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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoPlainText>Hi all,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>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#).<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Pam<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><h2>Community Development Model<o:p></o:p></h2><h3>Canonical Release Support<o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal>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:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Gatekeeping (1 – 2 FTEs)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Testers (3 – 4 FTEs)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Release Manager (1 FTE) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Admin support (.5 FTE)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Documentation (.25 FTE)<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Dedicated testing equipment (~150K / year) <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:1.0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level2 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>–<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Tech refresh, power, space, cooling <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Total costs can approach $2M US/year .<o:p></o:p></p><h3>How do we pay for this?<o:p></o:p></h3><p class=MsoNormal>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:<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Support contracts with a vendor<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Overhead cost on integrated appliances<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Volunteer resources<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>•<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>Community organization dues<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>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.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>___________________________________<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Pam Hamilton<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Lawrence Livermore National Lab <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>P.O. Box 808, L-556<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Livermore, CA 94551-9900<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>E-Mail: pgh@llnl.gov<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText>Phone: 925-423-1332 Fax: 925-423-8719<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>