Aye.
--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >
> >> > >> >
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
> >> > >>
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