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Fwd: HotStorage '11 Call for Papers Now Available
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 04 Feb '11

04 Feb '11

FYI... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: HotStorage '11 Call for Papers Now Available Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2011 11:13:59 -0800 From: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj(a)usenix.org> To: info(a)muug.mb.ca, gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca On behalf of the 3rd Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage '11) program committee, I would like to invite you to submit papers that present a fresh look at file and storage technologies. Storage systems continue to present important research challenges and opportunities today. The rapid increase in the volume and variety of digital data, the trend toward using commodity components rather than custom-built hardware, the ability to insert new filesystem functionality transparently in hypervisors, the emergence of persistent storage memory technologies, the challenges of "big data," the rise of distributed key-value stores (such as nosql), and the proliferation of storage devices in consumer electronics all offer exciting opportunities and new challenges. We expect the workshop submissions to advocate fresh, unorthodox approaches advancing the state of the art in file and storage systems design. Ideas presented in the workshop should provide a new look at storage technologies and eventually lead to work that will likely appear in top-tier systems conferences. The HotStorage workshop aims to bring together researchers interested in presenting their thoughts and engaging in discussions with their colleagues. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Cloud storage * Storage for virtualized datacenters * Clustered storage architectures * Storage for mobile and embedded systems * Key-value and "nosql" storage * Solid-state storage * Archival storage * Storage at home * Search and data retrieval * Storage security * Caching, replication, and data consistency * Interactions of storage systems and databases * The challenges of "big data" * Storage system performance modeling and prediction Submissions are due Wednesday, March 9, 2011, at 9:00 p.m. PST. For more details on the submission process, please see the complete Call for Papers at http://www.usenix.org/hotstorage11/cfpa HotStorage '11 will be part of the USENIX Federated Conferences Week, which will take place June 12-17, 2011. We look forward to receiving your submissions! Irfan Ahmad, VMware HotStorage '11 Program Chair hotstorage11chair(a)usenix.org --------------------------------- Call for Papers 3rd Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage '11) June 14, 2011 Portland, OR Part of USENIX Federated Conferences Week, June 12-17, 2011 http://www.usenix.org/hotstorage11/cfpa Submission Deadline: March 9, 2011, 9:00 p.m. PST. ---------------------------------

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Fwd: USENIX HotCloud '11 Call for Papers Now Open
by Gilbert E. Detillieux 03 Feb '11

03 Feb '11

FYI... -------- Original Message -------- Subject: USENIX HotCloud '11 Call for Papers Now Open Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2011 13:22:50 -0800 From: Lionel Garth Jones <lgj(a)usenix.org> To: info(a)muug.mb.ca, gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca The Call for Papers for the 3rd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud '11) is now available. On behalf of the HotCloud '11 Program Committee, we invite you to submit papers that describe novel research directions, as well as practical experiences, in the area of cloud computing. HotCloud brings together researchers and practitioners from academia and industry working on cloud computing technologies. There are many challenges in the design, implementation, and deployment of cloud computing, such as automated service provisioning, service monitoring and management, resource elasticity and interference/isolation between users, cloud programming models, economic models, charging and accounting, and service creation using virtual appliances. We believe that cloud computing will benefit from close interaction between researchers and industry practitioners, so that the research can inform current deployments and deployment challenges can inform new research. In support of this, HotCloud will provide a forum for both academics and practitioners to share their experience, leverage each other's perspectives, and identify new/emerging "hot" trends in this important area. Topics of interest include but are not limited to the following: * Platform as a service * Software as a service * Infrastructure as a service * Elasticity and availability in a cloud * Multi-tenancy * Storage cloud * Charging models and economics * Power-efficient ("green") computing for clouds * Monitoring, troubleshooting, and failure recovery * Cloud management and configuration * Programming models * Virtual appliance management and composition * Security and privacy in clouds * New applications for clouds * Mobile clouds * Cloud usage scenarios Submissions are due March 7, 2011, at 11:59 p.m. EST. For more details on the submission process, please see the complete Call for Papers at http://www.usenix.org/hotcloud11/cfpa We look forward to receiving your submissions! Ion Stoica, University of California, Berkeley John Wilkes, Google HotCloud '11 Program Co-Chairs hotcloud11chairs(a)usenix.org --------------------------------- Call for Papers 3rd USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud '11) June 14, 2011 Portland, OR, USA Part of USENIX Federated Conferences Week, June 12-17, 2011 http://www.usenix.org/hotcloud11/cfpa Submissions Deadline: March 7, 2011, 11:59 p.m. EST ---------------------------------

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MUUG Meeting, Feb 8, 7:30pm -- FOSS Games
by gedetil＠cs.umanitoba.ca 01 Feb '11

01 Feb '11

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, February 8. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: FOSS Games Open source games seem to number in the zillions. This month we'll take a look at a few of them in the form of multiple mini-presentations. Expect a demo-oriented format with plenty of visuals. Mike Pfaiffer will lead off. Other presenters TBA. Also up, Adam Thompson will present an RTFM on netstat, the useful all-things-network display utility that no good network admin should be without. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ********************************************************************** Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) Non-members may be required to show photo ID at the security desk. Limited parking is available for free on the street, either on Ellice Ave. or on some of the intersecting streets. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $5.00 for the evening. Bicycle parking is available in a bike rack under video surveillance located behind the building on Webb Place. ********************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf -- Gilbert E. Detillieux E-mail: <gedetil(a)muug.mb.ca> Manitoba UNIX User Group Web: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ PO Box 130 St-Boniface Phone: (204)474-8161 Winnipeg MB CANADA R2H 3B4 Fax: (204)474-7609

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Linux User Group Survey
by Dafydd Crosby 25 Jan '11

25 Jan '11

Hello, I've made a survey for Linux User Group members across North America. I understand at one point MUUG had a Linux special interest group. I would like to get the pulse of different groups and see what's working so that all LUG's can improve the experience. This data will be published on http://clug.ca (the Calgary Linux User Group website) on August, 2011. The survey is only 12 questions, and shouldn't take more than 5 minutes to complete. http://www.lonesomecosmonaut.com/limesurvey/index.php?sid=94921&newtest=Y&l… Thank you for your participation! -Dafydd President of Calgary Linux User Group

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FS: Sun v480 Server
by Shawn Wallbridge 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

I am looking for a home for the last of my gear in Winnipeg. I have a Sun v480 4U dual proc UltraSPARC server for sale, I would like to get $100 for it. I will throw in a Sun U60 too :D http://ds5.org/3161 (not the actual machine) Let me know if you are interested. shawn

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Forms Web Service
by Montana Quiring 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

Hello, I'm trying to find an open source solution for generating web forms with features like this: -multiple user login (form creating users) -control panel for each user that makes forms -forms are embed-able in another web page. -form submissions can be viewed in the cpanel and/or be emailed to an email addy Kind of like Sharepoint but more simple and runs on OSS. Anyone seen or used something like this? Regards, -Montana Quiring CTO of QMTS http://qmts.ca

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MUUG Meeting, Jan 11, 7:30pm - KVM/QEMU
by athompso＠muug.mb.ca 11 Jan '11

11 Jan '11

The Manitoba UNIX User Group (MUUG) will be holding its next monthly meeting on Tuesday, January 11 at 7:30pm. The meeting topic for this month is as follows: KVM The concept of running a virtual machine within another computer has been implemented for almost 50 years, and yet it has become commonplace in Linux distributions only recently. The creation of these machines has now been made much easier by the inclusion of the appropriate hooks within the Linux kernel. In this talk, Michael Doob will look at KVM, the main tool that allows the user to create, modify, run, clone and save virtual machines using these hooks. The approach will be hands-on. We'll do this by using both a GUI (virt-manager) and the command line (virsh). Both fully-virtualized and para-virtualized virtual machines will be created and modified. The group holds its general meetings at 7:30pm on the second Tuesday of every month from September to June. (There are no meetings in July and August.) Meetings are open to the general public; you don't have to be a MUUG member to attend. ********************************************************************** Please note our meeting location: The IBM offices, at 400 Ellice Ave. (between Edmonton and Kennedy). When you arrive, you will have to sign in at the reception desk, and then wait for someone to take you (in groups) to the meeting room. Please try to arrive by about 7:15pm, so the meeting can start promptly at 7:30pm. Don't be late, or you may not get in. (But don't come too early either, since security may not be there to let you in before 7:15 or so.) Non-members may be required to show photo ID at the security desk. Limited parking is available for free on the street, either on Ellice Ave. or on some of the intersecting streets. Indoor parking is also available nearby, at Portage Place, for $5.00 for the evening. Bicycle parking is available in a bike rack under video surveillance located behind the building on Webb Place. ********************************************************************** For more information about MUUG, and its monthly meetings, check out their Web server: http://www.muug.mb.ca/ Help us promote this month's meeting, by putting this poster up on your workplace bulletin board or other suitable public message board: http://www.muug.mb.ca/meetings/MUUGmeeting.pdf

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Small router that'll do two internal networks
by Sean Walberg 06 Jan '11

06 Jan '11

Does anyone know of a SOHO router/firewall that'll separate two internal networks? If an off-the-shelf Linksys could just do dot1q vlans it would be perfect. I specifically don't want to build or hack something, as this isn't for me. Wireless optional. Being able to let some stuff through from one network to another (printers) would be a bonus. Cheap is desirable. Thanks, Sean -- Sean Walberg <sean(a)ertw.com> http://ertw.com/

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wireless access
by VE4PER Andy 27 Dec '10

27 Dec '10

Anybody have a suggestion for improved wireless access. I have MTS Allstream unlimited EVDO access, allegedly. During business hours their Portage La Prairie tower radiation coverage pattern getd shrunk to provide local city support as a priority over rural areas. This causes rural customers to get switched to old 1X towers whose BW's are worse than dial-up even. Latency just sucks bigtime. They have made all sorts of promises about HSPA coming; first Sep 1st them Dec 1st now they have managed to drag their butts into Mar 1st, if then. Data for my merlin x720 card says 3.2 Mbps download and 1.2 Mbps upload yet I have consistently had to open trouble tickets for low speeds, since day 1. Of course with newer inet games and devices being sold now it is even worse. It is so bad it doesn't download speedtests from either speedtest.net or speakeasy.net speedtest sites. I have perused the forums and find comments that Xplorenet appears to be just about as bad for not delivering on BW promises or advertising. I am not too far from Hwy 13 and Hwy 1 intersection and SkyCable/SkyNet says I am in a black RF hole for their service. This partnership agreement between MTSAllstream and Rogers is almost turning into an agreement to keep Rogers from turning up their HSPA towers which I understand are allegedly ready to turn on. Tends to keep the competition at bay. Thanks

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Re: [RndTbl] wireless access
by Adam Thompson 26 Dec '10

26 Dec '10

X.25 Packet Radio? You already have the license... <grin> -Adam

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