SPARC Meeting - (S)un (P)rofessionals' (A)ssociation of (R)ichmond (C)omputer users
DATE: Thursday,  March 3, 2005
TIME: 4:00 P.M. - 6:00 P.M.
MEETING SPONSOR - Sun Microsystems

REFRESHMENTS, DOOR PRIZES, NETWORKING, and VALUABLE INFORMATION!

March's Topic: Using Containers with Solaris 10


Solaris 10 introduces many exciting new features, and Containers will help you drive up the utilization of your Sun servers.

Our speaker, Teresa Majer, will discuss: Solaris Grid Containers - Learn about Sun's newest tool for increased server utilization and consolidation.

- what is the difference between containers and zones - how are zones different from domains - how are zones different from lpars or VMware - when should a zone be used instead of a domain - is it secure - monitoring zones and resources - what can I do within a local zone compared to the global zone


Teresa is a Technical Specialist in the newly formed Data Center Practice, part of Sun's Client Solutions Organization. She has spent most of the last 6 years at Sun working as an SE responsible for various telecommunications customers, including the AOL/Time Warner and Lucent Technology accounts. During her tenure at Sun, Teresa has managed several large customer benchmarks running one of the major Telco Billing apps in the industry. These days she is focused on Data Center technologies including the Solaris OE.

IMPORTANT CHANGE FOR 2005

Sun Microsystems will be sponsoring a "Loyalty Program" for regular attendees of SPARC. Details are yet to be ironed out, but our most loyal attendees will receive a Premium Award at year end. Be sure to get off to a good start by coming to our first meeting of 2005!

LOCATION: Genworth Financial, formerly GE Financial Assurance, in Building 4 (6630 West Broad St.) on the sixth floor (GEFA U). Genworth Financial is located on West Broad Street in the Brookfield Office Park. After turning at the light on Broad Street and entering the Brookfield Complex...you should stay in the left lane and turn left at the stop sign.  Follow the road around past the Sheraton to Building 4 toward the back of the campus.  Turn left for Visitor Parking. Additional parking is located on the far side of the building as well.  Please enter at the front main entrance.

For directions to 6630 West Broad St. go to the following URL:
http://maps.yahoo.com/py/ddResults.py?Pyt=Tmap&tarname=&tardesc=&tarhash=&taraddr=6630+West+Broad+St&tarcsz=Richmond,+VA+23230-1702&newtcountry=us&newcountry=us&doit=1

RSVP: Please send an email RSVP at RSVP@RichmondSparc.org.  You can also RSVP via the web site.  We need to have a list of attendees for the Security Guards at GE Financial Assurance.  THANKS!

For additional information about the Richmond SPARC Users Group, please visit
http://www.RichmondSparc.org/. We hope to see you there!