[UFO Chicago] Chicago Chapter ACM - May 14 - ZFS Filesystem

[Greg Neumarke]

I gave a heads up about this meeting earlier, but here is the full 
announcement. Note this is tomorrow.
-Greg



This information is also on the Chapter website at: 
http://acm.org/chapters/chicago

THIS MONTH'S MEETING: 

                 ZFS:
    Sun's Next Generation Filesystem

  Presented by: Linda Kateley, Sun Microsystems

  Wednesday, May 14, 2008

  5:30 p.m. Social Hour, Dinner Buffet & Refreshments
  6:30 p.m. Presentation  (ends about 8 p.m.)

  Hosted by: Roosevelt University, Chicago Downtown
             Auditorium Building, 2nd Floor
             430 S. Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60605
             (nearest intersection: Congress and Michigan)

COST:  
  $10 Chapter members  
  $12 Non-members  
  $ 5 Students 

TOPIC ABSTRACT:
  Linda Kateley from Sun Microsystems will be presenting ZFS
  essentials. ZFS is Sun's next generation filesystem. ZFS's core
  features are integration of the filesystem and volume manager,
  checksumming to protect for silent data corruption, and removal of
  typical filesystem limits. Linda will talk about the architecture
  of ZFS and some basic how-to. 

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
  Linda Kateley is a Solaris Architect for Sun Microsystems. She has
  spent the last 4 years traveling the country to help customers,
  big and small, architect for Solaris 10's features. After years in
  engineering and having a successful business in contract
  engineering, Linda got hooked on Unix. After working for number of
  Sun partners, spending years teaching for SunEd, she now is a
  evangelist of Solaris. 

RESERVATIONS
  Note: Please make your reservation as soon as you know you are
  coming. We need a headcount for the food, as we order it in
  advance.  Even if it is last-minute, reserve anyway. Thanks. 

  Make your meeting reservation by filling out this quick form:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=psBjeDI0d1LfGjul91HnhZg
  or by replying to this e-mail ( greg at neumarke.net ) You may also
  call Greg at (work) 773-907-3308