What are they? Why do you need/want them? Can I just take a Linux box and turn it into a router/firewall? Or should I buy one new off the shelf? Where does it go in your network? tutorial by Grant Taylor.

The above basic TUTORIAL starts @ 6:30pm cst

~7:00pm cdt Announcements. short Q&A.

~7:15pm CDT
MAIN Topic: "btrfs" File System by Lee_Lammert.
Btrfs (B-TRee FileSystem). Lee_ hopes to cover 2 parts, both "100 & 200" which will lead to his future presentation of btrfs 500 at a future date,

btrfs 100 → Intro / Fundamentals (for general Linux admins)
btrfs 200 → Intermediate / Practical Ops (for sysadmins using Snapper, subvolumes, RAID)

These will prepare you for the "btrfs 500" that will be upcoming at a future mtng in a week or a month.
btrfs 500 → Deep Internals / Engineering Analysis (for kernel-savvy, filesystem experts)

Btrfs (B-TRee FileSystem) is a modern, copy-on-write (COW) file system for Linux that focuses on fault tolerance, easy administration, and advanced features like snapshots, built-in volume management, data checksums for self-healing, and transparent data compression.

It supports multiple disks and RAID 0, 1, 10 configurations, and includes features like online resizing and defragmentation.

Key features:

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Copy-on-Write (COW):
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Snapshots:
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Self-healing:
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Volume management:
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Data compression:

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Our usual format is"
6:30pm
BASE turorial

~7:00pm Announcements & general Q&A

~7:15pm
MAIN:

After Q&As about the talk itself (~8:45pm, we can continue with just general Q&A about Linux, BSD UNIX, open standards, & IT in general.

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