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List:       opensolaris-storage-discuss
Subject:    Re: [storage-discuss] Sun acquires Lustre (Cluster Filesystems Inc)
From:       Brandorr <brandorr () opensolaris ! org>
Date:       2007-09-13 5:08:29
Message-ID: 5b5090780709122208r37b8466bhc4e893fb4cf2bfb7 () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 9/12/07, Dale Ghent <daleg@elemental.org> wrote:
>
> http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2007-09/sunflash.20070912.2.xml
>
> This is great news, which means that Solaris as a storage and compute
> node platform can gain acceptance in the HPC world. No doubt Sun's
> experience with the TACC deployment might have urged this along. I
> welcome it.
>
> However, I have to wonder how Lustre fits in with the existing QFS
> product and, more importantly, the ongoing pNFS project. I suppose,
> as far as Solaris goes, Lustre support will be complementary so
> Solaris would fit in to places which already invest in Lustre... but
> pNFS will be the preferred choice?

Lustre is here today, and very widely deployed. No need to wait for
pNFS. (Plus someone else would have snapped them up as well).

I see the biggest win for some is getting the dev team, and HPC
customers. QFS is not HPC, it's more archival... (Or am I thinking
SAMFS)

> /dale
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