<p>I myself would like to +1 the item number 4 in the op I never heard of nexenta before today I wonder how well it supports the cell processor in a ps3 other than that I suggest a quick google search up of the backblaze articles posted online titled "petabytes on a budget" I would link it here but I'm on my Droid. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jul 23, 2012 10:45 PM, "Kiwi Ssennyonjo" <<a href="mailto:kiwi@ssenn.com">kiwi@ssenn.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I can also do an open forum style presentation.<br>
<br>
What technicals subjects relates to<br>
Virtualization may I share with you?<br>
<br>
-Kiwi<br>
<br>
On 2012-07-23, at 22:03, Paul Nijjar <<a href="mailto:paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca">paul_nijjar@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<br>
<br>
><br>
> So I ran into Kiwi this weekend, and we got talking about KWLUG<br>
> presentations.[0] He would like to give another presentation soon, but<br>
> he is not sure what would be popular/appreciated, and he is too shy(!)<br>
> to ask on the list himself.<br>
><br>
> Context:<br>
> - Kiwi works for VMware and knows a lot about that product (especially<br>
> the storage side), and his tendency is present something in this<br>
> area.<br>
> - He wants to cater the presentation to the interests of members<br>
> - He is aware that marketing heavy (and proprietary-heavy)<br>
> presentations tend not to go over well in this group<br>
><br>
><br>
> Here are some (although probably not all) of the ideas we threw<br>
> around:<br>
><br>
> 0. His experiences in putting together a lab of two virtual ESX hosts<br>
> serving 20 or so thin clients.<br>
><br>
> 1. A "deep dive" discussion of some aspect of virualization and/or<br>
> VMware. Kiwi suggested looking through logs to diagnose common<br>
> problems as one issue.<br>
><br>
> 2. Implementing a lab in an open-source virtualization product (and<br>
> maybe comparing it to VMware).<br>
><br>
> 3. A discussion of cluster filesystems and what they have to offer.<br>
><br>
> 4. His experiences in building a cheap but robust SAN using a chassis,<br>
> a bunch of SATA drives, and the Nexenta OpenSolaris distro.<br>
><br>
> 5. A discussion of the free (gratis) VMware products and how far you<br>
> can get with them before you need to purchase components of the VMware<br>
> ecosystem.<br>
><br>
><br>
> I realize that it will be difficult to come to a consensus on which<br>
> presentation Kiwi should give in this thread. But hopefully your<br>
> responses can help guide him to choosing a topic or two. So what<br>
> sounds interesting to you? What related topics would you like to see<br>
> presented?<br>
><br>
> - Paul<br>
><br>
><br>
> [0] Lest this be interpreted as yet another reason to avoid<br>
> associating with me, please be assured that I am not obsessed about<br>
> this topic.<br>
><br>
> --<br>
> <a href="http://pnijjar.freeshell.org" target="_blank">http://pnijjar.freeshell.org</a><br>
><br>
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