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The Raymond International Group
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825 Arthur Godfrey Rd- 2nd Floor, Miami Beach, FL 33140
Prudential's 2009 -10 year Legend award- Top 10 teams & Chairman's Platinum Circle for Prudential Florida Realty
I can look up some condos for you if you like. There are a lot of foreign buyers that are purchasing here in South Florida. Maintenance fees vary by square footage and also there are other factors to consider in the fees such as building insurance, amenties etc.. Please reach out to me and I would love to speak to you in helping you find a great apartment.
Thank you,
Tamika Moses
Keller Williams Realty Partners SW
We have quite a percentage of europeans buying in Florida.
There are several issues to be discussed before you purchase, that I would gladly address with you via my e-mail.
Based on your future use of the property we can discuss also what will be the best area for you to invest and get the most.
High maintenance fees are always related to the size of your future property and the amount of amenities that it will have.
Please do not hesitate to contact me for further assistance as I deal constantly with foreigners.
Best regards,
Mercedes Henze
Realtor Associate
305 205 4214 cell
Fax 1 866 213 5785
Beachfront Realty Inc.
517 Arthur Godfrey Rd
Miami Beach-Fl-33140
If you would like to get a list of current condos in Miami Beach for sale, please feel free to contact me with your email so I can send you the listings.
Always love to work with customers from Europe as I am from there myself :)
Sandra Gold - Realtor
The Infiniti Group International
I suggest that you work with a local realtor who can show you the best options and guide you through the process of buying real estate in Florida. Unlike in many European countries, in Florida the commission is paid for by the seller, not the buyer, so working with an agent should be a no-brainer.
Also, any realtor can show you any property that is available on the market, so you don't have to work with different realtors. Just interview a few and pick the one that you trust. Being from Europe myself, I work with a lot of European home buyers and I would be happy to help you, too!
Feel free to search for condos on my website by clicking here: http://www.biscaynebay-realestate.com/site/search_v2/#f
I can also send you a home buyer's guide for Florida, so you would get some valuable information on how the process works upfront.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kind regards,
Ania Lenzholzer
Coldwell Banker Residential
If you have any questions, please let me know. Nelly
As a foreign national you can absolutely purchase a property in Miami Beach or anywhere in the US for that matter. If you are not purchasing cash, and need to obtain financing, there are options available to you. I specialize in the Miami Beach market area and would be more than glad to assist you with any questions you may have. Feel free to contact me directly or you can browse current listings at my website, http://www.luisiglesias.net
Luis Iglesias
D & I International Realty
Principal Broker
(786) 395-0341
si certamente. Ho molti clienti Italiani.
Ci sono molte occasioni ancora adesso nonostante i prezzi si siano alzati parecchio confronto all'anno scorso
Fammi sapere se voui che ti invio delle foto di listings sulla collins sul mare oppure altro.
Spero di sentirti
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Noelia Quevedo
Weichert Realtors
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The laws of the United states make it very easy for foreign nationals to purchase property. When you sell there is a 10% withholding at closing until any capital gains taxes are paid but buying is as easy as pie.
If you find the craziness of South Beach a but much you might also consider areas near the ocean in Delray, Juno Beach and Jupiter where the beaches are absolutely spectacular and the quality of life very high. I have found that northern Palm Beach County offers the best quality of life for my family and the best place I can point you is a brief article I did about the Jupiter area;
As a resident of Jupiter, I work throughout Palm Beach and Martin Counties, and a great place to start is by defining your goals and comparing the lifestyles and housing costs of areas that you are interested in. There are so many different options available to us that reside in the state and I have selected Jupiter because of the quality of life that we enjoy. From my viewpoint, there is no finer place to reside that the Jupiter area; from the best schools, to a fantastic economy fueled by many factors and of course the wonderful facilities of Max Planck and Scripps Institute, to incredible unspoiled beaches, unbelievable dining and shopping options, numerous boating and golf opportunities, uncrowded streets, low crime and just the overall kindness of our residents. Recently we were out with a client who commented on just how nice everyone is; and why not as we are truly lucky to live in Paradise.
You will find the market to be very strong and the best opportunities go very quickly. The need to team with qualified agent cannot be overstated as you must have someone on your team who is suited to located new opportunities that match your goals, determine fair value and have your best interests at heart. As strong as the market currently is buyers must be prepared to move quickly or that opportunity will quickly be under contract by someone else.
I work almost entirely as a buyers agent in Palm Beach and Martin Counties and certainly would be honored to be on the list of Realtors® you interview and happy to be of assistance in any way that I can. If you are in the area and would like a tour I would enjoy showing you why I am so fortunate to call Jupiter my hometown.
I hope this information is helpful but if you need anything additional please do not hesitate to give me a call.
Always at Your Service,
Tom Priester e-PRO
"Results Driven Real Estate"
Keller Williams Realty
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It was announced today that the current series of Merlin will be the last as BBC One's hit show reaches a spectacular conclusion this Christmas. The epic family fantasy drama will bow out with a special two-part finale, as this unique re-telling of the Arthurian legend reaches its natural and dramatic end – it's not to be missed! Merlin has been enthralling audiences on Saturday nights over last five years, consistently attracting an average audience of over six million viewers, with ratings for the current series peaking at 7.1 million. Merlin has been a firm favourite with BBC One viewers since its first outing in 2008. Celebrated for its magical storytelling, cinematic visual effects and most of all the wonderful cast which includes Colin Morgan as Merlin, Bradley James as Arthur Pendragon, Katie Mcgrath as Morgana, Angel Coulby as Guinevere, Anthony Head as Uther Pendragon, Richard Wilson as Gaius, and John Hurt as the voice of the Great Dragon. Co-creators and executive producers, Johnny Capps ...
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Colin Morgan, Bradley James, Katie Mcgrath, Angel Coulby and the rest of the Merlin cast- they have always made us proud.
Sad that Angel Coulby and Bradley James didn't make the cut for the NTA's I loved their portrayal of Arthur and Gwen.
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Spoilers Episode 12 High in the mountains, a great horde gathers; Morgana prepares for war with a vengeful Mordred at her side. Merlin feels the weight of his destiny like never before as the ancient prophecies play out with terrifying accuracy. But before he can save his beloved Camelot, he must save himself. For it is not just the kingdom Morgana wishes to destroy – it is also Emrys. Do not miss this penultimate episode in the epic final series of Merlin. Colin Morgan is Merlin, Bradley James is Arthur, Angel Coulby is Gwen, Katie Mcgrath is Morgana, Richard Wilson is Gaius, John Hurt is the voice of the Great Dragon, Alexander Vlahos is Mordred and Tom Hopper, Rupert Young, and Eoin Macken are The Knights of the Round Table. Episode 13 And so it seems the Prophets did not lie. As the great battle rages on Camlann's mighty plain, Merlin faces his moment of destiny. Can he find the strength to save the man he made a King; the Camelot they fought to build; and the brotherhood they shared? Don't miss t . ...
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I'd like a sandwich pls. Bradley James sandwiched between Katie Mcgrath and Angel Coulby. I'd ruin all 3 of them! Ooomph!!
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This is weird. is phone-interviewing Bradley James on my right. is phone-interviewing Angel Coulby on my left.
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I saw this guy at my school who looks just like Bradley James, no lie! Funny thing is I've been told I look like Angel Coulby.
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I really think this does cause weight gain I have been on it for a month and I put on about 6 to8 lbs. It hit my middle and legs real bad.
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|Publication number
|Publication type
|Application number
|Publication date
|Aug 12, 1986
|Filing date
|Jun 4, 1984
|Priority date
|Jun 4, 1984
|Fee status
|Publication number
|David J. Trevarrow
|Original Assignee
|Schrader Machine & Tool, Inc.
|Export Citation
|BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan
|Patent Citations (4), Referenced by (2), Classifications (9), Legal Events (5)
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet
Machine tools utilizing rotating and stationary tools require periodic tool adjustment to compensate for tool wear, tool mounting variations, wear in slides, compounds and holders, etc. Minute tool adjustment is difficult to consistently achieve, and shims and manual tool anchoring bolts and the like are often utilized to produce micro tool positioning; however, such manual adjustment means are haphazard and time consuming.
It is an object of the invention to provide a machine tool adjustment capable of producing minute tool positioning rapidly, consistently and accurately.
Another object of the invention is to provide minute tool adjustment within machine tools wherein tool positioning is controlled by an electric stepping motor capable of accurate and reversible control.
Yet an additional object of the invention is to provide minute tool adjustment means capable of being incorporated into rotating boring tools and the like wherein limited space and clearance is available.
A further object of the invention is to provide a minute tool adjustment for machine tools wherein the adjustment mechanism may be incorporated within existing tool configurations, and does not require major modification of machine tool designs.
In the practice of the invention a rotatable support includes a tool carrier mounted thereon whereby rotation of the support rotates the carrier and tool. For instance, the tool may constitute a boring tool and the carrier may be of an elongated configuration for insertion into the bore of a workpiece.
A shaft concentric with the support and carrier axis is rotatable by accurately controlled drive means, such as a reversible electric stepping motor, and an eccentric connection exists between the shaft and the tool carrier. Thus, rotation of the shaft causes a lateral force to be imposed upon the tool carrier with respect to the axis of support and carrier rotation, and this force laterally deflects the tool to provide compensation for tool wear or minor dimensional tool adjustment.
In one embodiment of the invention, the outer end of the elongated tool carrier includes a cap upon which the cutting tool is mounted. The shaft extends through the carrier and includes an eccentric portion associated with the cap through a ball bearing. The shaft is supported relative to the carrier adjacent the eccentric portion by another ball bearing wherein rotation of the shaft imposes a lateral deforming force on the cap due to the eccentric portion, and this lateral force is sufficient to slightly deflect the cap to achieve the desired tool displacement.
In another embodiment of the invention, the tool carrier is in the form of an elongated lever having a free end upon which the cutting tool is mounted. The inner end of the tool carrier lever is connected to the indexable shaft by an eccentric connection whereby rotation of the shaft causes the carrier lever to pivot about a universal pivot producing a lateral deflection at the tool carrier outer end displacing the tool as desired.
The degree of eccentricity of the eccentric portions on the shaft are small wherein only minute tool movements are produced, and the energy required to produce such movement is relatively small. The practice of the invention permits very accurate tool adjustments to be made under close control.
The aforementioned objects and advantages of the invention will be appreciated from the following description and accompanying drawings wherein:
FIG. 1 is an elevational view, partially diametrically sectioned, of apparatus embodying the invention,
FIG. 2 is an elevational, sectional view taken along Section II--II of FIG. 1, and
FIG. 3 is an elevational, diametrically sectioned view of apparatus embodying another form of the inventive concept.
In the embodiment of FIG. 1, a spindle 10 of a machine tool, such as a boring machine, is illustrated, and this spindle includes components rotatably mounted upon the machine tool frame, not shown, by conventional bearings, not shown. The spindle 10 includes a body 12 adapted to be rotated by a motor-driven belt received within belt groove 14, and the body includes a rear cover 16 held in position by tension bolts 18 and nuts 20. An electric stepping motor 22 is attached to the cover 16 by neck 24, and the stepping motor 22 may be the type manufactured by Compumotor Corporation, Petaluma, Calif., Model M83-93. The stepping motor includes a driveshaft 26 extending through the open center of the body 12 in driving connection through coupling 30 with the shaft 28 extending into the support 32. The support 32 is mounted upon the body 12 by neck 34 for rotation with the body, and the shaft 28 extends into the support chamber 36.
The elongated tool carrier 38 is mounted upon the support 32 by bolts, and the outer end of the carrier is provided with a cap 40 threaded upon the carrier outer end by threads 42. A conventional cutting tool 44 is attached to the cap 40 by known tool holder structure, and the tool 44 may be of the known three-sided carbide-tipped type. It is to be noted that the location of the tool is axially beyond the threads 42.
A shaft 46 is supported within the carrier 38 upon double ball bearings 48 and 50, and the shaft 46 is in driven relationship to the shaft 28 by coupling 52. Bearing retention is achieved by threaded collar 54 engaging the annular bearing retainer 56.
The shaft 46 includes a cylindrical portion 58 having a center eccentrically offset a few thousandths of an inch from the center of the shaft 46 wherein the portion 58 constitutes an eccentric portion relative to the axis of shaft 46. The portion 58 receives anti-friction ball bearing 60 which is pressed into the cap 40, and the bearing is maintained upon the eccentric portion 58 by washer 62 and screw 64.
It is to be appreciated that the double ball bearing 50 is of such axial length and position as to be in axial alignment with both the carrier 38 and the cap 40 and is closely received within cylindrical recesses 66 and 68 located within the carrier and cap, respectively.
Rotation of the shafts 26, 28 and 46 by actuation of the stepping motor 22 rotates the eccentric portion 58 and such rotation of the eccentric portion produces a lateral displacement of the tool 44 relative to the axis of the shaft 46 and carrier 38 due to deformation occurring within the cap 40. Such cap deformation is limited, only a few thousandths of an inch, but this is the extent of adjustment desired.
Due to the resistance of such lateral deformation by the cap 40, the tool 46 will be firmly supported in a vibration-resisting manner regardless of the adjustment of the tool, and it will be appreciated that as the shafts 26, 28 and 46 are all located within the normal configuration of the spindle body 12, support 32 and carrier 38, that the practice of the invention permits very accurate tool adjustments to be made without increasing the dimensions of the carrier and tool support.
In the embodiment of FIG. 3, a tool spindle is shown at 70, and the tool spindle is mounted upon machine tool apparatus, not shown, which is rotatably driven in the usual manner. The spindle body 72 attaches to the rotating machine tool components by a plurality of screws 74, and the body is internally concentrically bored to closely receive the double ball bearing 78 for supporting the shaft 76. The shaft 76 is supported at its left end, FIG. 3, by anti-friction ball bearing 79, and is in driven engagement with the shaft 80 through coupling 82. The shaft 80 attaches to a reversible electric stepping motor generally indicated at 84, similar to the motor 22 of the previously described embodiment.
A pivot cradle 86 is mounted upon the spindle body 72 by a plurality of bolts 88, and the cradle includes a cavity 90 defined by obliquely oriented surface 92 and oblique surface 94 defined in threaded cap 96. The pivot cradle includes a key pin 98, and the threaded cap 96 provides access to the cradle cavity permitting the carrier lever 100 to be inserted therein, as described below.
A carrier lever 100 is of an elongated configuration having an outerend 102 upon which the cutting tool 104 is mounted by conventional cutting holding means. Tool 104 may be of the carbide-insert type as commonly used for boring operations.
The inner end of the carrier lever 100 is formed with a cylindrical stud 106 concentric with the axis of the lever 100, and an anti-friction ball bearing 108 is mounted upon the stud and is pressed into the bore 110 defined within the cavity of the hollow shaft 76. The cylindrical bore 110 is eccentrically oriented with respect to the axis of rotation of the shaft 76 whereby rotation of the shaft 76 will produce lateral deflection of the stud 106 relative to the axis of the shaft 76, and the axis of the pivot cradle 86.
The tool carrier lever 100 includes a spherical segment 112 located between the inner and outer lever ends for engagement by the oblique surfaces 92 and 94 of the pivot cavity. Also, the spherical segment 112 is provided with an axial slot 114 for receiving the key pin 98 which prevents rotation of the carrier lever within the pivot cavity.
When lateral adjustment of the tool 104 is desired, the shaft 76 is rotated by the stepping motor 84, and the eccentric orientation of the bore 110 will cause a lateral displacement of the inner end of the carrier lever which results in a greater lateral displacement of the tool 104 due to the difference in lever arm dimensions between the inner end stud 106 and the pivot segment center as represented at A, and the distance between the tool 104 and the pivot center A.
The embodiment of the invention shown in FIG. 3 permits a carrier lever of relatively small cross sectional dimension to be employed, and yet minute tool adjustments can be achieved with little power requirement.
It is appreciated that various modifications to the inventive concepts may be apparent to those skilled in the art without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
|Cited Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Aug 28, 1969
|Feb 8, 1972
|Richard C Gersch
|Adjustable boring quill assembly
|May 21, 1971
|Jun 19, 1973
|Ikegai Iron Works Ltd
|Numerical controlled boring machine
|Jan 29, 1979
|Sep 30, 1980
|Firma Samson Aktiengesellschaft
|Turning boring head with a tool for radial adjustment
|Mar 3, 1964
|Briney Mfg Co
|Eccentric boring head
|Citing Patent
|Filing date
|Publication date
|Nov 9, 1987
|Jun 12, 1990
|Renishaw, Plc
|Rotary cutting tool
|Aug 7, 1998
|May 16, 2000
|Unova Ip Corp.
|Precision positioner for a cutting tool insert
|U.S. Classification
|408/147, 408/151, 408/150
|International Classification
|Cooperative Classification
|European Classification
|Jul 5, 1984
Owner name: SCHRADER MACHINE AND TOOL, INC., 6422 HANOVER ROAD
Free format text: ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNORS INTEREST.;ASSIGNOR:TREVARROW, DAVID J.;REEL/FRAME:004277/0555
Effective date: 19840529
|Feb 2, 1990
|Fee payment
Year of fee payment: 4
|Mar 22, 1994
|Maintenance fee reminder mailed
|Aug 14, 1994
|Lapse for failure to pay maintenance fees
|Oct 25, 1994
|Expired due to failure to pay maintenance fee
Effective date: 19940817


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Social–sexual behavior seasonality in captive beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas)
- Nicholas GlabickyAffiliated withCanisius College
- , Alicia DuBravaAffiliated withCanisius College
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Observation of wild beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) indicates that this species breeds seasonally, and hormonal assays of captive animals show corresponding fluctuations in reproductive hormones. The question remains, however, whether copulatory behavior itself occurs seasonally. As an index of copulatory behavior, data are reported here on the frequency with which pelvic thrusting occurs over the calendar year. Male-on-female thrusting did vary significantly across months, with a clear peak in activity in March. On the other hand, male-on-male pelvic thrusting did not differ significantly across months. Possible functional roles are suggested for this latter enigmatic behavior.
KeywordsSocial–sexual behavior Cetacean Seasonal breeding
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- Title
- Social–sexual behavior seasonality in captive beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas)
- Journal
Polar Biology
Volume 33, Issue 8 , pp 1145-1147
- Cover Date
- 2010-08
- 10.1007/s00300-010-0790-3
- Print ISSN
- 0722-4060
- Online ISSN
- 1432-2056
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
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- Keywords
- Social–sexual behavior
- Cetacean
- Seasonal breeding
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Nicholas Glabicky (1)
- Alicia DuBrava (1)
- Michael Noonan (1) (2)
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- 1. Canisius College, Buffalo, NY, 14208, USA
- 2. Department of Biology, Canisius College, 2001 Main Street, Buffalo, NY, 14208, USA


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What a find!!
I echo all of the sentiments left on this board about the Sari Konak.
We stayed here recently over for 3 nights over Memorial Day weekend and had a great time. The staff are what makes it so special. For example, we left our sunglasses upstairs on the terrace and the manager himself came down to our room to return them to us. Whilst up on the same terrace, we met a couple that stayed there at the beginning of their trip to Turkey, and then came back for their last night. In the middle of their trip they left the SK to go traveling around the Turkish coast and encountered some issues trying to rent a car. They said that even though they had left the SK, they called the SK and they were able to arrange a car rental for them.
Lastly the Sari Konak is extremely clean (definitely up to US standards) and a great value. We will definitely stay here again!
Excellent place
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Very nice and clean rooms, although very modern and kind of lacking in Turkish character. Loved the shower.
The breakfast was wonderful. Lots of typical Turkish breakfast food. Liked the neighborhood and is very close to several important sights and also close to the tram line. Great vies from the roof top. Be sure to go up there at night for a view of the Blue Mosque illuminated.
The staff was very helpful, even providing a very good free map. Not one of those cheap photo-copied ones. They even let me use their computer to check emails so I didn't have to find an internet cafe.
Lovely Hotel
We just came back from the Sari Konak where we had a great time.
The hotel is located near the Blue Mosque, and having stayed near Taksim Square twice before, I can safely say that this has to be the best area to stay in the city. Most of the tourist attractions are very close, the piers to the Asian side and the Bosphorus tour are 15 minutes away by foot, and at night the area is very pleasant with restaurants, open air places and a couple of bars that are opened until midnight. The wild nightlife is elsewhere, but that's just fine.
The hotel itself is new, clean and very pleasant, Murat and the rest of the staff are extremely friendly and helpful, breakfast is good and included in the room rate.
Our only comment was about the standard room, which was too small. It is definitely a good idea to spend the extra 20 Euros for the more spacious deluxe room.
Except for this last point, we had a very positive experience and will be happy to return.
Splendid Sari Konak
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Pleasant stay
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Very Nice
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A very special hotel
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This visit coincided with the fact that the Eurovision Song Contest was being held in Istanbul, consequently I invited 40 guests to the roof terrace to celebrate the UK's entry... we had a brilliant time, again the staff did everything they could to make my guests feel right at home. Compliments have flowed from my friends ever since!
So if you'd like a relaxing and friendly stay in the lovely old town (Sultanahmet)... do yourself a favour and check into the Sari Konak!
Great Hotel
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W. Curtis Preston let go by GlassHouse
I have just spoken with backup guru Curtis Preston, who confirmed that GlassHouse let him go at 9:30 this morning. He said there was talk of a drive toward profitability and cutting costs.
But I'm wondering if there's something else behind it. I'm amazed GlassHouse would let someone of Preston's stature go the week before Christmas, and — according to him — with no advanced notice. When I posted the news on Twitter, his former GlassHouse colleague Stephen Foskett also seemed more than mildly surprised.
That said, I am sure Preston will land on his feet, and soon. His visibility in the industry is huge. One of my fellow TechTarget storage bloggers, Taylor Allis, formerly of Sun and now with Capstone Technology Solutions, immediately tweeted back to me saying Curtis should call him if he's looking. I'm sure that's only the beginning.
Avid's approach to video storage
Bill Moren, senior product manager, storage for Avid Technology Inc.,
with a whiteboard schematic of Unity ISIS 2.0.
I don't hear from Avid much, mainly because the vendor is mostly focused on video-editing software. So I took their invitation to tour their demo data center at their Tewksbury headquarters as yet another sign that storage has gone far more mainstream than it was when I first joined the industry.
That's a pattern I've been noticing a lot lately–storage has emerged at the center of everything, and become much more interdisciplinary. It's partly because people are starting to think more about the overall data center than its separate spheres, but also because the continued digitization of data and the enrichment of data formats, has naturally brought more attention to the problem of where we're going to put it.
Avid storage senior product manager Bill Moren agreed when I met with him yesterday. "It's not so much an accessory as it used to be," he said. "It's a big part of the end to end workflow that users are concerned about."
The video processing world in particular has been among the verticals that have seen data absolutely explode, thanks not only to new mechanisms for digital delivery but the advent of ever-bigger HD formats for film and video. Avid's networked storage system, Unity ISIS, was updated with the goal of addressing ballooning capacity Dec. 1 with support for a 10 GbE connection directly to the desktop workstation for faster access (previous versions supported 10 GbE to the switch), support for 1 TB drives which bring the total system capacity to 384 TB from 192 TB, improved internal bandwidth of 400 MBps per storage chassis (up from 250-300 MBps), and LDAP/ActiveDirectory integration.
The ISIS architecture consists of chassis called Storage Engines. Within each engine is a series of blades containing CPU, memory, and two disk drives. I'm sure you can see where this is going: the blades are parallelized, and divide up pieces of files among them according to software algorithms. Data is reassembled for playback using keys issued by a metadata server. Moren said the metadata server is usually a piece of white-box commodity hardware. Some in the industry argue that the metadata node can become a bottleneck. I asked Moren about that, and it kicked off a conversation about what Avid's trying to do vs. what the data center vendors I usually talk to are aiming for.
For people looking to work on realtime media files, Moren said, the amount of storage you can cram into one box is less important than it is for users running big shared repositories of files in the enterprise. What's more important isn't the burst-rate speed or peak performance of the box either, but rather the its ability to deliver data in an almost metered fashion so frames of video aren't dropped. Moren described the process of Avid's parallel file system feeding data from the parallelized blades through the metadata node to the client as being "like a metronome." It's the predictable steadiness, not the raw speed, that's most important, he said.
I found that interesting, especially because of all the storage vendors out there looking to capture the video content delivery market. Many of those vendors, however, reference customers in the 3D rendering space, or special effects houses for live-action films, which often work on single frames rather than live streams. This isn't a distinction I've considered before.
NFSv4.1 approved as proposed standard
NFS 4.1, which contains the specs for parallel NFS (pNFS), has officially been approved as a proposed standard, according to a blog post by NetApp senior technical director Michael Eisler today.
While products that incorporate the standard are still down the road, pNFS is expected to speed data transfer, eliminate bottlenecks and increase the scalability of clustered NAS products. Parallel NFS provides a specification for placing a metadata server outside the data path of servers attached to a multinode storage system. Storage nodes can be held together with another clustered file system, while pNFS exposes the block mapping of files and objects to the client. The client then receives those blocks through multiple parallel network channels and reassembles them for presentation to the user.
Some storage administrators said they hope VMware will offer a client for pNFS to help overcome storage I/O issues with the server virtualization software. Eisler also blogged in August with some further clarifications regarding that idea.
Brocade acquires Foundy, but not its CEO
Brocade finally closed on its $2.6 billion acquisition of Foundry Networks today, and added more Ethernet expertise by hiring a new CTO and senior VP of products and offerings from outside Foundry.
Dave Stevens rejoins Brocade as CTO. He first came to Brocade in the Rhapsody Networks acquisition in 2003 along with current Brocade CEO Mike Klayko, but left the following year. Stevens also founded firewall vendor Palo Alto Networks and worked for networking vendors Atmosphere Networks, Bay Networks, Nortel, and SynOptics.
The new SVP is Marc Randall, former CEO of Force10 Networks and previous VP of engineering at Cisco.
One Ethernet networking vet who won't join Brocade is Foundry founder and CEO Bobby Johnson. Brocade made no mention of Johnson in either of its press releases today, but I had to ask. Brocade spokesman John Noh said most of Foundry's execs will join Brocade, but not the boss.
"[Johnson] now has the opportunity to pursue several charitable activities that he did not have the time to do while serving in his capacity of CEO," Noh wrote in an email. "We thank Bobby for building such a great company with a seasoned executive team, industry-leading products and technologies and a robust customer portfolio."
The acquistion was first revealed in July but didn't receive approval from Foundry shareholders until Wednesday, following a renegotation of price from $3 billion to $2.6 billion.
Sun repackages data center products and services
Yesterday I met with Amy O'Connor, who has recently been named VP of services for Sun Microsystems. She told me about new product and services packages Sun would launch today. We also had an interesting discussion about the state of Sun and its services division.
The announcement made today was "Rapid Solutions"– bundles of hardware, software, "cookbooks" and services aimed at data center efficiency, Web infrastructure and high-performance computing. Each of those areas had one bundle introduced today.
Under data center efficiency, Sun rolled out a managed virtual desktop service, in which users deploy hardware and software on premise but the day to day management is run by Sun remotely. The user still has to host all the data, which can be a challenge when it comes to remote desktops where some kind of deduplication or single-instancing tools are required to cut down on redundant machine images.
For Web infrastructure, the first package rolled out for cloud service providers is a bundle of database and identity management tools, including MySQL, Sun Java Identity Management, and Open SSO (single sign-on), servers and storage systems. The storage in this case is Sun StorageTek 6000 disk arrays, but O'Connor said Open Storage packages may also be included down the road.
Finally, O'Connor admitted, the high performance computing market for Sun has weakened in the current economy, but for that vertical Sun is packaging up compute nodes and storage.
Notice storage is involved in every bundle. "We're also working on the scale of open storage systems–you'll see a lot more in this space," O'Connor said. "Sun got that storage religion–when they bought StoragTek I don't think they quite had it yet.
"Let's face it," she went on. "Five years ago, storage had its own acronyms and was a separate shop. If you weren't a storage person you didn't talk storage and data. Now everyone talks storage and data, rather than just threads and CPU. I would say at this point in time everything we do is about storage, and we wouldn't be in a position to compete there at all if it wasn't for StorageTek."
There has been a lot of speculation about the StorageTek business at Sun lately. Sun hasn't done much to enhance StorageTek's disk products, and a lot of people in the industry suspect Sun is looking to spin off the tape business to raise money.
But O'Connor says the StorageTek IP and personnel remain key pieces of Sun's business.
"The acquisition put thought leadership in our sales force in terms of integrating different product units," she said. "I've never believed in our roadmap more than I do today."
Hearing that kind of statement from a Sun executive brings back memories of the first STK Forum I ever attended, just after the acquisition by Sun in 2005. I remember a parade of executives trotted out on stage, almost all of them new to their roles, and many new to Sun while the ink was still fresh on the merger. The execs making statements exactly like O'Connor's included Mark Canepa and Brenda Zawatski, who are both long gone from Sun.
Since then there's been another series of execs in charge of storage divisions, including Nigel Dessau and David Yen, who also talked confidently and optimistically about Sun's latest new direction, only to wind up leaving the company as it heads in yet another new direction. O'Connor has been with Sun many years and her colleagues speak highly of her, but there's only so many times you can hear the same thing from the same company without any action to back it up before you begin to view such statements a bit more skeptically.
But not everybody is so skeptical of Sun. There are some who feel Open Storage may finally be a place Sun can settle for a while.
"Sun's had a major midlife crisis," was how Taneja Group analyst Jeff Boles put it. The company has emerged with the server-storage convergence/open source identity, which "seems like it's locked in and might be good for the new cloud computing paradigm."
Storage spending slowing already
The spending slowdown most storage industry people are expecting to hit in 2009 has already begun, according to new research from TheInfoPro (TIP).
TIP interviewed 65 senior executives at large Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies, and found nearly one-third spent less on storage this year than they originally budgeted and 68% plan to spend less in 2009 than in 2008. A year ago, TIP's survey found 81% of enterprises expected to spend more this year than they did last year.
The fourth quarter is usually a big one for buying storage, as companies spend their remaining budget and often find pricing favorable as vendors want to finish the year strong. But that apparently isn't the case this year.
"We're seeing a lot less Q4 activity this year," TIP CEO Ken Male said. "We're not seeing a lot of budget flush right now. It's a very defensive procure right now."
According to TIP, only 21% of the execs interviewed expect to spend more than $10 million in 2009 – a 10% drop from last year. The averaged 2008 spend was $10.7 million and the average 2009 budget will decrease 14% over the amount spent this year.
Male says many enterprises will make use of storage they bough in recent years and early n 2008, before what he calls the "nuclear winter" hit the financial services in September.
The spending slowdown isn't limited to financial services. Breaking it down by industry, 75% of technology companies, 68% of financial services firms and 63% of manufacturers forecast significant declines in 2009 spending.
Brocade set to close Foundry acquisition
Brocade cleared its final hurdle to its $2.6 billion acquisition of Ethernet networking firm Foundry Networks today when Foundry's shareholders approved the deal.
In Brocade's release announcing the approval, the Fibre Channel switch vendor said it expects to close the deal Thursday. Brocade also said it will probably not require more financing than the $1.1 billion loan it secured in October.
Brocade has been trying to wrap up the deal since July, when it revealed it would pay $3 billion for Foundry. With financing tough to come by with current economic conditions, the companies renegotiated the price downward Oct. 30. That prompted the Foundry shareholders to push back their approval vote.
Under final terms, Brocade will pay $16.50 in cash for each Foundry share. Foundry shares closed at $16.62 today, up from their opening price of $15.96.
Everything you always wanted to know about data backup but were afraid to ask
Who you gonna call when your computer's toast?
Originally uploaded on Flickr by alexmuse
Guess which IT discipline the experts expect to be the most resilient in the face of the recession? You guessed it: good ol' backup. Perhaps the least glorified job in the data center, at times among the most poorly understood–and still chugging along, as the growth of corporate data waits for no man or stock market.
As we begin to look forward to
time off for the holidays the New Year, then, what better perspective to take on the storage industry than a careful look at backup, the technical advances that have made it vastly more complicated (but potentially vastly more efficient as well), and the people who are making it work in different environments? This week we're running a feature piece by yours truly at our SearchDataBackup.com site that examines all of the above…and more.
Part I is up today, covering everybody's favorite topic: disk vs. tape. There's even a little NAS disk vs. VTL disk for those who like things a little spicier. Tomorrow will see Part 2, focused on software. Thursday's Part 3 will examine outsourcing and the cloud. Friday's finale will address the ways parts 1-3 still won't get on top of the data growth rate at big companies any time soon. Yay!
Hope everyone who made the venerable disk vs. tape debate so lively on this blog will tune in, and offer their own views.
Latest addition to the storage swag collection
A while back I did a riveting post for this blog covering my collection of storage s.w.a.g. (stuff we all get) picked up in my travels through the storage industry. I thought I'd follow up with a notice about the latest showpiece in my collection:
It's a T-shirt, from EMC/Mozy. Occupying a place of honor (and a place of not-fitting) in my work area at the office, it doubles as a conversation piece and warning to intruders.
Deduping slows but doesn't stop data growth
While most organizations are likely planning to trim their IT budgets next year, a lot of them are also no doubt finding that cutting storage capacity will be difficult if not impossible.
Take Victaulic Company. The pipe joining manufacturing company purchased 30 TB of usable capacity with its new Sepaton S2100-ES2 VTL in September, and infrastructure manager Fred Railing says he's already ordered 10 TB more because of an increase in data being backed up. And that's with a 39-1 deduplication ratio from Sepaton's DeltaStor software.
"[The VTL] was sized appropriately when we bought it, but the amount of data we have to back up has increased 30 percent already," Railing says. "We keep six weeks worth of backup, and we're close to capacity right now. We have to keep an eye on that to make sure it doesn't fill up."
Railing says the increase in data stored hasn't come from an acquisition or any unusual situation, and he doesn't see it slowing down much soon.
"We have quite a few projects going on now, and we've added lot more servers in the last nine months," he said. "It always will increase, maybe not as dramatically as it has been lately, but our engineering and email data keeps growing and giving us more to back up."
Victaulic dedupes everything it backs up, Railing says, although reducing data wasn't the original reason for going to the VTL. He set out to reduce backup windows by using disk, and his backups have gone from 24 hours to 12.
"At first we were looking at just getting a VTL to shrink our backup windows," he said. "We thought it was worth getting dedupe option because we would end up buying so much more disk. Now we're deduping everything we back up."