On Mon, Oct 16, 2000 at 06:08:33AM -0500, Clay Fandre wrote:
> For all of you that missed the talk on GFS a few months ago, here's your
> second change. All TCLUG members are invited to this TCSA meeting this
> Thursday night. Seating might be limited, so you should probably get
> there a little early.

There is more information about the GFS project (a cluster file system
for Linux) on the Web at 

www.sistina.com/gfs


> 
> And for all of you beer drinkers, the TCSA usually goes out for a few
> afterwards.

Free beer, courtesy of Sistina Software.  Hope you all can make it.
Ken Preslan will be at the TCSA meeting as well;
he is the lead developer for GFS.

Matt O'Keefe
Sistina Software, Inc.

> 
> Dave Bianchi wrote:
> > 
> > The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to
> > discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in
> > the Twin Cities area of Minnesota.  The meetings are free and open to
> > the public.  Check out our web site at http://www.tcsa.org/
> > 
> > TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm.
> > 
> > Next Meeting:
> > 
> >   Topic:        GFS and Linux Storage Clustering
> >   Speaker:      Matthew T. O'Keefe, Sistina Software
> >   Date/Time:    October 19, 2000  7:00 pm
> >   Location:     University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy)
> > 
> > Synopsis:
> > 
> >   The Global File System (GFS) is a shared disk cluster file
> >   system for Linux.  GFS supports journaling and recovery
> >   from client failures.  GFS cluster nodes physically share
> >   the same storage by means of Fibre Channel or shared SCSI
> >   devices.  The file system appears to be local on each node
> >   and GFS synchronizes file access across the cluster.  GFS
> >   is fully symmetric, that is, all nodes are equal and there
> >   is no server which may be a bottleneck or single point of
> >   failure.  GFS uses read and write caching while maintaining
> >   full UNIX file system semantics.
> > 
> >   This talk will describe GFS and how it can be used to build
> >   storage clusters based upon shared storage, and the impact
> >   of storage clustering on application-level web and file
> >   services.
> > 
> >   More information about GFS can be found at
> >   http://www.globalfilesystem.org/
> > 
> > About the Speaker:
> > 
> >   Matthew O'Keefe received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering
> >   from Purdue University in 1990.  He taught and performed
> >   research in storage systems and simulation at the University
> >   of Minnesota until 2000, when he founded Sistina Software, a
> >   company specializing in Linux storage management software.
> > 
> > We will meet at University Park Plaza Office Building (Onvoy office),
> > 2829 University Ave. SE, in a conference room on the first floor of
> > the building.
> > 
> > Tentative Meeting Schedule
> > 
> >   November 16, 2000  LISA paper preview, Steven Levy
> >   December 21, 2000  Cancelled
> >   January 18, 2001   LISA 2000 Highlights
> > 
> > Directions to University Park Plaza (Onvoy):
> > 
> > The Onvoy office is at University Park Plaza Office Building, 2829
> > University Ave. SE.  It is a white-concrete, 9-story, hexagonal
> > building (previously occupied by Group Health).  The windows are
> > distinctive, shaped somewhat like TV screens.  University Park Plaza
> > is on the north side of University Ave. (across from the Octopus Car
> > Wash), about 3 blocks east of the intersection of Washington Ave. and
> > University Ave. or about 3 blocks west of KSTP-TV.
> > 
> > - From the South (35W)
> > 
> > Proceed north on 35W, exiting onto Interstate 94 East.  Continue in
> > the far left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit.
> > Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave.  Turn left on University,
> > proceed 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave.  The building is on your right.
> > 
> > - From the North (35W)
> > 
> > Proceed south on 35W, exiting onto Highway 280 South.  Continue on
> > Highway 280 until the University Ave. exit.  Turn right on University.
> > Continue 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave.  The building is on your right.
> > 
> > - From the West (94/394)
> > 
> > Proceed east on 94, cross the Mississippi river and continue in the far
> > left lane on Interstate 94 East to the Highway 280 exit.  Remain on
> > Highway 280 until University Ave.  Turn left on University, proceed
> > 7 blocks west to SE 29th Ave.  The building is on your right.
> > 
> > - From the East (94)
> > 
> > Proceed west on 94, continue in the far right lane to the Highway 280
> > exit.  Remain on Highway 280 until University Ave.  Turn left onto
> > University, proceed 7 blocks to SE 29th St.  The building is on your
> > right.
> > 
> > - Parking
> > 
> > Free parking is available in the visitor lot off SE 29th Ave. and in
> > front of the building along University Ave.
> > 
> > - Web map is at: http://www.onvoy.com/about_offices_upp.html
> > 
> > For more information on TCSA, check out our web site:
> > 
> >   http://www.tcsa.org/
> > 
> > To subscribe to the TCSA mailing list (from a Unix system):
> > 
> >   echo "subscribe tcsa" | mailx majordomo at tcsa.org
> > 
> > For any other information, please send email to:
> > 
> >   info at tcsa.org
> > 
> > or contact:
> > 
> >   Dave Bianchi  651-644-7843
> > 
> > --
> > Dave Bianchi         Collective Technologies
> > djb at colltech.com        A Pencom Company
> > djb at tc.umn.edu       http://www.colltech.com/
> 
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