Amazon FSx for Lustre now supports Lustre version upgrades

Amazon FSx for Lustre, a service that provides high-performance, cost-effective, and scalable file storage for compute workloads, now enables you to upgrade the Lustre version of your FSx for Lustre file systems. This feature allows you to benefit from the enhancements available in newer Lustre versions on your existing file systems.

FSx for Lustre provides fully-managed file systems built on Lustre, the world's most popular open-source high performance file system. FSx for Lustre supports multiple long-term support Lustre versions released by the Lustre community. Newer Lustre versions provide benefits such as performance enhancements, new features, and support for the latest Linux kernel versions for your client instances. Starting today, you can upgrade your file systems to newer Lustre versions within minutes using the AWS management console or the AWS CLI/SDK .

The feature is now available on all file systems at no additional cost in all AWS Regions where FSx for Lustre is available. For more information, see Amazon FSx for Lustre documentation.