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NEXT MEETING -- LinuxMovies.org -- Hollywood Region

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Nov. 2nd, 2005 - "Levanta and 5-Minute Linux Server Installation"

Speaker

• Regional sales manager Duane Schmidt
  www.Levanta.com

If you're trying to figure out how to install software across an entire renderfarm quickly this is a must-see event!

Levanta, formerly known as LinuxCare, has created the world's first Linux management appliance: the Intrepid M. Unlike traditional script-based or disk-imaging solutions, Levanta can:

• Add servers without installing a lot of software
• Avoid bursty installation network traffic
• Provision a new server in under 5 minutes
• Migrate and reactivate a system from one hardware platform to another in minutes
• Provide a seamless transition between virtual servers and physical hardware
• Track byte-level changes with rollback
• Restore a server, even an unbootable one, to a previous, known, stable state
• Completely secure file systems, even from superuser changes
• Add servers without needing to add staff to manage them

Levanta works differently, using virtualization instead of mirroring. Levanta's MapFS virtual file system creates an illusion that each system thinks it has its own copy of software. Levanta can provision a system much faster than copy-everything-local approaches such as Altiris, VERITAS OpForce, or open source PXE.

Meeting Location

• 7pm - 9pm Presentation at Flash Film Works (743 Seward St.)
• Afterwards - Alessi Italian restaurant (6602 Melrose Ave.)

Flash Film Works
743 Seward St.
Los Angeles, CA 90038
323-468-8855

*** DIRECTIONS AND PARKING ***

• From Glendale: Rt. 134 west, exit Lankershim south (you can't get on Rt. 101 south directly), pass Universal Studios and under bridge, turn right at light and right again on 101 south, exit on Vine south, Melrose west, Seward north.
• From North Hollywood: Rt. 101 south, exit on Vine south, Melrose west, Seward north.
• From downtown Los Angeles, Rt. 101 north, exit on Melrose west, Seward north.
• From Santa Monica: Rt. 10 east, exit La Brea north, take La Brea to Melrose east, Seward north.
• From Beverly Hills: Melrose east past La Brea, Seward north.

Flash Film Works is located just north of Melrose between Highland and Vine on Seward St. in Hollywood. The Seward Street sign is hard to see. It's the second right after Wilcox when going west, or the second left after Cherokee when going east. Park on the street. Walk through driveway gate. Enter building in back and then upstairs.

To go to the restaurant afterwards park on the east side of Highland, not on the west side of the street directly in front of the restaurant (posted no parking there).

Upcoming Meetings

• Dec 7, 2005 - CinePaint with Robin Rowe
• Jan 4, 2006 - RealFlow with Dan Novy

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Hurricane Electric Facility
760 Mission Court
Fremont, CA 94539

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