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2007 Agenda

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Monday, September 10, 2007


Time


Session Information


8:00

Registration




Tutorial Track A


Tutorial Track B


8:45 - 9:45

Capturing Comprehensive Storage Workload Traces in Windows
Bruce Worthington, Microsoft


iSCSI: Protocol and Functionality
David L. Black, EMC


9:45 - 10:00

Break

10:00 - 12:00

eXtensible Access Method (XAM): A Technical Tutorial Best Practices for Developers
Mike Horgan, EMC
Graham Stuart, EMC
Christina Casten, EMC


ZFS: The Last Word in File System Part 1
Jeff Bonwick, Sun Microsystems
Bill Moore, Sun Microsystems



12:00 - 1:00

Lunch

1:00 - 3:00

eXtensible Access Method Software Development Kit
Mark Carlson, Sun Microsystems
Scott Ostapovicz, EMC

ZFS: The Last Word in File System Part 2
Jeff Bonwick, Sun Microsystems
Bill Moore, Sun Microsystems



3:00 - 3:15

Break

3:15 - 4:15

Storage Networking Standards:  Recent Developments
David L. Black, EMC


Object-based Storage Devices (OSD) Architecture and Systems
Sami Iren, Seagate
Rich Ramos, Xyratex


4:15 - 5:15

4K Sectors and Its Impact on Storage Systems
Bret Weber, LSI Corporation


Technical Overview of SNIA RAID Disk Data Format and MDF Extensions
Krithivas Ramamurthy, Intel
Bill Dawkins, Dell

5:15 - 6:30

Reception & Plugfest Openhouse

5:00 - 8:00

Hands on Lab for Developers



Time


Session Information


Tuesday, September 11, 2007


7:30 - 8:15

Continental Breakfast and Networking


8:15 - 8:30

Welcome Remarks

Dave Thiel, SNIA Technical Council Chair

8:30 - 10:00

Keynote Speaker

Free Software in Ethics, Practice, and Licensing
Richard Stallman

10:00 - 11:00

Featured Speaker

Developing Commercial Products for Open Source Platforms
Lawrence Rosen (Rosenlaw & Einschlag)

11:00 - 11:15

Break

11:15 - 12:15

Featured Speaker

The General-Purpose Storage Revolution
Jeff Bonwick, Sun Microsystems

12:15 - 1:15

Lunch



Track #1
File & Object Storage



Track #2
Advanced Technologies



Track #3
Storage Management



Track #4
NFS



1:15 - 2:15


Snapshots in the WAFL File System
Alan Yoder, Network Appliance


Extreme Storage Requirements: Storage on the Lunatic Fringe
Tom Ruwart, Consultant


Management Framework Reference Architecture
Mark Carlson, Sun


NFSv4.1 - What is Coming?
Spencer Shepler, Sun
Mike Eisler, NetApp
Dave Noveck, NetApp


2:15 - 3:15


ZFS as a Root File System
Lori Alt, Sun


Analysis of the Futures for Four Storage Networking Interfaces
Mahmoud Jibbe, LSI Corporation


DMTF Technologies Overview
Jeff Hilland, HP


An Update on Parallel NFS (pNFS)
Brent Welch, Panasas


3:15 - 3:30

Break

3:30 - 4:30


XAM Over OSD
Sami Iren, Seagate
Kalman Meth, IBM
Rich Ramos, Xyratex


Common Multi-Protocol SCSI Target for Solaris
Sumit Gupta, Sun


Managing High-Availability Storage Servers with SMI
Scott Baker, iStor


NFS Namespace Futures - What's in a Name?
Robert Thurlow, Sun


4:30 - 5:00


"Chalk Talk"
Q&A Session with speakers
Alan Yoder
Lori Alt
Sami Iren
Kalman Meth
Rich Ramos


"Chalk Talk"
Q&A Session with speakers
Tom Ruwart
Mahmoud Jibbe
Sumit Gupta


"Chalk Talk"
Q&A Session with speakers
Mark Carlson
Jeff Hilland
Scott Baker


"Chalk Talk"
Q&A Session with speakers
Spencer Shepler
Mike Eisler
Dave Noveck
Brent Welch
Robert Thurlow


5:00 - 7:00

Welcome Reception - Sponsor Showcase

5:00 - 8:00

Hands on Lab for Developers



Time


Session Information


Wednesday, September 12, 2007

7:30 - 8:30

Continental Breakfast and Networking

8:30 - 9:30

Keynote Speakers

Reconciling Agility with Stability - eBay's Reliable but Insanely Dynamic Storage Infrastructure
Paul Strong, Distinguished Engineer, eBay Inc.
John Brogan, Principle Engineer, eBay Inc

9:30 - 10:30

Featured Speaker

The Lustre File System - Ultimate Scalability
Peter J. Braam, Cluster File Systems, Inc

10:30 - 10:45

Break

10:45 - 11:45

Featured Speaker

What is FCoE?
PANEL: Moderated   David L. Black, EMC
Rob Davis, QLogic
Silvano Gai, Nuova Systems
John Hufferd, Brocade
Michael Krause, HP

11:45 - 1:15

Lunch - Sponsor Showcase



Track #1
Storage Software



Track #2
Advanced Technologies



Track #3
iSCSI



Track #4
Security



1:15 - 2:15


Storage and Virtualization
Aaron Dailey, Sun


File Area Networks
Steven Wilson, Brocade
Carl Madison, Sun

iSCSI Management API
John Forte, Sun


TCG Trusted Storage Specifications
Jason Cox, Seagate


2:15 - 3:15


pNFS in OpenSolaris
Spencer Shepler, Sun
Mahesh Siddheshwar, Sun

Introduction to CIM Over SCSI: An In-band Management Protocol
Ramamurthy Krithivas, Intel
Gene Ruth, Dell


Implementing iSCSI in a NAS Filer Environment
Kadir Ozdemir, Agami System
Paul Massiglia, Agami System


Pinpoint and Remediate CIFS and Storage Vulnerabilities
Thomas Maufer, Mu Security


3:15 - 3:30

Break

3:30 - 4:30


Aperi Storage Management Technical Overview
Todd Singleton, IBM


SAN Target Mode Boot Server
Jim Dunham, Sun


Managing iSCSI with SMI
Scott Baker, iStor


Filebench - Performance Measurement and Analysis
Spencer Shepler, Sun
Eric Kustarz, Sun

4:30 - 5:00


"Chalk Talk"
Q&A Session with speakers
Aaron Dailey
Spencer Shepler
Todd Singleton


"Chalk Talk"
Q&A Session with speakers
Steven Wilson
Carl Madison
Ramamurthy Krithivas
Gene Ruth
Jim Dunham


"Chalk Talk"
Q&A Session with speakers
John Forte
Kadir Ozdemir
Paul Massiglia
Scott Baker


"Chalk Talk"
Q&A Session with speakers
Jason Cox
Thomas Maufer
Spencer Shepler
Eric Kustarz, Sun

5:00 - 7:00

Evening Reception - Sponsor Showcase

5:00 - 8:00

Hands on Lab for Developers



Time


Session Information


Thursday, September 13, 2007


7:30 - 8:30

Continental Breakfast and Networking



Track #1
Storage Management



Track #2
Advanced Technologies



Track #3
iSCSI



Track #4
Storage Software



8:30 - 9:30

Getting Up and Running with Web Services
Steve Hand, Symantec


Status Report on Storage Security Initiatives
Roger Cummings, Symantec

Oracle 11g RAC Using ISCSI Providing Grid Computing
Larry Justice, Oracle
Jim Olsen, Oracle


An Open Source iSCSI Initiator
Ken Davis, Sun
Sajid Zia, Sun


9:30 - 10:30

Virtual Tape Library Profile
Steve Peters, HP


"Best of FAST"
SMI-S Support in Windows for FC and iSCSI
Alan Warwick, Microsoft


CIFS Protcol Extensions
Steve French, IBM


Failures in the Real World
Bianca Schroeder


10:30 - 10:45

Break

10:45 - 11:45

Multipath Management API for SCSI Devices
Hyon Kim, Sun


TFS: A Transparent File System for Contributory Storage
Mark Corner, Univ. Massachusetts
James Cipar
Emery Berger


What Test Challenges are Under the Hood of an iSCSI Storage Product Certification?
Mahmoud Jibbe, LSI Corporation


Intel Storage Grid Management Solution
Gregory Touretsky, Intel


11:45 - 12:15

"Chalk Talk"
Q&A Session with speakers
Steve Peters
Steve Hand
Hyon Kim


"Chalk Talk"
Q&A Session with speakers
Roger Cummings
Bianca Schroeder
Mark Corner
Emery Berger


"Chalk Talk"
Q&A Session with speakers
Larry Justice
Jim Olsen
Alan Warwick
Mahmoud Jibbe


"Chalk Talk"
Q&A Session with speakers
Ken Davis
Sajid Zia
Steve French
Gregory Touretsky


12:15

Conference Concludes

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