[luv-announce] LUV Main October 2015 Meeting: Networking Fundamentals / High Performance Open Source Storage

http://luv.asn.au/2015/10/06 Start: Oct 6 2015 18:30 End: Oct 6 2015 20:30 Location: 6th Floor, 200 Victoria St. Carlton VIC 3053 Link: http://luv.asn.au/meetings/map Speakers: • Fraser McGlinn, Networking Fundamentals, Troubleshooting and Packet Analysis • Sam McLeod, High Performance, Open Source Storage Fraser McGlinn, Networking Fundamentals, Troubleshooting and Packet Analysis Let's be honest, the concept of networking seems like it is pretty simple and most of the time it "just works". But what is actually happening under the hood? How can we troubleshoot and identify the problem when things go wrong without feeling like we are working on some alien lifeform? This talk will focus on the basics of networking, the absolute fundamentals to any sort of connectivity. It will get deep into packet analysis using tools such as tcpdump and wireshark, help understand the underlying protocols and use this as a tool to troubleshoot some real life networking issues. Fraser McGlinn is a Network Engineer who has been working in the ISP industry for just shy of five years. Day to day, his role has varied from running a core MPLS network and provisioning new services to building and maintaining services such as Radius, DNS and NMS Monitoring. Fraser has been a Linux fan since a young age, and built his first Linux PC in 2007 running on old parts that he scraped together from the junk pile at the local computer recycler. It ran for a few years hosting web servers etc from under his bed. Sam McLeod, High Performance, Open Source Storage Sam McLeod has designed and implemented a purely solid-state, high performance modular storage system - that is completely configured and provisioned in code. Ops lead at InfoXchange and active DevOps community member, originally from Christchurch, New Zealand and now a Melbournite for four years Sam is driven by the idea of improving both the technology sector and the product delivery journey or as Larry Wall said "Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible". You can find him ranting on twitter under the user @s_mcleod or on his neglected blog: https://smcleod.net. He has also recently started an online DevOps community: https://zendevops.com. 200 Victoria St. Carlton VIC 3053 (formerly the EPA building) Before and/or after each meeting those who are interested are welcome to join other members for dinner. We are open to suggestions for a good place to eat near our venue. Maria's on Peel Street in North Melbourne is currently the most popular place to eat after meetings. LUV would like to acknowledge Red Hat for their help in obtaining the venue and VPAC for hosting. Linux Users of Victoria Inc. is an incorporated association, registration number A0040056C.