[kwlug-disc] Wanted: help in refining presentation

[Paul Nijjar]

So I ran into Kiwi this weekend, and we got talking about KWLUG
presentations.[0] He would like to give another presentation soon, but
he is not sure what would be popular/appreciated, and he is too shy(!)
to ask on the list himself. 

Context: 
- Kiwi works for VMware and knows a lot about that product (especially
  the storage side), and his tendency is present something in this
  area.
- He wants to cater the presentation to the interests of members
- He is aware that marketing heavy (and proprietary-heavy)
  presentations tend not to go over well in this group


Here are some (although probably not all) of the ideas we threw
around: 

0. His experiences in putting together a lab of two virtual ESX hosts
serving 20 or so thin clients.

1. A "deep dive" discussion of some aspect of virualization and/or
VMware. Kiwi suggested looking through logs to diagnose common
problems as one issue.

2. Implementing a lab in an open-source virtualization product (and
maybe comparing it to VMware).

3. A discussion of cluster filesystems and what they have to offer.

4. His experiences in building a cheap but robust SAN using a chassis,
a bunch of SATA drives, and the Nexenta OpenSolaris distro.

5. A discussion of the free (gratis) VMware products and how far you
can get with them before you need to purchase components of the VMware
ecosystem.


I realize that it will be difficult to come to a consensus on which
presentation Kiwi should give in this thread. But hopefully your
responses can help guide him to choosing a topic or two. So what
sounds interesting to you? What related topics would you like to see
presented?

- Paul


[0] Lest this be interpreted as yet another reason to avoid
associating with me, please be assured that I am not obsessed about
this topic.

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