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= Usher News =

=== 2007-10-02 ===

With the new quarter just started, we've managed to break the 250 VM mark.  Counting the management VMs, we're over 300!  All seems to be working well.

=== 2007-09-03 ===

I've added lots of documentation on installing and using the core Usher system, as well as, clients and plugins.  Each client and plugin now has a separate page with descriptions, requirements, installation instructions, and component specific details.  Look it over when you have an opportunity.

=== 2007-09-02 ===

The [wiki:UsherDocumentation Documentation] and [wiki:UsherDevelopment Development] pages have finally been updated for Usher 0.3.  Let me know if anything there is confusing.

=== 2007-08-10 ===

We are now producing daily snapshots of Usher, Usher clients, and Usher plugins.  See the [UsherDownloads Downloads] page for details.

=== 2007-08-08 ===

At long last, Usher 0.3 has been pushed out to the public [http://usher.ucsd.edu/hg/main Mercurial] repository.  I'm currently working on documentation for the new plugin architecture.  

=== 2007-06-29 ===

Our recent submission 'Usher: An Extensible Framework for Managing Clusters of Virtual Machines', has been accepted by the Refereed Paper Program Committee for the [http://www.usenix.org/events/lisa07/ LISA 2007 conference].  It will be presented later this year at the conference in Dallas, TX.

=== 2007-05-18 ===

A recent design change has caused us to reconsider release of Usher 0.2.  The refactoring is expected to take 2-3 weeks.  Sorry for the delay, but it will certainly be worth the wait.  Those who really want the Usher 0.2 code can send a request to [mailto:mmcnett@cs.ucsd.edu?subject=Usher0.2 Marvin McNett].

=== 2007-04-29 ===

A new version of Usher (0.2) with many new features and bug fixes is now being tested here at UCSD.  ~~Updates to the [http://usher.ucsd.edu/trac/browser online source code] and [UsherDevelopment Development] pages will be made on May 16, 2007.~~

=== 2007-01-29 ===

Ganglia usage statistics are now being maintained [http://usher.ucsd.edu/ganglia here].

=== 2007-01-24 ===

A live demo and presentation of Usher was given today at the [http://cns.ucsd.edu CNS Research Review].  Both were well received.  Usher's been running one week and all is well.

=== 2007-01-17 ===

Usher has been semi-publicly released to the [http://sysnet.ucsd.edu SysNet] group here at UCSD.  We'll finally get see how it performs under load.
 
=== 2006-08-20 ===
The Usher site has been switched over to [http://trac.edgewall.org/ Trac].  This will facilitate collaboration and Issue tracking.  In addition, you can now browse the Usher source code by visiting to the [source: Browse Source] page. '''(Update 2007-01-17):''' The online source code is now outdated.  Source updates will correspond with the release of version 0.2 (milestone:Release-0.2).


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