**** REMINDER **** REMINDER **** REMINDER **** Please join us over the web if you can't make it in person, tonight.
On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Alan DuBoff wrote: > For this month's meeting we have a change of venue, just across the road from > the Santa Clara Auditorium, we will be meeting in SCA07, known as the > Mansion. This is a very special venue, and I will remind our community that > we will be using one of California historical buildings, no different than > the auditorium, but this is where the Governor stayed when he visited the > Agnew campus. Sun did a wonderful job at restoring this building, and we > would like to ensure that we are able to continue using it in the future. As > such, please help us "tread lightly" inside. > > The rooms are smaller in the Mansion, but there are more than one, so we can > spread out if needed. The intent is that it will be easier to manage the > lighting for the video and hold the meeting in a different, more intimate > setting. The alarm can't be disarmed, so you will need to knock on the door > and one of us will open it for you. The Mansion is located almost directly > across from the Santa Clara Auditorium, in the smaller building located to > the left of the large structure directly across the street. Use the same > parking along Palm, and in the parking lots. The Mansion also has an ice > machine in the kitchen, where we can host the beverages and snacks for the > meeting. > > The first presentation will be given by Jonathan Chew and Sasha Kolbasov, > explaining Project Nitro. Project Nitro was a performance project to speed up > the builds, to better parellelize the build process to use the system more > efficiently. Build times have dropped down on x86 and sparc both, and I'll > let Jonathan and Sasha give real world numbers. I'm seeing about 15-20 > percent improvement on x86 and more on sparc myself. > > Jonathan and Sasha will explain to you how they went about this project, > which is most applicable to many processes on OpenSolaris where similar > improvements could also be achieved. > > We will be broadcasting over the web through ustream, and you can get the > embedded window on the SVOSUG project page of OpenSolaris.org. Please join us > over the web if you can't make it in person. > > When: Thursday, April 24, 2008 > Where: Sun's Santa Clara Campus Auditorium (SCA07, the Mansion) > What: Project Nitro, better performance with better parellelization > Time: 7:30pm-10:00pm > > Google Maps: > http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=4070+George+Sellon+Circle,+Santa+Clara,+CA+95054&ie=UTF8&z=16&om=1&iwloc=addr > > Web: http://opensolaris.org/os/project/svosug/ > > Hope to see you there, and if not, hope you see us! > > > -- > > Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 IHV/OEM Group > -- Alan DuBoff - Solaris x86 IHV/OEM Group _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list opensolaris-discuss@opensolaris.org
