[ale] LOCAL: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts Meeting Jul 2000

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        Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - July meeting notice  

 								 
               Join your fellow Linux enthusiasts for
                   our regular monthly meeting!
 				
                   Thursday  13 July, 2000
                           7:00 PM				 
                Georgia Tech College of Computing		 
                           Room 16 
 
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	        	    THIS MONTH:


	   Topic: The High-Availability Linux project
	 Speaker: Alan Robertson, SuSE Inc.


	One of the capabilities most-often identified as being 
	necessary for Linux to be considered a world-class server 
	operating system is High-Availability capabilities.

	High-Availability systems provide the illusion of continuous 
	operation for a cluster of computers where one computer takes 
	over for another in the event of hardware or software failures 
	and planned administrative events. The cluster appears to the 
	user to be available much more than any individual computer 
	through the use of failover techniques which keep service from 
	being interrupted by these kinds of events.

	The High-Availability Linux project  (linux-ha.org) is in the 
	process of addressing these capabilities through a series of 
	projects, each providing key pieces of a full high-availability 
	solution.

	It is the purpose of this talk to provide an overview of 
	High-Availability capabilities currently available for Linux, and 
	provide a brief look into the future of High-Availability Linux 
	options and projects.



	Alan Robertson has been an active developer in High-Availability 
	Linux (linux-ha.org) for the last several years, and was a key
	developer for the heartbeat program for most of this time.  Most 
	recently, he joined SuSE where he leads the SuSE/SGI LinuxFailSafe
	initiative to bring first-class high-availability capabilities to Linux.

	For the previous 21 years, he had worked for Bell Labs in a variety 
	of roles from product development, to designing communication
	controllers, to providing computing support.

	Alan obtained an MS in Computer Science from Oklahoma State University 
	in 1978 and a BS in Electrical Engineering from OSU in 1976.

	Alan may be reached at:  alanr at suse.com



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