Lustre User Group 2007

= Lustre User Group Meeting =

The fifth annual Lustre® User Group meeting will be held this year in stylish South Beach District of Miami Beach, Florida, April 23-25, 2007, at the beautiful Palms Hotel.

The Lustre User Group Conference is the premier event for learning new technical information, acquiring best practices, and sharing knowledge about Lustre Technology. It's a once-a-year opportunity for users to get answers, advice, and suggestions regarding their specific Lustre implementations. Attendees will have access to experts and peers who will share their real-world experiences. You will also be able to meet with CFS management and developers to discuss upcoming enhancements and capabilities. Register today while space is still available!

Monday April 23, 2007
9:00-9:30 a.m. Welcome & Introduction Dr.Peter Braam - CFS President & CEO 9:30-10:00 a.m. CFS Corporate Update Kevin Canady - CFS Vice President of Business Development

10:00-10:30 a.m. Lustre Engineering & QA Update Peter Bojanic - CFS Vice President of Engineering 10:30-11:00 a.m. Break 11:00-12:00 p.m. Lustre: Architecture & Roadmap Dr.Peter Braam - CFS President & CEO 12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch 1:00-1:30 p.m. Lustre v1.6 Features & Benefits (Part I) Nathan Rutman - CFS Principal Engineer 1:30-2:00 p.m. Lustre v1.6 Features & Benefits (Part II) Nathan Rutman - CFS Principal Engineer 2:00-2:30 p.m. Lustre Center of Exellence Reports Shane Canon - Oak Ridge National Lab 3:00-3:30 p.m. Break 3:30-4:00 p.m. Large HPC Installations Larry McIntosh - Sun 4:00-4:30 p.m. TACC Overview & Lustre Experiences Karl Schulz - TACC 4:30-5:00 p.m. SiCortex and Lustre 6:00-7:30 p.m. Lustre Users Reception

Tuesday April 24, 2007
9:00-9:30 a.m. Lustre Centre of Excellence Reports: HSM Stephane Thiell - French Atomic Energy Commission (CEA)

9:30-10:00 a.m. Lustre Deployments Lessons Learned Steve Simms - Indiana University 10:00-10:30 a.m. Lustre Deployments Lessons Learned: Oil& Gas Industry Keith Gray - BP 10:30-11:00 a.m. Break 11:00-11:30 a.m. Lustre Activities                                                            Adam Boggs - National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) 11:30-12:00 a.m. Lustre Tuning Tutorial Nathan Rutman - CFS Principal Engineer

12:00-1:00 p.m. Lunch

1:00-2:00 p.m. Lustre Troubleshooting Tutorial Nathan Rutman - CFS Principle Engineer

2:00-2:30 p.m. Center for Information and High Performance Computing Guido Juckeland - Dresden Technical University

3:00-3:30 p.m. Break

3:30-4:00 p.m. Storage Architecture and Roadmap Dave Fellinger - DDN

4:00-4:30 p.m. Lustre Networking: Features & Benefits Dr. Peter Braam

4:30-5:00 p.m. Lustre Centre of Excellence Reports Mark Gary - Lawrence Livermore National Lab

Wednesday April 25, 2007
9:00-11:30 a.m. Lustre Requirements Forum

-Requirements Survey

-Prioritization

-Refinement of Specific Requirements

-Break

-Voting

-Review 11:30-12:00 a.m. CFS Wrap-up & Thanks We look forward to seeing you at the Palms Hotel in Miami Beach! Call 1-800-550-0505 to book rooms at the Palms. Be sure to ask for the group rate for Cluster File Systems.