There's me and at least one or two other people who aren't in the LUG who would be interested in going.
On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 17:09 -0600, Dustin Puryear 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 > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> > >> 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 > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://brlug.net/mailman/listinfo/general_brlug.net
