Re: CFP: Linux 2007 File System & IO Workshop

[Luben Tuikov <ltuikov@yahoo.com>]

--- James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@SteelEye.com> wrote:
> You can submit it as your position paper, certainly.

It is not a "position" paper.  There is too much SCSI
Architecture Model (SAM) in it.  But from linux-scsi point of view
I guess it is.

> However, the object of this event is not to collect a list of papers to
> be presented: it's not a conference with hundreds of attendees (if you
> want to present to an audience, you should submit to FAST, which is such
> a conference, with which we're co-located).  It's a roundtable type
> discussion with 20-25 people in the field; plus some plenary sessions to
> get input and ideas from people working on the filesystem layer.  The
> object is to stimulate discussion of important issues (which may be
> guided by papers or other materials).  The position paper thing is only
> to ensure people actually have things they want to discuss (and to allow
> the programme committee to pick the attendees if there would be too
> many).

Ok, so this is targeted at the same 20-25 Linux people who attended
the "Vancouver Storage summit" and you're just using FAST to co-locate.

I incorrectly assumed that this was targeted at storage professionals
not necessarily Linux related, but with Linux exposure so as to hear
new ideas and pathways.  I also missed to see the "by-invitation" clause
at the top.

Thanks for the explanation!
   Luben