Learn how to create a NAS in the Cloud

Do you want to learn best practices for architecting storage solutions in the Cloud? Do you want to get hands on with Cloud storage tools? Join your fellow tech enthusiasts in a hands-on workshop to learn how to quickly and easily stand up SoftNAS (http://www.softnas.com) cloud NAS on CenturyLink Cloud (http://www.ctl.io) and manage storage repositories across multiple protocols.

Anyone who registers will receive a free CenturyLink Cloud account with a $3,000 credit and a free 30-day trial of SoftNAS Cloud NAS. Enjoy food and drinks while CenturyLink Cloud and SoftNAS show you how simple “Cloud” can be.

What will I practice at this event?

Bring your latop and be ready to:

● Practice using remote infrastructure and application deployment methods with CenturyLink (http://www.ctl.io/)Cloud and SoftNAS (http://www.ctl.io/)

● Practice using NAS tools like SoftNAS Cloud NAS

What business problems does this solve?

Rapid Time-to-Value Stand up and configure your cloud NAS quickly and reliably without prior storage architecture experience.

Flexible With customizable solutions from self-service to fully managed and a flexible open source architecture, take advantage of the full freedoms cloud infrastructure offers.

Secure & Scalable See how CenturyLink Cloud’s high-performance all-in-one cloud platform and SoftNAS’ 99.999% reliability combine to provide your business secure, reliable data protection that scales flawlessly.

Insanely Easy If you've ever had to battle a smb.conf file, CIFS or NFS, you will be blown away at how easy it is to share data using these tools.

Agenda:

• 4:00 - 4:30pm - Arrive for Food, Drinks, Conversation and Raffles

• 4:30 - 5:30pm - CenturyLink Cloud Platform overview with hands-on Exercises: Create an environment and deploy applications through automation inside CenturyLink Cloud

• 5:30 - 6:30pm - SoftNAS overview with hands-on Exercises: Deploy a High Availability NAS solution that uses local and S3 cloud storage

• 6:30 - 7:00pm - Q&A, Networking, Big Prize Raffle

Instructors

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Bob Stolzberg (http://www.linkedin.com/in/bstolzberg) - Principal Engineer - CenturyLink Cloud

Bob is a local Principal Engineer on the Cloud Platform Enablement Team. In this role, Bob works with CenturyLink's Ecosystem Partners to integrate their technology with the CenturyLink Cloud Marketplace and evangelize the technology with the community. Bob has served as a subject matter expert in the areas of Cloud technology and DRBC for the past several years and has more than 17 years of engineering experience in the IT industry. http://photos2.meetupstatic.com/photos/event/6/c/f/600_446941743.jpeg

Matt Blanchard - Solution Architect - SoftNAS

With over 20 years of IT experience, Matt helps customers understand storage subsystems and implement cloud NAS technology. He has assisted several fortune 1000 companies to successfully move workloads from their private data centers into the scalable cloud infrastructures. Staying true to the SoftNAS mantra, Matt believes that large data storage, especially in the cloud, should be fast, robust, and easy.

FAQ What's the location?

CenturyLink Cloud Development Center (https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=575+Maryville+Centre+Drive%2C+4th+Floor%2C+Saint+Louis%2C+MO%2C+us)

575 Maryville Centre Drive, 4th Floor, Saint Louis, MO

What time does it run?

4pm - 7pm

Will food and beverages be provided? What about giveaways?

Yes, of course! We’ll also have prize drawing at the end.

What should I bring to the event?

Bring your Laptop! We're expecting you to be engaged and follow along with our hands-on live tutorial.

Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?

Email questions, comments, opinions and cat meme pics to: bob@ctl.io

Can I invite some friends or coworkers?

Sure! But we need them to register individually.

We look forward to seeing you at the new CenturyLink Cloud Development Center! Thank You.