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High-performance and Scalability

The Lustre™ file system redefines I/O performance and scalability standards for the world’s largest and most complex computing environments. Installed in 8 of 10 of the world's largest and most data-intensive computing environments, 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. Learn more about Lustre features, downloads, support and more at sun.com/lustre.

What’s New

Release of Lustre 1.8
Lustre 1.8 is in the final cycles of release testing and expected to GA in April 2008. Lustre 1.8 will introduce several robust, new features including:  Adaptive Timeouts OSS Read Cache OST Pools Version-based Recovery  Read more about 1.8 features and why you should upgrade.

LUG 2009 - April 16-17, 2009 The Lustre User Group is the premier event to learn about Lustre technology, acquire best practices, and share knowledge about Lustre technology. LUG 2009 is a once-a-year opportunity for users to get answers, advice, and suggestions regarding their specific Lustre implementations.

Don't miss this opportunity to meet with Lustre developers and discuss upcoming enhancements and capabilities. For information on this year's program and to register, see LUG 2009

 Download Get official releases or pre-release versions.  Official Releases Pre-Release Versions </ul> </li>

Learn Find out about Lustre releases and publications.  About Lustre Releases</li> Publications</li> </ul> </li>

Use User resources to make Lustre perform at its best.  Install and Configure</li> Administer</li> </ul> </li>

Contribute Developer resources and tools to contribute to Lustre.  Code</li> Test</li> </ul> </li>

Get Involved Find groups and community developer projects.  Community</li> Lustre Centres of Excellence</li> </ul> </li> </ul>