From gshipman at ornl.gov Thu Mar 6 04:58:26 2014 From: gshipman at ornl.gov (Shipman, Galen M.) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 23:58:26 -0500 Subject: [Twg] Results of 2014 OpenSFS Community Representative Director Election Message-ID: <3D1E5F69-7A13-40BD-BC7C-D30DAC49127D@ornl.gov> Dear OpenSFS participants, It’s my pleasure to notify you of the results of the recent OpenSFS Community Representative Director election. Steve Simms from Indiana University has been selected for the 2014-2015 term. Steve has previously served as the OpenSFS Community Representative Director, is actively involved in the Technical Working Group, and plays a leadership role in the annual Lustre User Group. We look forward to his involvement at the Board level. As a representative for the broader OpenSFS Supporter and Adopter Community, Steve is responsible for ensuring the decisions of the Board reflect the interest of the entire OpenSFS Community. We encourage you to contact Steve with any comments or questions regarding OpenSFS participation. We’d also like to sincerely thank Tommy Minyard from Texas Advanced Computing Center for his dedicated service as the 2013 Community Representative Director. To finish out his term, Tommy will be presenting our first Lustre Annual Report at LUG this year. When you see him, please take a moment to thank him for his service. Finally, I'd like to encourage you all to join us at the Lustre User Group this year in Miami, we have an exciting agenda thanks to the hard work of the program committee. Sincerely, Galen M. Shipman Chairman, OpenSFS From gshipman at ornl.gov Thu Mar 6 04:58:26 2014 From: gshipman at ornl.gov (Shipman, Galen M.) Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 23:58:26 -0500 Subject: [Twg] Results of 2014 OpenSFS Community Representative Director Election Message-ID: <668667BC-66D3-4259-9CCB-9F9EA14253BD@ornl.gov> Dear OpenSFS participants, It’s my pleasure to notify you of the results of the recent OpenSFS Community Representative Director election. Steve Simms from Indiana University has been selected for the 2014-2015 term. Steve has previously served as the OpenSFS Community Representative Director, is actively involved in the Technical Working Group, and plays a leadership role in the annual Lustre User Group. We look forward to his involvement at the Board level. As a representative for the broader OpenSFS Supporter and Adopter Community, Steve is responsible for ensuring the decisions of the Board reflect the interest of the entire OpenSFS Community. We encourage you to contact Steve with any comments or questions regarding OpenSFS participation. We’d also like to sincerely thank Tommy Minyard from Texas Advanced Computing Center for his dedicated service as the 2013 Community Representative Director. To finish out his term, Tommy will be presenting our first Lustre Annual Report at LUG this year. When you see him, please take a moment to thank him for his service. Finally, I'd like to encourage you all to join us at the Lustre User Group this year in Miami, we have an exciting agenda thanks to the hard work of the program committee. Sincerely, Galen M. Shipman Chairman, OpenSFS From admin at opensfs.org Thu Mar 6 21:33:19 2014 From: admin at opensfs.org (OpenSFS Administration) Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2014 13:33:19 -0800 Subject: [Twg] LUG 2014 Agenda Announced Message-ID: <000601cf3983$b120ce90$13626bb0$@opensfs.org> Lustre User Group 2014 Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay, April 8-10 The 12th Annual LustreR User Group (LUG) Conference is just over a month away and we hope to see you there! This year's event is structured to allow ample time for discussion and collaboration, while maintaining a strong list of topics. Event Overview: LUG 2014 will be held on April 8-10 at the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida! The event will feature 29 sessions over two and a half days on topics including: * The inaugural Lustre Annual Report from OpenSFS examining the current status of Lustre in multiple vertical markets spanning the high performance computing, Big Data, and enterprise computing markets, including the drivers and barriers for future adoption. * Deep technical presentations from DataDirect Networks, Intel, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), NetApp, Oakridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC), TITECH (Japan), and Xyratex. * Wide range of technical poster sessions for easy access at any point during the event. Take a look at the LUG 2014 Agenda. Early Bird Registration: Register before March 17th to take advantage of the special early-bird registration rate of $525. After March 17th, the LUG registration rate will be $575. Guestroom Block: The deadline to make your hotel reservation is Friday, March 21. The General Attendee room rate is $169 USD for single occupancy, and the Government Attendee room rate is $152 USD. Please note that guestroom rates are subject to applicable state and local taxes (currently 13%) in effect at the time of check-out. To make your general attendee room reservation, please click here. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact admin at opensfs.org. Best regards, OpenSFS LUG Planning Committee _________________________ OpenSFS Administration 3855 SW 153rd Drive Beaverton, OR 97006 USA Phone: +1 503-619-0561 | Fax: +1 503-644-6708 Twitter: @OpenSFS Email: admin at opensfs.org | Website: www.opensfs.org Click here to learn how to become a 2014 LUG Sponsor Open Scalable File Systems, Inc. was founded in 2010 to advance Lustre development, ensuring it remains vendor-neutral, open, and free. Since its inception, OpenSFS has been responsible for advancing the Lustre file system and delivering new releases on behalf of the open source community. Through working groups, events, and ongoing funding initiatives, OpenSFS harnesses the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation and growth of the Lustre file system worldwide. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Are you looking to network with the world's leading developers, administrators, solution providers, and users of Lustre? LUG 2014 will feature 29 sessions over two and a half days, offering insight into best practices in deploying Lustre, case studies by Lustre users, experiences from members of the business community who rely on Lustre, and more. The event will also offer a number of opportunities for attendees to actively participate in industry dialogue on best practices and emerging technologies, including: * Networking Reception: Join us for an evening reception to network with fellow attendees. * Poster Exhibition: Participate in the first LUG poster exhibition, and learn about Data separation on Lustre systems with ZFS, Lustre experience at DLS, Cooperative work with SAMBA on Lustre, and more! * OpenSFS Working Group Meetings: Attendees are invited to join the OpenSFS Working Group meetings following LUG on April 10th, regardless of their OpenSFS membership status. We encourage you to review the LUG 2014 Agenda to learn more about the networking opportunities and sessions at this year's conference. Register today to secure the early bird discount! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact admin at opensfs.org. Best regards, OpenSFS LUG Planning Committee _________________________ OpenSFS Administration 3855 SW 153rd Drive Beaverton, OR 97006 USA Phone: +1 503-619-0561 | Fax: +1 503-644-6708 Twitter: @OpenSFS Email: admin at opensfs.org | Website: www.opensfs.org Click here to learn how to become a 2014 LUG Sponsor Open Scalable File Systems, Inc. was founded in 2010 to advance Lustre development, ensuring it remains vendor-neutral, open, and free. Since its inception, OpenSFS has been responsible for advancing the Lustre file system and delivering new releases on behalf of the open source community. Through working groups, events, and ongoing funding initiatives, OpenSFS harnesses the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation and growth of the Lustre file system worldwide. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image005.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 12356 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image006.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 15356 bytes Desc: not available URL: From admin at opensfs.org Mon Mar 17 17:46:50 2014 From: admin at opensfs.org (OpenSFS Administration) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 10:46:50 -0700 Subject: [Twg] LUG 2014: Early Bird Registration Ends Today! Message-ID: <000001cf4208$e01d1e50$a0575af0$@opensfs.org> LUG 2014: Last Chance for the Early Bird Discount Early Bird Registration Ends Today Today is the last day to take advantage of the early bird discount for the 12th Annual Lustre R User Group (LUG) Conference. Be sure to register by 11:59 P.M. PT tonight, March 17th, to receive a $50 discount on registration. After March 17th, the LUG registration rate will be $575. LUG 2014 will be held April 8-10th at the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay, and will feature three days of sessions and panels led by the world's leading developers, administrators, solution providers, and users of Lustre. Event highlights include: 25+ Lustre Focused Sessions The LUG 2014 agenda will feature talks on the Lustre roadmap, Lustre performance comparison and tuning, Exascale, proposed new features, Hadoop, log analysis, and much more. Additionally, this year's event will include the first Lustre Annual Report that will examine the current status of Lustre in multiple vertical markets spanning high performance computing, Big Data, and enterprise computing markets, including the drivers and barriers for future adoption. Networking Reception Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in an evening reception on April 8th to meet and network with OpenSFS leaders, event speakers, and fellow attendees. Technical Poster Exhibition The Technical Poster Exhibition will include posters on Lustre challenges, Data separation on Lustre systems with ZFS, Lustre experience at DLS, Cooperative work with SAMBA on Lustre, and more. OpenSFS Working Group Meetings Attendees are also invited to join the OpenSFS Working Group meetings following LUG on April 10th, regardless of their OpenSFS membership status. We encourage you to review the LUG 2014 Agenda to learn more about the networking opportunities and sessions at this year's conference. Register today to secure the early bird discount! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact admin at opensfs.org . Best regards, OpenSFS LUG Planning Committee _________________________ OpenSFS Administration 3855 SW 153rd Drive Beaverton, OR 97006 USA Phone: +1 503-619-0561 | Fax: +1 503-644-6708 Twitter: @OpenSFS Email: admin at opensfs.org | Website: www.opensfs.org Click here to learn how to become a 2014 LUG Sponsor Open Scalable File Systems, Inc. was founded in 2010 to advance Lustre development, ensuring it remains vendor-neutral, open, and free. Since its inception, OpenSFS has been responsible for advancing the Lustre file system and delivering new releases on behalf of the open source community. Through working groups, events, and ongoing funding initiatives, OpenSFS harnesses the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation and growth of the Lustre file system worldwide. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image005.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 12356 bytes Desc: not available URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: image006.jpg Type: image/jpeg Size: 16388 bytes Desc: not available URL: From admin at opensfs.org Wed Mar 26 18:32:55 2014 From: admin at opensfs.org (OpenSFS Administration) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 11:32:55 -0700 Subject: [Twg] LUG 2014: Registration Closes March 31st Message-ID: <000501cf4921$cdfe7eb0$69fb7c10$@opensfs.org> Register Today: Lustre User Group 2014 Registration Closes March 31st Time is running out to register for the 12th Annual Lustre R User Group (LUG) Conference! Don't miss the opportunity to join the 175+ already registered attendees from over 50 different companies and organizations including DataDirect Networks, Intel, NetApp, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Xyratex, and more. LUG 2014 will be held on April 8th - 10th at the Miami Marriott Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida, and will bring together industry leaders, end-users, developers, and vendors to talk Lustre, contribute to the community, and move the technology forward. The event will feature 29 sessions, including: * Exascale Computing Vision * Lustre Future Features * Lustre 2.5 Performance Evaluation * Lustre Releases * Metadata Benchmarks and MD Performance Metrics * Progress Report on Efficient Integration of Lustre and Hadoop/YARN Register by March 31st We encourage you to review the LUG 2014 Agenda to learn more about the networking opportunities, poster exhibition, and sessions at this year's conference. We look forward to seeing you at LUG! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact admin at opensfs.org. Best regards, OpenSFS LUG Planning Committee _________________________ OpenSFS Administration 3855 SW 153rd Drive Beaverton, OR 97006 USA Phone: +1 503-619-0561 | Fax: +1 503-644-6708 Twitter: @OpenSFS Email: admin at opensfs.org | Website: www.opensfs.org Open Scalable File Systems, Inc. was founded in 2010 to advance Lustre development, ensuring it remains vendor-neutral, open, and free. Since its inception, OpenSFS has been responsible for advancing the Lustre file system and delivering new releases on behalf of the open source community. Through working groups, events, and ongoing funding initiatives, OpenSFS harnesses the power of collaborative development to fuel innovation and growth of the Lustre file system worldwide. Click here to learn how to become a LUG Sponsor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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With over 180 people already registered from over 50 different companies worldwide, LUG offers you the unique opportunity to network with industry leaders, end-users, developers, and vendors of Lustre. The event will feature over 30+ Lustre focused sessions, including the first-annual State of the Lustre Community, as well as a number of opportunities for attendees to actively participate in industry dialogue on best practices and emerging technologies, including: * Networking Reception: Join us for an evening reception to network with fellow attendees. * Poster Exhibition: Participate in the first LUG poster exhibition, and learn about the OpenSFS Benchmarking Working Group, Cooperative work with SAMBA on Lustre, Correlation of File and Batch System Activities in the HRSK-II Project, and more! * OpenSFS Working Group Meetings: Attendees are invited to join the OpenSFS Working Group meetings following LUG on April 10, regardless of their OpenSFS membership status. Register Today! We encourage you to review the LUG 2014 Agenda to learn more about the networking opportunities, poster exhibition, and sessions at this year's conference. We look forward to seeing you at LUG! If you have any questions, please feel free to contact admin at opensfs.org. Best regards, OpenSFS LUG Planning Committee _________________________ OpenSFS Administration 3855 SW 153rd Drive Beaverton, OR 97006 USA Phone: +1 503-619-0561 | Fax: +1 503-644-6708 Twitter: @OpenSFS Email: admin at opensfs.org | Website: www.opensfs.org Click here to learn how to become a LUG Sponsor Open Scalable File Systems, Inc. was founded in 2010 to advance Lustre development, ensuring it remains vendor-neutral, open, and free. Since its inception, OpenSFS has been responsible for advancing the Lustre file system and delivering new releases on behalf of the open source community. 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