Hi, I'd be happy to do a video on primary storage in CloudStack (and/or I could point you to an existing video where I presented on this topic).
Thanks On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Jessica Tomechak <jessica.tomec...@gmail.com > wrote: > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 6:00 AM, Chip Childers <chip.child...@sungard.com > >wrote: > > > On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:05:56AM -0700, Jessica Tomechak wrote: > > > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Chip Childers < > > chip.child...@sungard.com>wrote: > > > > > > > On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 01:12:40PM -0700, Jessica Tomechak wrote: > > > > > Now Urgent!! Gregg will be starting in just a couple of weeks. Last > > year, > > > > > we churned for several weeks after his arrival. Let's avoid that > this > > > > time. > > > > > > > > > > What do we want? > > > > > Education videos from Sebastien's list? > > > > > How-to videos left over from last year's Video Plan? > > > > > > > > > > Need to know in the next few days, so the correct person can attend > > the > > > > > Mentor Orientation from Gregg's sponsoring organization. > > > > > > > > > > Mathias/Sebastien, if you want to use Gregg for education videos, > > please > > > > > speak up and make some materials available. We'll need outlines and > > > > > storyboards. Gregg can help generate those if all you have so far > is > > > > ideas. > > > > > > > > > > If you're not going to be ready to take advantage of Gregg's > > presence, I > > > > > will plan to work with him as I did last year. We still have a list > > of > > > > > video requests that we didn't get around to last time. > > > > > > > > > > Jessica T. > > > > > > > > Perhaps you can run with this Jessica? > > > > > > > > > > Chip, > > > I am totally on board to run with this. I am just looking to > collaborate > > > with the community on which direction to go. From much previous > > discussion > > > on this list, I've seen that showing up with a finished work item and > > > "throwing it over the wall" is frowned upon. We're intended to develop > in > > > the open, and get feedback on proposed projects. > > > > Absolutely true! But your email above is asking for someone to "take > > point". I was asking if you wanted to do it yourself. > > > > I am fine with being the point person. > > > > > > > > > > Perhaps if I throw out some more specific suggestions, people can vote > or > > > respond. > > > > > > I just want to get some suggestions of what topics would be most > helpful > > to > > > cover. I don’t want to waste the short time that Gregg has to act as a > > > contributor to the project. > > > > > > Some Visual Styles: > > > > > > Whiteboard talk > > > > > > "Talking head" interview > > > > > > Screencast > > > > > > Animation > > > > > > Tongue in cheek animation (xtranormal?) > > > > > > Sketchnotes (hand drawn animation with narration) > > > > > > > IMO, style depends on the topic. > > > > > > > > Some Possible Technical Topics: > > > > > > What's new in 4.1, in 4.2 > > > > I think that longevity of a video about the releases is too short. -0 > > on that one. > > > > > > > > How to install (quick install, or advanced install) > > > > > > > We already have some of these floating around, so -0. > > > > > Hypervisor installation (for each supported hypervisor) > > > > > > > -0 > > > > > How to set up networking > > > > > > > +0 - It's really complex though, so I'd be curious how it would be put > > into video form. > > > > > Top 10 interesting clouds people have set up > > > > > > > +100 - if we have users willing to do it. > > > > > Conceptual overview of Cloudstack deployment (zones, pods, etc) > > > > > > > +1 on this one too. Conceptual constructs aren't likely to change > > dramatically in the short term. > > > > > > > Datacenter concepts (what is a datacenter, what hardware will you need, > > how > > > does a rack correlate to a cloudstack pod, etc) > > > > > > Overview of Cloudstack implementation architecture (code modules and > > their > > > relationships) – this one might be fairly short shelf life > > > > > > > -0 on the two above > > > > > Networking: > > > > > > http://cloudstack.org/forum/8-storage-and-networking/10370-an-advanced-networking-video-or-webinar-is-sorely-needed.html > > > > > > > I'd actually suggest that a webinar is the right way to do a networking > > video, so that it's interactive if required... and more easily produced > > than a finished video product. > > > > > > > > (1) A video that shows someone installing a host with a single > > ethernet > > > card that is going to be shared with the the managment and guest > network > > > and public networks. How the VLANS would be setup on the sell or cisco > > > switch to accomplish this, or > > > > > > (2) A video showing someone installing a zone with the hosts having > > > separate nics for management/guest, public, and storage networks and an > > > example of setting up the VLANS, or > > > > > > (3) A video showing different scenarios of setting up the VLANS with > > > different amount of nics in the hypervisor hosts. > > > > > > Jessica T. > > > > (+cc Gregg) > > Chip & Prasanna, > Thanks very much for the votes. It's quite helpful! Anyone else? > > I agree with the ++ votes on "top 10 interesting clouds." That's the one > that I myself would most like to see, too. I will start another thread to > try to find users willing to participate in a video like that. If anyone > here has suggestions, existing relationships, or clouds of their own that > they'd like to show off, please do let me know ASAP! > > "Conceptual overview of cloudstack deployment" is easier to do, since the > concepts are well known and documented. > > Jessica T. > -- *Mike Tutkowski* *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com o: 303.746.7302 Advancing the way the world uses the cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> *™*
