[Storage-research-list] Call for Participation - International Workshop on The Lustre Ecosystem

[Michael J. Brim]

**** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION ****

International Workshop on The Lustre Ecosystem: Challenges and Opportunities

http://lustre.ornl.gov/ecosystem

March 3-4, 2015
Annapolis, Maryland, USA


**** IMPORTANT DATES ****

Hotel Block Closes:	February 10, 2015 (to receive arranged rate)

Registration Deadline:  February 10, 2015 (to ensure meal availability)


**** WORKSHOP REGISTRATION ****

Registration for both days of the workshop is FREE, and includes 
breakfast and lunch each day. To register, visit
https://register.ornl.gov/2015/lustreecosystem/


**** HOTEL RESERVATIONS ****

A block of rooms for the nights of March 2-3 will be held until February 
10, 2015 at the government rate of $100 plus tax. After February 10, 
rooms may not be available at the government rate. Rooms must be 
guaranteed via a major credit card. Reservations may be made directly 
with the Historic Inns of Annapolis by calling +1 800-847-8882 and 
referencing "Lustre" as the group name.

Further information on lodging is available at
http://lustre.ornl.gov/ecosystem/lodging.html


**** WORKSHOP OVERVIEW ****

Large-scale storage systems are often difficult to manage with 
complicated interactions between expensive storage hardware, high 
performance interconnection networks, and client computer systems.  The 
Lustre parallel file system has been widely adopted by high-performance 
computing (HPC) centers as an effective system for managing large-scale 
storage resources. Lustre achieves unprecedented aggregate performance 
by parallelizing I/O over file system clients and storage targets at 
extreme scales. Today, 7 out of 10 fastest supercomputers in the world 
use Lustre for high-performance storage.

Lustre development has focused on improving the performance and 
scalability of large-scale scientific workloads. In particular, 
large-scale checkpoint storage and retrieval, which is characterized by 
bursty I/O from coordinated parallel clients, has been the primary 
driver of Lustre development over the last decade. With the advent of 
extreme scale computing and Big Data computing, many HPC centers are 
seeing increased user interest in running diverse workloads that place 
new demands on Lustre.

This workshop will explore improvements in the performance and 
flexibility of the Lustre file system for supporting diverse workloads. 
This will be a great opportunity for the Lustre community to discuss the 
challenges associated with enhancing Lustre for diverse applications, 
the technological advances necessary, and the associated ecosystem.


**** WORKSHOP AGENDA ****

The first day of the program features a keynote talk from Intel's Eric 
Barton entitled "From Lab to Enterprise - Growing the Lustre Ecosystem". 
More information on the keynote is available at
http://lustre.ornl.gov/ecosystem/keynote.html

The remainder of the first day is devoted to tutorials on managing and 
monitoring large-scale center-wide Lustre deployments. Tutorials will be 
presented by staff of the Oak Ridge Leadership
Computing Facility (OLCF) at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. After the 
tutorials, an "Ask the OLCF" Q&A session will be held where attendees 
can ask additional questions.

The technical program, presented on day two of the workshop, will 
feature talks on various topics including:
* Workload Characterization
* Adaptability and Scalability of Lustre for Diverse Workloads
* Resilience and Serviceability of Lustre
* Application-driven Lustre Benchmarking
* Performance Monitoring Tools for Lustre

The final agenda including technical talks will be posted next week at
http://lustre.ornl.gov/ecosystem/agenda.html