Transcript Shayne Cardwell

Trash To Treasure
Presenter: Shayne Cardwell
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Promote the mutual understanding and bonds among
students, faculty and staff.
Coordinate learning and awareness events regarding
computers and technology.
Provide educational and technical assistance to
members in need.
Promote the awareness of alternative operating
systems.
Work with the community to expand our understanding
of technology.
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Cluster Technology
Rendering Farm
 Simultaneous Task Completion
 Security Auditing For Research
 Storage Farm
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Open Source Routing
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Smoothwall
Vyatta
Clustering with Linux
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ClusterKnoppix is a derivative of Knoppix,
based on Debian
ClusterKnoppix aims to provide the same core
features and software as Knoppix, but adds the
openMosix clustering capabilities also
Designed to be a complete Linux distribution,
running the largest possible array of desktop user
applications.
Knoppix provides this facility without actually
“installing” the operating system onto local
storage media
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CHAOS is not intended to be fully-laden with
application software;
CHAOS is designed to be a compact Linux and
openMosix distribution that is secure and highly
distributable.
CHAOS does not interfere with the host operating
system, running entirely from RAM it also frees the
CDROM boot media
Well suited as a minimized “drone node” distribution.
Biggest advantage of using CHAOS is its focus
on security and deployment methodology
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CHAOS is the first Linux and openMosix
distribution to add native network security to the
cluster deployment
Every node in the cluster does its own packet
filtering, and establishes IPSEC tunnels as
required
This is performed transparently, requiring no user
intervention.
CHAOS is capable of PXE booting new
nodes
Storage Systems
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A complete storage operating system/platform built on GlusterFS cluster file system that can be
easily installed on industry standard commodity hardware
Efficient installer that enables quick install and boot of first server, with disk formatting done post
install, and supports remote install of subsequent servers
Integrated easy to use and feature rich web-based management UI that makes installation and
configuration of large clustered storage systems quick and simple. Key management interface features
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Volume manager
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Resource manager
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Server/disk manager
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Log viewer
Built in, pre-configured support for 10GigE and Infiniband (Open Fabrics) making it easy to utilize
these hi-speed server interconnects
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Open Source Petabyte-Scale Clustered Storage
Scalability
Performance
High Availability
Easy Deployment & Management
Optimized for Virtual Servers
Kernel Independent
Quick, Flexible Setup
Flexible Modular Design
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1GB USB Disk as Install Media
1 or more storage servers (or virtual machines) with
minimum configuration as follows:
Disk 8GB
• Memory 1GB
• Intel/AMD 64bit hardware
• 1GigE or 10GigE or Infiniband
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Open-Source Firewall Project
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Supports LAN, DMZ, and Wireless networks, plus
External.
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Port forwards, DMZ pin-holes
Outbound filtering
Timed access
Simple to use Quality-of-Service (QoS)
Traffic statistics
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External connectivity via: Static Ethernet, DHCP Ethernet,
PPPoE
Per interface
Per IP
 totals for weeks and months
IDS via automatically updated Snort rules
UPnP support
Blacklist
Open-Source Routing
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Who or What is Vyatta?
Why consider Vyatta?
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optimized to run in virtual environments to manage
traffic and enforce policies
Examples
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Consolidation - Inter-VM Security
Hypervisor / Platform Protection
Consolidation - SMB/Branch Resource Maximization
Consolidation - Datacenter Resource Maximization
Live Migration - Redundancy, Failover & Testing
Application Density - Horizontal Virtualization
Cloud Security - Datacenter to Cloud VPN
Cloud Security - Cloud to Cloud VPN & Routing
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