From guy at extragalactic.net  Sat Nov  1 11:10:32 2008
From: guy at extragalactic.net (Guy B. Purcell)
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2008 11:10:32 -0700
Subject: (Contra-?)recommendations on consumer-grade NAS?
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On Oct 26, 2008, at 8:37 AM, Brent Chapman wrote:

> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Holt Sorenson <hso at nosneros.net>  
> wrote:
>> On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 12:35:27PM -0700, David Mack wrote:
>>> If you want an appliance type NAS system that does NFS, make sure  
>>> that
>>> they advertise that feature.
>>
>> Many people have very positive things to say about Infrant ReadyNAS  
>> (now
>> NetGear) if you are trying to buy (instead of build):
>>
>> http://www.netgear.com/Products/Storage/ReadyNASNVPlus.aspx
>> http://www.readynas.com/
>
> I've had one of these at home for the past year or so, and it has been
> just fine.  A couple of my home Macs back up to it every night (one
> via Retrospect, the other via SuperDuper!), and I keep my music
> collection on it.  I blogged a review of it after I'd had it for a few
> weeks:
>
> http://www.greatcircle.com/blog/2008/01/09/great_little_so.html


I'll "third" the recommendations for the Netgear ReadyNAS.  I did  
substantial research on these types of boxes about a year ago for  
BayLISA, and we ended up getting a pair of these for our video  
collection because they were well-rated & the only system at the time  
that met all our criteria--one of which was complete OS autonomy.   
Brent's comments & blog detail things pretty well, so I won't drive  
that road, too; however, I'll say that I liked it so much after I  
played with the BayLISA boxes that I bought one for myself.  Buy.com  
occasionally runs a special on these (free extra disk for the 2-disk  
models), so I bought ours there.

Personal note:  these work fine as Mac Time Machine backup targets, in  
addition to the backup solutions Brent mentioned.

Ttechnical notes:  Netgear's latest product in this line is a six-disk  
unit with a HW RAID controller (standard 4-disk NV+ model that I have  
is SW RAID).  They also make 1U rack-mount versions for those  
preferring that form factor.

-Guy



From matt at ixsystems.com  Mon Nov 10 11:47:17 2008
From: matt at ixsystems.com (Matt Olander)
Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:47:17 -0800
Subject: [FreeBSD-Announce] meetBSD California - 5 Days Left!
Message-ID: <2018F825-5EC6-4B64-A57F-0D4366004E89@ixsystems.com>

Hi everyone,

There are only 5 days left until meetBSD California at the Googleplex  
in Mountain View, California starting Saturday, November 15th at 10am.  
The first meetBSD in the United States also marks the 15th Anniversary  
of the FreeBSD operating system, which will be commemorated with an  
After-Party on Saturday night hosted at the Buddha Lounge.

We still have a few spots left (around 25-30, I believe) but  
registration will be closing at some point over the next few days, so  
if you've been putting off registering, now is the time! The  
conference is *free* to attend and only $50 dollars for you and a  
guest to attend the After-Party, which includes dinner and drinks :-)

More information as well as the registration form can be found at http://www.meetBSD.com 
. If you are attending the conference but not the party, leave the  
party checkbox blank and select Mail-In Payment and you will not be  
billed.

See you all there!
-matt

-- 
Matt Olander
meetBSD Conference Team
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From AFife at untangle.com  Wed Nov 12 13:45:31 2008
From: AFife at untangle.com (Andrew Fife)
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 13:45:31 -0800
Subject: OpenMoko CEO @ BALUG (Tuesday Nov 18)
Message-ID: <9347C2AED406124287DD2A007EB15B130183949C98@EXCHANGE.Untangle.local>

Hi Folks:



Sean Moss-Pultz will be speaking at BALUG on Tuesday (11/18).  Sean

is the CEO and founder of The OpenMoko Project, which makes a open

source linux based cell phone called the NEO FreeRunner.  Sean is a

self described San Diego surfer that landed in Taiwan as a software

developer working on embedded systems, which ultimately led to the

founding of OpenMoko.  More info on Sean, OpenMoko and the Neo

FreeRunner at these links:



http://moss-pultz.com/

http://www.openmoko.com/

http://www.openmoko.com/product.html



We're expecting a great crowd, so if you'd like to join us please RSVP:



  RSVP at balug.org



**Why RSVP??**



Well, don't worry we won't turn you away, but the RSVPs really help the

Four Seas Restaurant plan the meal and they ensure that we're able to eat

upstairs in the private banquet room.  Bottomline:  if we don't have 40

RSVPs the day before the meeting, we don't get the banquet room.



Meeting Details...



  6:30pm

  November 18th, 2008 (Next Tuesday)



  Four Seas Restaurant

  731 Grant Ave.

  San Francisco, CA 94108

  Easy $5 PARKING:  Portsmouth Square Garage at 733 Kearny



Cost: The meetings are always free, but dinner is $13



--

Andrew Fife

Untangle - The Open Source Network Gateway

www.untangle.com/download



650.425.3327 desk

415.806.6028 cell

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From sigje at sigje.org  Mon Nov 17 13:51:48 2008
From: sigje at sigje.org (Jennifer Davis)
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:51:48 -0800 (PST)
Subject: BayLISA Monthly Meeting - Ganglia - Nov 20, 2008 
Message-ID: <20081117134014.D97481@slick.sigje.org>


Hey Folks,

Sorry for the delay in the announcement.  As I've been saying, monitoring 
was the focus for this month's meeting.  We have Bernard Li presenting 
Ganglia Real Time Performance reports for Cluster and Grid Monitoring 
along with Dave Lilly co-founder and CEO of GroundWork Open Source.

We want to thank Peter Mui for all of his efforts and contributions to the 
community space with his active participation with the BayLISA Monitoring 
SIG, Linux Picnic, as well as BayLISA.

I'd also like to introduce Tara Spalding, the VP of Marketing over at 
GroundWork Open Source.  If anyone had open questions with Peter, please 
let Tara know.

Meeting Details
Where: Yahoo! Inc Building E Classrooms 9-10
        Directions: http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/address.cfm
When: Thursday Nov 20, 7pm onwards
Topic: Ganglia Real Time Performance reports for Cluster and Grid 
Monitoring
As always meetings are free and open to anyone interested.  Please do let 
anyone you know that might be interested about this meeting!

RSVP to rsvp at baylisa.org OR http://upcoming.yahoo.com/event/1367588/

Pizza and drinks will be provided!

ELECTIONS ELECTIONS ELECTIONS!

It's that time of year again, to elect the leadership of BayLISA.  If you 
are interested in contributing by running for the Board, please contact 
blw at baylisa.org.  Remember that if you are a member you have a vote.  You 
can become a member at the door.

-- 

Jennifer Davis

http://www.baylisa.org - BayLISA events