[nylug-announce] TOMORROW! NYLUG Presents 2 presentations, Cobbler and Rocks with Subhendu Ghosh and Robert Rusinko

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Wednesday, April 30, 2008
6:30pm-8:00 PM
IBM
590 Madison Ave, 12th Floor
corner of 57th Street

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PLEASE NOTE: This meeting is at IBM, not Google!



                              Subhendu Ghosh
                                  - on -
                     The Cobbler Provisioning System

  If you've ever had to take a pile of computers and turn them into working
  systems, you already know how much work there is from unpacking them to
  putting them into production.  Various tools have been created to
  automate portions of the process, such as Kickstart, but still leave a
  lot of work to the person installing the systems.  Cobbler aims to make
  this process easier and less error-prone by providing a PXE boot server
  and tools such as Koan, to allow you a template-based system to provision
  new systems, whether physical or virtual.  Subhendu Ghosh will take us on
  a walkthrough of Cobbler so you can see how easy it can be.


                            Robert Rusinko
                                - on -
                   Using Rocks to build Linux Clusters

  There are now many options for creating Linux clusters; clustering
  remains one of the hottest applications for Linux today.  Along with an
  overview of the popular clustering software, we will focus on the Rocks
  package sponsored by the National Science Foundation, from basic
  installation to running jobs. Robert Rusinko will be show us the ins and
  outs of setting up clusters using Rocks, and give us a peek at the Rocks
  5.0 (Beta) using Xen.


Meeting Location:
  Please note that this meeting will be held at IBM, 590 Madison Ave,
  12th floor, corner of 57th Street, and not at Google.  This is
  the building with the IBM logo on the front of the building.

Map:
  http://tighturl.com/m

Books!!!
  Our friends at Prentice-Hall kindly provide us with review copies
  of various new titles.  One of these could be yours, all you have
  to do is agree to review the book within a reasonable period of
  time.

Swag (Give Away):
  During/after the meeting... unusually terrific swag may be given
  away.

Stammtisch:
  After the meeting ... You may wish to join up with other NYLUGgers
  over at TGI Fridays located at 677 Lexington Avenue and 56th
  Street, second floor. Northeast corner.

Python Workshops:
  We are rounding up a group that wants to learn Python.  This would
  be a great time to attend our workshop.
  
  Those interested in working on the new NYLYG Web site are
  strongly encouraged to attend also.  Work has just begun on the
  new NYLUG Jobs site.
  
  The workshops meet every other Tuesday, at the NY Public Library,
  Hudson Park Branch.  66 Leroy St. NY NY from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  Next meeting is April 29th.
  See the calendar at: http://tighturl.com/fp

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