[Scale-planning] Event Wifi Sponsored

Sat Jun 18 15:50:09 PDT 2016

On Sat, 18 Jun 2016, SCALE Planning List wrote:

> On Sat, 18 Jun 2016, SCALE Planning List wrote:
>
>> What type and speeds of 2016 internet connection?
>
> 250Mb connection. fiber to the facility

The facility had to upgrade equipment to support us, they had equipment in place 
that was limited to 100Mb and had never run into a problem before :-)

David Lang

P.S. I added the tech list where we normally plan such things out.

>> What type of APs used in 2016?
>
> wndr3800 and wndr3700v2, the same APs described in the articles, just more of 
> them
>
>> How many concurrent connected devices were there during 2016?
>
> I'd have to check the logs for this. We had ~3500 unique devices connect 
> during the show.
>
>> What was the cabling like? In ceiling, run along walls on the floor,
>> pre-wired drops back to idf/mdf?
>
> mostly along the floor. most rooms have one ethernet jack in them and we run 
> from there to a switch, two drops for AV, one for the speaker to use, and 2-8 
> for access points
>
>> What type of switches were used in 2016?
>
> mostly HP
>
>> Can I get a cad drawing/detailed floor layout of the location?
>
> most of this is available at:
>
> http://pasadenacenter.visitpasadena.com/facility/
>
> the layout varies year to year, depending on how we use rooms, etc.
>
>> Was the network used for things other than wifi and video recording, such
>> as, vendors, registration desk, staff or anything else?
>
> Yes, vendors, registration desk, speakers, etc
>
>> What was the peak lan usage in mbps?
>
> I believe that we maxed things out at times, there were also bottlenecks in 
> the network (some deliberate).
>
>> Total cable length ran in 2016?
>
> I don't have an exact figure, one of the things we do need to do before next 
> year is sort/test/count all the cables and probably make some new ones. A 
> couple years ago we were at multiple miles of cables being run, but this year 
> we didn't run a wire to every booth, only those who asked for it (which 
> turned out to be about half, but some of those were only asking because wifi 
> wasn't up yet)
>
> David Lang
>
>> 
>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 4:25 PM, SCALE Planning List <
>> scale-planning at lists.linuxfests.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi Zach,
>>> 
>>> Thanks for your interest in helping with SCALE's network and streaming
>>> needs.  I'm coping a few folks that can help answer your questions, and 
>>> let
>>> you know where planning stands for 2017 and 2018.
>>> 
>>> Bala copied here is the interim tech chair, between him, David who replied
>>> a little bit ago, and myself we  can help share our current plans and let
>>> you know where we might need help.
>>> 
>>> In terms of streaming Michael Proctor, also copied here, leads our A/V
>>> team which normally run our live streaming and session recordings.  They
>>> record the sessions using IP cameras, and have most of the editing
>>> automated via some software they've written. I'm sure they'd love a hand
>>> with either the automation tooling or staffing our cameras.
>>> 
>>> Looking forward to working with you on SCALE 15x.
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Ilan Rabinovitch
>>> Conference Chair
>>> Southern California Linux Expo
>>> 877-831-2569 x110 Voice
>>> 818-442-1865 Mobile
>>> ilan at linuxfests.org Email
>>> 
>>> ---
>>> Ask me about sponsorship and speaking opportunities at LinuxFests.org's
>>> upcoming events:
>>> DevOps Days SV -  June 24-25, 2016 - Mountain View, CA
>>> Texas Linux Fest - July 8-9, 2016, Austin TX
>>> SCALE 15x - March 2-5, 2017 - Pasadena, CA
>>> 
>>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 7:19 AM, SCALE Planning List <
>>> scale-planning at lists.linuxfests.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Can I get the contact info for Stu so I can ask some question of him?
>>>> 
>>>> On Sat, Jun 18, 2016 at 1:18 AM, SCALE Planning List <
>>>> scale-planning at lists.linuxfests.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On Sat, 18 Jun 2016, SCALE Planning List wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> I hope that this is the right place for this.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> I have been asked to reach out the SCALE to see if you all are in need
>>>>>> of
>>>>>> help with live streaming, event networking, Wifi or internet access. I
>>>>>> have
>>>>>> just finished up doing the South East Linux Fest (SELF) Wifi and was
>>>>>> contacted by Ubiquiti (a hardware maker) and another company Altispeed
>>>>>> <http://www.altispeed.com/> about sponsoring the networking needs for
>>>>>> SCALE.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> As an example of the event networking I have done, here is the post I
>>>>>> did
>>>>>> about the SELF2016 network:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> http://community.ubnt.com/t5/UniFi-Stories/SouthEast-Linux-Fest-2016/cns-p/1590779
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> Here is some information about what we've done in the past.
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.usenix.org/conference/lisa12/technical-sessions/presentation/lang_david_wireless
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://www.usenix.org/publications/login/april-2013-volume-38-number-2/wireless-means-radio
>>>>> 
>>>>> This last year we deployed about 110 access points around the show.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The Conference center provides the Internet connection, and we have paid
>>>>> them to allow us to run everything else.
>>>>> 
>>>>> There is an opening for them to sponsor some of this. We can definantly
>>>>> use help setting up and running things. At the moment, we don't know who
>>>>> will be replacing Stu as the person setting up and running the network 
>>>>> for
>>>>> the show. Michael Proctor-Smith is going to be running the AV group, so 
>>>>> he
>>>>> will be continuing to spearhead the streaming effort.
>>>>> 
>>>>> The current plan is to select the new Tech Chair in a month or so.
>>>>> 
>>>>> David Lang
>>>>> 
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>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> --
>>>> Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA)
>>>> My website <http://zachunderwood.me>
>>>> advance-networking.com
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