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The Lustre™ file system redefines I/O performance and scalability standards for the world’s largest and most complex computing environments. Ideally suited for data-intensive applications that require the highest possible I/O performance, Lustre is an object-based cluster file system that scales to tens of thousands of nodes and petabytes of storage with groundbreaking I/O and metadata throughput.

Interoperability, Features and Roadmap

These resources detail Lustre releases and plans.


 * Lustre Release Information lists current Lustre releases and supported kernels and networks for these releases.


 * Lustre 1.8 describes features and benefits offered by upgrading to Lustre 1.8.


 * Lustre 2.0 describes features being developed for the next-generation release of Lustre.


 * Lustre Roadmap provides estimated code freeze and GA dates for upcoming releases.

Publications

Use these resources to learn about Lustre.


 * Lustre Presentations by Lustre engineers at Lustre User Group meetings, conferences, Lustre all-hands meetings, and other Lustre-related events.


 * Lustre Publications from a variety of sources, including links to videos and podcasts, white papers and blueprints.


 * Lustre Operations Manual, the primary source for Lustre user documentation.

Training and Internals

Lustre training is available from Sun Microsystems.


 * Lustre training, Administering Lustre Based Clusters (CL-400), is available from Sun Microsystems at locations in the United States, Great Britain, Germany, and APAC countries.


 * Lustre Internals (formerly part of Lustre advanced training) cover complex, code-level transactions.

Lustre Projects and Future Features

To learn about active Lustre projects that span releases or features that are not in Lustre 1.8 or Lustre 2.0, see Lustre Projects.