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<p class="MsoNormal">I’m going to be attending the GPFS User Group at SC14 this year. Here is basic agenda that was provided:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333"><a href="http://www.ibm.com/marketing/campaigns/responses/servlet/IRSL?v=4&l=2&r=1552126&m=19222&p=t4AF1985E3251806FBB7C1E35C6B50F33B3C55757912C1492D293663A23F7665E328C51C1A1FF8D073BBA436369B63338&e=2"><strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#0965BA;text-decoration:none">GPFS/Elastic
Storage User Group</span></strong></a><br>
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Monday, November 17, 2014</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">GPFS/Elastic Storage User Group</span></strong><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">IBM Software Defined Storage strategy update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Customer presentations<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Future directions such as object storage and OpenStack integration<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Elastic Storage server update<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#333333">Elastic Storage roadmap (*NDA required)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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5:00 PM: Reception<br>
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Conference room location provided upon registration. *Attendees must sign a non-disclosure agreement upon arrival or as provided in advance.<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think it would be great to review the submitted RFEs and give the user group the chance to vote on them to help promote the RFEs that we care about most.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I would also really appreciate any additional details regarding the new GPFS 4.1 deadlock detection facility and any recommended best practices around this new feature.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">-Bryan<o:p></o:p></p>
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