MAIN Topic: We'll cover the basics of this copy-on-write filesystem, especially how it differs from traditional filesystems like ext & xfs, with a focus on the more interesting features including:

• transparent compression,
• intelligent caching,
• snapshots,
• replication,
• native encryption, and
• flash acceleration.

Presenter: Allan Jude
Head of Solutions Architecture
@ Klara Inc.
Allan Jude is a systems architect specializing in high-reliability infrastructure and open-source storage.
He is co-founder of Klara Inc., providing development and support services for FreeBSD and OpenZFS.
A FreeBSD committer since 2014, his contributions include:

• enhancements to the installer & boot loader and
• the design of ZFS features including:
• Zstandard compression,
• fast deduplication, and
• the forthcoming AnyRAID.

He served six years on the FreeBSD Core Team and has been a member of the OpenZFS Leadership Team since its formation in 2018.

He is the co-author of the FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS series and has hosted multiple technology and systems administration podcasts since 2011.

Through writing, teaching, and production engineering, he advises organizations on building dependable storage and operating system platforms.

He lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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This MAIN topic, ie. OpenZFS Filesystem Intro is at ~7:15pm CDT.

It is immediately preceded @~7pm CDT by intros & announcements.

Those are immediately preceded @ 6:30pm CDT by our ...

BASE TUTORIAL:

AI for maintaining systems.

Punch through all the fog - there ARE some good ways to use AI for maintaining systems! Lee will show "AI in action" with real world examples of AI doing real work (def: NO copy/paste! NO wasted time!). Just useful ways that AI can assist in solving real world problems.

Presenter: Lee Lammert

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http://www.sluug.org/The URL link to connection instructions for this meetng is posted earlier on the day of the meetng, at the above home page. It is the link called "linked here".** ONLINE MEETINGS ONLY until further notice.* ONLINE sessions will use a remote video meeting service.* HOW TO CONNECT instructions will be on the https://www.sluug.org/next.txt web page and on our mailing lists. Note that your browser cache may need to be refreshed each time you check the web page for the instructions.** We will open the remote session at about 6:00 PM, so that you can join early to test sharing your microphone, screen and video camera.

Meetings are every 2nd Wednesday of the month

from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM.

BASE Topic: To Be Determined by Steering Committee

Presenter: A Volunteer

MAIN Topic: To Be Determined by Steering Committee

Presenter: A Volunteer

The Saint Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG) is an IRS 501c(6) designated not-for-profit professional association dedicated to education and communication among computer users. SLUUG members include many Linux and UNIX professionals, Networking experts, System experts, hobbyists, retirees, students, plus many others who are interested in Unix, Unix-like Operating Systems, Linux, BSD and other Free Open Source Software (FOSS) applications, products, projects and services.
SLUUG is your forum for exchanging information about OPEN standards, OPEN systems, OPEN source, products, services and architectures.
We usually start the general meeting with our BASE introductory level session (often focused on personal computing), which may include either simple tutorials, displays of newly discovered web sites, command line wonders, demonstrations of useful applications, amazing graphical packages, major resolution of long standing anomalies, blinking lights, or quantum shifts in both time and space. Then we will have our usually quick welcome, introduction, administrative announcements, and a Call For Help - Questions and Answers Period. After all that, we may take a break before our MAIN event.

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We'll cover the basics of the renowned copy-on-write filesystem, especially how it differs from traditional filesystems like ext and xfs, with a focus on the more interesting features including:
transparent compression,
intelligent caching,
snapshots,
replication,
native encryption, and
flash acceleration.

the design of ZFS features including:

Zstandard compression,fast deduplication, andthe forthcoming AnyRAID.

# He served six years on the FreeBSD Core Team and has been a member of the OpenZFS Leadership Team since its formation in 2018.

# He is the co-author of the FreeBSD Mastery: ZFS series and has hosted multiple technology and systems administration podcasts since 2011.

# Through writing, teaching, and production engineering, he advises organizations on building dependable storage and operating system platforms.

# He lives in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

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The above MAIN Topic is at ~7:15pm CDT.

It is immediately preceded @~7pm CDT by intros & announcements.

Those are immediately preceded @ 6:30pm CDT by our ...

BASE TUTORIAL:

AI for maintaining systems.

Punch through all the fog - there ARE some good ways to use AI for maintaining systems!

Lee will show "AI in action" with real world examples of AI doing real work (def: NO copy/paste! NO wasted time!). Just useful ways that AI can assist in solving real world problems.

Presenter: Lee Lammert

≠===≠===≠=≠==≠==≠==≠http://www.sluug.org/The URL link to connection instructions for this meetng is posted earlier on the day of the meetng, at the above home page. It is the link called "linked here".** ONLINE MEETINGS ONLY until further notice.* ONLINE sessions will use a remote video meeting service.* HOW TO CONNECT instructions will be on the https://www.sluug.org/next.txt web page and on our mailing lists. Note that your browser cache may need to be refreshed each time you check the web page for the instructions.** We will open the remote session at about 6:00 PM, so that you can join early to test sharing your microphone, screen and video camera.

Meetings are every 2nd Wednesday of the month from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM.6;30pm ctBASE Topic: To Be Determined by Steering CommitteePresenter: A Volunteer~7:15pm ctMAIN Topic: To Be Determined by Steering CommitteePresenter: A Volunteer

The Saint Louis Unix Users Group (SLUUG) is an IRS 501c(6) designated not-for-profit professional association dedicated to education and communication among computer users. SLUUG members include many Linux and UNIX professionals, Networking experts, System experts, hobbyists, retirees, students, plus many others who are interested in Unix, Unix-like Operating Systems, Linux, BSD and other Free Open Source Software (FOSS) applications, products, projects and services.
SLUUG is your forum for exchanging information about OPEN standards, OPEN systems, OPEN source, products, services and architectures.
We usually start the general meeting with our BASE introductory level session (often focused on personal computing), which may include either simple tutorials, displays of newly discovered web sites, command line wonders, demonstrations of useful applications, amazing graphical packages, major resolution of long standing anomalies, blinking lights, or quantum shifts in both time and space. Then we will have our usually quick welcome, introduction, administrative announcements, and a Call For Help - Questions and Answers Period. After all that, we may take a break before our MAIN event.

Details will be published on https://www.sluug.org/ when available.