Erich
Effort is being put into addressing that particular use case rather than
continuing to enable the "workaround". :-)
Peter
On 11/5/13, 5:31 AM, "Erich Focht" <efocht(a)gmail.com> wrote:
Hi Peter,
I'm also very interested in knowing if 2.5.x servers work with 1.8.9
clients. Given the fact that 2.X clients are significantly slower with
respect to single stream striped performance, it would be a real blocker
for us to move to 2.5 :-/
Regards,
Erich
Am 04.11.2013 22:32, schrieb Jones, Peter A:
> Hi Daniel
>
> Thanks! :-)
>
> I think that this is a good question and one that others will probably
> have too.
>
> The discussions around making 2.5.x a maintenance release stream arose
> fairly late in the release cycle so, after discussion on the CDWG, the
> only adjustment we made from the previously announced plans was to test
> upgrading directly from 2.1.x releases to 2.5.0.
>
> Regards
>
> Peter
>
> On 11/4/13, 4:54 AM, "Daniel Kobras" <kobras(a)linux.de> wrote:
>
>> Hi Peter!
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 09:11:47PM +0000, Jones, Peter A wrote:
>>> We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.5.0 Release has been
>>> declared GA and is available for
>>>
>>>download<http://downloads.whamcloud.com/public/lustre/latest-feature-re
>>>le
>>> ase/> . You can also grab the source from
>>>
>>>git<http://git.whamcloud.com/?p=fs/lustre-release.git;a=commit;h=be39b2
>>>aa
>>> 4bf1469db0c936d1415301dca3a1effc>
>>>
>>> The major release includes a number of new features including:
>>>
>>> Hierarchal Storage Management (HSM)
>>>
>>>(LU-<https://jira.hpdd.intel.com/browse/LU-3608>3608<https://jira.hpdd.
>>>in
>>>
tel.com/browse/LU-3608>) ? allows data to be transferred between
>>> different storage types
>>> Extended Attribute Cache (Xattr Cache)
>>> (
LU-2869<https://jira.hpdd.intel.com/browse/LU-2869>) - improved
>>> performance when reading extended attributes
>>>
>>> Fuller details can be found in the change
>>>
log<https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Changelog+2.5>, the scope
>>>
>>>statement<https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Lustre+2.5+Scope+Stat
>>>em
>>> ent>
>>> <
https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Lustre+2.5+Scope+Statement>
>>>and
>>> the test
matrix<https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Lustre+2.5>
>>> <
https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Lustre+2.5>
>>
>> Congrats to this new milestone!
>>
>> Could you please elaborate on interoperability of 2.5 servers with
>>earlier
>> clients? According to the release planning you presented last year, 1.8
>> client interop was meant to become deprecated with 2.5. Has this intent
>> been
>> postponed with 2.5.x now targeted as a maintenance instead of a feature
>> release?
>>
>> For 2.4, interoperability was mentioned in the release notes, but I
>> haven't
>> been able to find a definitive statement for 2.5. Is it possible to
>> upgrade
>>from 1.8 to 2.5 in a single step?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Daniel.
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