Talk January 27th (Wednesday): Bad Budgets, Good Technology

[Marcus Brubaker]

For those interested (and able to attend a mid-day talk downtown), John 
DiMarco will be talking about the experiences of the Computer Science 
Department at U of T over the past decade.  In particular, focusing on 
dealing with a budget crunch and aging infrastructure by using low-cost 
commodity hardward and, of course, Linux.

http://techknowfile.org/events/bad-budgets-good-technology

Date: January 27, 2010 - 11:00am - 12:00pm
Location: Galbraith Building, Room 120

Computer Science Research started the twenty-first century with a 
state-of- the-art networking and storage infrastructure, built out of 
best-of-breed technology. But as the infrastructure aged, no sufficient 
source of replacement funds could be found. Even basic maintenance of 
the existing equipment was becoming difficult. Unless something 
exceptional could be done, the research mission of the department was in 
jeopardy. Hear the twists and turns of our ultimately successful 
endeavour to hold our aging infrastructure together, while 
simultaneously designing and implementing an new, powerful and 
innovative networking and storage research computing infrastructure made 
entirely from low-cost commodity equipment.

Cheers,
Marcus


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