<s>
Open	O
Scalable	O
File	O
Systems	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
OpenSFS	B-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
nonprofit	O
organization	O
promoting	O
the	O
Lustre	B-Application
file	I-Application
system	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSFS	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2010	O
to	O
ensure	O
Lustre	B-Application
remains	O
vendor-neutral	O
,	O
open	O
,	O
and	O
free	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Lustre	B-Application
is	O
a	O
high-performance	O
parallel	O
file	O
system	O
deployed	O
in	O
computational	O
data	B-Operating_System
centers	I-Operating_System
including	O
many	O
TOP500	B-Operating_System
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
first	O
started	O
development	O
in	O
1999	O
under	O
the	O
Accelerated	B-General_Concept
Strategic	I-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
Initiative	I-General_Concept
Path	O
Forward	O
project	O
and	O
initially	O
released	O
in	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2007	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
acquired	O
the	O
assets	O
of	O
Cluster	B-Application
File	I-Application
Systems	I-Application
Inc	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
itself	O
acquired	O
by	O
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
in	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
announcements	O
from	O
Oracle	B-Application
before	O
and	O
during	O
the	O
2010	O
Lustre	B-Application
User	O
Group	O
,	O
ongoing	O
development	O
of	O
Lustre	B-Application
as	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
project	O
was	O
in	O
question	O
,	O
prompting	O
most	O
Lustre	B-Application
developers	O
to	O
leave	O
Oracle	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSFS	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
October	O
2010	O
to	O
steward	O
an	O
open	B-Application
source	I-Application
software	I-Application
Lustre	B-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
Lustre	B-Application
BOF	O
at	O
Supercomuting'16	O
,	O
Stephen	O
Simms	O
announced	O
that	O
stewardship	O
of	O
OpenSFS	B-Application
had	O
been	O
transferred	O
from	O
the	O
remaining	O
board	O
members	O
,	O
Cray	O
,	O
Intel	O
,	O
and	O
Seagate	O
,	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
more	O
user-driven	O
organization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
Lustre	B-Application
2.1	O
was	O
the	O
first	O
community	O
release	O
endorsed	O
by	O
OpenSFS	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSFS	B-Application
began	O
direct	O
funding	O
of	O
community	O
releases	O
in	O
early	O
2012	O
,	O
focused	O
on	O
introducing	O
new	O
features	O
and	O
targeted	O
every	O
six	O
months	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSFS	B-Application
solicited	O
proposals	O
in	O
February	O
2013	O
for	O
Lustre	B-Application
feature	O
development	O
,	O
parallel	O
file	O
system	O
tools	O
,	O
addressing	O
Lustre	B-Application
technical	O
issues	O
,	O
and	O
parallel	O
file	O
system	O
incubators	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
OpenSFS-funded	O
releases	O
included	O
Lustre	B-Application
2.5	O
in	O
October	O
2013	O
,	O
containing	O
a	O
Lustre+HSM	O
integration	O
capability	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Lustre	B-Application
releases	O
would	O
adopt	O
a	O
Long	O
Term	O
Support	O
(	O
LTS	O
)	O
model	O
with	O
Lustre	B-Application
2.10	O
being	O
the	O
first	O
LTS	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
SC18	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
Lustre	B-Application
2.12	O
would	O
be	O
the	O
next	O
LTS	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matters	O
relating	O
to	O
the	O
Lustre	B-Application
community	O
releases	O
are	O
discussed	O
at	O
the	O
OpenSFS	B-Application
Lustre	B-Application
Working	O
Group	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
2011	O
OpenSFS	B-Application
has	O
been	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
organizing	O
the	O
annual	O
Lustre	B-Application
User	O
Group	O
(	O
LUG	O
)	O
event	O
,	O
traditionally	O
held	O
in	O
April	O
,	O
for	O
discussion	O
and	O
seminars	O
on	O
Lustre	B-Application
.	O
</s>
