Training Program

To meet your needs, the tutorial program at FAST '13 provides in-depth, immediately useful training in the latest techniques, effective tools, and best strategies. The one-day program offers 4 half-day sessions to choose from.

USENIX tutorials survey the topic, then dive into the specifics of what to do and how to do it. Instructors are well-known experts in their fields, selected for their ability to teach complex subjects. Attend tutorials at FAST '13 and take valuable skills back to your company or organization. Take advantage of the special FAST offer: Buy one tutorial and get the second for free! Register now to guarantee your first choice—seating is limited.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013

Half Day Morning (9:00 am-12:30 pm)
T1

Crystal Room

Jeff Darcy, Red Hat
Building a Cloud Storage System

Half Day Morning (9:00 am-12:30 pm)
T2

Gold Room

James S. Plank, University of Tennessee
Cheng Huang, Microsoft Research
Erasure Coding for Storage Applications

Half Day Afternoon (1:30 pm-5:00 pm)
T3

Crystal Room

Sudipta Sengupta, Microsoft Research
Data DeDuplication: Technologies, Trends, and Challenges

Half Day Afternoon (1:30 pm-5:00 pm)
T4

Gold Room

Sandeep Uttamchandani, VMware
Design Trade-offs of CAP Theorem and Beyond: Understanding Implications of Design Choices in a Software-defined Shared Nothing Storage Architecture

Our Guarantee
If you're not happy, we're not happy. If you feel a tutorial does not meet the high standards you have come to expect from USENIX, let us know by the first break and we will change you to any other available tutorial immediately.

Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
USENIX provides Continuing Education Units for a small additional administrative fee. The CEU is a nationally recognized standard unit of measure for continuing education and training and is used by thousands of organizations.

Two half-day tutorials qualify for 0.6 CEUs. You can request CEU credit by completing the CEU section on the registration form. USENIX provides a certificate for each attendee taking a tutorial for CEU credit. CEUs are not the same as college credits. Consult your employer or school to determine their applicability.

Training Materials Now on USB Drives
Training materials will be provided to you on an 8GB USB drive. If you'd like to access them during your class, please remember to bring a laptop. If you need printed materials for your class, please use the public printer at the registration desk available via the registration computers.