Number five tops my list! > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > Sent: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 13:03:16 -0500 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [OpenAFS] Re: [OpenAFS-devel] Deadline- Jan 9! CFP: 2009 OpenAFS > & Kerberos Best Practices Workshop > > On Mon, Jan 5, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Esther Filderman <[email protected]> > wrote: >> This is a reminder that the Call for Participation for the 2009 >> OpenAFS & Kerberos Best Practices Workshop will end Friday January 9, >> 2009. > > > The following is a set of topics I'm interested in presenting, and I'd > like to get some feedback from potential attendees -- which of these > would be most/more useful? > > 1- Cache tuning: examples of things people do with filesystems and how > to tune your cache and architect your namespace to make those perform > better. This will use standard performance monitoring utilities, > server audit logs, client performance statistics, and network traces. > Suggestions for particular performance cases welcomed. > > 2- Examples of some scalability issues in OpenAFS and how to see what > those issues/limits are in your environment before they happen to you > in production. The set of questions is tentatively: > - do I need faster/bigger hardware? > - can I consolidate fileservers? > - should I replicate more ROs? > - can I safely double the amount of disk on my fileservers? > - can I safely double the number of clients I have in my cell? > > 4- VLDB internals and tricks: the structure of the vldb and things you > can do with the the various vldb utilities, including dumping it to > XML, editing that, and then rebuilding your vldb > > 5- A description of the life of an SA in a well-run OpenAFS cell, > complete with examples of the tools and utilities that are running for > monitoring the health of the system so the SA can rest peacefully, the > delegation mechanisms in place so that users can handle their own > admin, the architectural layout so that the network people are happy, > etc) > > 6- how to determine if you should split existing cells and how to > accomplish that migration with a minimum of pain > > Thoughts, feedback, suggestions (and requests) welcomed. > > Thanks, > Steven Jenkins > End Point Corporation > http://www.endpoint.com/ > _______________________________________________ > OpenAFS-info mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info
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