Date: Mar 03/17/13 9:30 PM Subject: Boston Linux Meeting Wednesday, March 20, 2013 - Linux Soup XIII: GlusterFS From: Jerry Feldman When:March 20, 2013 7PM (6:30PM for Q&A) Topic: ILinux Soup XIII: GlusterFS Moderators:Christoph Doerbeck Location: MIT Building E51, Room 315 Summary Christoph demonstrates GlusterFS, a distributed file system capable of scaling to several petabytes and handling thousands of clients Abstract GlusterFS is an open source, distributed file system capable of scaling to several petabytes and handling thousands of clients. GlusterFS clusters together storage building blocks over Infiniband RDMA or TCP/IP interconnect, aggregating disk and memory resources and managing data in a single global namespace. GlusterFS is based on a stackable user space design and can deliver exceptional performance for diverse workloads. The talk will include a fairly deep presentation on the design and implementation of GlusterFS and a live demonstration. Linux Soup Home Page: http://linuxsoup.com/ For further information and directions please consult the BLU Web site http://www.blu.org Please note that there is usually plenty of free parking in the E-51 parking lot at 2 Amherst St, or directly on Amherst St. After the meeting we will adjourn to the official after meeting meeting location at The Cambridge Brewing Company http://www.cambridgebrewingcompany.com/ -- Jerry Feldman Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90 _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/announce