Community Release Update
October 2018
Peter Jones, Whamcloud
OpenSFS Lustre Working GroupLustre on the Move
• Lustre Engineering team moved from Intel to Whamcloud• Whamcloud is an autonomous division of DDN• http://opensfs.org/press-releases/opensfs-congratulates-ddn-on-acquiring-intels-lustre-file-system-capability/• OpenSFS hosting webinar on this topic on Oct 2nd• http://lists.lustre.org/pipermail/lustre-discuss-lustre.org/2018-September/015926.html• Development and test infrastructure relocated as a result• Issue tracking https://jira.whamcloud.com• Patch reviews https://review.whamcloud.com• Download site http://downloads.whamcloud.com• Wiki https://wiki.whamcloud.com

Community Survey - Versions
Which Lustre versions do you use in production? (select all that apply)
60.00%
50.00%
40.00%
30.00%
20.00%
10.00%
0.00%

Lustre 1.8.x Lustre 2.1.x Lustre 2.4.x Lustre 2.5.x Lustre 2.6 Lustre 2.7.x Lustre 2.8.x Lustre 2.9 Lustre 2.10.x

2017

2018

• Lustre 2.10.x and 2.5.x most commonly-used version in production

4Community Survey - Usage
How would you characterize your primary usage of Lustre? (select all that apply)
Other
Storage Vendor/Integrator
Meteorology
Media/Entertainment
Manufacturing/CAD/CAE
Government
Genomics/Life Sciences
Financial Services
EnergyDefense
Education
AI/Machine Learning
0.00%

5.00%

10.00%

15.00%

20.00%

25.00%

30.00%

35.00%

40.00%

45.00%• AI/Machine Learning much higher than anticipated• Need to refine categories based on feedback in Other8

Lustre LTS Releases• Lustre 2.10.0 went GA July 2017
• Lustre 2.10.1 Oct 2017
• Lustre 2.10.2 Dec 2017
• Lustre 2.10.3 Jan 2018
• Lustre 2.10.4 May 2018 (introduced RHEL 7.5 support)• Lustre 2.10.5 Aug 2018 (first release since relocation)• LWG will decide baseline/timing of next LTS stream Q4 20185

Lustre 2.12
• Targeted for October 2018 release• Feature complete and in stabilization period• Will support• RHEL 7.5 servers/clients• SLES12 SP3 clients• Ubuntu 18.04 clients• Interop/upgrades from latest Lustre 2.10.x and 2.11.x servers/clients• Several features targeted for this release• DNE Directory Restriping (LU-4684) CONFIRMED• LNet Network Health (LU-9120) CONFIRMED• Lazy Size on MDT (LU-9538) CONFIRMED• http://wiki.lustre.org/Release_2.12.0

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Lustre Community Roadmap
2017

Q3

Q4

Q1

2018

Q2

Q3

Q4

Q1

2019
Q2

Q3

Q4

FeatureReleases

2.13
2.12
2.11.0LTS
Updates

2.10.02.10.32.10.1LEGEND:

2.10• ZFS Snapshots• Multi-rail LNet
• Progressive File Layouts• Project Quotas

2.10.22.10.4

Expected
Timeline

2.11• Data on MDT• FLR Delayed Resync• Lock Ahead

2.10.52.10.6Timeline
TBD

LTS releases
continue…..

Completed

2.12• Lazy Size on MDT• LNet Health• DNE Dir Restriping* Estimates are not commitments and are provided for informational purposes only
* Fuller details of features in development are available at http://wiki.lustre.org/ProjectsLTS Branch

2.13• FLR Erasure Coding• Persistent Client CacheIML 4.x• IML 4.0 GA Oct 2017; latest maintenance release 4.0.8• https://github.com/whamcloud/integrated-manager-for-lustre/releases• Open source releases of IML§ Provides intuitive browser-based administration of Lustre filesystems§ Distributed under an MIT license§ Compatible with Lustre 2.10.x• Possible for sites running Intel EE 2.x and 3.x to upgrade8

Summary• Hugely productive year in terms of roadmap advancement• Lustre 2.11 is GA; Lustre 2.12 in final stages• Lustre 2.10.5 is GA; 2.10.6 is targeted for Q4• IML 4.0.8 is GA; IML 4.1 targeted for Q4• Plenty of options to contribute to Lustre/IML24

Thank you

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