation and growth of Lustre worldwide.<br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>* Lustre is a registered trademark of Xyratex Technology Ltd.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>__________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>OpenSFS Administration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3855 SW 153<sup>rd</sup> Drive Beaverton, OR 97006 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Phone: +1 503-619-0561 | Fax: +1 503-644-6708<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/opensfs"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>@OpenSFS</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Email: </span><a href="mailto:admin@opensfs.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>admin@opensfs.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> | Website: </span><a href="http://www.opensfs.org"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'>www.opensfs.org</span></a><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>