[cdwg] Notes from call on 1/30/13

[Jones, Peter A]

Hi John

We'll get all the wiki pages relating to the release cleaned up next week
and I'll be sending a note out once this is done.

Peter

On 1/31/13 10:07 AM, "John Carrier" <carrier at cray.com> wrote:

>
>My understanding is that DNE and LFSCK 1.5 are complete, but need extra
>time to get rebased against the new OSD master and checked into gerrit.
>
>Is there an update on how much longer these check-ins will take?
>
>My apologies for missing the call.  Thanks,
>
>--jc
>
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: cdwg-bounces at lists.opensfs.org
>[mailto:cdwg-bounces at lists.opensfs.org] On Behalf Of Christopher J.
>Morrone
>Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 10:11 AM
>To: cdwg at lists.opensfs.org
>Subject: [cdwg] Notes from call on 1/30/13
>
>In attendance for the CDWG call today were:
>
>  Nic Henke (Xyratex)
>  Andreas Dilger (Intel)
>  Peter Jones (Intel)
>  Bryon Neitzel (Intel)
>  Jodi Levi (Intel)
>  James Simmons (ORNL)
>  Chris Morrone (LLNL)
>
>Community Survey
>----------------
>
>Chris suggested providing more granularity for distributions (instead of
>"RHEL 6.X", do "RHEL 6.1", 6.2, 6.3, etc.).  Might be nice to know, but
>would make a very crowded set of radio boxes.  Peter will consider it,
>but can stick to current question style if it would make the survey too
>cluttered.
>
>No other comments.
>
>Lustre 2.4 feature freeze update
>--------------------------------
>
>Peter reports that the following features are likely to land in time for
>2.4:
>
>   NRS (Network Request Scheduler)
>   4MB I/O support
>
>These features are close, but there landing is not yet definite (and will
>require at least a few more days):
>
>   HSM - full HSM will not be in 2.4, but 2.4 client support should land
>   DNE phase 1
>   LFSCK
>   Tool for migration from 1.8
>
>Nick requested updates on the CDWG list and/or other major list Lustre
>mailing list.
>
>ORNL pre-2.4 test shot on Jaguar
>--------------------------------
>
>James discussed the results of the recent tests of the code from
>master/pre-2.4 on Jaguar.
>
>   It went "more smoothly than we've experienced in the past"
>   Only one job didn't complete, and probably legitimately ran out of
>     disk space
>   Noted that Cray 1.8 clients did not work with the new servers
>   Tests included, ior, mdtest, s3d
>
>Other
>-----
>
>James asked if LU-1812 (Fedora 18 support) could still land after the
>"feature freeze" date.  Peter said that LU-1812 is considered a "minor
>enhancement", and since it is well on its way to completion and has
>little to no impact on the rest of the code, it is not constrained by the
>"feature freeze" date.
>
>Andreas asked about the two competing FC18/SP2 patche series.  James
>reported that they are working together and have consolidated most of
>their work.  Some patches for ldiskfs not yet merged, but in the works.
>
>James asked about patchless server for 2.4.  We are close to patchless,
>but it looks like 2.4 will not quite eliminate the patches.  Therefore
>the FC18/SP2 patches should be included.
>
>Andreas mentioned that Xyratex submitted mdraid patches to add to the
>kernel patch series.  Those have a good chance to land for 2.4.  When we
>go patchless, they'll need to move somewhere else.  Would be nice if
>Xyratex can get those patches landed upstream.
>
>Chris
>
>On 01/28/2013 11:10 AM, Hamilton, Pam wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> Chris Morrone has graciously volunteered to facilitate this week's
>> CDWG call. The call will be at our normal time, Wednesday, January
>> 30th, at 9am Pacific.
>> Agenda:
>>
>>   * OpenSFS Community Survey 2013 - Here is a link to the proposed
>>     survey, please take a look at it before the call so we can decide if
>>     it's good to go:
>>
>> _http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/LWQC8LM_
>>
>>   * Lustre 2.4 feature freeze update
>>   * Open discussion
>>
>> Call-in: 866-914-3976 (925-424-8105) Passcode: 534986# Regards, Pam
>
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