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North Carolina System Administrators Group (NC*SA) -- November meeting
The next meeting of the North Carolina System Administrators & Managers
organization (NC*SA) will be Monday, November 11, 1996, at 6pm. Details
about the meeting, our technical program and directions to our meeting
location are provided in this note. We hope to see you there!!
North Carolina
System Administration Interest Group
VxFS, VxVM & FirstWatch High Availability Technology
Monday, November 11, 1996
Research Triangle Institute
Dreyfus Auditorium
Research Triangle Park, NC
6 PM - General Session
OUR PROGRAM:
-VxFS File System Technology -
on-line file system snapshot image mechanism, metadata intent logging,
and extent-based allocation
-Microsoft Windows NT "Cairo" - VxVM Volume Manager Technology Integration
Microsoft has contracted with VERITAS to imbed the VxVM Volume Manager
into Windows NT 5.0
-FirstWatch High Availability Technology -
Windows NT, Solaris, HP-UX, AIX.
OUR SPEAKER:
Ed Regan - VERITAS Software Systems Engineer
Ed has been with VERITAS for two years. Since joining the company, he
has supported customers along the entire East coast as well as in the
European market. His responsibilities include technical briefing and
consulting, demonstration of VERITAS products, and on-site technical
support for potential and existing customers.
Prior to joining VERITAS, Ed spent several years with a large Sun
Microsystems reseller in New Jersey. He specialized in large
enterprise integration projects involving RAID storage solutions and
networking.
Ed also spent four years with the NYNEX Corporation where is
specialized in personal systems solutions for large accounts.
COMPANY BACKGROUND
VERITAS Software Corporation
Founded in 1989, VERITAS Software designs, develops and markets storage
management and high availability products for mission-critical computing
systems. The products ease system administration and are designed to
improve system performance, reliability, and data integrity. VERITAS
products are licensed as source products to more than 48 OEMs worldwide.
Shrink-wrap versions of the products for various platforms are sold
through a growing channel of VERITAS authorized channel partners.
The publicly held (NASDAQ:VRTS) company's world headquarters are located
at 1600 Plymouth Street, Mountain View, CA 94043
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Our meetings are free and open to anyone with an interest in the topic of
the evening. We will be providing food and drink for the evening. If you
have any questions please contact:
Amy K. Kreiling
SAS Institute Inc.
SAS Campus Drive
Cary, NC 27513
(919) 677-8000 x5963
kreiling@unx.sas.com
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Have you visited the NC*SA web site, yet? Visit us at:
http://netit.com/ncsa/
Your feedback is appreciated!
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ELECTION TIME!!! ELECTION TIME!!! ELECTION TIME!!!
November is our annual NC*SA membership meeting. Three of the
seven positions on the NC*SA steering committee will be up for
re-election. If you are interested in volunteering your time
or would like to find out more about the inner workings of NC*SA,
please contact one of tehe steering committee members or send
e-mail to "ncsa-steer@cs.unc.edu".
Please attend our November meeting. The NC*SA exists for you,
and your participation in our membership meeting is important!
ELECTION TIME!!! ELECTION TIME!!! ELECTION TIME!!!
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Directions to Research Triangle Institute
From I-40 west of RTP (e.g. Chapel Hill):
Get onto I-40 heading east. Follow I-40 to the NC-147 - Durham
Freeway - North (towards Durham). Stay in right lane. Shift
right as soon as possible after merging with traffic coming off
I-40 westbound. Exit to the right at the next exit (Cornwallis
Road). At top of exit, turn to the left. (If you turn right and
cross over the bridge, you are going the wrong direction.) After
turning left onto Cornwallis, shift immediately to the right
lane. Take the second right onto East Institute Drive.
Take the second right off of East Institute Drive. Dreyfus
Laboratory will be the first building on your right. Use
the parking lot in front of the Lab and enter at the main
entrance.
From I-40 east of RTP (e.g. Raleigh):
Get onto I-40 heading west. Follow I-40 to the NC-147 - Durham
Freeway - North (towards Durham). Shift to rightmost lane
as soon as possible Exit to the right at the next exit (Cornwallis
Road). At top of exit, turn to the left. (If you turn right and
cross over the bridge, you are going the wrong direction.) After
turning left onto Cornwallis, shift immediately to the right
lane. Take the second right onto East Institute Drive.
Take the second right off of East Institute Drive. Dreyfus
Laboratory will be the first building on your right. Use
the parking lot in front of the Lab and enter at the main
entrance.
From north of RTP (e.g. Durham):
Get onto NC-147 - Durham Freeway - south. Exit at the Cornwallis
Road exit. At the top of the exit, turn left to cross over the
bridge. After turning left onto Cornwallis, shift immediately
to the right lane. Take the second right onto East Institute Drive.
Take the second right off of East Institute Drive. Dreyfus
Laboratory will be the first building on your right. Use
the parking lot in front of the Lab and enter at the main
entrance.