[GNHLUG] DLSLUG - TONIGHT - ZFS: The Last Word in Filesystems

[Lloyd Kvam]

I've got organ duty tonight, so I won't be able to attend.

On Wed, 2007-04-04 at 23:22 -0400, Bill McGonigle wrote:
> [please RSVP if you haven't already]
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>              Dartmouth-Lake Sunapee Linux User Group
>                        http://dlslug.org/
>              a chapter of GNHLUG - http://gnhlug.org
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> 
> The next regular monthly meeting of the DLSLUG will be held:
>                  Thursday, April 5th, 7-9PM
> at:       Dartmouth College, Carson Hall, Room L02
>                 All are welcome, free of charge.
> 
>                               Agenda
> 
> 7:00  Sign-in, networking
> 
> 7:15  Introductory remarks
> 
> 7:20  ZFS: The Last Word in Filesystems
>        Presented by Todd Underwood,
>        VP of Operations and Professional Services, Renesys Corporation
> 
>        ZFS is the most original work in storage management in years. It
>        offers a revolutionary, integrated approach to block device,
>        raid, volume management and filesystem technology. We'll take a
>        high-level look at what makes ZFS so different from previous
>        storage technologies and look at efforts to port ZFS to free
>        operating systems (ZFS is available for FreeBSD and in a
>        userland port to Linux, but the path will not be easy).
> 
>        Todd has with more than 10 years experience in architecting,
>        building, and supporting large-scale distributed systems. Before
>        Renesys, Todd was senior vice president and chief technology
>        officer at Oso Grande Technologies, the largest Internet service
>        provider in New Mexico, where he was the lead consultant in the
>        security practice. Before that, Todd was chief technology
>        officer at Lightdart Managed Data Centers, a co-location and
>        hosting start-up built in partnership with Public Service
>        Company of New Mexico. As a graduate student, Todd led the
>        effort studying high-speed networking for large-scale computer
>        clusters at the University of New Mexico. Todd holds a B.A. from
>        Columbia College, Columbia University and an M.S. in computer
>        science from the University of New Mexico.
> 
> 8:50  Roundtable Exchange - where the attendees can make
>         announcements or ask a linux question of the group.
> 
> Please see the website for links to directions.
> 
> If any area companies are interested in sponsoring refreshments, please
> let me know.
> 
> Please RSVP so we can give a theoretical refreshment sponsor a
> headcount.
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