BeeGFS User Group meeting, (BUG) St Louis, November 17th!
Troy Andrew Patterson
Hi Everyone
I am excited to let you know that BUG will take place on the 17th November in St Louis and is gearing up to be our best user group meetings yet!
The agenda is now live and you can check it out here: https://www.beegfs.io/c/bug-st-louis/
Some highlights include:
BeeGFS 8: welcome to a new era! We’ll recap the key features and changes introduced in BeeGFS 8.0 and 8.1 — including architectural updates, service improvements, and usability enhancements — to get everyone up to speed on the core of BeeGFS 8.
We’ll then briefly preview what’s landed in the releases since 8.1, before diving deeper into those new features in the following sections.
Got IPv6? In case 4.3 billion IPv4 addresses aren’t enough, learn how we added support for IPv6 without breaking IPv4.
-Remote Storage Targets: Ice Ice Data: Did you know you can use BeeGFS to offload your data to cold storage tiers like Amazon Glacier or on-premise tape archives? Yep, we got more chill than a polar bear in winter.
Plus loads more topics!
Registration is free, we are hosting breakfast and lunch, and we only have 25 seats left! So, if you are planning on being at SC25, are a BeeGFS user, and want to learn more about BeeGFS 8… then join your peers at BUG25!
Learn more: https://www.beegfs.io/c/bug-st-louis/
See you in St Louis.
Troy
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Troy Andrew Patterson
BeeGFS User Group Meeting, will. be taking place on Monday, November 17, 2025, at 612 North Events, St. Louis, MO (08:30 AM – 1:00 PM). We will be serving a buffet breakfast from 8:30 AM and a light lunch from 12:00!
We are limited to a total of 65 attendees and seats are booking out fast! Please check out the following sessions we will be covering at BUG and register today before BUG'25 books out!
BUG'25 Agenda:
State of the Swarm:
The day will kick off with a look at where BeeGFS and ThinkParQ are headed. Learn how our team is growing with the launch of ThinkParQ Inc in the USA providing support and services during US business hours, along with a new 24/7 support option. We’ll also highlight some of our key partnerships and community initiatives.
Sunsetting BeeGFS 7: What you need to know
As we approach the anniversary of BeeGFS 8, it’s time to start winding down support for BeeGFS 7. We’ll walk through the updated release and support process, and share what to expect for EOL planning going forward.
BeeGFS 8 - Welcome tio the new era!
We’ll recap the key features and changes introduced in BeeGFS 8.0 and 8.1 — including architectural updates, service improvements, and usability enhancements — to get everyone up to speed on the core of BeeGFS 8.
We’ll then briefly preview what’s landed in the releases since 8.1, before diving deeper into those new features in the following sections.
Got IPv6?
In case 4.3 billion IPv4 addresses aren’t enough, learn how we added support for IPv6 without breaking IPv4.
Security Roundup: ACLs, SELinux, and ID Mapping
From improved ACL performance to SELinux support and new ID mapping, we’ll look at new functionality designed to support secure multi-tenant environments
Remote Storage Targets: Ice Ice Data
Did you know you can use BeeGFS to offload your data to cold storage tiers like Amazon Glacier or on-premise tape archives? Yep, we got more chill than a polar bear in winter.
Oddballs and features you (probably) forgot about
BeeGFS 8 isn’t just about new and shiny. With 8.0 out the door, we’ve finally had time to tackle those lower-priority bugs, edge cases, and knock out enhancement requests that never quite made it to the top of the backlog.
In this grab bag of fixes and features, we’ll highlight the oddballs, outcasts, and little things that now just work — and maybe, you never even noticed.
BeeGFS 8: What's Cooking
A sneak peek at what we’re working on — and thinking about — for the rest of the BeeGFS 8 release series.
From in-progress features to experimental ideas, we’ll share what’s simmering. Order up!
Deep Dive: BeeGFS 8 Fundamentals
Walkthrough of the key differences between BeeGFS 7 and 8 — from config changes and logging to new TLS behavior and licensing.
This session will also compare using beegfs-ctl versus the newer beegfs tool for common file system management tasks, so you’ll know what to expect when you upgrade to BeeGFS 8.
We’ll be taking questions as we go, so feel free to chime in and make this session interactive!
Deep Dive: Managing Data with BeeGFS 8
Explore BeeGFS 8’s data management tools — including copy, index, pools, and remote — with a mix of slide-based walkthroughs and real-world examples.
See how to handle common workflows like tiering, backups, migrations, and policy-driven data movement using the latest features in BeeGFS 8.
We’ll be taking questions as we go, so feel free to chime in and make this session interactive!
BeeGFS on GitHub: Furthering Community Contributions
BeeGFS development has moved from GitLab to GitHub — and with BeeGFS 8, we’re opening up more of our repositories and workflow to the public.
We’ll share what’s changing, how to track development, and how the community can now contribute — from filing issues to submitting pull requests
workflows).
To register/ learn more: https://www.beegfs.io/c/bug-st-louis/