OpenZFS Developer Summit

Spent the day filming and streaming this. The full playlist is here, below are links to each individual talk. Matt Ahrens Intro  Platform Panel: illumos (Chris Siden), FreeBSD, Linux (Brian Behlendorf), and OSX (Jurgen) Platform-independent code repository (Matt Ahrens) Storage Tiering (Boris Protopopov) Vendor Panel (all represented companies sharing their work) Community Planning (Karyn Ritter)… Continue reading OpenZFS Developer Summit

Marketing Your Tech Talent

I was thrilled to have the opportunity to present this talk at the Monktoberfest in Portland, Maine. Slide deck with notes – Marketing Your Tech Talent Some very kind words about the talk from Joe Brockmeier here. I’m just gonna brag a little here: Videoing the talks at #monktoberfest pic.twitter.com/p6XnDGDL2O — Tom Raftery (@TomRaftery) October… Continue reading Marketing Your Tech Talent

Why 4K?

George Wilson at ZFS Day For over 30 years, hard drives have designated the smallest storage location as 512 bytes. In January 2011, all major hard drive manufactures began shipping their hard drive platforms using a new standard called Advanced Format. To aid in the transition, these new hard drives provide a 512 byte emulation… Continue reading Why 4K?

Using SmartOS as a Hypervisor

Robert Mustacchi’s talk at SCALE 10x. An excellent introduction to what SmartOS is and why it’s better. Want to learn more? Come meet Robert at the Joyent Cloud Meetup/Office Hours Jan 31. 5-7 pm. Beer and pizza provided! 60 minutes (playlist of 5 parts), shot and edited by Deirdré Straughan slides You might also like: Joyent… Continue reading Using SmartOS as a Hypervisor