So far that is me, John, and Tim + friend. I would like to see two more 
to firm up this meeting.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Hebert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 7:48 PM
Subject: Re: [brlug-general] EtherDrive Storage Blades


> 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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