Hi all, Caution - this is a shameless plug for some of the cluster developers. First, I would like to apologize but we have been too focused on getting the new cluster infrastructure integrated, and pushing GFS2/DLM upstream, that we have not organized a cluster summit for this year. However, some of the key architects of the cluster components are going to be speaking at this years Red Hat Summit ( http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/ ) at the end of the month of May in Nashville. Dave Teigland, Steven Whitehouse, Steven Dake and Jim Parsons are all on the schedule to speak. * Dave Teigland will be covering the evolution and exposure of the cluster components APIs including DLM, CMAN and CCS. * Steve Whitehouse will describe the changes between GFS and GFS2, reasons behind the changes and share some details about the new layout. * Steven Dake is going to cover the openais project, the integration of totem protocol into the core cluster infrastructure and cover the new high availability APIs that openais provides and some direction on where it is heading. * Jim Parsons will describe the Conga project, which is going to provide the new management interfaces and infrastructure to make cluster and storage administration much simpler. All of these presentations are currently scheduled for May 31, the first day of the Red Hat Summit, and will include some Q&A time. We have not set up any formal cluster group discussions, but if people were to have an interest, I would imagine that there would be ample opportunities to find a local establishment where all of these guys would be to have an informal get together of cluster developers. It is not often that all of these guys are in the same country at the same time, so hopefully we can take advantage of it. So, check out the web site for the Red Hat Summit, we are under the Cluster and Storage track. If you sign up (sorry, but there is a fee to attend), either let me know or respond to the linux-cluster mailing list. If enough cluster developers are interested, we can be more specific about where we will be hanging out, rather than just strolling all over Nashville. Thanks and hope to see you in Nashville. Kevin Anderson Director, Cluster and Storage Development Red Hat kanderso@xxxxxxxxxx Red Hat Summit http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/ Cluster Track http://www.redhat.com/promo/summit/tracks/#cluster -- Linux-cluster@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/linux-cluster
