North Carolina System Administrators (NC*SA) meeting - March 9, 1998

[Heather Flanagan <heflan@wnt.sas.com>]

The next meeting of the North Carolina System Administrators
organization (NC*SA) will be Monday, March 9, 1998, at 6pm.  Details
about the meeting and directions are provided in this note.  We hope to
see you there!

		  Building Scalable Web Sites			
           System Administrators Interest Group

                Monday, February 9, 1998
              Research Triangle Institute
               Research Triangle Park, NC

                 6PM - General Session

Abstract:
A web server makes unique and problematic demands of its operating
system.  With the explosive growth of information on the Internet a
simple web server can quickly become overwhelmed with the flood of
requests.  The presentation will discuss techniques for designing a
web site which can be scaled to meet growing needs.  This will include
an discussion of a web server's resource requirements, designs for
accomodating growth, discussions of proactive capacity planning, and a
few tuning tips.  The speaker will relate his personal experiences and
observations with one of the busiest web sites on the Internet: CNN
Interactive.


About the Speaker

Author, programmer, teacher, and systems administration expert,
William has been using Unix and Internet technologies since 1983. He
has written many articles on Unix, networking and systems
administration issues. Currently he is a columnist for Unix Review,
writing the monthly column "Daemons & Dragons". William is also the
editor for the Usenix/SAGE series "Short Topics in System
Administration".

William has taught tutorials since 1989 for such organizations as
Usenix, the Sun User Group (SUG), the Sun User Group-UK (SUG-UK),
and Great Circle Associates. He has contributed to several widely used
Unix packages, including Wietse Venema's logdaemon package. He is also
the primary programmer for the popular Unix utility top.

William received his bachelor's degree in 1983 and his master of
science degree in 1988, both from Rice University in Houston, Texas.

William can be reached by any of the following means:
	William LeFebvre
	Group sys Consulting
	11585 Jones Bridge Road
	Suite 420-139
	Alpharetta, GA  30022
	+1 770 813 3224
	+1 770 622 0203 (FAX)
	wnl@groupsys.com
	http://www.groupsys.com

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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:

  Heather Flanagan 
  SAS Institute Inc. 
  SAS Campus Drive 
  Cary, NC  27513  
  (919) 677-8000 x5522
  heflan@unx.sas.com

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Directions to Research Triangle Institute
(http://www.rti.org/images/campus.gif)

   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. 


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Heather Flanagan             Associate Systems Programmer
heflan@unx.sas.com           SAS Institute
(919)677-8000 x5522