Lustre announce - Dec 2010 - Announce: Lustre 1.8.5 is available!

Hi all,

Lustre 1.8.5 is available on the Oracle Download Center Site.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/indexes/downloads/sun-az-index-095901.html#L

The change log can be read here:

http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Use:Change_Log_1.8

Here are some items that may interest you in this release:

* Changes to support matrix
     - Kernel update: SLES11 SP1 - 2.6.32.19-0.2.1
https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=21610
     - Kernel update: SLES10 SP3 - 2.6.16.60-0.69.1
https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=20744

* Significant Bugs
     - Fix a problem with atime which is not always updated
https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23766
     - Fix an issue with file size which can be inconsistent
       between client nodes
https://bugzilla.lustre.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23174

As always, you can report issues via Bugzilla:
https://bugzilla.lustre.org/

Our next release is Lustre 2.1.0, expected in the next couple
of months.  The next 1.8.x release will be 1.8.6 and the
schedule for this is to be determined.

To access earlier releases of Lustre, please check the box
"See previous products(P)", then click "L" or scroll down to
"Lustre", the current and all previous releases (1.8.0 - 1.8.5)
will be displayed.

Happy downloading!

-- The Lustre Team --