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    Mango Lassi Convention: What topics would you like to see

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    • Reid CooperR
      Reid Cooper
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      Maybe a few "101" sessions would make sense then?

      You could have a Storage 101 and a Virtualization 101 and maybe even a Linux 101 for people to get a taste of when and where to think about deploying Linux and to get a feel for the state of the Linux ecosystem as it stands today.

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      • StrongBadS
        StrongBad
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        What about a Backup 101 session? Something that talks about tapes versus disk backups. Grandfather, father, son. Incremental, differential, full. Image versus file system backups. Software versus appliances. A survey of market leaders. Archiving. Storage options for backups. That sort of thing.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller
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          What about some sessions being neutral (101 classes.) And other sessions being vendor sponsored?

          That way a vendor, let's just pick on IBM since they won't likely be there, could sponsor a special session such as:

          The Applicability of the Mainframe to the SMB brought to you by IBM

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          • DashrenderD
            Dashrender
            last edited by

            I really like the storage discussion options.

            A Linux 101 could be good as well

            And scripting (something I've always shy'ed away from, but know I should know) 101 and 201.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Dashrender
              last edited by

              @Dashrender said:

              And scripting (something I've always shy'ed away from, but know I should know) 101 and 201.

              PowerShell Scripting (Windows) or BASH Scripting (UNIX) or Python Scripting (Generic) or something else?

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              • DashrenderD
                Dashrender
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                I live in the SMB world... so everything Windows based for me.

                Not that I want to be pigeon holed, but I know that would be most helpful to me at this point.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                  last edited by

                  @Dashrender said:

                  I live in the SMB world... so everything Windows based for me.

                  Not that I want to be pigeon holed, but I know that would be most helpful to me at this point.

                  I think that a session on why Linux should be in much of the SMB would be good, actually. "Linux: When and Where for the SMB" as it is way more applicable to the SMB than people give it credit for. Especially when the SMB is looking to save money and stay current at the same time.

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                  • DashrenderD
                    Dashrender
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                    As long as you can do AD type stuff and GPO type stuff with Linux, I'll totally agree with you.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                      last edited by

                      @Dashrender said:

                      As long as you can do AD type stuff and GPO type stuff with Linux, I'll totally agree with you.

                      Are you thinking of Linux only in the context of a desktop and not as a part of your infrastructure?

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                      • DashrenderD
                        Dashrender
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                        No, Because of application requirements, mine (and I'm guessing may others) can't leave the Windows desktop (that's not to say many couldn't leave MS behind).

                        I'm talking servers - I'm fine using Linux on my servers as long as I have a single authentication mechanism for everything, GPOs to push policies to the windows clients, and I know that one linux box will talk to the others just fine.

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                        • Rob DunnR
                          Rob Dunn @Dashrender
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                          Maybe someone can talk about Linux management, ala Puppet or something else (my Linux-fu is not so good)?

                          Discuss what's keeping people from using it, and why should you not be afraid of it.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller @Dashrender
                            last edited by

                            @Dashrender said:

                            I'm talking servers - I'm fine using Linux on my servers as long as I have a single authentication mechanism for everything, GPOs to push policies to the windows clients, and I know that one linux box will talk to the others just fine.

                            Well installing a Linux box will not break GPOs going to Windows desktops. And Linux will authenticate to AD just fine, Linux can even replace AD and provide GPO management even though it itself is not managed via GPO. No need for GPOs with Linux, you can just use super simple scripts or GPO replacement tools like Chef and Puppet.

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                            • thanksajdotcomT
                              thanksajdotcom @scottalanmiller
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                              @scottalanmiller said:

                              @ajstringham that would be many sessions. Giving a 101 of Storage is more than an hour topic. Same for virtualization. It's not like you could take both of those plus several other topics and turn it all into one, one hour or less session to do overviews.

                              Doing the Open Storage talk was 45 minutes on its own and rather rushed to keep it there, as an example.

                              Wasn't saying it would it. They were just general examples of a topic to cover and dive into across multiple sessions.

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                              • DominicaD
                                Dominica
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                                I know that @JaredBusch mentioned in a post on SW how he wished there were more advanced classes offered. Perhaps a 101 and a 201 (or higher) track so that each level could be addressed? Maybe before scheduling, get an idea of who would like to attend which session so that people don't have to make hard choices and miss sessions they really wanted to attend? It's not like we're likely to have 5 sessions running at once at the first ML-Con.

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                                • DominicaD
                                  Dominica
                                  last edited by

                                  Also, I like the topics mentioned by AJ, the storage 101 idea and the "Linux: When and Where for the SMB" idea. Good stuff. It's hard to narrow things down when the sky's the limit.

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                                  • JaredBuschJ
                                    JaredBusch @Dominica
                                    last edited by

                                    @Dominica I did, and I'm personally not sure what I would like to see out of something more advanced. I used the powershell session as an example just because it was one I attended, though not for the powershell skills.

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                                    • ?
                                      A Former User
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                                      Would IT pros be interested in 101 classes?

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                                      • JaredBuschJ
                                        JaredBusch @A Former User
                                        last edited by

                                        @Hubtech said:

                                        Would IT pros be interested in 101 classes?

                                        IT Pro 101 would be a bit more than User 101, so yeah.

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                                        • nadnerBN
                                          nadnerB
                                          last edited by

                                          Powershell 101 and 201+
                                          I'll accept recorded sessions

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                                            last edited by

                                            @JaredBusch said:

                                            @Hubtech said:

                                            Would IT pros be interested in 101 classes?

                                            IT Pro 101 would be a bit more than User 101, so yeah.

                                            Exactly. Everyone is always interested in their own 101s.

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