A gentle reminder for tomorrow's session. -Shiv
On Nov 19, 2007 8:26 PM, S h i v <shivakumar.gn at gmail.com> wrote: > Hello All, > > Next BOSUG(Bangalore OpenSolaris User Group) session will be an > "Introductory session on the Open HA Cluster". Open HA Cluster > becoming available provides for some *very* interesting possibilities. > This session should help us get going. Please see details below. > > Open HA Cluster: > ============= > Open HA Cluster is the open source version of the from Sun > Microsystem's Solaris Cluster software which is the best High > Availability Solution for Solaris platform by virtue of the tight > integration with Solaris Kernel. > It is also the only free and open clustering solution from a leading vendor. > > The product is being open sourced in 3 phases and quarterly updates > are released to coincide with SXDE releases. > > [1] the code that makes the applications highly available called > Agents was open sourced in 7/07 under the aegis of Open HA Cluster > community along with the cluster software built for Nevada. > > [2] The next phase will be the open sourcing of the Disaster recovery > software called Geographic cluster and is tentatively scheduled for > Dec'07 release. > > [3] The core components of the cluster software will be open sourced > in 2008. These are available as free download right now. > > > Why should you attend? > ================== > - Do you want to setup a High Availability cluster on your > laptop/Desktop? (yes on a laptop!) > - Do you want to become a core contributor and leader in a community > that provides high availability and DR solution for OpenSolaris > technologies like xVM, ZFS etc? > - Need an excellent opportunity to learn fault recovery mechanisms in > depth and contribute to new technologies at the same time ? > > If the answer to any of the above is "yes" you should consider attending. > - Discover many such interesting possibilities on attending the session! > > > Who can attend: > =============== > User level familiarity with posix environment (Solaris, > Linux,FreeBSD,...) is assumed. > Knowledge of some application like Apache, MySQL will be a plus though > not mandatory. > > > About the speaker: > ============= > Madhan Kumar B works in the Solaris Cluster Engineering team > specializing in Data Services layer of Solaris Cluster and a regular > contributor to the Open HA Cluster community. He represents the > Solaris Cluster team in various industry and academic conventions > including Sun Tech Days. His primary interests are system management > tools and High Availability. > > He graduated from the University of Madras and worked for Oracle Corp > in the Enterprise Manager and Networking tools team before joining Sun > in 2005. He is also an avid blogger (http://blogs.sun.com/Maddy) and a > good table tennis player! > > Date : 24-November, 2007 Saturday > Time : 6pm to 8pm > Venue: Himalaya Conference Room. > Sun Microsystems, Divyashree Chambers > Off Langford Road, (Near Richmond Circle) > Bangalore - 25 > (Routemap is attached) > > All those interested are welcome. Please confirm your attendance by > replying to me on or before 23-Nov. > Feel free to circulate it to interested friends and colleagues. > > regards > Shiv >