<div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Apr 2, 2010 at 12:06 AM, Tom Hanlon <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tom@functionalmedia.com">tom@functionalmedia.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
This looks like fun, I hope I can make it.<br></blockquote><div><br>Me too. I'd like to go to this.<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Tom<br>
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On 1 Apr 2010, at 13:22, Eric Floehr wrote:<br>
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> All,<br>
><br>
> I wanted to invite everyone on the list to next month's Python Users<br>
> Group meeting (or any month's meeting, for that matter).<br>
><br>
> Obviously Linux and Python go together like Chocolate and Peanut<br>
> Butter (I'm writing this on my Ubuntu Workstation right now), but I<br>
> thought this meeting would have special interest to COLUG folks.<br>
><br>
> It's going to be at OCLC on April 26, and folks from OCLC will be<br>
> talking about how they crunch lots of data using a Beowulf cluster and<br>
> a Python map/reduce library. You can RSVP here:<br>
><br>
> <a href="http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/calendar/13050734/" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/calendar/13050734/</a><br>
><br>
> And here are the details:<br>
><br>
> What: How OCLC processes 1TB/month of data on a Beowulf cluster<br>
> using Python<br>
><br>
> When: Monday, April 26, 2010 6:30 PM<br>
><br>
> Where:<br>
> OCLC<br>
> 6565 Kilgour Place<br>
> Dublin, OH 43017<br>
><br>
> NOTE: We are meeting at OCLC this month! We will be meeting in the<br>
> boardroom in the main (Kilgour) building. The address is 6565 Kilgour<br>
> Pl, Dublin. Attendees will have to check in at the reception desk. The<br>
> boardroom is on the 2nd floor, right above the auditorium.<br>
><br>
> Meet fellow Pythonistas. Learn about the Python programming language.<br>
> Share your experiences with Python and how it has helped you. Have<br>
> fun! All are possible as a member of the Central Ohio Python User's<br>
> Group.<br>
><br>
> Jenny Toves of OCLC will be talking about using Python to process<br>
> large amounts of data. OCLC Research uses Python on a 132 CPU Beowulf<br>
> cluster. Their version of map/reduce is used to process a terabyte of<br>
> data on a monthly basis. This talk will include introducing and<br>
> sharing their map/reduce implementation as well as why OCLC loves<br>
> Python and some of their challenges for scaling up.<br>
><br>
> Pop and snacks will be provided by OCLC. We also have a stack of<br>
> O'Reilly provided Python books in our library that can be checked out.<br>
><br>
> See you there!<br>
><br>
> Learn more here:<br>
> <a href="http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/calendar/13050734/" target="_blank">http://www.meetup.com/techlifecolumbus/calendar/13050734/</a><br>
><br>
> Hope to see you there!<br>
> Eric<br>
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</div></div><font color="#888888">Tom Hanlon<br>
<a href="mailto:tom@functionalmedia.com">tom@functionalmedia.com</a><br>
Cloudera Certified Hadoop Developer<br>
Certified MySQL DBA<br>
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