Reminder: I will be hosting a ZFS tutorial at the USENIX technical conference next month. The tutorial won''t have time to dive deep into the code, that would be a 3-4 day tutorial, but we''ll be cruising just above it -- firehose on high. You will want to sign up early to get the best deals :-) -- richard ----------------------------------------------------------- SAVE THE DATE 2009 USENIX Annual Technical Conference June 14-19, 2009, San Diego, CA Early Bird Registration Deadline: June 1, 2009 http://www.usenix.org/usenix09/progm ----------------------------------------------------------- USENIX ''09 is coming to San Diego, CA, June 14-19, 2009. As always, the breadth and quality of this year''s tutorials, refereed papers, invited talks, and participants are excellent. Some highlights: The 6-day training program at USENIX ''09 provides in-depth and immediately useful training in the latest techniques, effective tools, and best strategies, including: -- Solaris Track: debugging, administration, and DTrace taught by James Mauro, Peter Baer Galvin, and Marc Staveley -- Virtualization Track: Xen Hypervisor, VMware ESX 3i, and security taught by Phil Cox, Wenjin Hu, Zach Shepherd, and Dan Anderson -- Plus classes on Practical Problem Solving with Hadoop & Pig by Milind Bhandarkar, Automating System Administration with Perl by David N. Blank-Edelman, and more --And more . . . The full training program can be found at http://www.usenix.org/usenix09/training/ In addition to the training, 3 days of technical sessions include top-notch refereed papers, informative invited talks, and a poster session. http://www.usenix.org/events/usenix09/tech/ * Our invited talks feature our most impressive slate of speakers to date. They include: -- Keynote Address by James Hamilton, VP & Distinguished Engineer, Amazon Web Services, on "Where Does the Power Go in High-Scale Data Centers?" -- Plenary Closing Session by David Brin, Hugo Award-winning author -- Diomidis Spinellis, Athens University of Economics and Business, on "The Antikythera Mechanism: Hacking with Gears" -- Matthew Jadud, Allegheny College, on "Towards Designing Usable Languages" * The refereed papers track provides a look into current research and practices on in-demand topics. * The Poster Session at USENIX ''09 is an excellent forum for discussing new ideas and getting useful feedback from the community. For complete program information and to register, see http://www.usenix.org/usenix09/progm USENIX ''09 promises to be an exciting showcase for the latest in innovative systems research and cutting-edge practices in technology. We look forward to seeing you in San Diego in June. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT: USENIX ''09: 2009 USENIX Annual Technical Conference WHEN: June 14-19, 2009 WHERE: San Diego, CA WHO: Anyone interested in state-of-the-art computing issues WHY: To get to and stay on the leading edge of practical and actionable research and tools HOW: http://www.usenix.org/usenix09/progm