Lustre 2.8.0 was released in March of 2016. This is its test matrix.
Server Support | Client Support |
|---|---|
RHEL 6.7, CentOS 6.7, RHEL 7.2, CentOS 7.2 | RHEL 6.7, CentOS 6.7, RHEL 7.2, CentOS 7.2, |
As well as ongoing stability improvements, there are new features in the Lustre 2.8.0 release.
Feature | Summary | JIRA | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| DNE2: Distributed Recovery | This will allow DNE striped directories to allow hard links and renames, and allows recovery of operations crossing multiple MDT servers. | LU-3534 | |
| LFSCK Phase 3 MDT-MDT Consistency Check and Repair | Allows the MDS to verify the consistency of a Lustre filesystem while it is mounted and in use, mow including the ability to check and repair DNE remote and distributed directories are valid. | LU-6361 | |
| Improved Security features | Improved support for Security-Enhanced Linux (SELinux) on the client, Kerberos authentication and RPC encryption over the network. | LU-5560 | |
| Multiple Metadata RPCs per client | Multiple Metadata RPCs Support of multiple metadata modifications per client (in last_rcvd file) to improve the multi-threaded metadata performance of a single client. This work was contributed by Atos. |