USENIX Update

"Deployinator: Being Stupid to Be Smart", by Erik Kastner and John Goulah, Etsy, Inc. **Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this video are those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USENIX Association.** Developers deploy production code more than 30 times per day at Etsy. Small, rapid changes allow us to move fast, detect failure, and respond quickly. This works for a number of cultural and technical reasons. Learn about the tool we built, Deployinator, to automate this process and how we accomplish this effectively. We hope open-sourcing the tool will give people an opportunity to make their deployment process more agile and efficient.

"Project Cauã", by Jon "maddog" Hall, Linux International and Project Cauã Project Cauã is an open source software and hardware project to create millions of new high-tech jobs in Brazil and millions more in the rest of Latin America. Project Cauã will also cut electricity usage, make computers easier to use, allow for the creation of gratis wireless support over large urban areas, and provide a low-cost or gratis super-computing grid. All of the work will be freely available, and parts of Project Cauã may be useful in high-density areas such as Manhattan, Chicago, Detroit, or Beijing. World peace comes next year.

"Linux Systems Capacity Planning: Beyond RRD and top", by Rodrigo Campos **Disclaimer: The views and opinions expressed in this video are those of the speaker(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the USENIX Association.** As infrastructure costs rise, there's an urgent need to squeeze more performance from the same hardware. After several years of measuring and managing the capacity of thousands of Linux servers, we have learned that most typical tools and metrics are not sufficient to predict performance bottlenecks, particularly during traffic spikes. By using queue theory formulas and instrumenting our applications we were able to find the limits of our systems, improve reliability, and maximize throughput and performance.

LISA ’09 is coming up in November 1-6, 2009 in Baltimore, MD. New activities are still being added.

Take a look at a few of the reasons LISA ’09 is a must-attend event:

1. Face Time with Industry Leaders
Network with peers and luminaries in the workshops, “Hallway Track”, Vendor Exhibition, and evening activities.

2. Top-Notch Training
Highly respected experts provide you with new information and skills you can take back to work tomorrow including:

• Mark Burgess on Cfengine
• David N. Blank-Edelman on “Over the Edge System Administration”
• Peter Baer Galvin and Marc Staveley on Solaris
• Bruce Potter on network security

Take anywhere from 1 half to 6 full days of training and create the curriculum that meets your needs. The full training program is available here.

Need to focus only on virtualization or Solaris? Check out the corresponding series of classes and save time by getting your specialized training in one place.

3. Invited Talks
Key members of the community discuss timely and important topics such as:

• Keynote Address by Werner Vogels, CTO, Amazon.com
• “Google Wave,” by Daniel Berlin and Sam Thorogood, Google, Inc.
• “Cosmic Computing: Supporting the Science of the Planck Space Based Telescope,” Shane Canon, NERSC, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
• And more . . .

Take a look at the entire technical program.

4. You’ll Hear It Here First
Cutting-edge practices and new or developing work are presented in the paper presentations and the poster sessions.

Note: Poster submissions are due by October 16, 2009. Submitting a poster is a great way to let other people know about your work and to meet other people who are interested in the same issues.

5. Get Answers to Your Toughest Questions in the Guru Is In Sessions
Topics include:

• Data Centers by Doug Hughes, D.E. Shaw Research
• Network Management by D. Brent Chapman, Netomata, Inc.
• VMware by John Arrasjid and Rupen Seth, VMware
• And more . . .

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Calling all locals!
NEW! Can’t make it during the day? Sign up for the LISA ’09 Evening Pass.

The Early Bird Registration Deadline is approaching.
Register by Friday, October 12, and save up to $300!

Additional discounts are available!
Check out the available discounts for registration, airfare, and hotel.

LISA ‘09 is sponsored by USENIX and SAGE in cooperation with LOPSA and SNIA.