[NCSA] Tonight's MEETING REMINDER - High-Availability Low-Dollar Load Balancing

[NC*SA Announcements List - Moderated]

Next Meeting:
        
Topic:          High-Availability Low-Dollar Load Balancing
Speaker:      Simon Karpen, Karpen Internet Systems 
Time:          Monday, March 14, 2011 7:00 - 9:00 PM
Place:          UNC-TV RTP, NC

Abstract: 
True high-availability load balancing traditionally involves specialized, 
expensive hardware and software. However, you can build advanced, 
high-availability configurations without a single point of failure using nothing 

but open-source tools and commodity hardware. This talk will include a 
discussion of several tools, configurations, and advantages and disadvantages 
thereof. All tools involved are 100% free and open source. As a bonus topic, 
I'll tell you how to use open source load-balancing tools to IPv6-enable your 
IPv4-only infrastructure with minimal risk, time, and hassle. 


Biography: 

Simon Karpen is the system architect / wearer of many hats for VoiceThread, 
(contract through Karpen Internet Systems), which provides a very powerful 
rich-media asynchronous collaboration platform. He has also worked for the 
Shodor Education Foundation in the past, and is a current NCSU MBA student 
(class of May, 2011). Simon is also a member of the NC*SA Steering Committee. 



Craig Cook