From: Ric Wheeler Subject: Re: 2007 Linux Storage & Filesystem Workshop Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 08:26:16 -0500 Message-ID: <45644FF8.20409@emc.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: To: "Theodore Ts'o" , linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org, Linux-ide , linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-scsi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-ext4.vger.kernel.org Theodore Ts'o wrote: >The submission date for the Linux Storage and Filesystem Workshop is >coming up quickly, and I'd encourage folks who are interested to submit >a 2-3 paragraph position statement. > > - Ted > > Just another reminder - please do send in a submission if you want to attend. If you cannot send in a submission by the 24th, you can contact me or someone else on the program committee and we can help. Thanks! ric >http://www.usenix.org/events/lsf07/cfp/ > >2007 Linux Storage & Filesystem Workshop Call for Position Statements > >2007 Linux Storage & Filesystem Workshop >February 12--13, 2007 >San Jose, CA > >Co-located with the 5th USENIX Conference on File and Storage >Technologies (FAST '07), which will take place February >13--16, 2007 > >Important Dates >Submissions due: November 24, 2006 >Notification of acceptance: December 15, 2006 > >Workshop Organizers > >Program Chair >Ric Wheeler, EMC > >Program Committee >Jens Axboe, Oracle >James Bottomley, SteelEye >Valerie Henson, Intel >Andrew Morton, Google >Trond Myklebust, Network Appliance >Brian Pawlowski, Network Appliance >Theodore Ts'o, IBM > >Overview > >The Linux Storage and Filesystem Workshop is a small, tightly focused, >by-invitation workshop. It is intended to bring together developers and >researchers interested in implementing improvements in the Linux >filesystem and storage subsystems that can find their way into the >mainline kernel and into Linux distributions in the 2--3-year >timeframe. The workshop will be two days, the second day overlapping >with FAST '07 tutorials. The workshop will be separated into storage and >filesystem tracks, with a combined plenary session. > >Topics and Submissions > >Researchers and developers who are interested in attending should submit >a 2--3-paragraph position statement that describes the topic or topics >they would like to discuss during the workshop, and whether such a topic >would suit the filesystem track, the storage track, or the plenary >session. Examples of topics of interest include: > > * New trends in storage technologies likely to impact Linux in the > next 3--5 years > * More realistic methods of measuring filesystem and storage performance > * Proposed improvements to Linux filesystems, including, in particular: > o Handling of storage errors > o Filesystem repair techniques > o Scaling to very large (terabyte) filesystems > * Progress reports on implementation of features discussed at the > Portland Filesystem Summit > * Changes to the interface between the operating system and storage devices > * Proposed improvements to existing Linux storage subsystems, > particularly with an emphasis on: > o Refactoring common code out of storage subsystems and into > the block layer > o Better robustness and error recovery > o Barrier implementations in the face of TCQ > o Making use of storage capabilities (such as block guard or > non-power-of-2 block sizes) for novel filesystem and > application features > * Progress reports on implementation of features discussed at the > Vancouver Storage Summit > * Userspace tools for managing storage systems (including better > presentation to the user via sysfs) > * Storage futures, including: > o New transports > o Changes to existing standards for new storage features > o SAS/SATA convergence > o Do we yet have a use for Object-Based Storage Devices (OSD)? >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > >