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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000040">I am pleased to announce the availability of a new systems administration guide for the Lustre file system, which has been published to wiki.lustre.org. The content
can be accessed directly from the front page of the wiki, or from the following URL:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000040"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000040"><a href="http://wiki.lustre.org/Category:Lustre_Systems_Administration">http://wiki.lustre.org/Category:Lustre_Systems_Administration</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000040"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000040">The guide is intended to provide comprehensive instructions for the installation and configuration of production-ready Lustre storage clusters. Topics covered:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Introduction to Lustre<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#000040;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lustre File System Components<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#000040;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lustre Software Installation<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#000040;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lustre Networking (LNet)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#000040;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">LNet Router Configuration<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#000040;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lustre Object Storage Devices (OSDs)<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#000040;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Creating Lustre File System Services<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#000040;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mounting a Lustre File System on Client Nodes<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#000040;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Starting and Stopping Lustre Services<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="color:#000040;margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo6">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Lustre High Availability<o:p></o:p></span></li></ol>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000040"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000040">Refer to the
<a href="http://wiki.lustre.org/Category:Lustre_Systems_Administration">front page</a> of the guide for the complete table of contents.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000040"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000040">In addition, for people who are new to Lustre, there is a high-level introduction to Lustre concepts, available as a PDF download:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000040"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000040"><a href="http://wiki.lustre.org/images/6/64/LustreArchitecture-v4.pdf">http://wiki.lustre.org/images/6/64/LustreArchitecture-v4.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000040"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000040"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#0C5BB8;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Malcolm Cowe</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00003F;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000951;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">High Performance Data Division</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00003F;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00003F;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000951;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">Intel Corporation</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000951;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
| www.intel.com</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#00003F;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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