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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><div align=center><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=694 style='width:520.35pt'><tr><td width=694 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:520.35pt;background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><a href="http://www.opensfs.org/events/lug14/"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:windowtext;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=407 height=117 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CF3940.81F1C770"></span></a><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lustre User Group 2014<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:gray'>Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay, April 8-10<o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td width=512 valign=top style='width:384.0pt;background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><a href="http://www.opensfs.org/lug14/"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The 12th Annual Lustre® User Group (LUG) Conference</span></a><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> is just over a month away and we hope to see you there! This year’s event is structured to allow ample time for discussion and collaboration, while maintaining a strong list of topics.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Event Overview:</span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> LUG 2014 will be held on April 8-10 at the </span><a href="http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/miabb-miami-marriott-biscayne-bay/"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay</span></a><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> in Miami, Florida! The event will feature 29 sessions over two and a half days on topics including:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:38.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The inaugural Lustre Annual Report from OpenSFS examining the current status of Lustre in multiple vertical markets spanning the high performance computing, Big Data, and enterprise computing markets, including the drivers and barriers for future adoption. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:38.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:38.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Deep technical presentations from DataDirect Networks, Intel, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), NetApp, Oakridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), TITECH (Japan), and Xyratex.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:38.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:38.4pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;line-height:normal;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Symbol;color:black'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Wide range of technical poster sessions for easy access at any point during the event.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Take a look at the </span><a href="http://www.opensfs.org/lug-2014-agenda/" title="LUG 2014 Agenda"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>LUG 2014 Agenda</span></a><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Early Bird Registration: </span></b><a href="https://opensfs.wufoo.com/forms/lug-conference-2014/"><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Register</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> before March 17<sup>th</sup> </span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>to take advantage of the special early-bird registration rate of $525. After March 17<sup>th</sup>, the LUG registration rate will be $575. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Guestroom Block: </span></b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The deadline to make your hotel reservation is <u>Friday, March 21.</u> The General Attendee room rate is $169 USD for single occupancy, and the Government Attendee room rate is $152 USD. Please note that guestroom rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes (currently 13%) in effect at the time of check-out. To make your general attendee room reservation, please click </span><a href="http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/groupCorp.mi?resLinkData=Open%20SFS%20LUG%20Conference%5Emiabb%60SFSSFSA%60$169.00%60USD%60false%604/7/14%604/11/14%603/21/14&app=resvlink&stop_mobi=yes"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>here</span></a><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>If you have any questions, please feel free to contact </span><a href="mailto:admin@opensfs.org"><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>admin@opensfs.org</span></a><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>. <br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Best regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>OpenSFS LUG Planning Committee<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>_________________________<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>OpenSFS Administration<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>3855 SW 153<sup>rd</sup> Drive Beaverton, OR 97006 USA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Phone: +1 503-619-0561 | Fax: +1 503-644-6708<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Twitter: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/opensfs"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>@OpenSFS</span></a><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:justify;line-height:normal'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Email: </span><a href="mailto:admin@opensfs.org"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>admin@opensfs.org</span></a><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> | Website: </span><a href="http://www.opensfs.org"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>www.opensfs.org</span></a><u><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:mediumblue'> </span></u><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td><td width=182 valign=top style='width:136.35pt;background:white;padding:7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt 7.5pt'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><a href="http://www.opensfs.org/lug-2014-sponsorship/"><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=150 height=561 id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CF3940.81F1C770"></span></a><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal'><a href="http://www.opensfs.org/lug-2014-sponsorship/"><b><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Click here to learn how to become a 2014 LUG Sponsor</span></b></a><b><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:blue'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr style='height:40.35pt'><td width=694 colspan=2 valign=top style='width:520.35pt;background:white;padding:15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt 15.0pt;height:40.35pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:-9.0pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal'><i><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#767171'>Open Scalable File Systems, Inc. was founded in 2010 to advance Lustre development, ensuring it remains vendor-neutral, open, and free. Since its inception, OpenSFS has been responsible for advancing the Lustre file system and delivering new releases on behalf of the open source community. Through working groups, events, and ongoing funding initiatives, OpenSFS harnesses the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation and growth of the Lustre file system worldwide.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p></td></tr></table></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>