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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 ===========================================================
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
- ------------------------------------------------------------ - --------------------- 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
- ------------------------------------------------------------ October 26-27, 2011 at the Wyndham Hotel San Jose. Get a discount on your room! Reserve by contacting marketing@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.