Dear List<div><br></div><div>I write as the HPC conference is concluding in Regensburg, Germany.</div><div><br></div><div>Week commencing Monday 21st September 2009 (the week after next) an official Sun Training event is taking place in Munich, Germany. The course will cover the 'latest news' about Lustre mentioned in the conference. The course is in English.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Official course description:</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, FreeSans, Luxi-sans, 'Nimbus Sans L', sans-serif;font-size:12px"><h5 style="font-size:13px;margin-top:3px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:0px;margin-left:0px;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;text-decoration:none">
Course Content</h5><p style="margin-top:2px"><b>Module 1 - Introduction to Lustre</b><br></p><ul style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px"><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe Lustre</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Understand Lustre architecture</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
List the Lustre features</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe Lustre software modules</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe Lustre networking</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Module 2 - Architecting Lustre Clusters</b><br></p><ul style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px"><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
List Lustre requirements</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe server hardware</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe Lustre node count and size</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe Lustre networking</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe storage and throughput</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Module 3 - Lustre Configuration</b><br></p><ul style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px"><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe Lustre releases</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe required download information</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe Patchless Client information</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Install Lustre software</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe Lustre configuration principles</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Module 4 - Building Lustre Cluster</b><br></p><ul style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px"><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Implement a simple TCP/IP network</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe Lustre with combined MGS/MDT node</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe Lustre with separate MGS and MDT nodes</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe multi-homed servers</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Understand Luster networking</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe basic Lustre configurations</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe Lustre recovery</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe what is OST failover</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe what is MDS failover</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Configure MDS and OSTs for failover</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Module 5 - The Lustre Client</b><br>
</p><ul style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px"><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe POSIX compliance</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe locking</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe Lustre and quotas</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe Lustre and ACLs</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Module 6 - Backup and Restore of Lustre</b><br></p><ul style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px"><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Backup Lustre file systems</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Restoring Lustre file systems from backup</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Create LVM snapshots on a Lustre file system</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Module 7 - Advanced LNET</b><br></p><ul style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px"><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe Network bonding</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe using Lustre with bonding</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Set up bonding</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Configure Lustre with bonding</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe Multi-rail networks</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe LNET routing</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Module 8 - Lustre High Availability</b><br>
</p><ul style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px"><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">High availability discussion</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe array cache and failover</li></ul><p></p><p><b>Module 9 - Troubleshooting Lustre</b><br></p><ul style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px"><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe troubleshooting methodology</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe the gathering and filing of bug information</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe LNET troubleshooting</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">Describe tools and statistic used with Lustre</li><li style="margin-left:13px;padding-left:0px">
Describe Lustre I/O Kit</li></ul><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Geoff Carrier. (Sun Training Partner)</div></span></div>