Lustre 2.15.6 released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.15.6 Release has been declared GA and is available for download . You can also grab the source from git

Details of changes since 2.15.5 can be found in the 2.15.6 change log.

There are the following notable enhancement over 2.15.5:

RHEL 9.5 is now supported for clients   (LU-18387)

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

The next LTS release will be 2.15.7

Lustre 2.16.1 released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.16.1 Release has been declared GA and is available for download . You can also grab the source from git

This is not an LTS release – this is a re-spin of 2.16.0 with a single fix (LU-18435) that we have discovered has a broader scope than first understood. We recommend that anyone planning to use 2.16.x uses this release rather than 2.16.0.

A reminder that 2.16.x includes new features:

RHEL 9.4 Server support Support for Rocky/RHEL 9.4 servers  (LU-18150)

IPv6 Support Providing the option to use large NIDs (LU-10391)

Optimized Directory Traversal Improved Speed/Efficiency for large directories/trees  (LU-15975)

The minimal changelog for 2.16.1 is available but fuller details about the 2.16 release can be found in the 2.16 wiki page (including the change log and test matrix)

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release. The next LTS release will be 2.15.6.

 

 

Lustre 2.16.0 released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.16.0 Release has been declared GA and is available for download . You can also grab the source from git

This major release includes new features:

RHEL 9.4 Server support Providing server support for Rocky/RHEL 9.4 (LU-17404)

IPv6 Support Providing the option to use large NIDs (LU-10391)

Optimized Directory Traversal Improved Speed/Efficiency for large directories/trees  (LU-15975)

  Fuller details about this release can be found in the 2.16 wiki page (including the change log and test matrix)

Note: It is recommended to avoid using Self-Extending Layouts in conjunction with 2.16 until LU-18416 is more fully understood.

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

This release is dedicated to the memory of Olaf Weber who was an active member of the Lustre Working Group and a long-term contributor to the Lustre project. Olaf passed away suddenly earlier this year and is much-missed by those of us who had the pleasure of working with him.

 

Lustre 2.15.5 released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.15.5 Release has been declared GA and is available for download . You can also grab the source from git

Details of changes since 2.15.4 can be found in the 2.15.5 change log.

There are the following notable enhancements over 2.15.4:

RHEL 8.10 is now supported for servers and clients  (LU-17402).

RHEL 9.4 is now supported for clients   (LU-17404)

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

The next LTS release will be 2.15.6

 

Lustre 2.15.4 released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.15.4 Release has been declared GA and is available for download . You can also grab the source from git

Details of changes since 2.15.3 can be found in the 2.15.4 change log.

There are the following notable enhancements over 2.15.3:

RHEL 8.9 is now supported for servers and clients  (LU-17338).

RHEL 9.3 is now supported for clients   (LU-17274)

There are also a number of useful fixes and it would be advisable for anyone running 2.15.x in production to upgrade to this version.

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

The next LTS release will be 2.15.5

Lustre 2.15.3 released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.15.3 Release has been declared GA and is available for download . You can also grab the source from git

Details of changes since 2.15.2 can be found in the 2.15.3 change log.

There are the following notable enhancements over 2.15.2:

RHEL 8.8 is now supported for servers and clients  (LU-16755).

RHEL 9.2 is now supported for clients   (LU-16756)

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

The next LTS release will be 2.15.4

Lustre 2.15.2 released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.15.2 Release has been declared GA and is available for download . You can also grab the source from git

Details of changes since 2.15.1 can be found in the 2.15.2 change log.

There are the following notable enhancements over 2.15.1:

RHEL 8.7 is now supported for servers and clients  (LU-16222).

SLES15 SP4 is now supported for clients  (LU-15959).

RHEL 9.0 is now supported for clients   (LU-15874)

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

The next LTS release will be 2.15.3; where we will add support for RHEL 9.1 clients (LU-16221)

 

Lustre 2.15.1 released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.15.1 Release has been declared GA and is available for download . You can also grab the source from git

Details of changes since 2.15.0 can be found in the 2.15.1 change log.

There is the following notable enhancements over 2.15.0:

 RHEL 8.6 is now supported for servers and clients  (LU-15795).

Ubuntu 22.04 is now supported for clients  (LU-13783).

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

The next LTS release will likely be 2.15.2; where we will add support for SLES 15 SP4 clients (LU-15959) and RHEL 9.0 clients (LU-15874)

 

Lustre 2.12.9 released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.12.9 Release has been declared GA and is available for download. You can also grab the source from git .

Details of changes since 2.12.8 can be found in the 2.12.9 change log.

There is the following notable enhancement over 2.12.8:

RHEL 8.6 is now supported for clients  (LU-15795).

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system.

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.

The next LTS release will likely be 2.15.1; there may be a 2.12.10 release in the coming months

 

Lustre 2.15.0 released

We are pleased to announce that the Lustre 2.15.0 Release has been declared GA and is available for download . You can also grab the source from git

This major release includes new features:

Client Directory Encryption A mechanism leveraging fscrypt has been introduced to allow file names to be encrypted on the client before network transfer and persistent OST and MDT storage (LU-13717)

Network Selection Policy (UDSP) Allows creation of policies about which network interfaces to use under given circumstances (LU-9121)

Fuller details about this release can be found in the 2.15 wiki page (including the change log and test matrix)

Lustre 2.15.x will be the new LTS stream and a 2.15.1 release will be issued shortly to provide support for recent Linux distributions.

Please log any issues found in the issue tracking system

Thanks to all those who have contributed to the creation of this release.