[cdwg] OpenSFS Community Development WG news

[Hamilton, Pam]

Hi all,

I've sent a meeting proposal for a bi-weekly OpenSFS Community Development WG conference call. Attached are the notes from our first call held on 5/25. Thanks go to Shay for taking notes. Please send along any updates you would like to see in them because taking verbatim notes on conference calls can be challenging.

Here is (my) short summary of our discussion with regard to an interim solution for the Lustre infrastructure while we work on a development model for the long term.

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Path Forward

In an initial discussion, it was acknowledged that any sort of community development model would not be ready in time for Lustre v2.2 and possibly not even v2.3. A proposal was put forth for an interim solution which would allow time for a long term model to be thoroughly vetted with the Lustre community and vendors.

Interim Solution

A singular concern within the community is that the Lustre infrastructure (e.g  code respository, bug tracking/history, etc) not be solely held by one vendor. This concern stems from not wanting to repeat what happened when Oracle decided to drop its support of Lustre.

The interim solution proposed is to have OpenSFS host an independent mirroring of the Lustre infrastructure and archive it so if the worst case ever did happen Lustre can still move forward without an interruption of service. 

With the mirroring in place, the community can take the time necessary to develop a model for the long term which is sustainable and takes into consideration the needs/concerns of the Lustre vendors.

We next need to identify a host site for the mirror. Comments/suggestions are welcome.


Please plan to join the next call on Wednesday, June 8, at 9am Pacific (Call-in: 866-914-3976 (925-424-8105) Passcode: 534986#).

Regards,
Pam
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Pam Hamilton
Lawrence Livermore National Lab 
P.O. Box 808, L-556
Livermore, CA  94551-9900
E-Mail:  pgh at llnl.gov
Phone:  925-423-1332          Fax:  925-423-8719


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