Meetings and Events
Upcoming
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Demystify ZFS Replication With a Safe and Powerful Approach, Daniel J. Bell
2024-05-01 @ 18:45 EDT (22:45 UTC) - NYU Tandon Engineering Building (new), 370 Jay St, 7th Floor kitchen area, Brooklyn (directly across Jay St from National Grid office). Closest subway exits in order are Jay St - MetroTech Station (A, C, R, & F Trains) Borough Hall (4 & 5 Trains).
Notice: You should RSVP for this meeting at rsvp AT lists.nycbug.org. You should receive an autoresponse email. Your email address is sufficient verification for entry.ZFS is theoretically a powerhouse for data protection and performance, but only if you can dodge its many traps. I'll demonstrate the common ZFS pitfalls and their solutions, along with practical strategies to simplify and scale your backups. I'll also introduce Zelta, a toolkit of management scripts built on Unix fundamentals designed to help you master ZFS with finesse.
Daniel J. Bell is the CEO of Bell Tower Integration, an NYC-based IT consultancy with over two decades of experience. A FreeBSD aficionado for over 25 years, he's all about making advanced systems approachable. Catch up or learn more about Zelta at https://zelta.space
Offsite Participation: We plan to stream via NYC*BUG Website unless the speaker requests otherwise. Q&A will be via IRC on Libera.chat channel #nycbug - Please preface your questions with '[Q]'
Past
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2023-09-06 - "PEP-517 in FreeBSD Ports: design, architecture and how to use", first reading and discussion, Charlie Li
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2023-06-14 - Down With the Corporate Ethos, Up With the Sunrise: Inspiring a New Generation of Hackers, Josh Natis
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2021-02-03 - Fifteen Years and Fifteen Minutes: Applying Occam's Razor to FreeBSD with OccamBSD, Michael Dexter
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2018-11-07 - Ensuring Perl's Viability on FreeBSD: A NYCBUG-NY.PM Collaboration, James E Keenan, Andrew Villano
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2015-10-07 - true(1) and false(1), The Classical Code Reading Group of Stockholm, NYC*BUG Mix Tape Edition, George Brocklehurst
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2015-06-18 - mandoc: from scratch to the standard BSD documenation toolkit in 6 years, Ingo Schwarze
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2012-09-05 - Trying to shoehorn FreeBSD onto embedded devices - why it's not as easy as it could be, Adrian Chadd