== September SLUG Monthly Meeting ==
You can read the full version of this announcement on the Web at
http://www.slug.org.au/node/106
When:
18.30 - 20.30, Friday, 26 September, 2008
We start at 18:30 but we ask that people arrive 15 minutes early so we
can all get into the building and start on time. Please do not arrive
before 18:00, as it may hinder business activities for our host!
Appropriate signage and directions will be posted on the building.
Where:
Atlassian[0], 173-185 Sussex Street, Sydney
(corner of Sussex and Market Street)
Entry is via the rear on Slip Street. There are stairs going down along
the outside of building from Sussex St to near the entrance. A map of
the area and directions can be found here[1].
= Talks =
** General Talk **
Lindsay Holmwood: Practical performance monitoring with collectd
It's 3am and your boss calls asking why the server farm is down. Pages are
taking ages to load, ping times are skyrocketing, and the big client is
wondering why they're paying you good money for a down service. You log in and
your app is running like a dog, the load average is shot, but nothing's
chewing up CPU. What do you do?
Problems like this don't just happen - there are usually warning signs. Enter
collectd, a lightweight statistics collection daemon for *nix. Lindsay will be
covering collectd's statistic collection features, storing the results,
hooking it into your monitoring system, and graphing the results.
** In-Depth Talk **
Peter Chubb: I Hate Spam!!!
All of us are affected by spam. I'll be giving some war stories ... hear about
the time that collateral spam brought down UNSW CSE's mail servers ... how to
report spammers so it doesn't happen to you! ... hear about the time that
spamassassin managed to OOM and bring down an important web server ... how to
configure your MTA to reject enough spam that spamassassin doesn't have to do
so much work.
I'll be giving my examples for Exim configuration, but the principles (and
I'll be talking more about what to do than how to do it) will apply to all
mail servers.
** SLUGlets **
General discussion and Q&A about Linux, free software and open source.
= Meeting Schedule =
See here[2] for an explanation of the segments.
* 18:15 : Open Doors
* 18:30 : Announcements, News, Introductions
* 18:45 : General Talk
* 19:30 : Intermission
* 19:45 : Split into two groups for
* In-depth Talk
* SLUGlets
* 20:30 : Dinner
Dinner is at Golden Harbour Restaurant, in Chinatown. We will be having
the $24 Banquet[3], but we will be collecting $25 per head for ease of
accounting and to cover a tip. We will be taking numbers during the
break to confirm the reservation size. If you have any particular
dietary requirements (e.g. vegetarian), or if you would prefer to order
separately, let us know beforehand. Dinner is a great way to socialise
and learn in a relaxed atmosphere :)
We hope to see you there!
[0] http://www.atlassian.com
[1] http://tinyurl.com/35fxes
[2] http://www.slug.org.au/meetings/meetingformat
[3] http://www.goldenharbour.com.au/specials.html
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Sridhar Dhanapalan
President
Sydney Linux Users Group
http://www.slug.org.au
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