Okay, can we get a final showing of hands? I need to report to the speaker to ensure we have at least a few people that will show up. :)
Let me know ASAP. Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Adam Melancon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [brlug-general] EtherDrive Storage Blades > Can you post some links from the research that you have been doing, > I'd be interested to see what you found. > > > On Wed, 05 Jan 2005 11:10:51 -0600, Tim Fournet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> I started reading about these things on Monday when Dustin first posted >> about them. The more I read, the more excited I got about the >> possibilities that the AoE technology has and the capabilities of the >> products given the low price. I printed out some of the info and showed >> it to my managers who were also impressed at the cost and capabilities. >> Then I checked the web site again last night, and the prices are even >> lower! I'm definitely looking forward to hearing Brantley speak. >> Hopefully we'll be buying an EtherDrive system soon. >> >> On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 22:40 -0600, Dustin Puryear wrote: >> > Great. >> > >> > Now I need a few more hands. :) >> > >> > ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Tim Fournet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> > To: <[email protected]> >> > Sent: Monday, January 03, 2005 3:31 PM >> > Subject: Re: [brlug-general] EtherDrive Storage Blades >> > >> > >> > > aye * 2 >> > > >> > > On Mon, 2005-01-03 at 14:54 -0600, Dustin Puryear wrote: >> > >> Brantley would like to discuss storage blades at the January >> > >> meeting. >> > >> However, due to the low (=> no) attendence in December, I want to >> > >> get a >> > >> hand-count of people that will attend first. Anyone that will be >> > >> attending, >> > >> say "aye". >> > >> >> > >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > >> > This talk covers some of the history of disks and networking and >> > >> > how >> > >> > they came together. It also shows how the EtherDrive storage >> > >> > blades >> > >> > are the next step in the evolution of storage. Starting with the >> > >> > work >> > >> > at IBM in the 50's, the development of disk storage technology has >> > >> > advanced non-stop. The advent of Ethernet networking in the >> > >> > 1970's >> > >> > ushered in a new era of storage: keeping disk on one network node >> > >> > and >> > >> > doing the computation on another. This talk will show how IBM >> > >> > channels, fibre channel, SCSI, SMD, ST506 and ATA all fit into >> > >> > history, and how Ethernet continues to affect storage, first with >> > >> > NFS, >> > >> > and iSCSI and now AoE. >> > >> > >> > >> > Brantley Coile is the CTO of Coraid Inc and along with Sam Hopkins >> > >> > developed the AoE protocol. Brantley has been doing Unix stuff >> > >> > for >> > >> > over 20 years, first with Seventh Edition Unix. Brantley did >> > >> > pioneering work in embedding Unix in the 1980s, and was the first >> > >> > to >> > >> > develop a disk caddy for SCSI disk in 1986. Brantley is also >> > >> > known >> > >> > for the invention of stateful packet inspection and tcp based load >> > >> > sharing network applicance. His products include the Cisco PIX >> > >> > and >> > >> > the Cisco LocalDirector. >> > >> > >> > >> > Coraid is a new startup founded to provide the most affordable and >> > >> > flexible storage possible to the Open Source community. Coraid's >> > >> > products includes the EtherDrive storage blade, and the RAIDblade >> > >> > RAID >> > >> > front end. >> > >> > >> > >> > http://www.coraid.com >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> General mailing list >> > >> [email protected] >> > >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > General mailing list >> > > [email protected] >> > > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > >> > > >> > >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > General mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net >> > > > -- > Adam Melancon > Work: http://www.vermilion.lib.la.us > Personal: http://www.melancon.org > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net > >
