[lug] Linux File Systems in the Cloud @ Linux Collaboration Summit 2011

Will will.sterling at gmail.com
Thu May 5 14:14:08 MDT 2011


It looks like this conference already occurred.  Is there a way we can watch
an archive of this talk?

On Thu, May 5, 2011 at 2:08 PM, davide <davide.del.vento at gmail.com> wrote:

> FYI
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> Sent to you by davide via Google Reader:
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> Linux File Systems in the Cloud @ Linux Collaboration Summit 2011<http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GoogleOpenSourceBlog/~3/o_Rw_EFpYJI/linux-file-systems-in-cloud-linux.html>
> via Google Open Source Blog <http://google-opensource.blogspot.com/> by
> Stephanie Taylor on 5/5/11
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> As tech lead of the Google Linux Storage Team I get to see how Linux runs
> on tens of thousands machines in Google's cloud<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cloud_computing>.
> Over the last year our team migrated this super system from ext2<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext2>to
> ext4 <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ext4>, an educational and exciting
> experience to say the least. We learned a lot about the impact of the Linux
> file system on Google.
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> Our team is often bombarded with questions from both within and outside of
> Google about why we chose ext4, and if the local file system even matters.
> The Linux Collaboration Summit<http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit>with its audience of both kernel hackers and business folks interested in
> Linux deployments seemed like a good forum at which to present on this
> topic.
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> So with a lot of help from my team I put together a talk that covers a
> range of topics. The talk includes how cloud storage is different than both
> local and enterprise, our reasons behind choosing ext4 and the impact, and
> where the file systems need to improve to meet the demands of the cloud.
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> If you are interested in Linux, storage, clouds and some internal tales you
> might want to check it out.
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> *By Michael Rubin, Google Engineering*
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> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GoogleOpenSourceBlog?a=o_Rw_EFpYJI:GhZM4KgNYso:yIl2AUoC8zA>
> <http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/GoogleOpenSourceBlog?a=o_Rw_EFpYJI:GhZM4KgNYso:V_sGLiPBpWU>
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