I provide immediate expert Linux file systems and kernel consulting.
I have extensive experience with:
- File systems (ext4, ext3, ext2, XFS, VFS layer, etc.)
- Data corruption analysis (disk corruption, file system corruption,
memory corruption)
- Storage system design review
- Performance analysis and improvement
- Emergency kernel debugging (deadlocks, race conditions, kernel crashes)
Recommendations
"We hired Valerie Aurora to diagnose and resolve a tough
multiprocessor locking bug in the Linux kernel. Her work was
top-notch: Val's expertise and the set of fixes she developed allowed
us to deliver a major customer project on time and on budget. I'd
hire Val again without hesitation."
Kamal Mostafa, Hardware Enablement Team at Canonical, Ltd.
About Valerie Aurora
I am Valerie Aurora (formerly Val Henson), a top Linux file systems
expert with 10 years of experience designing, developing, and
debugging Linux and UNIX file systems. Selected accomplishments include:
- Design and implementation of several advanced file system
projects, including chunkfs, union mounts, fsck
parallelization, and relative access time (relatime)
- Founder of the first Linux
File Systems Workshop (now part of the Linux Storage,
Filesystem, and MM Summit)
- Key architect and developer for ZFS (a Solaris file system)
- Chair or program committee member for multiple top-tier Linux and
file systems conferences, including USENIX FAST (File systems
and Storage Technologies), Ottawa Linux Symposium, and the Linux
Storage and File Systems Workshop
- Sole inventor of U.S. patent 8,332,441, for a union file systems feature
I write articles explaining file systems for a technical audience. A few:
More information about Valerie:
