[BLU/Officers] October BLU meeting?
John Abreau
abreauj at gmail.com
Sat Mar 23 23:20:11 EDT 2024
Thanks, Shankar. I've uploaded your slides to the BLU server, and posted
the meeting video.
On Fri, Mar 22, 2024 at 9:34 PM Shankar Viswanathan <
shankar.viswan at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Jabr,
>
> I uploaded the slides from my talk to my Google drive folder:
>
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CI8-Je08D7K5HDSJ7cHd4j_eLvlFUNC7/view?usp=sharing
>
> Please feel free to share it on the BLU website.
>
> Hope the talk was useful.
>
> Thanks,
> Shankar
>
> On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 9:16 PM John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Ok, thanks, Shankar. I've updated the calendar.
> >
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 13, 2024 at 7:38 PM Shankar Viswanathan <
> shankar.viswan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> I forgot to confirm this -- I can indeed do the talk next week.
> >>
> >> -Shankar
> >>
> >> On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 11:50 PM John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >> > Thanks, Shankar. I've added it to the BLU calendar, tagged as
> UNCONFIRMED.
> >> >
> >> > http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2024-mar
> >> >
> >> > Unconfirmed events show up, marked as unconfirmed, on the side panel
> of the home page, and are not listed in the calendar index.
> >> >
> >> > http://blu.org/cgi-bin/calendar/2024
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > On Thu, Nov 2, 2023 at 10:43 PM Shankar Viswanathan <
> shankar.viswan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Yes, pencil me in for March 20th -- I'll confirm it by early January.
> >> >>
> >> >> -Shankar
> >> >>
> >> >> On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 10:23 PM John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Thanks, Shankar. I'll post the slides to the BLU website.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Our next available meeting is March 20th. Can I schedule your
> Proxmox and TrueNAS talk for then?
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 10:17 AM Shankar Viswanathan <
> shankar.viswan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Hi Jabr,
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Attached is the slide deck from my portion of the presentation
> last
> >> >> >> week. You can post it on the BLU site.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I am currently putting together a NAS and homeserver machine at
> home
> >> >> >> to replace my old setup. I am going to use Proxmox and TrueNAS
> scale
> >> >> >> for it -- I am documenting some of my steps along the way, so
> that I
> >> >> >> can use it for a future BLU talk. You can pencil me in for some
> >> >> >> meeting next year for which you don't have a speaker lined up
> already.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Thanks,
> >> >> >> Shankar
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 8:27 PM John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Thanks, Kurt! I've updated the calendar.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > On Sun, Oct 15, 2023 at 10:15 AM Kurt Keville <
> kurt.keville at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> How does this sound, Jabr (not to be confused with
> >> >> >> >> https://wiki.debian.org/Jabber )
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> We have a third presentation from the SCC teams (BU and UCSD),
> quite
> >> >> >> >> ad hoc at this point but they will be ready. They have done
> this
> >> >> >> >> before, most recently at
> >> >> >> >> http://blu.org/meetings/2021/04/
> >> >> >> >> https://www.studentclustercompetition.us
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> They will talk about and indeed solicit advice for their ARM /
> Ubuntu
> >> >> >> >> servers to optimize benchmarks, in particular. the HPCchallenge
> >> >> >> >> suite... and MLperf...
> >> >> >> >> http://hpcchallenge.org
> >> >> >> >> Can anyone get Jon Masters to attend? He might have some ARM
> advice...
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> Your first draft of verbage was pretty good. I would go with
> something like..
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> There are new hardware processes and programming paradigms that
> >> >> >> >> promise to dramatically improve process yields and
> performance. CXL
> >> >> >> >> will unlock academic research computing disciplines that
> currently
> >> >> >> >> have no solution path. These include deeply recursive codes and
> >> >> >> >> applications that require large memory blocks. Unified
> Acceleration
> >> >> >> >> (UXL), was announced last month at the Linux Foundation Open
> Source
> >> >> >> >> Summit with the goal of delivering a multi-architecture and
> >> >> >> >> multi-vendor software ecosystem for all accelerators based on
> open
> >> >> >> >> source standards. And Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express
> (UCIe) is
> >> >> >> >> helping to build an open ecosystem of chiplets for on-package
> >> >> >> >> innovations.
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 12, 2023 at 3:26 AM John Abreau <abreauj at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Hi, Kurt.
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Any updates on the more precise verbage for the BLU
> calendar, and the potential third speaker and topic? We're a week away from
> the meeting.
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > Thanks!
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> >> > On Mon, Oct 9, 2023 at 9:50 AM Kurt Keville <
> kurt.keville at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> I can give you some more precise verbage soon... and
> updating my slides this week. Also, I may have a third presenter; one of my
> collaborators. It still won't get us to 2 hours but it will be valuable.
> Will know that soon.
> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> BTW, is the website down? It might just be my connection
> but I can get to it.
> >> >> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> >> >> On Sun, Oct 8, 2023 at 12:48 AM John Abreau <
> abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >> >> >>> How's this for the BLU calendar? Is this accurate?
> >> >> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >> >> >>> "Short Takes: Compute Express Link (CXL) in High
> Performance Computing; and the 2022 Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express
> (UCIe) Standard for Chip Design"
> >> >> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >> >> >>> "Kurt discusses Compute Express Link (CXL). CXL promises
> to unlock academic research computing disciplines that currently have no
> solution path. These include deeply recursive codes and applications that
> require large memory blocks."
> >> >> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >> >> >>> "Shankar discusses Universal Chiplet Interconnect Express
> (UCIe). UCIe is a new open industry standard that establishes a universal
> interconnect at the package-level for computer chips."
> >> >> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >> >> >>> -----------------------------------------
> >> >> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >> >> >>> The above is somewhat generic. Can Kurt and Shankar
> provide details that more closely reflect their presentations?
> >> >> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >> >> >>> Thanks!
> >> >> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>
> >> >> >> >> >>> On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 10:43 PM Shankar Viswanathan <
> shankar.viswan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>> TrueNAS is indeed derived from FreeNAS. But now TrueNAS
> has two separate products:
> >> >> >> >> >>>> * TureNAS Core: the original FreeBSD based product
> >> >> >> >> >>>> * TrueNAS Scale: New product based on Debian
> >> >> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>> Both use OpenZFS as the default storage filesystem.
> TrueNAS Scale is more easily installed on a variety of hardware given its
> Linux driver support, TrueNAS Core is more restricted to components that
> have good FreeBSD drivers. Both products are fully open-source and have
> "enterprise" support available. I am leaning towards using TrueNAS Scale
> for my NAS -- mostly because I am more familiar with Debian and the fact
> that I have a few KVM-based VMs that I'd like to move over to this machine.
> It is possible to do this with the Bhyve hypervisor on FreeBSD but I'd
> rather take the easier migration path.
> >> >> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>> -Shankar
> >> >> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>> On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 5:44 PM Brian DeLacey <
> bdelacey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>> Looks like TrueNAS is derived from / renamed FreeNAS -
> though I get the sense their higher end / enterprise products might be new
> / different codebases?
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>> Brian
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>> On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 5:25 PM John Abreau <
> abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>> Is TrueNAS related to FreeNAS, or is it an entirely
> separate project?
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>> On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 10:22 AM Brian DeLacey <
> bdelacey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>> TrueNAS looks super interesting -
> https://www.truenas.com/truenas-core/ - and I am months behind in coming
> up with a solution to stow the growing gigabytes (terabytes) of family
> photos!
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>> https://www.truenas.com/truenas-core/
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>> Startling statistics in the nice video the TrueNAS
> site hosts - something like 90% of all data has been created in the last
> two years? Wowza!
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>> Brian
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>> On Sat, Oct 7, 2023 at 10:05 AM Shankar Viswanathan <
> shankar.viswan at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>> Unfortunately I don't have anything concrete at the
> moment. I am thinking of building a new NAS machine based on TrueNAS Scale
> - I can perhaps talk about that experience at a future BLU meeting.
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>> -Shankar
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>> On 10/6/23 09:03, Kurt Keville wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>> Maybe. Let me look through my recent slides.
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>> On Thu, Oct 5, 2023, 9:33 AM Brian DeLacey <
> bdelacey at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>> I'm hoping Kurt or Shankar is!!!!
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>> I'm doing stuff (still) with Go / NOSTR but most
> recently TypeScript - and of all things leveraging a bit of ChatGPT for my
> own cognitive scaffolding (with all the hazards that presents.)
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>> When people are ready to talk about AI - please sign
> me up. Should do a background chat, and a hands-on session. And should tie
> in Facial recognition please. (Some very good stuff coming out on this now
> ...)
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>> Brian
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Oct 4, 2023 at 5:40 PM John Abreau <
> abreauj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>> Hi, Brian and Kurt.
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>> Are you guys working on anything that you could
> present at this month's BLU meeting on October 18?
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>>
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>> --
> >> >> >> >> >>>>>>>>>> John Abreau / Executive Director, Boston Linux &
> Unix
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