Reminder to all - If you plan to come and are YET to reply, please email me ASAP.
See you tonight! Nathan. On 02/11/09 11:18, Nathan Kroenert wrote: > Greetings all - > > We are *very* rapidly approaching the next meeting, which, as we usually > aim for, falls on the 3rd Wednesday of the month! > > Last month saw us beaten to death with the FMA stick, and some IPS > packaging. Thanks for Gavin and Boyd for their preso's. > > This month, we'll be taking a relatively informal look at the primary > differences between SPARC and X86 hardware and the qualities embodied in > each, also with a discussion around the relative performance > capabilities / attributes of each. > > We'll also be taking DTrace! mmm... DTrace. > > And - If there is time, Andre will be hitting us with a mystery topic... > Watch this space for more!! > > Please respond in the positive OR negative ASAP so Pizza and Drinks can > be planned. :) > > Where? > Level 7, 476 St Kilda Road, Melbourne, > When? > Wednesday February the 18th, 2009 at 18:00 for general > discussion. > > Speakers start at 18:30 sharp, with Pizza arriving somewhere around > 20:00ish. > > Speakers / Topics will be: > - Nathan and Boyd > SPARC and X86 hardware - What's the deal, where is each of > them is appropriate and performance characteristics of > each. > > - Nathan and Boyd > Dtrace - For beginners and looking at where and why > you would use it. > > - Andre > He's just teasing me at the moment. Says he *might* have > something interesting and controversial... we'll see... > > Soft drink, coffee/tea and Pizza will be available. (YES - FOOD.) > > **If you plan to attend, please reply NOW to nathan at sun.com so that we > can plan for seating / pizza / drinks!** > > To anyone who meets with or talks to folks interested in Solaris: Please > let everyone know about the meeting, the time and the date. We had a > great first meeting, and would love to continue to grow the group. > > A note on access: The Lifts in the building and entrance to Level 7 > automatically lock early in the evening, so access will be provided by > Sun folks on-site. A sign will also be placed close to the ground floor > lifts with a contact number, should you arrive after the start of the > meeting. > > If you are interested in Solaris, doing interesting things with, or on > Solaris, we want YOU! > > See our opensolaris project page: > http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/msosug/ > > Hope to see many of you there, and if you are not yet on the alias > ug-msosug at opensolaris.org > consider joining us! (See the project page above for details!) > > Cheers! > > The Instigators. > > > ===================================================================== > Upcoming Topics / Hopeful Speakers. > > Qualities of OpenSolaris and Linux and how they compare > AVS and Replication > CrossBow > ZFS Archive Installation / Flar > Backup + DR with ZFS > LU for S10 patching <-- Dan Cook > OS upgrading > Qualities of SPARC and X86 hardware <-- Nathan > FORTH <-- Gavin M > BSM / Auditing <-- Andre van Eyssen > Dtrace - Beginner and a little more advanced <-- Boyd/Nathan > InstallFest <-- Boyd/Nathan/Andre > New hardware platforms as they arrive <-- Everyone / Anyone > Redhat in Zones / Brandz in general > SNMP <-- Arya? > NAGIOS <-- Arya > Trusted Extensions > Cluster framework with Oracle RAC > Cluster with LDOMS and Zones > IPS mirror creation <-- Nathan > Comstar + iSCS > > ===================================================================== > > > _______________________________________________ > ug-msosug mailing list > ug-msosug at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/ug-msosug -- ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// // Nathan Kroenert nathan.kroenert at sun.com // // Senior Systems Engineer Phone: +61 3 9869 6255 // // Global Systems Engineering Fax: +61 3 9869 6288 // // Level 7, 476 St. Kilda Road // // Melbourne 3004 Victoria Australia // //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
