SPUG: FW: Aug 14th, 2004 GSLUG Mtg: Snapshots, MySQL
Ken Meyer
kmeyer at blarg.net
Fri Aug 13 02:34:12 CDT 2004
The next Greater Seattle Linux Users Group (GSLUG) meeting will be on
Saturday, Aug 14th, 2004. It starts promptly at 10:00 a.m. at the
North Seattle Community College Campus. We are confirmed for
Room IB 3319. For directions and other details, please visit the GSLUG
monthly meetings web page at:
http://www.gslug.org/meeting.html
The topics will be as follows. Lecturer's bios in trail.
* 10:00am - Filesystem Snapshots Using Common Utilities, by Andy Sweger.
Not all organizations can afford commercial products that provide
time-series archives such as Network Appliance's Snapshot(tm). Others
may
not be ready to implement solutions such as the open source Enterprise
Volume Management System (EVMS).
Some of the benefits of having easily accessible filesystem snapshots
include permitting users and system administrators to detail changes in
files over time or recover lost or damaged files. It is possible to
provide
similar features of other snapshot solutions using utilities common to
nearly any computer in an efficient manner that doesn't waste disk
space.
This talk will show how anyone can create snapshots of a filesystem
using
these utilities and easily access the information contained in the
repository. Additionally, this talk will show how snapshots can be sent
securely to a remote repository without losing file metadata and without
requiring the remote server to trust clients. Utilities used in this
demonstration include rsync, ssh, and the GNU cp command.
In short: cheap filesystem snapshots sent over the network in a secure
manner, without wasting disk space, using common commands including
rsync, ssh, and cp, all bundled in a nice package.
* 11:15am - The State of the Dolphin, by Brian Aker.
The "State of the Dolphin" is a walk through how MySQL went from the
basement to the Enterprise. Topics include what we have done and our
roadmap for the next year. Attention will be paid to the latest features
in
the 5.0 Alpha tree.
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Speaker Bios:
Brian Aker
Brian Aker currently works for MySQL as Director of Architecture. In
addition to his work on the MySQL Database Engine, he spends the
rest of his time working on Apache, MySQL and Perl modules, which
include mod_layout and the Apache streaming services module,
mod_mp3. In the past, he has been involved with projects for the Army
Engineer Corps, The Virtual Hospital, and Slashdot. He lives in Seattle
with
his dog Rosalynd.
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Andy Sweger
Andrew Sweger is a Perl programmer and Unix system administrator with
over a decade of experience and sole proprietor of Addnorya technology
consulting in Seattle, Washington. He uses Debian as a foundation for
his projects. He once built a database that tracked the daily changes in
the
com/net/org SLDs, enjoys introducing others to the wonders of CVS, and
loves solving complex problems by integrating free software. He also
enjoys carpentry, woodworking, model trains, sailing, good wine, great
beer, even better scotch, and almost anything with blinking lights. He
is
the heir apparent orchestrator of the Seattle Perl Users Group, SPUG.
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The overall GSLUG meeting schedule is as follows:
10:00 am Lecture #1
11:00 am Break
11:10 am Raffle Quiz
11:15 am Lecture #2
12:15 pm Break
12:30 pm Raffle prizes giveaway
12:35 pm GSLUG Announcements
Announcements from attendees
Request for assistance
1:00 pm ish Formal meeting is adjourned, 'help/gab' session begins
* Informal PGP key signing
* Attendees can help those who requested assistance
* Install fest/assistance
* Talking, chatting, blathering, etc, etc
4:00 pm End of meeting
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