TuskenTower on 12 Nov 2007 15:08:43 -0000 |
For those of you either on the fence or not interested at all, Jim Trocki wrote Mon (http://sourceforge.net/projects/mon/). He is actively working on iSCSI for deployment with Linux systems. The Linux systems group is working towards a proof of concept to replace their aging primary ISO, netinstall, web, file, source control, and everything else server. thanks, Amul On Nov 11, 2007 1:59 PM, Paul L. Snyder <plsnyder@drexel.edu> wrote: > This month's PLUG West talk should be interesting: Jim Trocki will be > presenting on iSCSI. I'll send out the formal announcement to the > plug-announce list on Monday. > > Here's Jim's pitch for the presentation: > > This presentation is an introduction to the capabilities of iSCSI and > > its Linux implementation. iSCSI can serve as an effective alternative > > to Fiber Channel for storage networks by allowing hosts to communicate > > with storage devices at a block level over common Ethernet equipment. It > > provides high throughput, flexible configuration options, and can reduce > > costs by leveraging several things: existing system and IP networking > > infrastructure equipment, engineer skill bases, and the economies of > > scale in the IP networking device industry. > > Jim has a long drive to get to and from the meeting, so I hope that > we'll have a good turn-out for this talk. The presentation will start > at 7:00, rather than 8:00, to accommodate Jim's drive. > > Paul > > > > ___________________________________________________________________________ > Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org > Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce > General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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