[ale] [ANNC] ALE-NW @ SPSU MTG. for Thurs., Nov 13, 7:30pm

[JD]

The monthly ALE-NW at SPSU meeting is being held Thursday Nov 13th, 2014
at 7:30pm in room J-266 of the Atrium (J) building on the SPSU campus. This is
an open meeting. Everyone is invited, students, non-students, old and young.

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Topic: Linux Virtualization Overview, Details, Optimizations and Questions
Presenter: JD
Date:  11/13 @ 7:30p - 9:30p-ish
Where: SPSU J-266
Directions: http://ale.org/?page_id=506

Server virtualization is the default in most enterprises today. Running directly
on hardware is the exception.

We'll discuss the differences between the different methods to virtualize
hardware, operating systems, applications and application engines available on
Linux systems today.  Pros and cons for each, how to optimize each and discuss
items of interest from the audience.
Xen, KVM, LXC, Docker, VirtualBox, VMware ESXi will be included.


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ALE-NW meets the 2nd Thursday of the month at the SPSU campus.
Please mark this on your calendar as a reoccurring meeting.

The topic for December will be GPG security with a key signing. Looking for a
keymaster volunteer and a speaker for practical use of GPG keys.

The group usually adjourns to the Marietta Diner after the meeting.
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For a campus map and a link to directions please see
<http ://www.spsu.edu/visitspsu/campusmaps/index.htm>
or visit the ALE-NW webpage page at
<http://tomshiro.org/twiki/view/ALE/AleNwOrg> for information links from prior
meetings.

Learn more about GA-400 Linux Group: http://www.meetup.com/GA-400-Linux-Group/
We informally meet every Sunday to discuss Linux and other assorted tech-related
topics.

Free parking after 7pm in non-reserved spaces in the P60 deck is best. If you
park before that time, you may get a ticket, boot, or towed.
Building J, the Atrium building, is a short distance east of the parking deck.
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ALE-NW at SPSU meetings are open events and we hope you will join us!  We generally
meet on the 2nd Thursday of the month, but always watch the ale.org email list
for specifics. Also remember that topic suggestions and presentation offers the
meetings can be emailed to [ jdp (at) algoloma (dot) com] or [griggs (dot) andy
(at) gmail (dot) com]