[cdwg] Community Development Model straw-man

[Hamilton, Pam]

Hi all,



Attached is the beginning of a white paper for the CDWG. Some of it is just rehash but the latter half which is included below should fuel our next round of discussions. Please respond to the mail list with thoughts or be prepared to discuss them on Wednesday's call at 9am Pacific (Call-in: 866-914-3976 (925-424-8105) Passcode: 534986#).



Regards,

Pam



Community Development Model
Canonical Release Support
Before a discussion can take place regarding a community development model, we must define what resources are involved with supporting a canonical release. Based on information from former Oracle staff that supported Lustre, the breakdown of resources necessary to manage the Lustre infrastructure and prepare canonical Lustre releases can be defined as follows:
*       Gatekeeping (1 - 2 FTEs)
*       Testers (3 - 4 FTEs)
*       Release Manager (1 FTE)
*       Admin support (.5 FTE)
*       Documentation (.25 FTE)
*       Dedicated testing equipment (~150K / year)
-      Tech refresh, power, space, cooling

Total costs can approach $2M US/year .
How do we pay for this?
The Lustre community has to decide how to pay for an activity which in the recent past has been subsidized by vendors such as Oracle. Some options might include:
*       Support contracts with a vendor
*       Overhead cost on integrated appliances
*       Volunteer resources
*       Community organization dues

The Community Development Working Group must discuss these and possibly other options before it can reasonably state OpenSFS is in a position to produce any canonical Lustre release.





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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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