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You can read more about it www.ibm.com/storage/tape.
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Aug 29 Announce of Tape Encryption
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For those who missed it, IBM announced last Tuesday encryption capability for the TS1120 drive, our enterprise tape drive that read and write 3592 cartridges. Do you need special cartridges for this? No! Use the sames ones you have already been using!
You can read more about it www.ibm.com/storage/tape.
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Aug 8 announcment of Brocade to acquire McData
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It's official!
On August 8, Brocade announced its intent to acquire McData corporation. IBM will continue to sell both Brocade and McData networking gear, as the acquisition will not be finalized until January 2007.
Read more about it directly from brocade www.brocade.com
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Aperi is "Viagra" for SMI-S
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Yesterday (September 7, 2006) the Eclipse Foundation announced that it has approved the creation of the Aperi Storage Management Framework Project.
There's been a lot of confusion out there about Aperi, so I thought I would post some facts and opinions about this exciting new project. A few years ago, I was thelead architect for IBM TotalStorage Productivity Center, IBM's infrastructure management product that helped launch the creation of Aperi.
From the latin word for "open", Aperi is an open source project that aims to simplify the management of storage environments, using the Storage Management Initiative - Specification (SMI-S) open standardto promote interoperability and eliminate complexity in today's storage environments.
Aperi should provide immediate value upon install with basic storage management capabilities, rather than just simply a collection of components that require costly integration. We've discussed requirements for functions such as:
The big confusion most people have is Aperi's relation to SMI-S and the Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA)open standards group. The best way to explain this is to go backto your High School SAT college-entrance exams. Remember questions like this?
(The answer: a crumb is to bread like a splinter is to wood.)
Aperi is an implementation of SMI-S standard, similar to MySQL or PostgreSQL areopen standard relational database implementations of Structured Query Language (SQL).These compete with proprietary database implementations such as IBM DB2 Universal Database,Oracle Database, Microsoft SQL Server, or Sybase.
Aperi: SMI-S ::
It is often the case that the folks writing the code are different than the folks defining the standards. This is the case between the members of Aperi writing code, and the members of the SNIA writing standards. IBM happens tohave employees writing Aperi code, and other employees helping define SMI-S standards.What can I say, IBM is a big company and a leader in many areas.
A good analogyis how the Apache community has developed an awesome web server, and the Firefox Mozillacommunity have developed an awesome web browser, both of which are implementations of the HTTP/HTML standards adopted by the World Wide Web Consortium. Apache and Firefoxcompete with proprietary implementations, such as Microsoft Internet Information Services(IIS) web server and Internet Explorer web browser.
Aperi: SNIA ::
With this arrangement, Aperi and the SNIA will have very complementary roles in defining and driving standards across the entire storage market. To that end, Aperi will make extensive use of the SNIA's Technology Center and SNIA's "plugfests" to test the interoperability of the Aperi framework with the variety of 3rd-party storage offerings available. By providing a tested implementation of SMI-S, Aperi will drive broader industry availability of SMI-S, as well as offer the many benefits of an industry-backed open source community.
Check out this vote of confidence:
"Eclipse's Aperi Project will further advance the adoption of SNIA's SMI-S, benefiting the entire storage industry and IT community. Furthermore, the SNIA and Aperi will define plans to collaborate on new storage standards, standards testing programs, and storage interoperability programs."
So, both proprietary and open source implementations have their place in the world.Proprietary products are needed for advanced, unique value-add, and opensource projects are for basic support focused on interoperability and flexibility.These can be combined, for example, proprietary "plug-ins" built on an open source base. The more choices the client has, the better.
Storage vendors benefit too. Vendors are tired of being in the "Y.A.C." business, building "Yet Another Configurator" for each new device developed, with basic functionsto carve LUNs, read performance stats, and so on. By shipping Aperi instead, storagevendors like IBM can invest their development dollars in real innovations, things thatmatter for the customer.
If you are unfamiliar withopen source, I highly recommend Eric Raymond's bookThe Cathedral and the Bazaar. It might just change the way you think aboutopen source usage in the workplace.
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The new TS3100 Tape Library
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The TS3100 Tape Library
An astute reader brought this to my attention. The newest addition to our "IBM Express Portfolio"set of SMB-oriented offerings is the new TS3100 tape library. This has one LTO Gen 3 drive and up to 22 cartridges, which can be a mix of WORM and rewriteable cartridges,beautifully packaged in a small 2U high (3.5 inch) rack-mountable chassis. Each cartridge can hold up to 800GB uncompressed, or 1.6TB with typical 2-to-1 compression.
This tape library would be a great complement to TSM Express for backup, and to theDR550 Express for archive and compliance storage.
And now, for a limited time, there is a $1500 rebate, check website for details.
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IBM introduces DS3000 new entry-level disk storage
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Today, January 16, IBM launches its latest disk system, the DS3000 series.
There are actually three products in the DS3000 series:
With this announcement, IBM provides entry-level storage at the "less-than-$5000" price point, withsupport for intermix of 10K and 15K RPM drives, and scalable up to 14.4 TB capacity.This would be ideal storage for HP, Dell, IBM System x and BladeCenter servers.
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February 13 announcements
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In case you haven't noticed, IBM System Storage makes most of their announcements on Tuesdays. IBM announced a lot today, so here is a quick run-down.
IBM continues its market leadership with these new set of features and offerings!
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New Storage offerings April 2007
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IBM had some big announcements today. The theme for today's announcement was "Protected Information", as there are many reasons to protect your most strategic asset, your information. Let's do a quick run-down of a few of them.
I've provided all the links, so that you can delve deeply into all the data sheets.
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May 2007 Announcement Recap
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Yesterday, IBM announced a variety of new storage offerings. Our theme this time around was "Policies and Performance". Here's a quick recap.
Our clients tell us they need performance to meet their dynamic business demands, and policies to help them manage the ever growing size of their storage infrastructure. We listened!
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Announcements for July 2007
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It's Tuesday, which means IBM makes its announcements. We had several for the IBM System Storage product line. Here's a quick recap.
I'm off to Denver, Colorado this week. I hope it is cooler there than it is down here in Tucson, Arizona.
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Business Continuity for new BladeCenter solid state disk
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Continuing this week's theme on Business Continuity, I will use this post to discuss this week'sIBM solid state disk announcement.This new offering provides a new way to separate programs from data, to help minimizedowntime and outages normally associated with disk drive failures.
Until now, the method most people used to minimize the amount of data on internalstorage was to use disk-less servers with Boot-Over-SAN, however, not all operating systems, and not all disk systems, supported this.
Windows, however, is not supported, because of the small 4GB size and USB protocol limitations. For Windows, you would add a SAS drive, you boot from this hard drive, and use the 4GB Flash drive for data only.
So what's new this time? Here's a quick recap of July 17 announcement. For the IBM BladeCenter HS21 XM blade servers, new models of internal "disk" storage:
Until recently, solid state storage was available at a price premium only. Flash prices have dropped 50% annually while capacities have doubled. This trend is expected to continue through 2009.
Flash drives use non-volatile memory instead of moving parts, so less likely to break down during high external environmental stress conditions, like vibration and shock, or extreme temperature ranges (-0C° to +70°C) that would make traditional hard disks prone to failure.This is especially important for our telecommunications clients, who are always looking for solutions that are NEBS Level 3 compliant.
Last year, I mentioned that flash drives could provide only a limited number of write and erase cycles, but today's new advances in wear-leveling algorithms have nearly eliminated this limitation.
As with any SATA drive, performance depends on workload.Solid state drives perform best as OS boot devices, taking only a few secondslonger to boot an OS than from a traditional 73GB SAS drive. Flash drives also excel in applications featuring random read workloads, such as web servers. For random and sequential write workloads, use SAS drives instead for higher levels of performance.
So, even though this is not part of the System Storage product line, I am very excitedfor IBM. To find out if this will work in your environment, go to the IBM Server Provenwebsite that lists compatability with hardware, applications and middleware, or review the latest Configuration and Options Guide (COG).
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Announcements for August 2007
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The proof-of-concept that IBM Haifa research center developed back in 1998 became what we now call the iSCSI protocol.The book iSCSI: The Universal Storage Connection introduces the history as follows:
In the fall of 1999 IBM and Cisco met to discuss the possibility of combining their SCSI-over-TCP/IP efforts. After Cisco saw IBM's demonstration of SCSI over TCP/IP, the two companies agreed to develop a proposal that would be taken to the IETF for standardization.
There are three ways to introduce iSCSI into your data center:
IBM has been delivering the first method with its successful IBM System Storage N series gateway products, buttoday we have announced additional support for the second and third methods.Here's a quick recap.
With support for Boot-over-iSCSI, diskless rack-optimized and blade servers can boot Windows or Linux over Ethernet,eliminating the management hassles with internal disk.
All of this is part of IBM's overall push into the Small and Medium size Business marketplace, making it easier to shop for and buy from IBM and its many IBM Business Partners, easier to deploy and install storage, and easier tomanage the storage once you have it.
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Integrated Removable Media Manager on System z
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If you are ever down in Sao Paulo, Brazil, may I suggest not drinking "American amounts" of their "Brazilian Coffee". The coffee here is "robust", to say the least.
Yesterday, my blog focused on IBM iSCSI offerings that were announced in August.Also announced earlier this month, the Integrated Removable Media Manager (IRMM) on System zhas been years in the making.IRMM is a new robust systems management product for Linux® on IBM System z™ that manages open system media in heterogeneous distributed environments and virtualizes physical tape libraries. IRMM combines the capacity of multiple heterogeneous libraries into a single reservoir of tape storage that can be managed from a central point.By providing an integrated solution with the opportunity for both mainframe z/OS DFSMSrmm and distributed Tivoli® Storage Manager™ environments to be managed by IRMM, System z can now be a hub for the management of removable media.
The people who thought the "Mainframe is obsolete", and those that thought "Tape is dead", are both proven wrong again with this announcement. People are looking to deploy robust tape automation for backup and archive, and this convergence with mainframe makes perfect sense by providing business value that extends to other distributed systems.
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Top Women in Storage
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Byte and Switch magazine published an article on Top Women in Storage.
I thought of this as it was recently announced that Cindy Grossman, IBM VP of Tapeand Archive systems, will also serve as Site Level Manager for the IBM Tucson lab.
The motivation for the Byte and Switch article was probably from this article in Wall Street Journal detailingthe status of women in IT sales positions. Here is an excerpt:
Today, 13.5% of EMC's sales force is female, the company says, compared with 40% at International Business Machines Corp. and 29% at CA Inc., a big software vendor, those companies say. According to the 2000 U.S. census, about 25% of high-tech employees nationally were women.
IBM recognizes that diversity provides unique advantages in dealing with a global marketplace. Not only are women well represented on our IT sales force, they are also well represented on our board of directors, our Worldwide Management Committee, and our executive team overall, as well as in technical positions such as IBM Fellows, Distinguished Engineers, members of the IBM Academy of Technology. Working Mother magazine has rated IBM one of the top 10 "Best Companies" for women to work for in each of the 18 years that it has published this list.
In 2006, 51 camps called EXITE (Exploring Interests in Technology and Engineering) were held worldwide in 33 countries. The hope is to get young girls to pursue college degrees in computer science, math and engineering, so that they can then help fill the shortage of technical resources in IT.
So, if you are a women discouraged at your current place of employment, and are looking for exciting new opportunities in IT, come check out working for IBM![Read More]
Announcement Recap for October 2007
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Well it's Tuesday, which means its time to look at recent announcements.While I was on vacation last week, IBM made a lot of storage announcements October 23.Josh Krischer gives his summary on WikiBon [October 2007 Review].Austin Modine of the The Register went so far as to say that [IBM goes crazy with storage system updates].
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My Blook Is Now Available!
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It's official! My "blook" Inside System Storage - Volume I is now available.
You can choose between hardcover (with dust jacket) or paperback versions:
This is not the first time I've been published. I have authored articles for storage industry magazines, written large sections of IBM publications and manuals, submitted presentations and whitepapers to conference proceedings, and even had a short story published with illustrations by the famous cartoon writer[Ted Rall].
But I can say this is my first blook, and as far as I can tell, the first blook from IBM's many bloggers on DeveloperWorks, and the first blook about the IT storage industry.I got the idea when I saw [Lulu Publishing] run a "blook" contest. The Lulu Blooker Prize is the world's first literary prize devoted to "blooks"--books based on blogs or other websites, including webcomics. The [Lulu Blooker Blog] lists past year winners. Lulu is one of the new innovative "print-on-demand" publishers. Rather than printing hundredsor thousands of books in advance, as other publishers require, Lulu doesn't print them until you order them.
I considered cute titles like A Year of Living Dangerously, orAn Engineer in Marketing La-La land, or Around the World in 165 Posts, but settled on a title that matched closely the name of the blog.
In addition to my blog posts, I provide additional insights and behind-the-scenes commentary. If you go to the Luluwebsite above, you can preview an entire chapter in its entirety before purchase. I have added a hefty 56-page Glossary of Acronyms and Terms (GOAT) with over 900 storage-related terms defined, which also doubles as an index back to the post (or posts) that use or further explain each term.
So who might be interested in this blook?
And yes, according to Lulu, if you order soon, you can have it by December 25.
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IBM Combo Trounces HP and Sun
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Today, IBM announced a software/server/storage combo that out-performed both HP and Sun. Here is an excerpt from the[IBM Press Release]:
IBM today announced that its recently introduced E7100 Balanced Warehouse(TM), consisting of the IBM POWER6(TM) processor-based System p(TM) 570 server, the IBM System Storage(TM) DS4800 and DB2(R) Warehouse 9.5, is already lapping the field in performance. The new data warehousing solution is now ranked number one in both performance and in price/performance in the TPC-H business:
Those not familiar with the [IBM Balanced Warehouse], it is the productized version of DB2's ["Balanced Configuration Unit" or BCU] reference configuration. The IBM Balanced Warehouse presents a pre-tested, pre-configured solution for Business Intelligence (BI) applications. These are in the form of "building blocks" thatcan be combined to get to the size you need, with incremental growth as your business expands. Each building block expertly matches the CPU processor and RAM memory of the server, with the appropriate I/O bus, cabling, and capacity of the disk system, resulting in optimal performance.
IBM DB2 software is designed to allow you to combine multiple building blocks into a single system image. This greatly simplifies your data warehouse deployment, and can help ensure success. For example, for a 50TB deployment, you can take a base 2TB building block, add 24 more, each with 2TB of disk capacity, and have a completely balanced environment. IBM clients have built systems over 300TB in this manner with these building blocks.
The IBM Balanced Warehouse is offered in several configurations:
As I have mentioned before, in my post[Supermarketsand Specialty Shops],companies are looking for complete solutions, preferably from a single vendor like IBM, HP and Sun, rather than buying piece part components from different vendors and hoping the combined ["Frankenstein"] configuration meets business requirements.
The DS4800 is an obvious choice for this solution, providing an excellent balance of cost and performance, in a modular packaging that is ideal for the incremental growth design inherent in the IBM Balanced Warehouse philosophy. To learn more about this disk system, see the official [DS4800 website] for details, descriptions and specifications.
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IBM Acquires XIV
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So here we are in January, named after the two-faced Roman god Janus, who in their mythology was the god of gates and doors, and beginnings and endings.
Well, it's 2008, which could mark the end to RAID5 and mark the beginnings of a new disk storagearchitecture. IBM starts the year with exciting news, acquiring new disk technology from a smallstart-up called XIV, led by former-EMCer Moshe Yanai. Moshe was ousted publicly in 2001 from hisposition as EMC's VP of engineering, and formed his own company. It didn't take long for EMC bloggersto poke fun at this already. Mark Twomey, in his StorageZilla blog, had mentioned XIV before back in August,[XIV], and again todayin [IBM Buys XIV].
The following is an excerpt from the [IBM Press Release]:
To address the new requirements associated with next generation digital content, IBM chose XIV and its NEXTRA™ architecture for its ability to scale dynamically, heal itself in the event of failure, and self-tune for optimum performance, all while eliminating the significant management burden typically associated with rapid growth environments. The architecture also is designed to automatically optimize resource utilization of all the components within the system, which can allow for easier management and configuration and improved performance and data availability.
Current disk arrays were designed for online transaction processing (OLTP) databases. The focus was onusing fastest most expensive 10K and 15K RPM Fibre Channel drives, with clever caching algorithmsfor quick small updates of large relational databases. However, the world is changing, and peoplenow are looking for storage designed for digital media, archives, and other Web 2.0 applications.
One problem that NEXTRA architecture addresses is RAID rebuild. In a standard RAID5 6+P+S configuration of 146GB 10K RPM drives, the loss of one disk drive module (DDM) was recovered by reconstructing the data from parity of the other drives onto the spare drive. The process took46 minutes or longer, depending on how busy the system was doing other things. During this time,if a second drive in the same rank fails, all 876GB of data are lost. Double-drive failures are rare,but unpleasant when they happen, and hopefully you have a backup on tape to recover the data from.Moving to slower, less expensive SATA drives made this situation worse. The drives have highercapacity, but run at slower speeds. When a SATA drive fails in a RAID5 array, it could take severalhours to rebuild, and that is more time exposure for a second drive failure. A rebuild for a 750GBSATA drive would take five hours or more,with 4.5 TB of data at risk during the process if a second drive failure occurs.
The Nextra architecture doesn't use traditional RAID ranks or spare DDMs. Instead, data is carved up into 1MBobjects, and each object is stored on two physically-separate drives. In the event of a DDM loss, allthe data is readable from the second copies that are spread across hundreds of drives. New copies aremade on the empty disk space of the remaining system. This process can be done for a lost 750GB drive in under20 minutes. A double-drive failure would only lose those few objects that were on both drives, so perhaps1 to 2 percent of the total data stored on that logical volume.
Losing 1 to 2 percent of data might be devastating to a large relational database, as this could impactthe entire access to the internal structure. However, this box was designed for unstructuredcontent, like medical images, music, videos, Web pages, and other discrete files. In the event of a double-drivefailure, individual files would be recovered, such as with IBM Tivoli Storage Manager backup software.
IBM will continue to offer high-speed disk arrays like the IBM System Storage DS8000 and DS4800 for OLTP applications, and offer NEXTRA for this new surge in digital content of unstructured data. Recognizing this trend, diskdrive module manufacturers will phase out 10K RPM drives, and focus on 15K RPM for OLTP, and low-speedSATA for everything else.
Update: This blog post was focused on the version of XIV box available as of January 2008 that was built by XIV prior to the IBM acquisition. IBM has since made a major revision, made available August 2008 thataddresses a variety of workloads, including database, OLTP, email, as well as digital content and unstructuredfiles. Contact your IBM or IBM Business Partner for the latest details!
Bottom line, IBM continues to celebrate the new year, while the EMC folks in Hopkington, MA will continue to nurse their hangovers. Now that's a good way to start the new year!
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Resolving the Identity Crisis
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When times are tough, people revert back to their "default programming", and companies search for their"core strengths".The Redwoods Group calls this the[Native Language Theory]. Here'san excerpt:
A young carpenter immigrates to the United States from Italy, unable to speak a word of English. Upon arrival, he moves into a small apartment by himself and begins looking for a job in construction. With some luck and a lot of hard work, he quickly lands a job at a local construction site. Over the coming weeks he learns how to say "hello" and "goodbye" to his English-only coworkers. As time goes on, he is able to learn more complex phrases and commands and is now able to begin taking on jobs that better match his level of expertise.
Last September, in my post[Supermarketsand Specialty Shops] I mentioned how Forrester Research identified two kinds of IT vendors selling storage. On one side were the"information infrastructure" companies (IBM, HP, Sun, and Dell) that focus on providing one-stop shopping for clients that want all parts of an IT solution, including servers, storage, software and services. These I compared to "supermarkets".
On the other side were the storage component vendors (EMC, HDS, NetApp, and many others) that focus on specificstorage components. These I compared to "specialty shops", like butchers, bakers and candlestick makers.These often appeal to customers with big enough IT staffs with the skills to do their own system integration.The key difference seems to be that the supermarkets are client-focused, and the specialty shops are technology-focused, and different people prefer to do business with one side or another.This came in handy last November to explain Dell's acquisition of EqualLogic and discuss[IBMEntry-Level iSCSI offerings].
Some recent news seems to fit this model, in relation to the Native Language Theory.
So, each move seems to strengthen their respective identities back to their origins, or at least help them communicate that to the market.
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DR550 DR1 and DR2 announced today
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It's Tuesday, and you know what that means-- IBM makes its announcements.
Today, IBM announced a variety of storage offerings, but I am going to just focus this poston just the new DR550 models. The DR550 is the leading disk-and-tape solution forstoring non-erasable, non-rewriteable (NENR) data. This type of data, often called fixed-contentor compliance data, was previously writtento Write-Once-Read-Only (WORM) optical media. However, Optical technology has not advanced as fastas magnetic recording, so disk and tape have taken over this role. While there are still a fewlaws on the books that mandate "optical media" as the storage solution, new laws like SEC 17a-4and Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) allow for NENR solutions based on magnetic disk or tape instead.
As we had done for the IBM SAN Volume Controller (SVC), the DR550 was based on "off the shelf"components. The File System Gateway (FSG) was based on System x server, the DR550 hardwarebased on System p server and DS4000 disk arrays, with "hardened" versions of the AIX,DS4000 Storage Manager and IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) that we renamed the IBM SystemStorage Archive Manager (SSAM).
The DR550 is Ethernet-based, so it can be used with all IBM server platforms, from System xand BladeCenter, to System i, and System p, and even System z mainframe customers, as wellas non-IBM platforms from Sun, HP and others. There are two ways to get data stored ontothe DR550:
Generally, business applications like SAP or Microsoft Exchange don't do this directly, but ratheryou have an "archive management application" that acts as the go-between broker. IBM offers IBM Content Manager, IBM CommonStore for eMail (Exchange and Lotus Domino), and IBM CommonStore for SAP.IBM also recently acquired FileNet and Princeton Softech that provide additional support. Third partyproducts like Zantaz and Symantec KVS Enterprise Vault have also passed System Storage Provencertification for the DR550. These go-between applications understand the underlying storagestructure of their respective applications, and can apply policies to extract database rows, individualemails, or other attachments, as appropriate, and either move or copy them into the DR550.
The DR550 has built in support to move data from disk to tape, through policy-based automation behind the scenes. This is the key differentiator fromdisk-only solutions. Rather than filling up an EMC Centera, and watching it sit there idle burning energyfor five to seven years, or however long you are required to keep the data, you can instead use the disk for the most recent months worth of data on a DR550. The DR550 attaches to tapedrives or libraries, not just IBM TS1120 or LTO based models, but hundreds of systems from other vendorsas well. You can combine this with either rewriteable or WORM tape cartridge media, depending on yourcircumstances. This can be directly cabled, or through a SAN fabric environment. Storing the bulk ofthis rarely-referenced data on tape makes the DR550 substantially more affordable and more green thandisk-only alternatives.
Let's take a look at the specific models:
Common Information Model (CIM) and SMI-S interfaces have been added so that IBM Director can providea "single pane of glass" to manage all of the components of the DR550.
The system is based on high-capacity 750GB SATA drives, installed in half-drawer (eight drives, 6 TB)and full-drawer (16 drives, 12 TB) increments. Your choices will be 7+P RAID5 or 6+P+Q RAID6.Here is an Intel article that explains [RAID6 P+Q].In the future, as new disk technologies are introduced, the DR550 supports moving the disk datafrom old to new seamlessly, without disrupting the data retention policies enforcement.
For more information, here is a [6-page brochure] thathas specifications for both the DR1 and DR2 models.
Previous posts about the DR550: [DR550 File System Gateway | What happened to CAS? | Optimizing Data Retention and Archiving | Blocks, Files and Content-Addressable Storage | Dilemma over future storage formats | Storage Predictions for 2007]
I'll cover some of the other announcements in later posts this week. If you can't wait, you can go read the[IBM Press Release].
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IBM announces the SAN768B director
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Yesterday, I promised I would cover other products from the Feb 12 announcement. Today I will focus on the IBM SAN768B director. Some people are confused on the differences between switchesand directors. I find there are three key differences:
Last year, Brocade acquired McDATA. Both were OEMs for IBM, and IBM distinguished that in the naming convention. The IBM SAN***B name was used to denote products manufactured for IBM by Brocade, and a SAN***M name was used to denote products manufactured by McDATA.
IBM used the maximum port count in the name to provide some clue as to the size of the switch or director. The SAN16B-2 or the SAN32B-3 are switches that have a maximum of 16 and 32 ports. The SAN256B supports a maximumeight blades of your choosing.Two different types were supported for FC ports, a 16-port blade and a 32-port blade.If all eight were 32-port blades then the maximum was 256 ports, hence the name. But then Brocade began offering 48-port blades. Should IBM change the name? No, it decided to leave itthe SAN256B even though it can now have a maximum of 384 ports.
Not to confuse anyone, the SAN768B also has a maximum of 384 ports, in the same 14U dimensions, but with a special twist. Normally to connect two directors together you use up ports from each, in what are called "inter-switch links" (ISL).These are ports you are taking away from availability from the servers and storage controllers. The SAN768Boffers a new alternative called "inter-chassis links". Each SAN768B has two processing blades, and each has two ICL ports, so with just four two-meter (2m) cables, you get the equivalent of 128 FC 8 Gbps ISL links without using 128 individual ports on each side. That is like giving you 256 ports back for use with servers and storage!
Since IBM directors require 240 volt power, IBM TotalStorage SAN Cabinet C36 include power distribution units (PDUs). PDUs are just glorified power strips, but a new intelligent PDU (iPDU) option introduces additional intelligence to monitor energy consumption for customers looking to measure, and perhaps charge back, energy consumption to the rest of the business. You can stack two SAN768B in one cabinet, one on top of the other, and connected via ICLs, it wouldlook like one huge 768-port backbone.
As a backbone for your data center, the SAN768B is positioned for two emerging technologies:
For more information on the IBM SAN768B, see the [IBM Press Release]. For more detailson Brocade's strategy, here is an 8-page white paper on their[Data Center Fabric] vision.
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#4965940 Using different kinds off art files in game development nood question
Posted by FLeBlanc on 03 August 2012 - 02:18 PM
The image you posted is an example of what they often call a sprite sheet. It is intended to be "split up" (not literally) into frames. A frame can be thought of as a sub-rectangle of the image, which encloses one bit or part of the explosion. If the frames are displayed in sequence, one after another, at a rapid enough rate the illusion of something happening is created. With a sprite such as your explosion above, you will require an alpha channel (or some other method of removing all the pixels that are not part of the explosion), hence the recommendation of using .PNG, .TGA or some other format that supports alpha. The alpha channel is used to allow the background to show through the drawn sprite wherever there is not a pixel that is part of the explosion.
Now, you don't literally split the image up. Instead, in your game you conceptually split it up by mapping each bit or piece (sub-rectangle) to a sprite frame. When a given sprite frame is drawn to the screen, it only draws the particular sub-rectangle associated with that frame. How you accomplish this exactly depends highly upon your graphical API. An animation will typically store some sort of list of frames to display in sequence.
#4961330 Which software to produce 2D art like Angry Birds?
Posted by FLeBlanc on 20 July 2012 - 08:36 AM
#4960645 textures textures textures :)
Posted by FLeBlanc on 18 July 2012 - 02:47 PM
#4960224 Procedural drawing language
Posted by FLeBlanc on 17 July 2012 - 05:05 PM
Granted, they deal with procedural construction of geometry, but the idea is the same. The author of that blog constructed for himself a grammar, or language, to describe the generation of architecture.
The idea of it is pretty simple. You have a number of primitives, or commands, that describe certain aspects of the rune tree or structure. Some commands actually generate a primitive, some deal with positioning and orientation, etc...
For example, say you have the basic primitive line. The line extends from the [/b]current[/b] position to the position (current.x+1, current.y). Now, the line can also have a pair of modifiers: scale and spin. Scale, of course, scales the length of the line segment, and spin will rotate it around its origin point. This, then, suggests a very simple grammar for drawing connected sequences of lines:
line { spin 30, scale 1}
line { spin 10, scale 3}
The evaluation of such a grammar would require storing some state (the current position) and stepping through the "program" described by the grammar. In the above, you start at (0,0) and call line() with spin=30, scale=1. line() will calculate the requisite end-point, draw a line between the current and endpoint, then set current=endpoint before returning. The next call to line() will use the previous endpoint to draw another line relative to the first. And so forth.
Grammars can get pretty complex, but their expression in a language such as Lua is relatively straightforward.
#4958571 Procedural map building... combining techniques to get nice features
Posted by FLeBlanc on 12 July 2012 - 03:59 PM
Erosion simulation + Rainfall simulation to model the shaping of the base landform in a realistic fashion, plus a reasonable approximation of water flow.
Simulation of temperature zones, probably some combination of gradient banding North-to-South, with turbulence added by elevation.
Simulation of weather patterns; can be derived from the rainfall simulation earlier. In this stage, you generate a "moisture map" to approximate a given cell's moisture level.
Vegetation determination. For each cell in the map, assign a set of data describing the type of vegetation likely to be found there, based upon temperature, moisture, elevation, steepness, rockiness, etc...
If a location is determined to have a tree, put a tree there. Find the bounding box based on availability of space at the location (requires a pass scan through the area to check for blocking) then generate a tree within that space. The Procedural World blog has a couple entries on space colonization to generate trees that you might look into. That algorithm is fairly well suited for "fitting" a tree into whatever space is available for it, as long as you craft your generation routines carefully.
You can see from this thoroughly non-comprehensive list, that it requires a mix of techniques. Your requirement of being able to zoom can possibly throw a monkey wrench into the works. Implicit methods such as fractal noise are well-suited for zooming; simulation methods such as erosion and vegetation placement are not, due to the necessity of having to perform processing "passes" over chunks of data. You can, however, perform the generation at the finest level of detail and down-sample for the coarser levels of zoom.
It's a non-trivial task you've set yourself. Best thing I can say is just keep experimenting and trying stuff.
#4955416 procedural map generator for sidescroller
Posted by FLeBlanc on 03 July 2012 - 01:23 PM
Many games will circumvent the whole issue by allowing the player to alter the world, via digging and whatnot, which certainly does reduce the complexity of the problem but also forces the game into a certain "Minecrafty" style of play that may not be suitable for some gameplay tropes.
#4953021 Test point inside triangle, 3D space
Posted by FLeBlanc on 26 June 2012 - 08:17 AM
#4952790 Best 3d modelling software for beginners?
Posted by FLeBlanc on 25 June 2012 - 02:51 PM
Hi All!
So i recently asked a question "UDK or Unity, the best engine for beginners?" And as i explored Unity a little more i realized i'll need a 3d modelling software. From Autodesk i can get a free software and spent 2 hours downloading Autodesk Maya 2013 and reached a corrupted files message when installing after the download, so i figured i'd start over and figure out which one is best.
So for a beginner, which 3d modelling software do you think is the easiest, most helpful, and with some pretty good features?
i've heard of a few
3ds max
(getting sidetracked: did anyone else try to download Maya 2013 and get a corrupted files message and to redownload?)
Thank you for all the info, as you help my journey as an indie game dev. greatly!
Maya is good. I recommend you contact Autodesk support about your problem.
#4951423 How to use gluUnProject()?
Posted by FLeBlanc on 21 June 2012 - 10:49 AM
Really, if this is so hard for you to understand, I recommend that you take a break from this and work through some 3D math primers. You are going to need at least a halfway decent grasp on this math if you want to succeed in what you are attempting without having to rely on a huge amount of hand-holding.
#4951393 How to use gluUnProject()?
Posted by FLeBlanc on 21 June 2012 - 09:52 AM
If it was me, what I would do is instead of trying to draw the selection quad in world space, draw it during the UI phase. The UI phase is done after rendering the 3D scene, and is typically done in an orthographic projection. This way, the quad is drawn in screen space overlaid upon the scene, and you don't have to worry about reverse projection into the world and all of the clipping and z-fighting that may occur.
Once the quad selection is done, you can then un-project the screen coordinates of the four corners of the quad into world space using a depth of 0 and a depth of 1 (thus two unprojections per quad corner). The result will be a set of 8 points representing the volume occluded by the on-screen selection quad. You can then test geometry against this volume to see if it is selected or not.
#4950994 How to use gluUnProject()?
Posted by FLeBlanc on 20 June 2012 - 09:22 AM
The way that the depth buffer works is that when geometry is rendered, it is processed as fragments (pixels) and written to the screen. Part of the pixel is the pixel's depth in the scene, or distance from the near clip plane. This depth is written such that fragments at the near plane have a depth of 0, fragments at the far clip plane have a depth of 1, and fragments in-between, obviously, have a depth in the range (0,1).
When glClear is called, with the depth buffer bit set, then the depth buffer is cleared to 1. This way, fragments that are less than 1 in depth will be correctly written. If no fragments are written before calling glReadPixels, then any call to glReadPixels will return 1, because that is what the depth buffer is cleared to.
Now, since 1 corresponds to the far clip plane, when you call gluUnProject, the Z value that is returned will be at the far extent of what is visible in the scene. The quad will be drawn basically co-planar with the far clip plane. Mathematical precision issues in floating points being what they are, this might result in the quad sometimes being visible and sometimes not being visible. This may or may not be your issue, but just remember that un-projecting on a freshly cleared depth buffer with no geometry rendered rarely gives you any kind of meaningful result.
Un-projecting a window coordinate essentially nets you a line segment bounded by the near and far planes. The depth value is used to get a specific point on that line segment, and if the depth value is not meaningful, the result won't be meaningful either.
Edit: I missed the fact you are calling glCallList. How are you building your list? Are you enabling depth writes? Is your depth test function set up correctly? Also, are you trying to render this as a decal on your cube? Because if that is the case, then this isn't really the right way to do that. In that case, you would want to un-project with winZ=0 and winZ=1, and calculate the intersection of the calculated line-segment with the geometry in order to find the point of contact, then construct a quad that is co-planar with the intersected face(s) and draw the decal there, probably with some arbitrary offset out from the face to prevent Z-fighting.
If you aren't trying to do a decal, then what you are going to end up with is a quad that is centered at some point on the cube's surface, with a given orientation. Depending on how the cube is oriented, this quad could be fully visible, partly visible, intersecting the face, co-planar with the face, etc... If co-planar, then you would probably get Z-fighting artifacts at some point, leading to flickering.
It might help to say exactly what you are trying to do.
#4950959 How to use gluUnProject()?
Posted by FLeBlanc on 20 June 2012 - 08:10 AM
#4950742 persistent procedural voxel trees
Posted by FLeBlanc on 19 June 2012 - 03:35 PM
Perlin noise is an example of an implicit function, ie a function that you evaluate at a point, and you can fully evaluate it at the given point without taking into account external factors. The actual tree itself could easily be modeled this way (perhaps as a truncated cone for the trunk and a blob of flattened spheres for the leaf lobes, all distorted with just the slightest amount of noise to add organic shape to it) but the placement of the tree will probably require other means.
to do the placement pass, you will need to analyze the geometry of the world after the world has been generated, and find likely places to put a tree. Candidates include: places near water, places with sufficient sunlight, places with sufficient head-room to grow, places with sufficient surface area, etc... You can construct an algorithm to find locations, then randomize the placement of a tree at those locations.
Doing the placement explicitly in this manner will allow you to test against which chunks the tree's box will intersect, and allow you to tag that tree for any chunk that it intersects with, so that it can be loaded as needed by any chunk that touches it.
#4949252 Attack Scripting?
Posted by FLeBlanc on 14 June 2012 - 01:26 PM
Second, the chain lightning effect script shouldn't have the responsibility of displaying combat floating text. That also should be handled elsewhere.
Third, the chain lightning effect shouldn't be setting Target state, such as hurt. What if the Target is lightning immune? Why should the effect even care?
Here are the things the chain lightning effect should be responsible for: spawning a visual effect, generating the damage value, and handing some sort of ApplyDamage(DmgValue) message off to the target object. How the Target reacts to that message (is it immune? Does it take double damage? does it cause the target to put on a party hat and dance a little jig?) is all entirely up to the Target.
complex effects can simply be split up into various smaller and simpler effects.
#4949178 Attack Scripting?
Posted by FLeBlanc on 14 June 2012 - 09:32 AM

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Calvert names Toyota, VW, Ford ESG Champs
Sustainable investment firm Calvert Investments has named Toyota, Ford and Volkswagen as models of environmentally and socially responsible business practice in a report.
The report "Calvert Investments Sustainability Performance Review – Automotive Industry", singled out Toyota as an example of environmental best practice and Ford as a model of human rights and workplace management. Volkswagen was praised for its safety record.
According to the report Toyota's Earth Charter, launched in 1992, puts environmental concern "at the heart" of the company's overall strategy. The Japanese company's Prius is named in the report as the most fuel efficient vehicle currently on the market and as being emblematic of Toyota's environmental leadership.
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Ok so I'm brand new to server-side development. I have implemented a simple asp script which posts data from a form to a database and displays the data in a table on my site. Works fine and dandy on my development server, but falls over on the real thing. The display of data works fine but not the "insert into" SQL statement. I asked the webhost guy to set appropriate writer permissions on the database, thinking this was the problem. He got back to me with this:
What's all this then? My script says this:There was no 'global.asa' file indicating the EXACT RELATIVE database location on the 'Virtual Root' path!
For the asp database connection code to work this is a must.
The connection strings in the 'message_send.asp' file will not work on this server (I'm surprised they worked at all) as you need a global.asa file which does all of this for you.
Doesn't that define the path to the data?? I thought 'global.asa' was an optional thing. Looking in the global.asa script, it all appears to be FrontPage stuff, which I thought was irrelevant since I am coding 'by hand' rather than using in-built FP features.set conn=Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Connection")
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Obama is trying to use his executive powers to enforce the Dream Act even though Congress couldn't pass the legislation. Chris Wallace lays out the details:
I.C.E has announced changes to its deportation program. Agents are now specifically urged to consider whether an illegal is studying in high school or college or is serving or did serve in the military.
Krauthammer says that this is outright lawlessness on the part of the Obama administration because they are doing the same thing with the Dream Act that they did with Cap and Trade, using the EPA to enforce it anyway. He says we have a rule of law where the Congress creates the laws and the Executive executes them. By forcing agents to not deport illegals who are studying in high school or college is running an end around Congress. Further, he adds, by not basing this on the rule of law, the criteria that agents and prosecutors will use to make these judgments becomes arbitrary and unfair which means someone may get to stay that should be deported and visa-versa.
When addressing the political implications of this, that the Republicans risk becoming the party of deportation as suggested by his colleagues, Krauthammer simply states that the Constitution trumps politics. He adds that if we secure the border and then try to work out some type of program to give illegals a path to citizenship, then the American people will be generous if they know this is the last batch that will need this type of program. But if the border isn't secured and illegals just keep pouring in, then the American people won't go for it.


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Referring to my previous question, I want to ask that how can I read a file in different
folder into the similar
The folder hierarchy and details are provided with that question. My main problem is with a line of code:
JTextPane textPane = ... //general initialization
The problem is I have to keep that file.html in my .jar.
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or many supporters of electronic commerce, it was very bad news that Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) had reorganized and would be eliminating the organization that created and supported the Government Acquisition Through Electronic Commerce solution selected by the Energy Department for agencywide use. This is the second time GATEC has found itself abandoned: The Defense Department nixed plans to roll out the system to a number of bases in 1994.
We don't understand why no one wants this system. We are told it is an inexpensive, workable, reliable solution to the government's requirement for EC. We are assured that it works now - something that is not always possible to say with competing systems, such as the Federal Acquisition Computer Network (FACNET). It is appealing enough that other agencies have been considering adopting the GATEC approach for their own use. LLNL's decision, however, clouds GATEC's future. No one wants to back a solution that is being left to wilt on the vine without support or future releases.
Questions remain, and the fate of GATEC hangs in the balance. What will happen to the team that created and supported GATEC? Who will continue to maintain the GATEC hub? At the very least, GATEC served as an alternative to FACNET. If, when it is given a chance, the system cannot win over agencies, GATEC will quietly fade away. Until then, it deserves a chance to prove itself.
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Be aware. Another skunk has tested positive for rabies in Pueblo County this year. Health experts say vaccinating your pets and keeping your kids away from wildlife are the best ways to avoid exposure.
Here is a health alert from the Pueblo City-County Health Department.
Public Health Officials today announced the fourth skunk to test positive for rabies in Pueblo County this year. This latest rabid skunk was found in the backyard of a home near Mineral Palace Park in the City of Pueblo.
"It is very important your pets and livestock are up to date with their rabies vaccination," stated Heather Maio, environmental health director at the Pueblo City-County Health Department. "In order to protect the community as we see more and more rabid skunks, it is important pet owners take individual responsibility to vaccinate their pets and follow the licensing and leash laws."
This rabid skunk, like the three picked up before, was in a home yard during daylight hours. The home where the skunk was picked up by the Health Department is near 20th Street and Court Street on the north side of Pueblo. Earlier this week, a rabid skunk was picked up west of Lake Minnequa. "There is now a concern skunks with rabies are moving throughout populated areas of Pueblo as rabid skunks have been seen near Mineral Palace Park and Lake Minnequa," explained Maio.
"Unfortunately in the current situation, a pet came in contact with the skunk and the pet was not vaccinated," Maio said. "We realize pets are an important part of people's families and seeing their pets harmed or threatened is difficult."
It is important to report a skunk that may or has come in contact with your pet as the Health Department will help determine if the pet needs to receive a rabies vaccination booster or be quarantined. A quarantine can be a minimum of 10 days, often at a home, or may last up to six months at a facility. Call to report a skunk you see during daylight hours.
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A rabies vaccination must be given by a licensed veterinarian. The vaccination must be in the animal's body for 28 days for the vaccine to be effective.
"Even young or older animals that first receive a rabies shot must wait 28 days for adequate protection. You should contact your veterinarian to review your pet's shot records if you are not sure when it had its last rabies shot. If your pet is over 12 weeks old and has not had a rabies shot or needs a rabies booster shot, take time now to contact your veterinarian or stop by a low cost clinic to protect your pet with a vaccination," Maio emphasized.
"Reduce the possibility that a skunk will be at your home. Remove areas in your yard where skunks may hide. Do not leave pet food and trash outside as it will attract wildlife," Maio added.
While rabies is most commonly found in bats, people and pets should avoid contact with skunks and other wild animals such as foxes or raccoons, since these animals may be rabid.
Key rabies prevention steps:
• Ensure that dogs, cats and ferrets are vaccinated properly against rabies by a licensed veterinarian.
• Discuss vaccinating horses and other livestock with your veterinarian. If you believe your animal has been exposed to rabies, or possibly bitten by a rabid animal, immediately contact your veterinarian.
• Do not feed wild animals or allow your pets around them. Teach children to stay away from wild mammals. Do not keep pet food outside as that may attract wild animals.
• Protect all pets, particularly animals too young to be vaccinated, from contact with wild animals. Puppies and kittens should be vaccinated for rabies as early as three months old.
• Contact your veterinarian if your dog or cat is bitten or scratched by wild animals, such as skunks, bats, foxes or raccoons.
• Take steps to bat proof your home. http://www.cdc.gov/rabies/bats/management/index.html
• If you or a family member has been bitten by a wild or domestic animal, contact your physician immediately.
The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment updates their website every Friday with rabies data at www.cdphe.state.co.us/dc/zoonosis/rabies/.
Colorado State University veterinarians provide recommendations for livestock and horses to be vaccinated for rabies at: http://www.cvmbs.colostate.edu/ns/pubs/einsight/2010/december/rabiesvaccine.aspx.
Go to http://www.cdc.gov/rabies or www.pueblorabieswatch.blogspot.com for more information about rabies.


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MY FORMER LINE OF SCENTED ITEMS FOR THE DEITIES HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AS OF 6/20/16. I am no longer accepting custom requests for scented products, but will release ritual supplies in small batches as I can afford to do so. I DO still accept custom orders for jewelry and prayer beads. (Please note that my discontinued fragrance formulas are NOT for sale.) Thank you! <3
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I began making jewelry and devotional tools for myself as a means of carrying with me a tangible reminder of who I am and what my purpose is, why I do the things I do and what I mean to the Powers in my life. Then, as time went on, I discovered that others like me also craved a physical touchstone to connect them with their spiritual lives, and that I could help provide that connection. I design spiritual tools and craft ritual supplies for people who have a hunger to awaken their true Selves and strengthen their spiritual relationships.
I craft every item by hand, with intent, energy work, and meticulous attention to detail, in my workshop in Eugene, Oregon. People continually comment that they can feel an outpouring of energy as soon as they receive their package and open it, and that wearing or using my creations brings their beloved deities and spirits further into their lives and helps awaken them to the magick within themselves.
All of my materials are of the highest quality, and my boxes and mailers are made from 80-100% recycled materials. I use only organic herbs and 100% pure essential oils in my botanical creations, and all of my products are 100% cruelty-free.
Helping you walk your own path authentically and with audacity is my deepest passion.
Blessings and much love,
Shop members
Beth Wodandis
Urban spirit worker, artist, and hedge witch.
Jolene Dawe
Jolene is my partner and assistant. A writer, knitter, and Reiki practitioner, she helps with customer service, shipping, and various other tasks in the workshop.
Corbie J.
Mental Health Support
Corbie J. is my shop mascot and crafting companion. He helps me maintain perspective and patience when my materials decide to have a mind of their own.
Shop policies
Payment options
- Accepts Etsy gift cards
Returns & exchanges
- Custom or personalized orders
- Perishable products (like food or flowers)
- Digital downloads
- Intimate items (for health/hygiene reasons)
Privacy policy
- To communicate with you about your order
- To fulfill your order
- For legal reasons (like paying taxes)
More information
Frequently asked questions
Custom and personalized orders
If you would like to commission me to make a custom item for you, please send me an Etsy convo! This page on my shop blog should answer most of your questions regarding lead time, cost, etc: https://wytchofthenorth.wordpress.com/custom/
Layaway Payment Plans
If you would like to purchase an item via payment installments, please convo me! The following rules apply:
1. All layaway plans incur a 10% handling fee, because I have to wait longer to receive payment. (For example, a $100 piece becomes $110, a $50 item becomes $55, etc.)
2. You will need to give me an estimated payment schedule at the time the layaway is set up (such as once every two weeks, once a month, etc.)
3. If you need to miss a scheduled payment, please let me know ASAP. I will allow up to three payment extensions for scheduled payments. If you do not pay and do not contact me, I will cancel and refund you, minus $25 as a non-refundable hold deposit.
Items on Hold
I will reserve an item for you for free for up to ONE CALENDAR WEEK, by the end of which time I expect the item to either be purchased or a layaway plan to be set up (please see above).
2. If after one week the item has not been purchased or put on layaway, I will cancel the hold and return the item to inventory. (You are still welcome to purchase it when you are able to, if it remains available.)
Problem with your order?
If there is a problem with your purchase, please contact me BEFORE you leave negative feedback. I am a five-star seller and would like to keep it that way. I am 50+ and disabled and Etsy is my primary source of income; customer satisfaction is my #1 priority, and I will do everything in my power to make things right for you!
I do not offer refunds unless your item is received as damaged. I offer very clear product photos and descriptions; please refer to these carefully so you are aware of size, scent, etc. Please keep in mind that monitors display colors differently.
If an item is received as damaged, I am almost always willing to repair or replace the item; convo me!
I love my customers!
Please know that I deeply appreciate each and every one of you! All customers receive a 10% thank-you coupon that can be used on any purchase in my store (except for custom orders and layaway payments). In addition, I always tuck a free sample of something lovely into every order I ship. (If you are scent-sensitive, please let me know in "note to seller" that you would rather not receive free samples.)
Why have scented products been discontinued?
Because business in my shop has slowed down dramatically since April, and I can no longer afford to restock the essential oils needed to make the full range of scents I used to offer. I am still offering some scented products (such as the charcoal incense and the body oils) but I am making and listing them as I can afford to do so, rather than on a made-to-order basis.


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Tina furnish of Route 3 Milton, was crowned Miss Shelby Rural Electric for 1986. Tina is the 17-year-old daughter of Terry and Patricia Morgan. Tina was chosen from a field of 13 young ladies competing for the crown. She received a $1000 scholarship to help with her education.
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that USDA is awarding $44.6 million through its Wetland Reserve Enhancement Partnership to support 10 wetland enhancement projects on private and tribal agricultural lands in 12 States. Recipients for each project are providing more than $4.3 million in matching funds, bringing the total investment to approximately $49 million. In total, the projects will help to protect, restore or enhance 15,000 acres wetland acres in critical watersheds across the United States.
Salsas are usually mixtures of high acid foods, such as tomatoes and/or fruit, with low acid foods, such as onions and peppers. With the addition of lemon juice, citric acid, or vinegar in the right proportion, salsa becomes a high acid food and can be safely processed in a boiling water canner. However, only research-based recipes should be used. Other salsa recipes, found on the internet, in published books, or from grandma's recipe stash, should not be home canned unless they have been properly tested for safety. Enjoy those salsas fresh, or frozen for longer storage.
Summer months are the harvest season for blueberries and blackberries, both of which have the potential to grow very well in Kentucky. Harvest time for blueberries, which are native to North America, is from early June through early August. Blackberry harvest is from mid-June to early October. These delicious fruits offer several health benefits, and they capture the essence of summer in their sweetness.
This July 4th my family and I visited a nearby water park. The day was beautiful and the park was full. Dear Old Father Time, Bless his soul, has seen to it that roller coasters are no longer conducive to my optimum gastric stability. In short, my stomach will throw all engines into reverse and I will ruin the lunch plans for my fellow merry makers. Since my laptop causes motion sickness, imagine what a high-speed amusement projectile will cause. I now content myself with bumper cars, cars-on-a-track, and any kiddy ride on which I can stow away.
Allen and Faith Turner Stark will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary July 29. They were married in Bedford at the Bedford Christian Church. The bride's father, Rev. Earl Turner, and Rev. W.C. McCollum co-officiated the ceremony.
Some of Kentucky's most successful academic programs take place, oddly enough, when the school year is over.
Several of these got their start in the 1980s, and they have since given thousands of our brightest middle and high school students a chance to come together in a college setting and learn in ways that often extend beyond the traditional classroom.
The Governor's Scholars Program (GSP) is perhaps the most well-known of these. It began in 1983 and now serves more than 1,100 students each summer over several campuses across the commonwealth.
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Vacation Bible School. Pleasant View Baptist Church in Wises Landing will be hosting Vacation Bible School at 6:30 p.m. Wed-Fri, and at 4 p.m. on Saturday. Everyone is welcome! Call Gregg Fisher with any questions at 502-255-7316.
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Puppy Linux
On subsequent PL boots, you'll notice a few differences. (You need to attach removable media if that's where your customizations have been saved.) You'll find that PL has maintained its network configuration (assuming it was saved), the initial desktop (Welcome, woof, woof!) has been replaced with a plain-color backdrop, the applications you've installed are now accessible through the Menu structure, and an additional filesystem has been mounted under /initrd/mnt/dev_save. As before, all mounted devices appear under /mnt. See the updated output of df -h below:
Filesystem Size Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda2 50.9G 32.9G 17.9G 65% /initrd/mnt/dev_save /dev/loop1 495.8M 73.3M 422.5M 15% /initrd/pup_rw tmpfs 77.9M 77.0M 916.0k 99% /initrd/mnt/tmpfs /dev/loop0 77.0M 77.0M 0 100% /initrd/pup_ro2 unionfs 495.8M 73.3M 422.5M 15% / tmpfs 55.0M 96.0k 54.9M 0% /tmp shmfs 46.1M 0 46.1M 0% /dev/shm
For convenience, a symbolic link to /initrd/mnt/dev_save has been created at /mnt/home. This is the where all system changes and other PL-specific data have been persisted as per your first reboot. On my dedicated PL host, the contents of /mnt/home appear as follows—it's basically the entire contents of my hard drive:
Downloads RJE junk lost+found notes zdrv_300.sfs LJ pup_300.sfs pup_save.2fs
PL depends on the following files to persist user data across sessions and perform better:
pup_save.2fs: the standalone ext2 filesystem containing all session data—that is, cumulative changes applied to the base system.
zdrv_300.sfs and pup_300.sfs: the embedded 300 refers to the release. These two files were copied to the hard drive at the end of the first session. They also reside on the PL-bootable ISO image, but having them here allows the system to start and operate more efficiently.
PL will never access or modify any file other than the PL-specific files on its own.
Given its basic features and content, several potential niches immediately come to mind, even without exploring beyond the surface material covered here.
PL can be used as a portable computing environment. There's something very intriguing about carrying a computing desktop around on a key chain in a shirt pocket. PL's Universal Installer can remaster a current system snapshot on a USB drive (providing it's large enough), and that carry-along drive can be used to boot your customized PL and user data onto any PC that's capable of booting from a USB device. An overview of the USB setup process is available at www.pendrivelinux.com/2006/03/25/puppy-linux-on-usb.
If Windows or some other installed OS becomes inoperable, that could present an untimely dilemma—making your basic desktop services unavailable and blocking access to the data residing on the system drives. Booting PL from removable media and gaining access to those drives provide the core of a data recovery tool and a temporary (at the very least), usable desktop environment. Even if you're not dealing with an emergency now, it's a good idea to obtain and test a bootable PL image just to make sure you can boot it and see your system devices—your internal disks, the network and removable media devices. You'll be that much closer to data recovery and/or a functioning desktop platform should an emergency arise.
PL would be an excellent framework for any academic coursework that revolves around software development, system internals or small device control and the like. Advanced PL customization topics are well documented at puppylinux.net/puppy-unleashed.htm. A base PL image can be assembled from scratch and can be as inclusive or limited as your requirements dictate. Meanwhile, for those assignments that call for digging deeper into PL, kernel configuration/build-related topics are available at puppylinux.net/development/compilekernel.htm.
As I mentioned previously, my dedicated PL host was a proverbial paperweight. What modern OS could I practically operate on a Pentium III-class machine with "matching" resources? PL provides an excellent vehicle for getting these vintage platforms working again. Thinking more globally, this inexpensive platform (PL plus older generation hardware) can put a lot of computing power in the hands of people who might otherwise have none. Considering that this rich, but free, OS can operate reasonably well on seven- or eight-year-old hardware, PL presents some interesting opportunities. There are efforts abound to address the so-called digital divide, and PL can be a facilitator both locally and worldwide. Nonprofit organizations, less-affluent educational institutions and all individuals sensitive to technology costs would be excellent PL candidates.
I haven't noticed anything that would necessarily make PL a bad choice for general-purpose desktop needs—providing you feel comfortable with a few manual configuration steps (which is often the case with most distributions anyway) and installing a few desired packages that might be excluded in the default distribution.
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