The Twin Cities System Administrators (TCSA) group meets monthly to discuss topics of interest to system and network administrators in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. The meetings are free and open to the public. Check out our web site at http://www.tcsa.org/ TCSA meetings are on the third Thursday of each month at 7:00 pm. ----- Next Meeting: Topic: GFS and LVM: A Cluster File System and Volume Manager for Linux and beyond Speaker: Matthew O'Keefe, Founder and CTO, Sistina Software, Inc. Date/Time: June 20, 2002 7:00 pm Location: University Technology Center (Sistina) Synopsis: GFS (the Global File System) and LVM (Linux Logical Volume Manager) provide a cluster file system and volume manager for Linux. This talk will detail technical internals and key applications for clustered storage using GFS and LVM, discuss future directions, and focus on why storage area networks and cluster file systems represent a better way to design server infrastructure. We will meet at Sistina Headquarters in the University Technology Center, 1313 5th Street SE, Suite 111, Minneapolis, MN 55414. Tentative Meeting Schedule July 18, 2002 August 15, 2002 Directions: Sistina's headquarters are located in the University Technology Center, only a few miles northeast of the central business district of Minneapolis. The Sistina office is at the University Technology Center, 1313 5th Street SE, Suite 111. Sistina Software, Inc. University Technology Center 1313 5th Street SE, Suite 111 Minneapolis, MN 55414 http://www.sistina.com/ - From the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport: 1. Exit the airport using I494 West/Minnesota Highway 5 West ramp 2. Merge onto Interstate 494 3. Exit on MN 77 North, exit number 2B 4. Proceed on MN 77 North to the MN 62 W exit 5. Take MN 62 West to Interstate 35W North heading toward downtown Minneapolis 6. Take I-35W North just past the downtown area and exit on University Avenue (Exit Number 18 - keep right at the fork in the ramp) 7. Merge onto SE University Avenue 8. Turn Left onto 14th Avenue SE 9. Turn Left onto Fifth Street SE - From Downtown Minneapolis: 1. Take Washington Avenue to 35W North 2. Take 35W North and exit on University Avenue (Exit Number 18 - keep right at the fork in the ramp) 3. Merge onto SE University Avenue 4. Turn Left onto 14th Avenue SE 5. Turn Left onto Fifth Street SE - From St. Paul: 1. Take Interstate 35E north from Downtown St. Paul to MN Highway 36 2. Take Highway 36 west (stay to the left as it merges with Interstate 35W) 3. Exit I-35W at University Ave/Fourth Street Exit 4. Proceed to the second stop light after exiting (Fourth Street SE) 5. Turn Left onto Fourth Street SE 6. Turn Left onto 14th Avenue SE 7. Turn Left onto Fifth Street SE For more information on TCSA, check out our web site: http://www.tcsa.org/ To subscribe to the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS mailing lists, follow the TCSA or TCSA-JOBS link from: http://list.onvoy.com/ For any other information, please send email to: info at tcsa.org or contact: Dave Bianchi 651-260-1770 -- Dave Bianchi djb at tc.umn.edu 651-260-1770