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One of SCALE's sponsors Nexenta asked that I pass along the following
note about an upcoming event they are co-organization Open Source
Storage Summit. They included a discount code bellow for SCALE
volunteers and staff.
If you enjoyed speaking with the Illumos team on the expo floor last
year, or the file systems panel this event may be of interest.
Ilan
================= OpenStorage Summit 2011 =================
http://openstorage2011-scale.eventbrite.com
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OpenStorageSummit.org is pleased to announce a working partnership
with the SoCal Linux community to further expose the world to the
benefits of open storage. See the future of OpenStorage through the
eyes of industry leaders from Intel, Arista, Juniper, STEC, OpenStack,
Korea Telecom, Joyent, Nexenta and more. Speakers and exhibitors at
OpenStorage Summit 2011 represent the best minds in the OpenStorage
industry. Their sessions will highlight the storage technologies that
are accelerating innovation and replacing costly, less efficient
legacy storage technologies.
____________________________________________________________
- ------------- Special SCALE Community Discount -------------
Save $20 off the entry fee to the OpenStorage Summit.
Register now to use your discount code: SCALE20
http://openstorage2011-scale.eventbrite.com
____________________________________________________________
::: Date and Times :::
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 -- 9:00am to 5:30am
Thursday, October 27, 2011 -- 9:00am to 5:30pm
::: Location :::
Wyndham San Jose
1350 North 1st Street
San Jose, CA 95112
::: For more information :::
http://openstorage2011-scale.eventbrite.com
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- --------------------- Key Note Speaker ---------------------
*** *** *** ******| Andy Bechtolsheim |****** *** *** ***
- ------------------------------------------------------------
As Chief Development Officer, Andy Bechtolsheim is responsible for the
overall product development and technical direction of Arista Networks.
Andy has an impressive history in the open-source IT and data storage
industry. Most recently, before joining Arista Networks, Andy was a
Founder and Chief Systems Architect at Sun Microsystems where he was
responsible for industry-standard server architecture. He was also a
Founder and President of Granite Systems, a Gigabit Ethernet startup
acquired by Cisco Systems.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------- Additional Speakers include ----------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------
Per Sedihn | Proact
Christopher George | DDRdrive
Jim Handy | Objective Analyst
Jason Hoffman | Joyent
Chander Kant | Zmanda
James Mackie | VESK
Stefano Maffulli | OpenStack
Bill Pijewski | Joyent
Evan Powell | Nexenta
W. Curtis Preston | a.k.a., Mr. Backup
Hal Stern | Juniper Networks
George Wilson | Delphix
Swapna Yasarapu | STEC
Dong Sik Yoon | KT (Korea Telecom)
*** Register now to reserve your spot ***
http://openstorage2011-scale.eventbrite.com
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October 26-27, 2011 at the Wyndham Hotel San Jose.
Get a discount on your room! Reserve by contacting marketing(a)nexenta.com.
- ------------------------------------------------------------
::: Hosted By :::
Nexenta Systems, Inc. (Mountain View, Calif.) is the leading supplier
of OpenStorage solutions for the enterprise. Their flagship
software-only platform, NexentaStorô, delivers high-performance,
ultra-scalable, cloud- and virtualization-optimized storage solution.
Because it runs on industry-standard hardware, NexentaStor provides
open, unified storage management at a fraction of the cost of legacy
systems, eliminating the frustrations of traditional vendor lock-in.
For more information, visit www.nexenta.com or call (877) 862-7770.
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Hello,
The SCALE committee chairs had a meeting on a few weeks back. Here
are the notes that came out of it.
We appreciate any feedback the list has to offer on speakers or
keynote presenters you would like to see us invite for the 10th year
of SCALE.
Regards,
Ilan
- - Keynotes
* Talk must be new, revised, or not given recently.
* Acceptance of keynotes to ideally be complete by mid-october
* Suggestions on keynote speakers or topics to SCALE-Chairs or
SCALE-planning before end of week. (9/23)
* Ideas floated far:
* Try reaching out to Linus? (in progress)
* Karen Sandler (keynoted OSCON on open source software in medical
devices)
* Cathy Malmrose (keynoted OLF)
* Feedback / Direction:
* Topic should ideally be original (not covered at a previous event
this year).
* Something that ties together the last 10 years of SCALE.
- - special events and sub-conferences
* Friday
* Build a Cloud Day
* DevOps
* FAD
* Ubucon
* Postgres
* FOSS Mentoring
* SCALE U (x2)
* Saturday
* OSSIE
* Kids (still under discussion?)
* Beginners training class (two-days)
* Possible Extra fee for training materials)
* Bring their own computer
* Max 50
* Projector/screen needed - no other A/V
* Proctors needed to assist in class (one for every
two students??)
Art Theme Contest
* Team to send requirements to Orv/Larry by Tuesday.
* Larry to work on announcing before the weekend.
* registration
* Targeting 10/1 for registration launch
* Lei to send Stu software package list and requirements for
server setup.
- - Website Ramp up and content
* Website is ready to accept blog posts and exhibitors
* Everyone should have an account. Please test yours
* Ron and Stu to figure out / vs /scale10x redirects
* Ron and Stu to have a call on staff permissions for CFP voting
- - A/V
*Number of rooms
* 10 rooms Friday
* 8 rooms Saturday (possibly 1 more for kids event)
* 7 rooms Sunday
*Numbers above do not include speaker / press green room.
*We plan on having all rooms setup with 2 mics for speakers and mixer
to allow for recording.
*Looking into short throw projects for smaller rooms, and rear
projectors for larger rooms, in place of plasma tvs.
- - Saturday Night Activities
* Lori is looking at expanding game night and laser tag. More
details to follow once we know how much space and setup time is available.
- - Tracking Projects
* We'll start tracking tasks on github at:
https://github.com/socallinuxexpo/SCALE10x/issues
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Scale-chairs(a)lists.linuxfests.org
https://lists.linuxfests.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scale-chairs
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