Alpine Linux Persistence and Storage Summit
September 29 to October 2 2025
Lizumerhütte, Tyrol, Austria
Details
We proudly announce the Alpine Linux Persistence and Storage Summit (ALPSS) 2025!
The goal of this conference is to discuss the hot topics in Linux storage and file systems, such as persistent memory, NVMe, multi-pathing, raw or open channel flash and I/O scheduling in a cool and relaxed setting with spectacular views in the Austrian alps.
We plan to have a small selection of short and to the point talks, and lots of room for discussion in small groups, as well as ample downtime to enjoy the surrounding.
Mon 29.09.2025
| Time | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 12:00 - 14:00 | Optional Lunch near Innsbruck Central Station | |
| 14:00 - 14:30 | Meet at Innsbruck Central Station | |
| 14:30 - 15:30 | Transfer to Lager Walchen | |
| 15:00 - 15:30 | Meet at parking lot Walchen (Militärlager Walchen) for direct arrivals | |
| 15:30 - 18:00 | Hike to the lodge | |
| 18:00 - 18:30 | Check-in | |
| 18:30 - 18:45 | Welcome from the PC, Introduction | |
| 18:45 - 19:15 | Keynote Session by Werner "The Diagram" Fischer | |
| 19:15 - 22:00 | Dinner, Drinks and Socializing |
Tue 30.09.2025
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 07:00 - 08:00 | Breakfast | |
| 08:00 - 08:30 | nvme-fc: FPIN link integrity handling | John A. Meneghini / Bryan Gurney |
| 08:30 - 09:00 | SAN security issues | Chris Leech |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Tea Break | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | PCIe NTB support for NVMET Subsystem | Maciej Grochowski |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Improving zero-copy uses with unaligned io vectors | Keith Busch |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | RAID sucks (and what we can do about it) | Christoph Hellwig |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea Break | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | An introduction to debugging with drgn | Johannes Thumshirn |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Python Based Filesystem Debug Tools | Richard Weinberger |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 19:00 | ad hoc BOFs and hallway track (or hiking on your own) | |
| 19:00 - 22:00 | Dinner, Drinks and Socializing |
Wed 01.10.2025
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
|---|---|---|
| 07:00 - 08:00 | Breakfast | |
| 08:00 - 08:30 | Kexec Handover and Live Update | Pratyush Yadav |
| 08:30 - 09:00 | Introduction to RCU vs. hazard pointers | Paul E. McKenney |
| 09:00 - 09:30 | Tea Break | |
| 09:30 - 10:00 | libnvme2 | Daniel Wagner |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | eBPF hooks for NVMe | Hannes Reinecke |
| 10:30 - 11:00 | NVMe SSD duplicate identifier issues | Bryan Gurney |
| 11:00 - 11:30 | Tea Break | |
| 11:30 - 12:00 | Storage profiles for AI workloads | Moiz Kohari |
| 12:00 - 12:30 | Detecting Supply Chain Attacks from the Filesystem Level with eBPF, fanotify and others | Tobias Specht |
| 12:30 - 13:30 | Lunch | |
| 13:30 - 19:00 | ad hoc BOFs and hallway track (or hiking on your own) | |
| 19:00 - 22:00 | Dinner, Drinks and Socializing |
Thu 02.10.2025
| Time | Topic | |
|---|---|---|
| 07:00 - 08:00 | Breakfast and checkout | |
| 08:00 - 10:00 | Hike to the base | |
| 10:00 - 12:00 | Transfer to Innsbruck Central Station |
Attendance
Attendance is free except for the accommodation and food at the lodge, but the number of seats is strictly limited. If you are interested in attending please reserve a seat by mailing us your favorite topic(s).
If you are interested in giving a short and crisp talk please also send an abstract.
📨 alpss-pc@penguingang.atLocation
Innsbruck itself is well connected to the train networks of Austria, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. It also has a small international airport and is easily reachable from the major hub airports at Munich, Vienna and Zurich.
The Lizumerhütte is an Alpine Society lodge in a high alpine environment. A hike of approximately 2 hours is required to the lodge, and no other accommodations are available within walking distance.
🌐 https://www.lizumer-huette.at