Re: 2007 Linux Storage & Filesystem Workshop

[Ric Wheeler <ric@emc.com>]

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)?
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