Hi folks,
Our next WLUG meeting is scheduled to be held on Wednesday, May 12 at
7:00 PM in Morgan Hall at the WPI campus in Worcester, MA USA.
I'm pleased to announce that Jeff Moyer from Red Hat will be our guest
speaker. He will be giving a talk on Solid-State Drive technology
(SSDs):
A Complete Guide to SSDs
This talk explains the inner workings of solid state storage
technology in an easy to understand manner. The innate properties of
NAND flash are discussed in the context of current disk scheduling
methodologies. Benchmark results comparing SSDs and traditional
rotating media are presented. The talk further outlines changes in the
Linux kernel and file system utilities that have been made to
accommodate SSDs, and changes that are on their way. Finally, guidance
is given on practical deployment of SSDs, including file system
creation and mount options, I/O scheduler selection, and answers to
some frequently asked questions.
I look forward to seeing you there,
Chuck
President, Worcester Linux Users' Group
