CTO at Clyso Americas, Fmr. Chief IT Architect and Storage Engineer at CERN. Ceph Executive Council Member.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined July 2009
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Ceph is by far the best network monitor... I swear, every single mysterious problem on our ceph clusters has eventually been found to be a glitchy switch, router, fibre, whatever.
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🚨 #Cephalocon 2025 🦑 is coming to Vancouver on October 28–29! This isn't just a tech conference, it's the global gathering for anyone who lives and breathes #Ceph. #Developers #Operator #StorageNerd You're gonna want in!
💥 Registration is now open: events.linuxfoundation.org/c…
I’ll be speaking at Ceph Days Silicon Valley in March. #Ceph is the leading software-defined #storage, and this event is open to everyone, whether you use it every day or just want to see what the hype is about. Hope to see you there! ceph.io/en/community/events/…
An example of how data sovereignty doesn't seem to matter in Canada: the BC election results are hosted out of Azure blob, traceroute taking me through Portland, Des Moines, Chicago, ... (link copied directly from bcelections). @Canada @ElectionsBC electionsbcenr.blob.core.win… – at Vancouver, British Columbia
Why does @SlackHQ only ever give me these three reactions, which I basically never use?
Check out this new All-Flash Ceph Deployment Guide written by @MarkHPC
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New Ceph Blog post: Reddit Challenge Accepted - Is 10k IOPs achievable with NVMes?ceph.io/en/news/blog/2023/re…
Things are getting pretty serious in a uniquely 🇨🇦 way over on LinkedIn
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There was a bear near Templeton Secondary this afternoon! A young male, around 150lbs, tranquilized to be relocated. #Vancouver #wildlife – at Vancouver, British Columbia
I presented some best practices operating Ceph today at #CephDayVancouver co-located with the #OpenInfraSummit
Here are my slides. Take a look for some of my favourite config settings, along with some really bad ones!
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Appreciating the shout-out for #CephDaysVancouver during the #OpenIntraSummit keynote. See you Thursday in room 18.
So excited to be back home for a Ceph Day in Vancouver! Hope to see you all there 🐙🐙
The Ceph Days Vancouver schedule is now available ceph.io/en/community/events/…
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Ceph Days are coming to Vancouver on June 15, co-located with #OpenInfraSummit! The CFP is open now until May 17 ceph.io/en/community/events/…
My son picked up this mug for me at the @vancouveraqua today. He knows his dad well! Also showing off this super awesome telemetry souvenir from Ceph Day NYC @Ceph
