From ulf at Alameda.net Mon Mar 10 15:28:51 2008 From: ulf at Alameda.net (Ulf Zimmermann) Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2008 15:28:51 -0700 Subject: Software to keep track of patch panel connections? Message-ID: <20080310222850.GJ87650@evil.alameda.net> My search foo must be weak or there is just no such thing: Has anyone seen or is using software to keep track of patch panel/cross connects? In our colocation we have now around 840 ports on patch panels and a few hundred ports on network switches. I want to start to put this into a database, for two reasons: Remote Hands and replacement of network switches. Soon we will replace our current network switches, so I need an inventory of what is connected where, so I can layout the new switches in advance. And as we do much remote, being able to tell the remote hand "check cable X going from A to B to C" would be helpful. So has anyone run across some scripts/software/database to do that? -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 You can find my resume at: http://www.Alameda.net/~ulf/resume.html From netfortius at gmail.com Tue Mar 11 05:32:04 2008 From: netfortius at gmail.com (Netfortius) Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:32:04 -0500 Subject: Software to keep track of patch panel connections? In-Reply-To: <20080310222850.GJ87650@evil.alameda.net> References: <20080310222850.GJ87650@evil.alameda.net> Message-ID: <200803110732.04497.netfortius@gmail.com> I am using: http://www.panduit.com/products/browse.asp?classid=1152 Regards, Stefan On Monday 10 March 2008 05:28:51 pm Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > My search foo must be weak or there is just no such thing: > > Has anyone seen or is using software to keep track of patch panel/cross > connects? In our colocation we have now around 840 ports on patch panels > and a few hundred ports on network switches. I want to start to put this > into a database, for two reasons: Remote Hands and replacement of network > switches. > > Soon we will replace our current network switches, so I need an inventory > of what is connected where, so I can layout the new switches in advance. > > And as we do much remote, being able to tell the remote hand "check > cable X going from A to B to C" would be helpful. > > So has anyone run across some scripts/software/database to do that? From mark at marksportal.net Wed Mar 12 09:44:25 2008 From: mark at marksportal.net (Mark Stenstadvold) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 09:44:25 -0700 Subject: Software to keep track of patch panel connections? In-Reply-To: <200803110732.04497.netfortius@gmail.com> References: <20080310222850.GJ87650@evil.alameda.net> <200803110732.04497.netfortius@gmail.com> Message-ID: <47D80869.9080101@marksportal.net> We've started using a product called Rackwise which has this capability, though it is rather expensive. http://web.rackwise.com/ --Mark. Netfortius wrote: > I am using: > > http://www.panduit.com/products/browse.asp?classid=1152 > > Regards, > Stefan > > On Monday 10 March 2008 05:28:51 pm Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > >> My search foo must be weak or there is just no such thing: >> >> Has anyone seen or is using software to keep track of patch panel/cross >> connects? In our colocation we have now around 840 ports on patch panels >> and a few hundred ports on network switches. I want to start to put this >> into a database, for two reasons: Remote Hands and replacement of network >> switches. >> >> Soon we will replace our current network switches, so I need an inventory >> of what is connected where, so I can layout the new switches in advance. >> >> And as we do much remote, being able to tell the remote hand "check >> cable X going from A to B to C" would be helpful. >> >> So has anyone run across some scripts/software/database to do that? >> > > > From sigje at sigje.org Wed Mar 12 10:33:21 2008 From: sigje at sigje.org (Jennifer) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 10:33:21 -0700 (PDT) Subject: BayLISA General Meeting March 20, 2008 Message-ID: <20080312102815.L49020@slick.sigje.org> Hey folks, I'm still pushing the speakers from Xen to send me a specific abstract but next week's topics are virtualization, and managing virtualization. We will have people from Xen to discuss the updates to Xen, and FastScale's CEO Lynn LeBlanc will be discussing software complexity and management in physical and virtual environments. There will be pizza, and drinks (if you have any special requests please do include them with your RSVP to rsvp at baylisa.org). Location: Yahoo Inc! 700 First St Building E When you turn left onto First St, it is the first left (no guard shack). Park in the front of the building, and there should be a security guard to let you in. Doors open at 7pm, for meet greet and eat! The meeting starts at 7:30pm prompt. Many thanks to Peter Thoeny, last months speaker on administering Twiki. Jennifer Davis From Brent at greatcircle.com Wed Mar 12 11:37:58 2008 From: Brent at greatcircle.com (Brent Chapman) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:37:58 -0700 Subject: Software to keep track of patch panel connections? In-Reply-To: <20080310222850.GJ87650@evil.alameda.net> References: <20080310222850.GJ87650@evil.alameda.net> Message-ID: At 3:28 PM -0700 3/10/08, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: >My search foo must be weak or there is just no such thing: > >Has anyone seen or is using software to keep track of patch panel/cross >connects? In our colocation we have now around 840 ports on patch panels >and a few hundred ports on network switches. I want to start to put this >into a database, for two reasons: Remote Hands and replacement of network >switches. > >Soon we will replace our current network switches, so I need an inventory >of what is connected where, so I can layout the new switches in advance. > >And as we do much remote, being able to tell the remote hand "check >cable X going from A to B to C" would be helpful. > >So has anyone run across some scripts/software/database to do that? There are a variety of Visio add-ons and standalone tools available, and while I've often found tools like that useful for planning initial installations, they haven't been so useful for ongoing maintenance. The problem is, whatever documentation you create gets out date pretty quickly, unless you're very disciplined about it, which almost nobody is... Instead, I've found it most useful to simply follow good cable management practices: Labelling both ends of all cables with a unique identifier, but not what it's currently used for (because that will inevitably change, and the only thing worse than no label is an incorrect label). Always taking the time to dress cables in neatly, rather than draping them haphazardly. Removing cables when you disconnect one end, rather than just leaving them hanging. Using easy-to-change physical cable management systems, like clips and velcro, rather than hard-to-change systems like cable ties, so that it's easy to "do it right" (see the above 2 points). Using cables of just the right length, rather than too-long cables that you then somehow have to manage the excess for (or too-short cables with a patch hidden somewhere inaccessible in the middle of the run). This means keeping a selection of cables available in various lengths, so that the right one is available when you need it. Having and religiously following a color coding scheme (for example, orange for crossover, red for Internet/DMZ stuff, blue for consoles that are Cat5 but not Ethernet, white for regular internal Ethernet connections, etc.). -Brent From harker at harker.com Wed Mar 12 13:01:25 2008 From: harker at harker.com (Robert Harker) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 13:01:25 -0700 Subject: Software to keep track of patch panel connections? Message-ID: <200803122001.m2CK1P0b015543@firewall.harker.com> Brent Chapman wrote: > Labeling both ends of all cables with a unique identifier, but > not what it's currently used for (because that will inevitably > change, and the only thing worse than no label is an incorrect > label). I whole heartily agree with this. When you do an install and label everything according to what it is, it looks great, really professional. But six months later as equipment has moved and cables have been repatched, you can no longer trust the label. In my experience cable relabeling is done just about as consistently as document updates. > Using easy-to-change physical cable management systems, like > clips and velcro, rather than hard-to-change systems like > cable ties, so that it's easy to "do it right" (see the above > 2 points). A product I have found to be really great is a gardening product made by the Velcro company called "Plant Ties". It is green, 1/2" wide with velcro front and back. The really great part is that it is less than $5 bucks for a 45 foot roll. Cut off a length that is 2 or 3 times the circumference of the cable bundle you are wrapping and wrap it around. It is cheap enough you don't feel guilty using too much. I have seen a black data center equivalent, but I like the green stuff because it is thinner so you don't get a bulky velcro ring around the cables. I have also used long lengths with 6" to 10" overlap to hold equipment in place while putting in screws. I used to be able to find it at Home Depot, but the last few times I checked, I could not find it. It might be seasonal. Just my 2 cents. RLH From cheselka at gmail.com Wed Mar 12 14:20:12 2008 From: cheselka at gmail.com (Michael Cheselka) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:20:12 -0700 Subject: Software to keep track of patch panel connections? In-Reply-To: <20080310222850.GJ87650@evil.alameda.net> References: <20080310222850.GJ87650@evil.alameda.net> Message-ID: <3c6fb8810803121420x7f7d74f9obe41ec2bcd73acc7@mail.gmail.com> > So has anyone run across some scripts/software/database to do that? Any opensource software to map mac addresses from server ethernet ports to switches and routers, and also map ethernet ports to application services and ip addresses? On Mon, Mar 10, 2008 at 3:28 PM, Ulf Zimmermann wrote: > My search foo must be weak or there is just no such thing: > > Has anyone seen or is using software to keep track of patch panel/cross > connects? In our colocation we have now around 840 ports on patch panels > and a few hundred ports on network switches. I want to start to put this > into a database, for two reasons: Remote Hands and replacement of network > switches. > > Soon we will replace our current network switches, so I need an inventory > of what is connected where, so I can layout the new switches in advance. > > And as we do much remote, being able to tell the remote hand "check > cable X going from A to B to C" would be helpful. > > So has anyone run across some scripts/software/database to do that? > > -- > Regards, Ulf. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 > You can find my resume at: http://www.Alameda.net/~ulf/resume.html > -- When in the Potemkin Wired be a Potemkin Lain. From mark at marksportal.net Wed Mar 12 14:53:53 2008 From: mark at marksportal.net (Mark Stenstadvold) Date: Wed, 12 Mar 2008 14:53:53 -0700 Subject: Software to keep track of patch panel connections? In-Reply-To: <200803122001.m2CK1P0b015543@firewall.harker.com> References: <200803122001.m2CK1P0b015543@firewall.harker.com> Message-ID: <47D850F0.3000409@marksportal.net> Robert Harker wrote: > Brent Chapman wrote: > >> Labeling both ends of all cables with a unique identifier, but >> not what it's currently used for (because that will inevitably >> change, and the only thing worse than no label is an incorrect >> label). >> > > I whole heartily agree with this. When you do an install and label > everything according to what it is, it looks great, really professional. > But six months later as equipment has moved and cables have been > repatched, you can no longer trust the label. In my experience > cable relabeling is done just about as consistently as document updates. > I can see doing this from a system to a patch panel at the top of a rack, but how would you go about doing this from the patch panel to a switch? How could you possible trace that cable just using a generic identifier, rather than something more specific? --Mark. From david at catwhisker.org Thu Mar 13 10:06:55 2008 From: david at catwhisker.org (David Wolfskill) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2008 10:06:55 -0700 Subject: [Anne_Dickison@usenix.org: USENIX Announces Open Access to Conference Proceedings (4496)] Message-ID: <20080313170655.GD53010@bunrab.catwhisker.org> For folks who are already USENIX members, this is likley neither new nor especially valuable. for htose who aren't, I rather suspect that it may well be both. 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Even if they're both using Intel processors, whatever they do in the process of designing their motherboards, these statements still seem to hold true. That said, if you want cheap-ass-cheapy-cheap external storage, then USB is the only option. If you want something that performs better, even if you don't use the FireWire youreself it might make sense to ensure that the device supports both High-Speed USB 2.0 and FireWire, since the chipsets that do both seem to be much better than the ones that just do USB. -- Brad Knowles LinkedIn Profile: From sigje at sigje.org Mon Mar 17 21:25:29 2008 From: sigje at sigje.org (Jennifer) Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:25:29 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Thursday night - BayLISA 7pm at Yahoo Inc Message-ID: <20080317211610.O2289@slick.sigje.org> Folks, please do RSVP at rsvp at baylisa.org so I can get a valid count of how many people we will have on Thursday so we can get enough pizza. Thursday should be a great night to discuss virtualization, and managing virtualization. I may have another person presenting as well, so it will be a full night. Please send me any questions you would like to make sure presenters cover by emailing me direct. If there is time, it would be great to have a roundtable discussion about people's use of virtualization in their work environments. Topics: Bernard Golden, Author of "Virtualization for Dummies" - short presentation on virtualization, comparison of current options, personal experiences with implementation (some of his online articles about virtualization: XenExpress tutorial: Introduction and installation: http://go.techtarget.com/r/3280750/6158931 Implementing Fedora virtualization from 'Virtualization for Dummies': http://go.techtarget.com/r/3280751/6158931 ) Lynn LeBlanc, CEO of FastScale presenting on "Software complexity and mangement in Physical and Virtual Environments" Rich Persaud, Systems Engineer for XenSource (Citrix Systems) Update on the state of XenSource Many thanks to FastScale for sponsoring our March General Meeting! Time: 7pm-? Location: Yahoo Inc, Building E 700 First Avenue Sunnyvale, California Park in the parking lot in front of building E. Up to about 8pm there should be a security guard to let you in the building, and point out the directions. Food: Pizza! Drinks: Soda! From sigje at sigje.org Tue Mar 18 17:11:28 2008 From: sigje at sigje.org (Jennifer) Date: Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:11:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Thursday night - BayLISA 7pm at Yahoo Inc In-Reply-To: <20080317211610.O2289@slick.sigje.org> References: <20080317211610.O2289@slick.sigje.org> Message-ID: <20080318170912.X13483@slick.sigje.org> The website has been updated. We have 2 additional speakers Laurent Gharda from LinMin speaking about Baremetal provisioning virtual machines, and someone from VMWare to discuss VMWare and managing virtualized environments. It should be a great night full of information about virtualization. If you are having problems with your VMWare or Xen install, OR you have been thinking about rolling them out into your environment I'd highly suggest this meeting on Thursday! Jennifer On Mon, 17 Mar 2008, Jennifer wrote: > Folks, > > please do RSVP at rsvp at baylisa.org so I can get a valid count of how many > people we will have on Thursday so we can get enough pizza. Thursday should > be a great night to discuss virtualization, and managing virtualization. I > may have another person presenting as well, so it will be a full night. > Please send me any questions you would like to make sure presenters cover by > emailing me direct. If there is time, it would be great to have a roundtable > discussion about people's use of virtualization in their work environments. > > Topics: > > Bernard Golden, Author of "Virtualization for Dummies" - short presentation > on virtualization, comparison of current options, personal experiences with > implementation > (some of his online articles about virtualization: > XenExpress tutorial: Introduction and installation: > http://go.techtarget.com/r/3280750/6158931 > Implementing Fedora virtualization from 'Virtualization for > Dummies': > http://go.techtarget.com/r/3280751/6158931 ) > > Lynn LeBlanc, CEO of FastScale presenting on "Software complexity and > mangement in Physical and Virtual Environments" > > Rich Persaud, Systems Engineer for XenSource (Citrix Systems) > Update on the state of XenSource > > Many thanks to FastScale for sponsoring our March General Meeting! > > > Time: 7pm-? > Location: Yahoo Inc, Building E 700 First Avenue Sunnyvale, California > Park in the parking lot in front of building E. Up to about 8pm there should > be a security guard to let you in the building, and point out the directions. > Food: Pizza! > Drinks: Soda! > > From afife at untangle.com Wed Mar 19 00:27:34 2008 From: afife at untangle.com (Andrew Fife) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 00:27:34 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Mark Shuttleworth @ BALUG (Tuesday, March 25th) Message-ID: <000401c88992$ce0454c0$4301a8c0@Untangle.local> Howdy Folks: Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu's founder, will be speaking at the Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) next Tuesday, March 25th. If you'd like to come, please RSVP: RSVP at balug.org **Why RSVP??** Its important that you RSVP for Mark Shuttleworth's talk because we are going to have higher than normal attendance and we need to know how much more food to ask the restaurant prepare. Upcoming 2008 speakers include: March 25th (New Date) - Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu/Canonical) April 15th - Eric Allman (Sendmail) May 20th - Jeremy Allison (Samba) June 17th - Andrew Morton (Linux kernel) July 15th - Mike Linksvayer (Creative Commons) So why not signup for BALUG's extremely low volume announce list: http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-announce-balug.org Meeting Details... 6:30pm March 25th, 2008 Four Seas Restaurant 731 Grant Ave. San Francisco, CA 94108 Easy $5 PARKING: http://www.portsmouthsquaregarage.com/ Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13 About BALUG: BALUG is lively gathering of Linux users & free software enthusiasts that combines great food, community & intimate access to featured speakers. We meet in the bar of the Four Seas Restaurant from 6:30pm. At 7pm, we share a family-style Chinese dinner, which is followed by our guest speaker. BALUG Mailing list Policy: BALUG promises not to abuse other LUGs mailing lists. Our current policy is to make one monthly announcement on most Bay Area LUGs mailing lists. If you feel this is not appropriate for a particular list, please tell us which list and what you feel would be a more appropriate policy for that list. Please send feedback to publicity-feedback at balug.org. ---------------------------------------- Andrew Fife Untangle - Open Source Security Gateway download.untangle.com 650.425.3327 (O) 415.806.6028 (C) afife at untangle.com From sigje at sigje.org Wed Mar 19 16:14:30 2008 From: sigje at sigje.org (Jennifer) Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 16:14:30 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Thursday night - BayLISA 7pm at Yahoo Inc In-Reply-To: <20080318170912.X13483@slick.sigje.org> References: <20080317211610.O2289@slick.sigje.org> <20080318170912.X13483@slick.sigje.org> Message-ID: <20080319160557.A19802@slick.sigje.org> Last update before the reminder tomorrow! Please rsvp by emailing rsvp at baylisa.org so we have enough pizza (if you have previously RSVP-ed, I received it)! Topic: Virtualization Speakers: Bernard Golden, short presentation on virtualization, comparison of current options, personal experiences with implementation Richard Offer, VP of Engineering at FastScale "Software complexity and management in Physical and Virtual Environments" (Lynn LeBlanc, CEO of FastScale will also be there for any questions) Virtualization and Management Division Mostafa Khalil, Staff Produt Support Engineer at VMware - State of Virtualization and Management with focus on ESX 3i and management tools Rich Persaud, Systems Engineer for XenSource - outline new features in the XenServer product since August, how the Citrix acquisition affects open source Xen, and what the future holds for Xen, XenServer, and Citrix Laurent Gharda, LinMin - Methods for deploying, managing, cloning, and restoring virtual machines Doors open at 7pm. Presentations will start promptly at 7:30pm. If you show up after that please be quiet coming in, and grabbing pizza. Thanks to FastScale for sponsoring the March General meeting. We will be playing "FastScale Shuffle" to win an iPod shuffle. From bill at wards.net Thu Mar 20 12:00:08 2008 From: bill at wards.net (bill at wards.net) Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 12:00:08 -0700 Subject: NEXT WEEK: PenLUG meeting 03/27/2008 Message-ID: +---------------------------------------------------------------+ |Date: |Thursday, March 27th, 2008 | |---------+-----------------------------------------------------| |Time: |meeting 7:00 - 9:00 PM, social/networking until 10 PM| |---------+-----------------------------------------------------| | |Bayshore Technology Park | |Location:|1300 Island Drive | | |Redwood City, CA 94065 | | |Suite 106 - Training Room | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ James Burgett, ACCRC The Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC) is a non profit organization which provides free electronics recycling. James will be speaking on the topic of giving computers to the needy through the diversion of machines from the waste stream and the difficulty of placing free hardware in a world that was trained to expect zero-sum economic behavior ("If it's free then something must be wrong with it"). He will discuss the recent installfest (350 machines assembled), including lessons learned and plans for future fests. James Burgett founded the ACCRC, Alameda County Computer Resource Center, to essentially make money off of equipment that other people thought was obsolete garbage. Thirteen years later he*s reformatted, refurbished and donated thousands of computers to folks who might not ever have the chance to own one. The ACCRC offers workshops on how to refurbish and reuse junked equipment and how to install and use the open source OS Ubuntu Linux which is free for all. Saving valuable equipment from the landfill, James explains, is not exactly profitable for the California Electronics Recycling Initiative, which encourages recyclers to mine and grind parts rather than refurb for reuse. RSVP Although it is not required, we like to have an idea of how many people to expect, so if possible please email rsvp at penlug.org if you are planning to attend. GETTING THERE For information on getting to the meeting, please see: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1300+Island+Drive,+Redwood+City,+CA http://www.penlug.org/twiki/bin/view/Home/DrivingDirectionsQualys http://www.penlug.org/twiki/bin/view/Home/TransitDirectionsQualys Traffic on 101 can be pretty bad in the evening, so we encourage you to check traffic conditions before driving by dialing 5-1-1 on your phone or visiting www.511.org, and if possible to take public transit (best bet: bicycle via Caltrain) or carpool to this meeting. MORE INFORMATION See www.penlug.org for more information. This notice is being sent to the following mailing lists: members at penlug.org announce at penlug.org sf-lug at linuxmafia.com balug-talk at lists.balug.org baylisa at baylisa.org svlug at lists.svlug.org svevents at yahoogroups.com Please reply to suggest any additions or other changes. From afife at untangle.com Mon Mar 24 12:06:28 2008 From: afife at untangle.com (Andrew Fife) Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:06:28 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Mark Shuttleworth @ BALUG (Tomorrow!!) Message-ID: <008d01c88de2$462cde10$0200a8c0@Untangle.local> Howdy Folks: Mark Shuttleworth, Ubuntu's founder, will be speaking at the Bay Area Linux Users Group (BALUG) Tomorrow!!! We have some space available so if you'd like to come, please RSVP: RSVP at balug.org **Why RSVP??** Its important that you RSVP for Mark Shuttleworth's talk because we are going to have higher than normal attendance and we need to know how much more food to ask the restaurant prepare. Upcoming 2008 speakers include: March 25th (New Date) - Mark Shuttleworth (Ubuntu/Canonical) April 15th - Eric Allman (Sendmail) May 20th - Jeremy Allison (Samba) June 17th - Andrew Morton (Linux kernel) July 15th - Mike Linksvayer (Creative Commons) So why not signup for BALUG's extremely low volume announce list: http://lists.balug.org/listinfo.cgi/balug-announce-balug.org Meeting Details... 6:30pm Tomorrow!!! March 25th, 2008 Four Seas Restaurant 731 Grant Ave. San Francisco, CA 94108 Easy $5 PARKING: http://www.portsmouthsquaregarage.com/ Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13 About BALUG: BALUG is lively gathering of Linux users & free software enthusiasts that combines great food, community & intimate access to featured speakers. We meet in the bar of the Four Seas Restaurant from 6:30pm. At 7pm, we share a family-style Chinese dinner, which is followed by our guest speaker. BALUG Mailing list Policy: BALUG promises not to abuse other LUGs mailing lists. Our current policy is to make one monthly announcement on most Bay Area LUGs mailing lists. If you feel this is not appropriate for a particular list, please tell us which list and what you feel would be a more appropriate policy for that list. Please send feedback to publicity-feedback at balug.org. ---------------------------------------- Andrew Fife Untangle - Open Source Security Gateway download.untangle.com 650.425.3327 (O) 415.806.6028 (C) afife at untangle.com From sigje at sigje.org Tue Mar 25 11:23:36 2008 From: sigje at sigje.org (Jennifer) Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 11:23:36 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Hadoop Summit happening right now.. Message-ID: <20080325112058.F95211@slick.sigje.org> Sorry for the late notice, I just found out about it: http://developer.yahoo.com/hadoop/summit/#registration Hadoop is open source software for reliable, scalable, distribued computing. We had a presentation on it in December that was really well received. (well the presentation was grid computing, but Hadoop was part of that). From ulf at Alameda.net Wed Mar 26 15:11:20 2008 From: ulf at Alameda.net (Ulf Zimmermann) Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:11:20 -0700 Subject: Your stories about Cisco, Foundry or Force10? Message-ID: <20080326221120.GP26105@evil.alameda.net> Hello everyone. We are currently looking at purchasing 2 new switches, either Cisco Catalyst 6509, Force10 C300 or Foundry Fastiron Superx 1600. If you use any of these I would love to hear stories, be it love stories or horror stories. We are looking for feedback when it comes to daily operation and dealing with their respective tech supports. Thanks! -- Regards, Ulf. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Ulf Zimmermann, 1525 Pacific Ave., Alameda, CA-94501, #: 510-865-0204 You can find my resume at: http://www.Alameda.net/~ulf/resume.html From freiheit at socosa.org Fri Mar 28 10:38:29 2008 From: freiheit at socosa.org (Eric Eisenhart) Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:38:29 -0700 Subject: James Burgett from ACCRC @ SoCoSA Apr1 Message-ID: <20080328173829.GD20040@atlantic.devin.com> Greetings fellow sysadmins, The Sonoma County SysAdmins meeting is coming up soon; thought maybe some of you more towards the north end of the bay might be interested in our meeting. Yes, I know our meeting is on April 1st. It's not a joke, it's just the first Tuesday of the month. Don't worry, there won't be any Sardine and Mango pizzas ordered! Meeting Details: Day: Tuesday, April 1st Time: 7pm for speaker starting, doors open at 6 for social hour Pizza: show up by 6:10 to get in on order; or bring your own food Topic: Free Software, The Environment, Social Welfare, and the Digital Divide Who: James Burgett, Alameda County Computer Resource Center (ACCRC) Where: The usual spot; Tarsier Conference Room at O'Reilly (there's a sign!) in Sebastopol (west of Santa Rosa). URL: http://socosa.org/node/736 Map URL: http://xrl.us/u6vz James will recount the path ACCRC has taken as it?s grown in the last five years to reclaim and reuse computers, peripherals, and other electronic devices people donate. In general, ACCRC gives computers to individuals and worthy organizations without charge or strings. ACCRC uses Linux on the systems it gives away and has developed quite a bit of expertise in installing various Linux distros on various (old) hardware. About SoCoSA: SoCoSA.org is a group of SysAdmins in Sonoma County and the surrounding areas. (Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, Petaluma, Novato, Windsor, etc.) We meet the First Tuesday of each month. Meetings are at O'Reilly Media's offices in Sebastopol. Social hour and food at 6pm, speaker at 7pm, finished by 8:30pm. Meetings are open to all (you don't have to be a sysadmin to show up!) and free except for the pizza. Feel free to bring your own food. Directions to get to the meeting location: URL to map: http://xrl.us/u6vz Directions from the south (petaluma, marin county, other parts of the bay area): Take 101N up to 116W at Cotati/Rohnert Park and turn right (ignore 116E several miles back!). O'Reilly is three white three-story buildings on the right as you're about to leave the town of Sebastopol. Directions from Santa Rosa, Sonoma, etc: Take 12W to Sebastopol, turn right on 116W (Gravenstein Hwy), continue until you're about to leave Sebastopol; O'Reilly is three white three-story buildings on the right. From the north (windsor, healdsburg): probably easiest is to head to Santa Rosa and follow the earlier directions. Or if you're in Forestville, 116E towards Sebastopol and on your left just as you're about to enter town. From the west: it's on the north side of sebastopol on Gravenstein Hwy. I'm betting anybody west of O'Reilly knows how to get to Sebastopol. :) Public transit: Sonoma County Transit route 20 runs right past; from either direction you can arrive almost in time to get in on a pizza order (you can email ahead to be sure); getting back means leaving the meeting by 8:35 to get back to Santa Rosa or waiting until 9:30 to get further west/north, so you probably want to ask if somebody can give you a ride home or back to Santa Rosa. It's under a mile and a half from where the Sonoma County Transit express routes 22 and 26 drop off. Bicycle: The Joe Rodota trail runs right behind O'Reilly and even has a small connecting path onto O'Reilly between Hurlbut and 116. Directions from the parking lot to the room: Look for the giant metal tarsier (like a lemur with big eyes) between the two rightmost buildings, and follow the sidewalk back; look on the right and you should see us waiting for you. -- Eric Eisenhart SoCoSA Founder and President IRC: freiheit on irc.socosa.org AIM/yahoo: falschfreiheit Jabber/GTalk: freiheit at gmail.com