BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Spectrum Scale User Group - ECPv6.15.10//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Spectrum Scale User Group REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20220313T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20221106T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20230312T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20231105T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Shanghai BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0800 TZOFFSETTO:+0800 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20200101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20200308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20201101T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20210314T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20211107T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20220313T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20221106T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/Berlin BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:CEST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:CET DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Denver BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20220313T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20221106T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20230312T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20231105T080000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:MDT DTSTART:20240310T090000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:MST DTSTART:20241103T080000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210519T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210519T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20210506T213441Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220128T180414Z UID:2230-1621440000-1621443600@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:SSUG::Digital: 014 - What is new in Spectrum Scale 5.1.1? DESCRIPTION:Spectrum Scale is a highly scalable\, high-performance storage solution for file and object storage that can be deployed in traditional bare-metal and Cloud environments. IBM continues to enhance Spectrum Scale functionality and performance\, in response to recent hardware advancements and evolving workloads. This talk will discuss key enhancements delivered with Spectrum Scale 5.1.1 including installation toolkit enhancements based on Ansible\, improved network performance and failover using multiple TCP/IP connections\, multi-factor authentication for the management GUI as well as the latest news on Spectrum Scale BDA\, ECE and CNSA/CSI. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n  \nDownload slides here \nRelated material\n\nEpisode 11: What is new in Spectrum Scale 5.1?\nEpisode 1: What is new in Spectrum Scale 5.0.5?\n\nUser Group Host: Simon Thompson\nSpeaker\n\n\n\n\n Speaker NamePhotoBioSocial connections\n\n\n\n\n Chris MaestasChris is an Executive Architect for IBM File and Object Storage Solutions with over 20 years of experience deploying and designing IT systems for clients in various spaces. He has experience scaling performance and availability with a variety of file systems technologies. He has developed benchmark frameworks to test out systems for reliability and validate research performance data. He also has led global enablement sessions online and face to face where discussing how best to position mature technologies like Spectrum Scale with emerging technologies in Cloud\, Object\, Container or AI spaces.Twitter: @cdmaestas\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cdmaestas\n\n\n Ismael Solis MorenoIsmael works in the Spectrum Scale development team in Guadalajara Mexico as a data scientist and performance analyst. He is responsible for evaluating Spectrum Scale new features and releases performance. Part of his role is to analyze datasets to identify points of performance improvement providing insights to the development teams.LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ismaelsm URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/ssugdigital-what-is-new-in-spectrum-scale-5-1-1/ LOCATION:Digital Event CATEGORIES:Expert Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210629T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210629T173000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20210611T114520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220128T180325Z UID:2253-1624982400-1624987800@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:SSUG::Digital: 015 - Spectrum Scale Container Native Storage Access (CNSA) DESCRIPTION:IBM Spectrum Scale Container Native Storage Access (CNSA) allows the deployment of Spectrum Scale in a Red Hat OpenShift cluster. Using a remote mount attached file system\, CNSA provides a persistent data store to be accessed by the applications via the IBM Spectrum Scale Container Storage Interface (CSI) driver using Persistent Volumes (PVs). This talk provides a field update on CNSA and a deep dive on technical aspects of this technology.\n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n  \nDownload slides here \nQ&A\nHow does the entitlement key work for partners looking to run in their labs for educational purposes?\nThe way it’s currently set up is that we require entitlement (a purchase) of Data Management Edition (DME) or Data Access Edition (DAE) in order to gain access to the container images. If you are entitled to these editions of Specturm Scale\, the container images should be accessible via the entitlement key. \nWhat is with air gap installations?\nThe switch to IBM Cloud Registry (ICR) improves air gap installations as you can replicate the container images in the same way as you do with your OCP images.for details\, please see https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/scalecontainernative?topic=appendix-airgap-setup-network-restricted-red-hat-openshift-container-platform-clusters. \nIs it mandatory to have access to IBM Cloud or GitHub site? What if we have a secure site?\nThere is an air gap install available. You can mirror the registry and pull the images yourself and then serve them internally to your own OpenShift cluster. For GitHub\, you would take the command-sets\, pre-download the yamls and then use them internally. You would need these all before starting your install on an air gap setup. \nNow CNSA only supports mounting one remote filesystem. Is it foreseen to deploy NSD servers in OpenShift pods in the future? Moreover\, one worker node can host just one Core pod\, because cluster and node files are put in directories mounted from the host in order to make them persistent. If you have a bare metal cluster with\, say\, static physical machine worker nodes\, you are forced to deploy just one Core pod per node even if your physical node can provide computing resources to host multiple Core pods.\nWe’re looking at ECE and shared nothing local disks. You will first see some of this in the Spectrum Fusion product and then into our CNSA side of things. You’ll also see more filesystems available for remote mount. \nIs it foreseen to make multiple Core pods deployable on the same worker node in future releases?\nNot anytime soon. We will look into this once we managed to get rid of the kernel module and support FUSE based deployment. We are working on FUSE but have no timeline so far. \nWhat’s the support for other types of containers like? Singularity for example?\nCurrently we’re sticking with the K8s related environments but we have heard other requests for Singularity. \nFor CNSA a integration of CSI are great but importantly rolling update is a must.\nAgreed. We’re working on rolling upgrade!!! \nIf you have a fixed number of bare metal worker nodes\, and one node fails\, it would be useful to start the lost Core pod on one of the remaining worker nodes.\nWell\, we are infrastructure not an application. With current CNSA (remote mount) we are basically just an interface to the storage cluster. One per pod is fine. Down the line when we add local storage it would be nice to reschedule a failed pod to another node\, but unfortunately this does not work either cause it cannot transfer the disks. \nWhen will the Helm charts for CNAS 5.1.1.1 available.?\nMeanwhile they are available here:\nhttps://community.ibm.com/community/user/storage/blogs/gero-schmidt1/2021/07/02/helm-charts-ibm-spectrum-scale-container-native\nNote that in the future\, we’re going to combine CSI/CNSA installs in order to simplify things. At this point\, HELM will be less necessary as well. \nRelated material\n\n\nEpisode 8: Scalable multi-node training for AI workloads on NVIDIA DGX\, Red Hat OpenShift and IBM Spectrum Scale\nEpisode 6: Persistent Storage for Kubernetes and OpenShift environments\nEpisode 3: Spectrum Scale Strategy Update\n\nUser Group Host: Simon Thompson\nSpeaker\n\n\n\n\n Speaker NamePhotoBio\n\n\n\n\n Laura O. BravermanLaura is a Senior Software Engineer for IBM. She has over 20 years in the Enterprise Storage industry at both IBM and Oracle\, with a breadth of experience ranging from system level testing to full stack development to leading software development teams. In her current role\, she serves as Scrum Master and developer with the IBM Spectrum Scale Container Native storage access team\, bringing Spectrum Scale into Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform to support containerized workloads.\n\n\n Harald SeippHarald Seipp is a Senior Technical Staff Member with IBM Systems in Germany. He is the founder and Technical Leader of the Center of Excellence for Cloud Storage as part of the IBM EMEA Storage Competence Center. He provides guidance to worldwide IBM teams across organizations\, and works with customers and IBM Business Partners across EMEA to create and implement complex storage cloud architectures. In the past 28 years with IBM and other companies he had job roles as Software Developer\, Software Development Leader\, and Lead Architect for successful software products. Harald was co-inventor of an IBM storage product and holds various patents on storage and networking technology. He is member of the IBM Academy of Technology (AoT)\, leading the AoT Storage Core team. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/ssugdigital-spectrum-scale-container-native-storage-access-cnsa/ LOCATION:Digital Event CATEGORIES:Expert Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210714T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210714T120000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20210611T120512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210611T120952Z UID:2258-1626260400-1626264000@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Support Webinar: Upgrading IBM Elastic Storage System (ESS) (US Session) DESCRIPTION:IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS webinars are hosted by IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS Support to share expertise and knowledge of the Spectrum Scale and ESS products\, as well as product updates and best practices. \nThis webinar focuses on how to  upgrade IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS). Note that our webinars are free-of-charge and held via WebEx. \nAudience: ESS users and administrators \n>> Register here <<< \nFor any questions\, contact the host. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/support-webinar-upgrading-ibm-elastic-storage-system-ess-us-session/ LOCATION:Digital Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20210715T130000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20210715T140000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20210611T115503Z LAST-MODIFIED:20210611T115503Z UID:2255-1626354000-1626357600@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Support Webinar: Upgrading IBM Elastic Storage System (ESS) (AP Session) DESCRIPTION:IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS webinars are hosted by IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS Support to share expertise and knowledge of the Spectrum Scale and ESS products\, as well as product updates and best practices. \nThis webinar focuses on how to  upgrade IBM Elastic Storage Server (ESS). Note that our webinars are free-of-charge and held via WebEx. \nAudience: ESS users and administrators \n>> Register here <<< \nFor any questions\, contact the host. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/support-webinar-upgrading-ibm-elastic-storage-system-ess-ap-session/ LOCATION:Digital Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211020T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211020T120000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20211008T190104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T190104Z UID:2311-1634727600-1634731200@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Support Webinar: Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) (US Session) DESCRIPTION:IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS webinars are hosted by IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS Support to share expertise and knowledge of the Spectrum Scale and ESS products\, as well as product updates and best practices. \nThis webinar focuses on Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).\nNote that Support webinars are free-of-charge and held via WebEx. \nAudience: Spectrum Scale users and administrators \n>> Register here <<< \nFor any questions\, contact the host. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/support-webinar-information-lifecycle-management-ilm-us-session/ LOCATION:Digital Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20211021T130000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20211021T140000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20211008T190458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T190458Z UID:2313-1634821200-1634824800@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Support Webinar: Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) (AP Session) DESCRIPTION:IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS webinars are hosted by IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS Support to share expertise and knowledge of the Spectrum Scale and ESS products\, as well as product updates and best practices. \nThis webinar focuses on Information Lifecycle Management (ILM).\nNote that Support webinars are free-of-charge and held via WebEx. \nAudience: Spectrum Scale users and administrators \n>> Register here <<< \nFor any questions\, contact the host. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/support-webinar-information-lifecycle-management-ilm-ap-session/ LOCATION:Digital Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20211102T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20211102T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20211102T134638Z LAST-MODIFIED:20211102T134638Z UID:2316-1635865200-1635872400@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:SC21 Users Group Meeting DESCRIPTION:IBM Spectrum Scale Development and Product Management team will be attending Super Computing 2021 in person. We will be hosting our yearly gathering on Monday\, November 15\, from 3:00-5:00 PM. This global user meeting provides an opportunity for peer-to-peer learning and interaction with IBM’s technical leadership team on the latest IBM Spectrum Scale roadmaps\, latest features\, ecosystem\, and applications for AI.\nThis is a free event\, but registration in advance is required: https://www.ibm.com/events/event/pages/ibm/nz48hgmb/1581037797007001PJAd.html \nIBM Spectrum Scale User Meeting (Face to Face only)\nMonday\, November 15\, 2021\n3:00 pm – 5:00 pm CST\nT-Rex Meeting Center\n911 Washington Ave\, 5th Floor\, Morgan Stanley Room\nSt Louis\, Missouri URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/sc21-users-group-meeting/ LOCATION:T-Rex Meeting Center\, 911 Washington Ave\, St Louis\, MO\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20211210T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20211210T120000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20211102T135347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220128T181218Z UID:2322-1639130400-1639137600@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:SSUG @CIUK 2021 DESCRIPTION:SSUG will be returning to CIUK for 2021 … our agenda is still to be confirmed\, but the plan is to run 10:00 – 12:00 on Friday 10th December. \nTo attend this user group event\, you must be registered to attend CIUK\, registration is online at https://www.scd.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/CIUK2021.aspx \nAgenda:\n10:00 – Welcome\, Simon Thompson – Group Chair \n10:05 – Spectrum Scale Update\, Indulis Bernsteins \n10:30 – User Group Matters\, Simon Thompson – Group Chair \n10:40 – Research Storage at the Crick – Steve Hindmarsh\, Francis Crick Institute \n11:00 – Erasure code edition and HPE – Daniel Kidger\, HPC \n11:25 – Spectrum Discover with Spectrum Scale\, Indulis Bernsteins \n11:45 – Anything else? … otherwise … Wrap up and close\, Simon Thompson – Group Chair URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/ssug-ciuk-2021/ LOCATION:Manchester Central\, Windmill St\, Manchester\, M2 3GX\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220118T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220118T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220127T165329Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220215T092055Z UID:2400-1642518000-1642521600@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:SSUG::Digital: 016 - What is new with Spectrum Scale 5.1.2? DESCRIPTION:IBM continues to enhance Spectrum Scale functionality and performance\, in response to recent hardware advancements and evolving workloads. This talk will discuss key enhancements delivered with Spectrum Scale 5.1.2 including upcoming high performance S3 interface\, Spectrum Scale ECE enhancements\, AFM enhancements\, performance enhancements and latest updates on Spectrum Scale BDA and CNSA/CSI. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nDownload slides here \n  \nUser Group Host: Paul Tomlinson\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\n Speaker NamePhotoBioSocial connections\n\n\n\n\n Chris MaestasChris is an Executive Architect for IBM File and Object Storage Solutions with over 25 years of experience deploying and designing IT systems for clients in various spaces. He has experience scaling performance and availability with a variety of file systems technologies. He has developed benchmark frameworks to test out systems for reliability and validate research performance data. He also has led global enablement sessions online and face to face where discussing how best to position mature technologies like Spectrum Scale with emerging technologies in Cloud\, Object\, Container or AI spaces.Twitter: @cdmaestas\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cdmaestas URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/ssugdigital-016-what-is-new-with-spectrum-scale-5-1-2/ LOCATION:Digital Event CATEGORIES:Expert Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220118T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220118T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220110T154009Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220128T175735Z UID:2339-1642518000-1642525200@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Digital User Group Jan 2022 (Day 1 - Jan 18th) DESCRIPTION:Restarting for 2022\, the SSUG::Digital talks are back with talks over two days. \nDay 1 Talk 1: What’s new in Spectrum Scale 5.1.2 \nIBM continues to enhance Spectrum Scale functionality and performance\, in response to recent hardware advancements and evolving workloads. This talk will discuss key enhancements delivered with Spectrum Scale 5.1.2 including upcoming high performance S3 interface\, Spectrum Scale ECE enhancements\, AFM enhancements\, performance enhancements and latest updates on Spectrum Scale BDA and CNSA/CSI. \n>> Charts and recordings << \nSee >>here<< for sessions of Day 2 – Jan 19th\, 2022. \nUser Group Host: Paul Tomlinson\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\n Speaker NamePhotoBioSocial connections\n\n\n\n\n Chris MaestasChris is an Executive Architect for IBM File and Object Storage Solutions with over 25 years of experience deploying and designing IT systems for clients in various spaces. He has experience scaling performance and availability with a variety of file systems technologies. He has developed benchmark frameworks to test out systems for reliability and validate research performance data. He also has led global enablement sessions online and face to face where discussing how best to position mature technologies like Spectrum Scale with emerging technologies in Cloud\, Object\, Container or AI spaces.Twitter: @cdmaestas\nLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cdmaestas URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/digital-user-group-jan-2022-day-1/ LOCATION:Digital Event CATEGORIES:Expert Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220118T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220118T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220128T180159Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T155318Z UID:2408-1642521600-1642525200@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:SSUG::Digital: 017 - Multiple Connections over TCP (MCOT) DESCRIPTION:Starting with IBM Spectrum Scale 5.1.1\, Multiple Connections Over TCP (MCOT) is enabled by default which enhances the IBM Spectrum Scale communication subsystem to establish multiple TCP connections for communication between each pair of Spectrum Scale daemons (mmfsd). Using more connections may improve performance and resiliency\, particularly for some bonded configurations which can use more than one physical interface per node with multiple TCP connections. Depending on factors like network speed and number of nodes\, the value of the new maxTcpConnsPerNodeConn parameter may need to be adjusted up or down. \nDownload slides here \n  \nRecordings will be made available soon \nUser Group Host: Paul Tomlinson\n\n\n\n\n Speaker NamePhotoBio\n\n\n\n\n Jay VaddiJay Vaddi is a Storage Performance Engineer at IBM Tucson\, AZ. He has been with IBM and the performance team for over five years. His focus is primarily on performance analysis and evaluations of IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Elastic Storage System products. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/ssugdigital-017-multiple-connections-over-tcp-mcot/ LOCATION:Digital Event CATEGORIES:Expert Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220119T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220119T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220131T173122Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220220T222042Z UID:2431-1642604400-1642608000@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:SSUG::Digital: 018 - NVIDIA GPU Direct Storage with IBM Spectrum Scale DESCRIPTION:With GPUDirect Storage (GDS) NVIDIA has created a data path from the storage directly into the buffer of NVIDIA GPUs. IBM Spectrum Scale is perfectly suited to take advantage of this feature from NVIDIA to further enhance storage performance. This joint session by NVIDIA and IBM development provides GDS overview\, highlights how GDS has been integrated with Spectrum Scale and how it can be used to drive higher performance. \nDownload slides here \n  \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \nUser Group Host: Kristy Kallback-Rose\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\n Speaker NamePhotoBio\n\n\n\n\n Ingo MeentsIngo Meents has been working as an architect in IBM Spectrum Scale and its predecessors’ development for more than 10 years. His current focus is on RDMA technologies like Nvidia’s GPU Direct Storage (GDS) to eliminate the IO bottleneck faced by modern AI applications. He is leading the agile team that has made GDS in Spectrum Scale generally available and is working on further enhancements.\n\n\n Kiran Kumar Modukuri Kiran Modukuri is a Principal software engineer at NVIDIA DGX Platform software team with special focus on accelerating IO pipelines for AI and Machine Learning. He is the Co-architect of NVIDIA MagnumIO GPUDirect Storage and he has technical contributions to Distributed Filesystems\, caching and replication technologies over the last 16 years. Kiran has Master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from university of Arizona. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/ssugdigital-018-nvidia-gpu-direct-storage-with-ibm-spectrum-scale/ LOCATION:Digital Event CATEGORIES:Expert Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220119T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220119T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220110T154145Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220113T204447Z UID:2341-1642604400-1642611600@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Digital User Group Jan 2022 (Day 2 - Jan 19th) DESCRIPTION:  \nRestarting for 2022\, the SSUG::Digital talks are back with talks over two days. \nDay 2 Talk 1: GPU Direct Storage with Spectrum Scale \nWith GPUDirect Storage (GDS) Nvidia has created a data path from the storage directly into the buffer of Nvidia GPUs. IBM Spectrum Scale is perfectly suited to take advantage of this feature from Nvidia to further enhance storage performance. This joint session by Nvidia and IBM development provides GDS overview\, highlights how GDS has been integrated with Spectrum Scale and how it can be used to drive higher performance. \nDay 2 Talk 2: Spectrum Scale performance improvements \nSpectrum Scale is a highly scalable\, high-performance storage solution for file and object storage. IBM continues to enhance Spectrum Scale performance\, in response to recent hardware advancements and evolving workloads.  This presentation will discuss performance related improvements in  Spectrum Scale 5.X versions focusing on enhancements made in support of AI and HPC use cases\, including improvements for IO 500 performance benchmark\, improvements to RDMA to select NUMA aware adapters and more. \nSee >>here<< for sessions of Day 1 – Jan 18th\, 2022. \nJOIN HERE\nUser Group Host: Kristy Kallback-Rose\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\n Speaker NamePhotoBio\n\n\n\n\n Ingo MeentsIngo Meents has been working as an architect in IBM Spectrum Scale and its predecessors’ development for more than 10 years. His current focus is on RDMA technologies like Nvidia’s GPU Direct Storage (GDS) to eliminate the IO bottleneck faced by modern AI applications. He is leading the agile team that has made GDS in Spectrum Scale generally available and is working on further enhancements.\n\n\n John Lewars (IBM)John Lewars is a Senior Technical Staff Member leading performance engineering work in the IBM Spectrum Scale development team. He has been with IBM for over 20 years\, working first on several aspects of IBM's largest high performance computing systems\, and later on the IBM Spectrum Scale (formerly GPFS) development team. John's work on the Spectrum Scale team includes working with large customer deployments and improving network resiliency\, along with co-leading development of the team's first public cloud and container support deliverables.\n\n\n Jay VaddiJay Vaddi is a Storage Performance Engineer at IBM Tucson\, AZ. He has been with IBM and the performance team for over five years. His focus is primarily on performance analysis and evaluations of IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Elastic Storage System products.\n\n\n Kiran Kumar Modukuri Kiran Modukuri is a Principal software engineer at NVIDIA DGX Platform software team with special focus on accelerating IO pipelines for AI and Machine Learning. He is the Co-architect of NVIDIA MagnumIO GPUDirect Storage and he has technical contributions to Distributed Filesystems\, caching and replication technologies over the last 16 years. Kiran has Master's degree in electrical and computer engineering from university of Arizona.\n\n\n Pidad D'SouzaPidad D'Souza is a System Architect specializing in performance engineering of IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM POWER systems. He has been with IBM for over 17 years\, leading system performance engineering of GPU accelerated systems designed for applications in the fields of AI & HPC. He has presented extensively at several international conferences\, and delivered customer workshops and lab sessions. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/digital-user-group-jan-2022-day-2/ LOCATION:Digital Event CATEGORIES:Expert Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220119T160000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220119T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220131T174233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220719T154656Z UID:2440-1642608000-1642611600@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:SSUG::Digital: 019 – Spectrum Scale Performance Improvements DESCRIPTION:Spectrum Scale is a highly scalable\, high-performance storage solution for file and object storage. IBM continues to enhance Spectrum Scale performance\, in response to recent hardware advancements and evolving workloads. This presentation will discuss performance related improvements in  Spectrum Scale 5.X versions focusing on enhancements made in support of AI and HPC use cases\, including improvements for IO 500 performance benchmark\, improvements to RDMA to select NUMA aware adapters and more. \nDownload slides here \n  \nRecordings will be made available soon \nUser Group Host: Kristy Kallback-Rose\nSpeakers: \n\n\n\n\n Speaker NamePhotoBio\n\n\n\n\n John LewarsJohn Lewars is a Senior Technical Staff Member leading performance engineering work in the IBM Spectrum Scale development team. He has been with IBM for over 20 years\, working first on several aspects of IBM's largest high performance computing systems\, and later on the IBM Spectrum Scale (formerly GPFS) development team. John's work on the Spectrum Scale team includes working with large customer deployments and improving network resiliency\, along with co-leading development of the team's first public cloud and container support deliverables.\n\n\n Jay VaddiJay Vaddi is a Storage Performance Engineer at IBM Tucson\, AZ. He has been with IBM and the performance team for over five years. His focus is primarily on performance analysis and evaluations of IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM Elastic Storage System products.\n\n\n Olaf WeiserOlaf works with GPFS for over 15 years now. He started his GPFS career in one of the worlds biggest telecommunication companies as a technical administrator. Since more than 10 years\, Olaf is with IBM as storage consultant and performance specialist. Recently\, he joined IBM Research and Development and works on enhancements in Spectrum Scale to adopt client and customer's needs in the product.\n\n\n Pidad D'SouzaPidad D'Souza is a System Architect specializing in performance engineering of IBM Spectrum Scale and IBM POWER systems. He has been with IBM for over 17 years\, leading system performance engineering of GPU accelerated systems designed for applications in the fields of AI & HPC. He has presented extensively at several international conferences\, and delivered customer workshops and lab sessions. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/ssugdigital-019-spectrum-scale-performance-improvements/ LOCATION:Digital Event CATEGORIES:Expert Talks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220331T100000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220331T110000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220316T174150Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220316T174512Z UID:2466-1648720800-1648724400@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Support Webinar: HDFS (AP Session) DESCRIPTION:IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS webinars are hosted by IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS Support to share expertise and knowledge of the Spectrum Scale and ESS products\, as well as product updates and best practices. \nThis webinar focuses on HDFS access to data in Spectrum Scale.\nNote that Support webinars are free-of-charge and held via WebEx. \nAudience: Spectrum Scale users and administrators \n>> Register here <<< \nFor any questions\, contact the host. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/support-webinar-hdfs-ilm-ap-session/ LOCATION:Digital Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T110000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220331T120000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220316T174416Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220316T174525Z UID:2468-1648724400-1648728000@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Support Webinar: HDFS (US Session) DESCRIPTION:IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS webinars are hosted by IBM Spectrum Scale and ESS Support to share expertise and knowledge of the Spectrum Scale and ESS products\, as well as product updates and best practices. \nThis webinar focuses on HDFS access to data in Spectrum Scale.\nNote that Support webinars are free-of-charge and held via WebEx. \nAudience: Spectrum Scale users and administrators \n>> Register here <<< \nFor any questions\, contact the host. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/support-webinar-hdfs-ilm-us-session/ LOCATION:Digital Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20220530T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20220530T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220503T150229Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220511T154929Z UID:2510-1653919200-1653930000@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Spectrum Scale User Meeting at ISC 2022 DESCRIPTION:IBM is organizing a Spectrum Scale User Meeting at ISC 2022. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, the latest insights into data fabrics\, data orchestration and data management architectures\, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. \nDate: Mon\, 30. May 2022 – 14:00-17:00 CET Local time | Hall X Room 8 by SVA\nCongress Center Hamburg (CCH) \nAny and all people entering meeting rooms MUST be registered with an ISC 2022 exhibition pass or conference pass. Please note that registration is only available online and in advance. On-site registration is NOT possible. \nThe User Meeting is face-to-face only. There is no additional registration required in addition to the general ISC registration. \nNDA’s have to be signed when entering the meeting room as roadmap items are discussed. A non-confidential version of the charts will be made available after the event. \n\n\n\n\n 14:0014:10WelcomeChristina Orosco (IBM) / Matt Geiser (IBM)\n\n\n 14:1014:35What is new in Spectrum Scale and ESS?Chris Maestas (IBM)\n\n\n 14:3514:55GPUDirect Storage in Spectrum ScaleRalph Würthner (IBM)\n\n\n 14:5515:15Performance UpdateOlaf Weiser (IBM)\n\n\n 15:1515:35- Break -n/a\n\n\n 15:3515:55Not enough money for an all flash HPC storage?\nA brief cheating guide.Jochen Zeller (SVA)\n\n\n 15:5516:15Monitoring and serviceability enhancements in Spectrum ScaleMathias Dietz (IBM)\n\n\n 16:1516:35New S3 access for AI and Analytics workloadsUlf Troppens (IBM)\n\n\n 16:3516:55Data orchestration across the global data platformSimon Lorenz (IBM)\n\n\n 16:5517:00Wrap-upUlf Troppens (IBM)\n\n\n\n\nSponsors: URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/spectrum-scale-user-meeting-at-isc-2022/ LOCATION:Congress Center Hamburg (CCH)\, Congressplatz 1\, Hamburg\, 20355\, Germany CATEGORIES:In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220630T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220310T112036Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220627T080049Z UID:2461-1656579600-1656608400@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Spectrum Scale User Group UK meeting 30th June 2022 DESCRIPTION:Join us at IBM’s new London location for our next user group meeting \nThis is the current proposed agenda for June’s meeting \n\n\n\n9:30 – 10:00\nArrivals and refreshments\n\n\n10:00 – 10:15\nIntroductions and committee updates \nPaul Tomlinson\, Group Chair & Caroline Bradley\, Group Secretary\n\n\n10:15 – 10:50\nStrategy Update (IBM)\n\n\n10:50 – 11:15\nNew S3 Access for AI and Analytics (IBM)\n\n\n11:15 – 11:35\nNVIDIA GPUDirect Storage with Spectrum Scale\n\n\n11:35 – 12:00\nWhat’s new in Spectrum Scale\n\n\n12:00 – 13:00\nBuffet Lunch outside The Cube – Including viewings of Mayflower in Immersive Room (Aspen)\, Quantum Room (Lemon)\, and AI Cars\n\n\n13:00 – 13:20\nMigration of Spectrum Scale using Atempo\n\n\n13:20 – 13:40\nSpectrum Scale HDFS Update\n\n\n13:40 – 14:00\nSpectrum Scale and Spectrum Discover for Data Management\n\n\n14:00 – 14:30\nMonitoring + Serviceability Enhancements\n\n\n14:30 – 15:00\nRefreshment Break – Viewings of Spot the Robot Dog.\n\n\n15:00 – 15:20\nSupporting Science with Spectrum Scale\n\n\n15:20 – 15:40\nSpectrum Scale on IBM Cloud\n\n\n15:40 – 16:00\nLenovo Update\n\n\n16:00 – 16:30\nPerformance Update\n\n\n16:30 – 17:00\nChallenges\, Experiences + Questions Led by Paul Tomlinson\, Group Chair\n\n\n17:00\nClose followed by Drinks and Pizza reception\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \nRegistration is at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spectrum-scale-user-group-registration-321290978967 URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/spectrum-scale-user-group-uk-meeting-2022/ LOCATION:IBM Client Center London\, 20 York Road\, London\, SE1 7ND\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220907T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220907T130000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220825T102222Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220825T102222Z UID:2599-1662552000-1662555600@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Support Webinar: Cloud Object Storage (US Session) DESCRIPTION:IBM Spectrum Scale Webinars: Cloud Object Storage  \nIBM Spectrum Scale Webinars are hosted by IBM Spectrum Scale Support and Development teams to share expertise and knowledge of the Spectrum Scale product\, as well as product updates and best practices. \nThis webinar focuses on Cloud Object Storage in IBM Spectrum Scale: Introduction to AFM \n\nIntroduction to AFM to Cloud Object Storage\nAFM Cloud Object Storage basics and operation  modes\nAFM Cloud Object Storage features\nImportant AFM Cloud Object Storage commands\nAFM Cloud Object Storage debugging  workflow\nCommon AFM failures and fixes\n\nNote that the webinars are free-of-charge and held via Webex. \n>> Register here <<< \nFor any questions\, contact the host. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/support-webinar-cloud-object-storage-us-session/ LOCATION:Digital Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220908T110000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Shanghai:20220908T120000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220825T102438Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220825T102438Z UID:2602-1662634800-1662638400@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Support Webinar: Cloud Object Storage (AP Session) DESCRIPTION:IBM Spectrum Scale Webinars: Cloud Object Storage  \nIBM Spectrum Scale Webinars are hosted by IBM Spectrum Scale Support and Development teams to share expertise and knowledge of the Spectrum Scale product\, as well as product updates and best practices. \nThis webinar focuses on Cloud Object Storage in IBM Spectrum Scale: Introduction to AFM \n\nIntroduction to AFM to Cloud Object Storage\nAFM Cloud Object Storage basics and operation  modes\nAFM Cloud Object Storage features\nImportant AFM Cloud Object Storage commands\nAFM Cloud Object Storage debugging  workflow\nCommon AFM failures and fixes\n\nNote that the webinars are free-of-charge and held via Webex. \n>> Register here <<< \nFor any questions\, contact the host. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/support-webinar-cloud-object-storage-ap-session/ LOCATION:Digital Event END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220920T190000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220826T120458Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220908T120834Z UID:2610-1663664400-1663700400@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:NYC User Meeting 2022 DESCRIPTION:IBM is organizing a Spectrum Scale User Meeting in New York City. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, the latest insights into data fabrics\, data orchestration and data management architectures\, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. \nDate: September 20\, 2022 \nLocation: New York City \nThe User Meeting is face-to-face only and free of charge. \nAttendees must register prior the event. Please register >> here <<. \n 8:30 9:00 Registration and Morning Coffee\n 9:00 9:10 Welcome\n 9:10 9:30 Strategy Update\n 9:30 9:50 What is new in Spectrum Scale?\n 9:50 10:10 What is new in ESS?\n10:10 10:30 Customer Talk - Albert Einstein College of Medicine\n10:30 11:00 Coffee and Networking\n11:00 11:20 Container Update\n11:20 11:40 New S3 access for AI and Analytics\n11:40 12:00 Support for GPUDirect Storage\n12:00 12:20 Customer Talk - NYU Langone\n12:20 13:20 Lunch and Networking\n13:20 13:40 Spectrum Fusion\n13:40 14:00 Spectrum Scale on IBM Cloud\n14:00 14:20 Customer Talk - New York Genome Center\n14:20 14:40 Spectrum Scale & ESS Technical Support Update\n14:40 15:10 Coffee and Networking\n15:10 15:30 Monitoring and serviceability enhancements in Spectrum Scale\n15:30 16:10 Technical Deep Dive - Performance Update\n16:10 16:40 Open Discussion\n16:40 16:45 Wrap-up\nStarting 17:00 Social Event\n  URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/nyc-user-meeting-2022/ LOCATION:NYU Langone Health\, 435 East 30th Street\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20221019 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20221021 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220705T160823Z LAST-MODIFIED:20220902T123110Z UID:2551-1666137600-1666310399@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:German User Meeting 2022 DESCRIPTION:IBM is organizing a Spectrum Scale User Meeting in Cologne\, Germany. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, the latest insights into data fabrics\, data orchestration and data management architectures\, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. See the event page for the detailed agenda. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. \nDate: October 19-20\, 2022 \nLocation: MediaPark Cologne\, Germany \nThe User Meeting is face-to-face only and free of charge. \nAttendees must >>register here<< prior the event. \nOctober 19th\, 2022\n9:00 10:00 Registration and Networking\n10:00 10:15 Welcome\n10:15 10:40 Strategy Update\n10:40 11:05 Easy Installation using Terraform and Ansible\n11:05 11:25 Spectrum Scale on IBM Cloud\n11:25 11:50 Global Data Orchestration\n11:50 12:00 Meet the devs\n12:00 13:00 Lunch and Networking\n13:00 13:40 What is new in Spectrum Scale?\n13:40 14:10 ESS 3500\n14:10 14:30 Customer or partner talk - ESS3500\n14:30 15:00 Coffee and Networking\n15:00 15:20 AFM - Enhancements and Use Cases\n15:20 15:40 Customer or partner talk\n15:40 16:00 Customer or partner talk\n16:00 16:15 New requirement process\n16:15 16:35 Break\n16:35 16:50 Update from ESCC (Pre-Sales/Lab Services/Support )\n16:50 17:05 Sneak Preview\n17:05 17:25 CNSA & CSI Update\n17:25 17:45 Container & Object Storage hints and tips\n17:45 18:00 Ask us anything\n18:00 20:00 Get Together\n\nOctober 20th\, 2022\n8:30 9:00 Coffee und Networking\nSpectrum Scale licensing\n9:00 12:00 Break-out Sessions\n- AFM Deep Dive\n- Spectrum Scale and Tape\n- Introduction to Spectrum Fusion\n- Secured Data Sharing to Applications running in OpenShift\n- ESS Deep Dive\n- Spectrum Scale on Z\n- HDFS hands-on experience with Cloudera CDP\n- Terraform and Ansible Deep Dive\n- Introduction to Spectrum Discover\n12:00 13:00 Lunch and Networking\n13:00 13:20 New S3 Access for AI and Analytics\n13:20 13:40 GPUDirect Storage Update\n13:40 14:00 HDFS Update\n14:00 14:30 Coffee and Networking\n14:30 14:50 Customer or partner talk\n14:50 15:10 Monitoring and serviceability enhancements\n15:10 15:30 Field Update\n15:30 15:50 Performance Update\n15:50 16:00 Wrap-up\n  URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/german-2022-user-meeting/ LOCATION:MediaPark Köln\, MediaPark\, Cologne\, Germany CATEGORIES:In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221113T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221113T180000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20220808T173031Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221109T123755Z UID:2474-1668340800-1668362400@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Spectrum Scale UG @ SC22 DESCRIPTION:The Spectrum Scale user group will be hosting a meeting at this years SC22. \nThis global user-led meeting provides an opportunity for peer-to-peer learning and interaction with IBM’s technical leadership on the latest in IBM Spectrum Scale. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, the latest insights into data fabrics\, data orchestration and data management architectures. The main agenda will be followed by a cocktail reception at 5:30 pm to continue the discussions. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. \nDate: Sunday\, November 13\, 2022 12:00 pm – 6:00 pm \nVenue: The Adolphus Hotel\, Commerce St\, Dallas\, \nRoom Location: Grand Ballroom B \nLunch: Lunch boxes will be provided from noon onwards\nNOTE: You MUST register to attend the user group meeting. Please complete your details on the registration page: https://ibm.biz/SC22_SSUG \nAGENDA:  \n12:30 – 12:40 Introductions and Committee updates – Paul Tomlinson\, UK Chair \n12:40 – 13:05 Strategy Update \n13:05 – 13:35 What is new in Spectrum Scale \n13:35 – 13:55 New S3 access for AI & Analytics \n13:55 – 14:15 Managing Massive Amouts for Unstructured Data with Starfish – Justin Wood SNL and Jacob Farmer\, Starfish Storage \n14:15 – 14:35 Feasibility of a hybrid HPC-Cloud computing platform: A study of data-flow I/O performance between remote clusters – UT Southwestern Medical Center \n14:35 – 15:00 AFM Update \n15:00 – 15:30 Coffee Break \n15:30 – 15:50 HPC on IBM Cloud \n15:50 – 16:10 Highly Provisioned ECE Servers – Ray Paden Lenovo \n16:10 – 16:30 Spectrum Scale and Spectrum Discover for Data Management – Oslo University \n16:30 – 16:55 ESS Enhancements \n16:55- 17:20 Performance Update \n17:20 – 17:30 Group Discussion \n17:30 Close followed by Drinks Reception URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/spectrum-scale-ug-sc22/ LOCATION:20099 CATEGORIES:In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20221202T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20221202T120000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20221019T172042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20221201T105945Z UID:2637-1669975200-1669982400@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:SSUG @CIUK 2022 DESCRIPTION:SSUG will be returning to CIUK for 2023 … our agenda is still to be confirmed\, but the plan is to run 10:30 – 12:00 on Friday 2nd December. \nTo attend this user group event\, you must be registered to attend CIUK\, registration is online at https://www.scd.stfc.ac.uk/Pages/CIUK2022.aspx \nAgenda:\n10:30 – 10:40 Welcome\,  Paul Tomlinson \n10:40 – 11:20 Spectrum Scale Update – Chris Maestas \n11:20 – 11:40 OnDemand: Extending an HPC cluster to cloud infrastructures – Frank Lee IBM \n11:40 – 12:00 Anything else? … otherwise … Wrap up and close\,  Paul Tomlinson – Group Chair URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/ssug-ciuk-2022/ LOCATION:Manchester Central Convention Complex\, Petersfield\, Manchester\, M2 3GX\, United Kingdom END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230321 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230322 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20230208T152840Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T155904Z UID:2727-1679356800-1679443199@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:German New User Day 2023 DESCRIPTION:IBM is organizing a Spectrum Scale New User Day in Sindelfingen\, Germany. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, the latest insights into data fabrics\, data orchestration and data management architectures\, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. Details will follow soon. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. \nDate: March 21\, 2023 – New User Day \nLocation: Hotel Marriot\, Sindelfingen\, Germany \nThe New User Day is face-to-face only and free of charge. The event will be held in German. \nAttendees must register >> here << prior the event. \n  \nThe New User Day is followed by the regular Spectrum Scale User Meeting at March 22+23\, 2023: \nGerman User Meeting 2023 URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/german-new-user-day-2023/ LOCATION:Marriot Sindelfingen\, Mahdentalstrasse 68\, Sindelfingen\, 71065\, Germany CATEGORIES:In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230322 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230324 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20230127T135110Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230208T162605Z UID:2718-1679443200-1679615999@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:German User Meeting 2023 DESCRIPTION:IBM is organizing a Spectrum Scale User Meeting in Sindelfingen\, Germany. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, the latest insights into data fabrics\, data orchestration and data management architectures\, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. Details will follow soon. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. \nDate: March 22+23\, 2023 – Spectrum Scale German User Meeting \nLocation: Hotel Marriot\, Sindelfingen\, Germany \nThe Spectrum Scale German User Meeting is face-to-face only and free of charge. The event will be held mostly in German. There will be some sessions in English. \nAttendees must register >> here << prior the event. \nDraft Agenda - German Spectrum Scale User Meeting\n\nMarch 22nd\, 2023\n9:00 10:00 Registration and networking\n10:00 10:15 Welcome\n10:15 11:45 Strategy update\n11:45 12:00 Meet the Developers\n12:00 13:00 Lunch and networking\n13:00 14:30 Lightning talks with product updates\n14:30 15:00 Coffee and networking\n15:00 16:20 Customer and partner talks\n16:20 16:40 Break\n16:40 17:40 Deep dive sessions\n17:45 18:00 Ask us anything\n18:00 20:00 Get together\n\nMarch 23rd\, 2023\n8:30 9:00 Coffee and networking\nSpectrum Scale licensing\n9:00 12:00 Break-out sessions\n12:00 13:00 Lunch and networking\n13:00 14:15 Lightning talks with product updates \n14:15 14:45 Coffee and networking\n14:45 15:45 More customer and partner talks and deep dive sessions\n15:45 16:00 Wrap-up\nThe Spectrum Scale User Meeting is preceded by the Spectrum Scale New User Day at March 21\, 2023: \nGerman New User Day 2023 URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/german-user-meeting-2023/ LOCATION:Marriot Sindelfingen\, Mahdentalstrasse 68\, Sindelfingen\, 71065\, Germany CATEGORIES:In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230522T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20230522T170000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20230418T155321Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230515T122551Z UID:2774-1684760400-1684774800@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Storage Scale User Meeting at ISC 2023 DESCRIPTION:IBM is organizing a Storage Scale User Meeting at ISC 2023. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, insights into potential future product enhancements\, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. The user meeting is followed by a Get Together to continue the discussion. \nDate: Mon\, 22. May 2023 – 13:00-17:00 CET Local time | Hotel Reichshof \nThe User Meeting is face-to-face only. There is no ISC conference pass required. \nTo register for the event\, please send an email with your name and your company/organization name to IBMStorageScale@ibm.com. \nNDA’s have to be signed when entering the meeting room as roadmap items are discussed. A non-confidential version of the charts will be made available after the event. \nAgenda \n\n\n\n\n 13:00Registration an Networkingn/a\n\n\n 13:30WelcomeUlf Troppens\n\n\n 13:40What is new in Storage Scale and ESS?Mamdouh Khamis\, Ted Hoover\n\n\n 14:05Lightning talks with selected product updates and potential future enhancementsAlexander Wolf-Reber\, Mathias Dietz\, Olaf Weiser\, Par Hettinga\, Ulf Troppens\n\n\n 14:45DESY - Site UpdateStefan Dietrich (DESY)\n\n\n 15:05- Break -n/a\n\n\n 15:25Sponsor Talk: High-performance SMB service with Tuxera Fusion File Share and IBM Storage ScaleHeinrich von Keler (Tuxera)\, Jukka Muhonen (Tuxera)\n\n\n 15:45University of Queensland - Site UpdateJake Carroll (University of Queensland)\n\n\n 16:30Performance UpdateOlaf Weiser\n\n\n 16:55Wrap-upUlf Troppens\n\n\n 17:00Get Togethern/a\n\n\n\n\nSponsors URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/storage-scale-user-meeting-at-isc-2023/ LOCATION:Hotel Reichshof\, Kirchenallee 34-36\, Hamburg\, 20099\, Germany CATEGORIES:In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230627 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20230629 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20230421T145655Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230621T165722Z UID:2789-1687824000-1687996799@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:Spectrum Scale User Group\, London\, Tuesday 27th June - Wednesday 28th June DESCRIPTION:Hi all\, \nJust a reminder that the next UK User Group meeting will be taking place in London (IBM York Road) on Tuesday 27th and Wednesday 28th June \nThe current agenda is below and we still have some slots for User Presentations \nTuesday –  June 27\, 2023 \n30       9:30-10:00    Arrival & Registration\n15     10:00-10:15    Introductions and Committee Update\n10     10:15-10:25    Welcome\n25     10:25-10:50    Strategy Update\n20     10:50-11:10    CyberSecurity\, CyberResiliency\, CyberVault\n50     11:10-12:00    Modernisation of Storage Scale\n60     12:00-13:00    Lunch & Networking\n60     13:00-14:00    Lightning Talks I\n30     14:00-14:30    ESS Performance Engineering\n30     14:30-15:00    Afternoon Tea & Networking\n20     15:00-15:20    StarFish Presentation\n20     15:20-15:40    Bridgeworks Presentation\n20     15:40-16:00    Tuxera Presentation\n20     16:00-16:20    HPC Storage at BSC – Sergi More\n20     16:20-16:40    Short Break\n30     16:40-17:10    Performance Update\n50     17:10-18:00    Meet the Devs – Ask us Anything\n120   19:00-21:00    Get Together @ Etc Venues\, Prospero House \n  \nWednesday – June 28\, 2023 \n15       9:00-  9:15     Arrival & Networking\n30       9:15-  9:45     Sneak Preview I\n45       9:45-10:30     AFM Deep Dive\n30     10:30-11:00     Morning Tea & Networking\n45     11:00-11:45     ESS Deep Dive\n15     11:45-12:00     Lightning Talks II\n60     12:00-13:00     Lunch & Networking\n20     13:00-13:20     Storage Overview at AWE – Mark Roberts\n20     13:20-13:40     Valentine – SACLE at the NHM – Paul Ward\n20     13:40-14:00     AFM Migration experience – Robert Horton Cancer Research\n30     14:00-14:30     Afternoon Tea & Networking\n30     14:30-15:00     Scale and Protect/Archive\n30     15:00-15:30     Filesystem Activity Monitoring using Splunk/QRadar\n20     15:30-15:50     Sneak Preview II\n10     15:50-16:00     Wrap-up \nEvent registration is https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spectrum-scale-user-group-2023-registration-637962000517 URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/spectrum-scale-user-group-london-tuesday-27th-june-wedensday-28th-june/ LOCATION:IBM Client Center London\, 20 York Road\, London\, SE1 7ND\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Expert Talks,In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Denver:20230911T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Denver:20230911T160000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20230811T134832Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230811T142248Z UID:2860-1694422800-1694448000@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:IBM Storage Scale and IBM Storage Ceph Users Group Meeting at IBM TechXchange DESCRIPTION:IBM is organizing a Users Meeting in Las Vegas\, Nevada in association with IBM’s TechXchange Conference.  The Users Group meeting will be held at the MGM Grand Hotel in the MGM conference center (look for signs to users group area). \nDate: Monday Sept 11\, 2023 | 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. | Las Vegas\, NV \nThe User Meeting at TechXchange is face-to-face only and comes at no additional charge.  Registration at TechXchange (https://ibm.biz/BdPANG) is required prior to the event. \nWe have an exciting Users Group agenda featuring user stories\, integration with Watsonx and Nvidia in the AI space\, deployment in the cloud\, and important product updates. The event will feature IBM subject matter experts and your peers. \nPlanned Agenda and Topics: \n\nRecent announcements for Storage Scale/Storage Scale System and Storage Ceph\nIBM Storage Ceph and watsonx.data\nWhat is a Ceph Ready Node and why should I care?\nCustomers tell their stories\nIBM Storage Scale and AI in the IBM Cloud\nCreating a high-performance data lake (access)\nLearn how to optimize current data with IBM storage (management/caching)\nCyber resilient storage and 99.9999% availability (security)\nNVIDIA\, IBM watsonx and AI – have you heard the latest?\nAsk the experts anything\n\nA box lunch will be provided\, and a reception will be held immediately after the meeting. \nWe look forward to welcoming you to this event. URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/ibm-storage-scale-and-ibm-storage-ceph-users-group-meeting-at-ibm-techxchange/ LOCATION:MGM Grand Hotel – Las Vegas\, NV CATEGORIES:In Person END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230927T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230927T190000 DTSTAMP:20260406T004004 CREATED:20230904T125311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20230904T125311Z UID:2889-1695805200-1695841200@www.spectrumscaleug.org SUMMARY:NYC User Meeting 2023 DESCRIPTION:IBM is organizing a Spectrum Scale User Meeting in New York City. We have an exciting agenda covering user stories\, roadmap update\, the latest insights into data fabrics\, data orchestration and data management architectures\, plus access to IBM experts and your peers. We look forward to welcoming you to this event. \nDate: September 27\, 2023 \nLocation: New York City \nThe User Meeting is face-to-face only and free of charge. \nAttendees must register prior the event. Please register >> here <<. \nWe would like to thank Andrew Gauzza and all of the folks at DST (Data In Science Technology) for their sponsorship of this event. \n \nDraft Agenda\n9:00 Doors open\, light breakfast and coffee\n9:30 User Meeting\n - Welcome and introduction\n - Discussion of IBM Storage Defender\n - Storage Scale Strategy\n - What's New - Lightning Talk\n  - Modernization of Storage Scale\n - Sneak previews\n - MCOT & MROT\n - Performance Engineering - ESS3500\n - Fabric Hospital & Disk Hospital\n - High density Tape for Backup and Archive solutions\n - High Performance SMB with Tuxera\n - Customer Presentations\n5:00-7:00 Reception – Wine/Beer Hors d'oeuvres and networking\n  URL:https://www.spectrumscaleug.org/event/nyc-user-meeting-2023/ LOCATION:The Havard Club\, 35 W 44th St\, New York City\, NY\, 10036\, United States END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR