OpenSFS has announced its first annual SC Informational Meeting to be scheduled at this year's SC10 International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage and Analysis in New Orleans, LA. At this open session, OpenSFS members and prospective members are invited to participate in a forum designed to introduce this newly-formed and substantially-funded organization and its focus on the Lustre open source parallel file system.

At this first formal meeting of the OpenSFS organization, members of the Lustre community will engage in a structured series of discussions that will span several of current topics, including:

• End-user perspective on the status of the Lustre support and development ecosystem
• Organizational structure, objectives and development framework
• Sustainable long-term file system evolution initiatives through coordinated investment and community development
• Community engagement opportunities and consortium participation

"The OpenSFS consortium has been designed from the ground up to provide a positive long-term benefit to Lustre users through the coordinated requirements gathering and investment from the worldwide user community," said Norm Morse, CEO of OpenSFS. "The organization has been designed to very openly engage users of all sizes. With membership fees as low as $5,000 annually -- stakeholders are provided a forum to influence the future of open-source file system technology while working within budgetary constraints."