Sharing this call for proposals I'd really like to see them get a number of talks with GlusterFS as a topic. davemc -- "Vault will bring together the leading developers in file systems and storage in the Linux kernel with related projects to forge a path to continued innovation and education." http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/vault Where & When: Revere Hotel Boston, MA March 11 - 12, 2015 CFP:http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/vault/program/cfp The Linux Foundation promotes, protects and advances Linux by marshalling the resources of its members and the open source development community to ensure Linux remains free and technically advanced. Developers and technical users in the fields of Linux-related storage and filesystems are invited to submit speaking proposals for Vault. Suggested Topics We seek proposals on a diverse range of topics related to storage, Linux, and open source, including: Object, Block, and File System Storage Architectures (Ceph, Swift, Cinder, Manilla, OpenZFS) Distributed, Clustered, and Parallel Storage Systems (GlusterFS, Ceph, Lustre, OrangeFS, XtreemFS, MooseFS, OCFS2, HDFS) Persistent Memory and Other New Hardware Technologies File System Scaling Issues IT Automation and Storage Management (OpenLMI, Ovirt, Ansible) Client/server file systems (NFS, Samba, pNFS) Big Data Storage Long Term, Offline Data Archiving Data Compression and Storage Optimization Software Defined Storage -- Dave McAllister GlusterFS: Your simple solution to scale-out file systems _______________________________________________ Announce mailing list Announce at gluster.org http://supercolony.gluster.org/mailman/listinfo/announce