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Upcoming IBM Technical Conferences for November 2011
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Here are upcoming conferences I will be presenting at for November 2011.
Next week, I will be in Auckland, New Zealand for the [IBM System x and System Storage Technical Symposium], similar to the one I attended in Orlando, Florida last July. Here are the sessions I will present:
The week after that, I will be in Melbourne, Australia for the [IBM System x and System Storage Technical Symposium]. Here are the sessions I will present:
In December, I will be going to Gartner's Data Center Conference in Las Vegas, but the agenda has not been finalized, so I will save that for another post.
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Three Days on the Queen Mary
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This week I was aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, California! This was a business event organized by [Key Info Systems], a valued IBM Business Partner. Key Info resells IBM servers, storage and switches.
The Queen Mary retired in 1967, and has been converted into a hotel and events venue. The locals just parked their car and walked on board, but I got to stay Tuesday through Thursday in one of the cabins. It was long and narrow, with round windows! There were four dials for the bathtub: Cold Salt, Hot Fresh, Cold Fresh, and Hot Salt.
Stepping on the boat was like walking back in time through history! If you decide to go see it, check out the [Art Deco bar at the front of the Promenade deck. The ship is still in the water, but is permanently docked. It is sectioned off to prevent the ocean waves from affecting it, so we did not have the nauseous moving back and forth normally associated with cruise ships.
(It is with a bit of irony that we are on the Queen Mary just days after the tragedy of the [Costa Concordia], the largest Italian cruise ship that ran aground near Isola de Giglio. The captain will have to explain how he [fell into a lifeboat] before he had a chance to wait for everyone else to get safely off the shipwreck. He was certainly no [Captain Sulley]! I am thankful that most of the 4,200 people survived the incident.)
Special thanks to Lief Morin for sponsoring this event, Raquel Hernandez from IBM for coordinating my travel, and Pete, Christina and Kendrell from Key Info Systems for organizing the activities!
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Storage Trends to Watch in 2011
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Every January, we look back into the past as well as look into the future for trends to watch for the upcoming year. Ray Lucchesi of Silverton Consulting has a great post looking back at the [Top 10 storage technologies over the last decade]. I am glad to see that IBM has been involved with and instrumental in all ten technologies.
Looking into the future, Mark Cox of eChannel has an article [Storage Trends to Watch in 2011], based on his interviews with two fellow IBM executives: Steve Wojtowecz, VP of storage software development, and Clod Barrera, distinguished engineer and CTO for storage. Let's review the four key trends:
These trends are influencing what solutions the various different vendors will offer, and will influence what companies purchase and deploy.
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Storage Innovation Executive Summit - Part 2
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Continuing my coverage of the [IBM Storage Innovation Executive Summit], this is my second in a series of blog posts on this event.
What would it mean to your business if you could shift some of the money spent on DP&R over to revenue-producing projects instead? That was the teaser question posed at the end of these morning sessions for us to discuss during lunch.
Running Windows on IBM Mainframes, New 15K Drives, and RVU Licensing
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Yes, it's Tuesday, and that means more IBM Announcements! A lot was announced today, so I have selected an eclectic mix for your enjoyment.
If you are contemplating a visit to an IBM [Executive Briefing Center], then April and May is a great time to come to Tucson. The weather is ideal here. The cold snap appears to be over, and spring is in the air!
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October 2011 Announcements - Part 1
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Well, it's Tuesday, and you know what that means... IBM announcements!
In today's environment, clients expect more from their storage, and from their storage provider. The announcements span the gamut, from helping to use Business Analytics to analyze Big Data for trends, insights and patterns, to managing private, public and hybrid cloud environments, all with systems that are optimized for their particular workloads.
There are over a dozen different announcements, so I will split these up into separate posts. Here is part 1.
I am very excited about all these announcements! It is a good time to be working for IBM, and look forward to sharing these exciting enhancements with clients at the Tucson EBC.
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New Flex System V7000 Storage Node and other PureFlex announcements
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Well, it's Tuesday again, and you know what that means! IBM announcements!
Today, I am in New York visiting clients. The weather is a lot nicer than I expected. Here is a picture of the Hudson River through some trees with leaves turning color. Something we don't see in Tucson! Our cactus and pine trees stay green year-round!
The announcements today center around the IBM PureSystems family of expert integrated systems. The PureFlex is based on Flex System components. The Flex System chassis is 10U high that hold 14 bays, consisting of 7 rows by 2 columns. Computer and Storage nodes fit in the front, and switches, fans and power supplies in the back. Here is a quick recap:
IBM has sold over 1,000 Flex System and PureFlex systems, across 40 different countries around the world, since their introduction a few months ago in April! These latest enhancements will help solidify IBM's industry leadership,
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IBM Symposium Melbourne Day 3
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This week, I am in Melbourne, Australia for the [IBM System x and System Storage Technical Symposium]. Here is a recap of Day 1:
This week is also hosting [The Presidents Cup] golf tournament at the [Royal Melbourne Golf Club] featuring 24 of the top golfers, including Tiger Woods, as well as [celebrities like Michael Jordan].
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IBM Symposium Auckland Day 3
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Continuing my coverage of the [IBM System x and System Storage Technical Symposium], I thought I would start with some photos. I took these with cell phone, and without realizing how much it would cost, uploaded them to Flickr at international data roaming rates. Oops!
Here are some of the banners used at the conference. Each break-out session room was outfitted with a "Presentation Briefcase" that had everything a speaker might need, including power plug adapters and dry-erase markers for the whiteboard. What a clever idea!
Here is a recap of the last and final day 3:
Well, that marks the end of this week in Auckland, New Zealand. I am off now to Melbourne, Australia for the [IBM System Storage Technical Symposium] next week.
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IBM Symposium Auckland Day 2
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Continuing my coverage of the [IBM System x and System Storage Technical Symposium], here is a recap of Day 2:
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IBM Storwize V7000 - Two New Reviews
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The IBM Storwize V7000 was introduced last October, and has proven to be wildly successful. I saw two awesome reviews recently of the IBM Storwize V7000 disk system that I thought I would bring to your attention.
The first review is [IBM Storwize V7000] from Roger Howorth of ZDNet UK. Here are some quotes:
The second review is [IBM Storwize V7000 Disk System: Enterprise-class Function in a Midrange Storage Package] from Tony Palmer of Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG). Here are some quotes:
This is a great review, following the February ESG Report on [IBM Storwize V7000: Real-world Mixed Workload Performance in VMware Environments].
If you are looking for midrange storage with a nice set of enterprise-class features, consider the Storwize V7000!
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IBM Storwize Product Name Decoder Ring
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IBM had its big launch yesterday of the [IBM Storwize V7000 midrange disk system], and already some have discussed IBM's choice of the name. Fellow blogger Stephen Foskett has an excellent post titled [IBM's Storwize V7000: 100% SVC; 0% Storwize]. On The Register, Chris Mellor writes [IBM's Midrange Storage Blast - Storwize. But Without Compression]. In his latest [Friday Rant], fellow blogger Chuck Hollis (EMC) feels "the new name is cool, if a bit misleading."
In the spirit of the [HP Product Line Decoder Ring] and [Microsoft Codename Tracker], here is your quick IBM product name decoder ring:
If you think this is the first time a company like IBM has pulled shenanigans with product names like this, think again. Here are a few posts that might refresh your memory:
But what about acquisitions? When [IBM acquired Lotus Development Corporation], it kept the "Lotus" brand. New products that fit the "collaboration" function were put under the Lotus brand. I think most people can accept this approach.
But have we ever seen an existing product renamed to an acquired name?
In my post January 2009 post [Congratulations to Ken on your QCC Milestone], I mentioned that my colleague Ken Hannigan worked on an internal project initially called "Workstation Data Save Facility" (WDSF) which was changed to "Data Facility Distributed Storage Manager" (DFDSM), then renamed to "ADSTAR Distributed Storage Manager" (ADSM), and finally renamed to the name it has today: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM).
Readers reminded me that [IBM acquired Tivoli Systems, Inc.] in 1996, so TSM could not have been an internally developed product. Ha! Wrong! Let's take a quick history lesson on how this came about:
I participated in five months of painful meetings to figure out what to name our new inte
However, the new IBM Storwize V7000 midrange product had nothing in common with the appliances acquired from Storwize, the company, so to avoid confusion, the latter products were renamed to [IBM Real-time Compression]. Fellow blogger Steven Kenniston, the Storage Alchemist from Storwize fame now part of IBM from the acquisition, gives his perspective on this in his post [Storwize – What is in a Name, Really?]. While I am often critical of the names and terms IBM uses, I have to say this last set of naming decisions makes a lot of sense to me and I support it wholeheartedly.
To learn more about the IBM Storwize V7000 midrange disk system, watch the latest videos on the IBM Virtual Briefing Center (VBC). We have a [short summary version for CFO executives] as well as a [longer version for IT technical professionals].
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IBM October 2012 Tape and Storage Hypervisor Announcements
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A lot was announced yesterday, so I decided to break it up into several separate posts. This is part 2 in my 3-part series, focusing on: Storwize V7000 Unified, LTO-6 tape, and the SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center.
(to read the rest of the series, see [Part 1-Enterprise Systems: DS8000, TS7700 and XIV])
To learn more about all of the announcements today, see the [Storage Landing Page].
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IBM Launches new Storage Solutions October 2010
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Well, it's Thursday, and today IBM is having a major launch for storage. We have lots of exciting announcements today, so here is the major highlights:
These are just a subset of today's announcements. To see the rest, read [What's New].
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IBM Introduces New Era in Computing
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Well, it's Wednesday, and you know what that means... IBM Announcements!
(Actually most IBM announcements are on Tuesdays, but IBM gave me extra time to recover from my trip to Europe!)
Today, IBM announced [IBM PureSystems], a new family of expert-integrated systems that combine storage, servers, networking, and software, based on IBM's decades of experience in the IT industry. You can register for the [Launch Event] today (April 11) at 2pm EDT, and download the companion "Integrated Expertise" event app for Apple, Android or Blackberry smartphones.
(If you are thinking, "Hey, wait a minute, hasn't this been done before?" you are not alone. Yes, IBM introduced the System/360 back in 1964, and the AS/400 back in 1988, so today's announcement is on scheduled for this 24-year cycle. Based on IBM's past success in this area, others have followed, most recently, Oracle, HP and Cisco.)
Initially, there are two offerings:
If you are unhappy with the inflexibility of your VCE Vblock, HP Integrity, or Oracle ExaLogic, talk to your local IBM Business Partner or Sales Representative. We might be able to buy your boat anchor off your hands, as part of an IBM PureSystems sale, with an attractive IBM Global Financing plan.
To learn more, check out the [IBM PureSystems] landing page, follow the twitter handle [@IBMPureSystems] or hashtag #ExpertIntSys, watch the videos on the [YouTube channel], or read the [Expert Integrated Systems] blog.
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IBM announces new Storage for Small and Medium Size Business workloads
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Well, it's Tuesday again, and you know what that means! IBM Announcements!
Today also happens to be [Election Day] in the United States, and some have questioned IBM's logic of making major storage announcements on Election Day. During the campaigns, a major theme was to help Small and Medium size businesses, because these are the engines of economic growth and improved employment.
To tie in with this Election Day theme, all of today's [storage announcements are designed for Small and Medium size business workloads]! Whether you want to [Move Forward] with new features and functions to help transform your business for the future; [Live Free] with improved flexibility and ease-of-use for your storage infrastructure; adopt a more [Green and Envi
Hopefully, you all saw today's Launch Webcast on these announcements, but in case you missed it, waiting in line at the polling station to cast your vote, or caught without electricity or Internet access from [Superstorm Sandy], it is now available [On-Demand].
Here is a quick recap:
Whether you are a midsize business looking to expand, or a large enterprise with midsize workloads, these products could be just the right solution for you! To learn more, see the [November 6th Storage Announcement Landing Page].
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Digital IBMer in Taipei - Storage Top Gun Sales Training
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Every year, I teach hundreds of sellers how to sell IBM storage products. I have been doing this since the late 1990s, and it is one task that has carried forward from one job to another as I transitioned through various roles from development, to marketing, to consulting.
This week, I am in the city of Taipei [Taipei] to teach Top Gun sales class, part of IBM's [Sales Training] curriculum. This is only my second time here on the island of Taiwan.
As you can see from this photo, Taipei is a large city with just row after row of buildings. The metropolitan area has about seven million people, and I saw lots of construction for more on my ride in from the airport.
The student body consists of IBM Business Partners and field sales reps eager to learn how to become better sellers. Typically, some of the students might have just been hired on, just finished IBM Sales School, a few might have transferred from selling other product lines, while others are established storage sellers looking for a refresher on the latest solutions and technologies.
I am part of the teach team comprised of seven instructors from different countries. Here is what the week entails for me:
These are the solution areas I present most often as a consultant at the IBM Executive Briefing Center in Tucson, so I can provide real-life stories of different client situations to help illustrate my examples.
To learn more about a Top Gun class in your area, see the [Top Gun class schedule].
The weather here in Taipei calls for rain every day! I was able to take this photo on Sunday morning while it was still nice and clear, but later in the afternoon, we had quite the downpour. I am glad I brought my raincoat!
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Day5 IBM Edge Final Sessions of the Week
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This week I am in Orlando, Florida for the IBM Edge conference. This is the last day, so it ends early for people who want to get home to their
That's it folks. Next week, I am spending time with my research buddies at the Almaden Research Center near San Jose, California, and then it is off to Moscow, Russia to kick off a series of IBM events called "Edge Comes to You" (ECTY).
The ECTY conferences will be a smaller subset of the Edge conference here in Orlando, but offered in other countries for those who were unable to travel to the United States.
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Day4 IBM Edge Free-for-All
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This week I am in Orlando, Florida for the IBM Edge conference. Thursday evening after all the other sessions, we had a Free-for-All, a Q&A panel across all storage topics, moderated by Scott Drummond. The conference officially ends at noon tomorrow, but for many, this is the last session, as people fly out Friday morning. Here are the questions and the panel responses during the session.
When will IBM unify their storage management between Mainframe z/OS and the distributed systems platforms?
IBM offers a Change and Configuration Management Data Base (CCMDB) for this purpose with appropriate collectors from z/OS and distributed systems, but hasn't sold well.
When will IBM devices have RESTful interfaces?
Both IBM Systems Director and IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center (TPC) offer RESTful APIs. IBM Systems Director can manage z/VM and Linux on System z, as well as Power Systems and x86 based distributed systems. Since October 2008, IBM's Project Zero introduced RESTful interfaces to PHP and Groovy software running on WebSphere sMash environments. We have not heard much about this since 2008.
Will IBM TPC support NPIV on Power Systems?
TPC 5.1 has toleration support for this, showing the first port connection discovered, but not all connections, and we expect to retrofit this toleration to TPC 4.2.2 Fixpack 2. Hopefully, we will have full support in a future release.
We would like TPC for Replication to run on Linux for System z. We do not run z/OS at the disaster recovery site location.
Submit an IBM Request for Enhancement [RFE] for this. We have TPC for Replication on z/OS, as well as the distributed systems version that runs on Windows, Linux and AIX.
We have enhancements we would like to see for XIV and SONAS also, can we use the RFE process for this also?
Yes, submit the requirements for our review.
We heard the Statement of Direction that there would be storage integrated into the PureSystems. What exactly does that mean?
The PureSystems family of expert-integrated systems is based on a new chassis that has a front part, a midplane, and a back-part. All IBM System Storage products that support x86 and Power Systems can work with PureSystems. However, IBM does not yet offer storage that fits in the front part of the PureFlex chassis, but the Statement of Direction indicates that we intend to offer that option. Until then, the IBM Storwize V7000 is the storage of choice that can be put into the PureSystems rack, but outside the individual chasses.
We see some features like Real-Time Compression being put into the SAN Volume Controller (SVC), and other features put into the back-end devices. How are we supposed to make sense of this?
IBM's new pilot program, the SmartCloud Virtual Storage Center, to bring these all together. In general, we have design teams of system architects that determine which features go in which products, and prioritize accordingly.
We heard the IBM Executives during the opening session indicate that IBM's strategy involves supporting Big Data, but I haven't seen any storage that supports native Hadoop interfaces. Did I miss something?
First, I want to emphasize that Big Data is more than just MapReduce workloads. IBM offers Streams and BigInsights software to handle text, as well as Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse solutions for structured data. IBM's General Parallel File System (GPFS) has a Shar
Everytime we upgrade our SVC, we review the list for SDDPCM multi-pathing and see that we need to upgrade our back-end DS8000 microcode up to recommended levels. Can we get a list of combinations that work from other customers?
The advantage of storage hypervisors like SVC is that we can separate the multi-pathing driver from the back-end managed disk systems. You only need the SDDPCM to support the SVC, not the back-end devices. For the most part, SVC has not dropped support for any level of previously supported OS or multi-pathing software.
On SVC, when we migrate volumes (vDisks) from one storage pool to another, we would like to throttle this process during FlashCopy.
Yes, we had several requests like this, which is why we now recommend using Volume Mirorring to perform migrations. In fact the GUI wizard uses Volume Mirroring by default when migrations are performed. As for throttling, IBM has implemented "I/O Priority Manager" that offers Quality of Service classes for DS8000 and XIV Gen3, and might consider porting this to other products in our portfolio.
Sizing systems is an art. I just need to know if the DS8000 is running hot. Can we have the equivalent of "red lines" for our disk systems similar to automobile engines?
Storage Optimizer was added to TPC 4.2 to help in this area, identifying heat-maps for IBM DS8000, DS6000, DS5000, DS4000, SVC and Storwize V7000. We recommend you look at the performance violation reports.
How can we evaluate the characteristics of our workloads?
Yes, TPC can do this.
When we are replacing non-IBM storage with IBM, we don't have good tools to evaluate the non-IBM equipment. What is IBM doing for this?
IBM's Disk Magic modeling tool can take inputs from a variety of sources, including iostat from the servers themselves. You can also install a 90-day trial of TPC to help with this.
We really like EMC's "Grab" program, does IBM have one also?
Yes, IBM has one also. See the [SSIC Discovery Utility].
Updating the Host Attachment Kit (HAK) for AIX is quite painful for the SVC. We prefer the method employed for the XIV.
Thanks for the feedback.
For SVC, we need to correlate disk with VMware and VIOS. Can we get vSCSI information on VIOS?
TPC 5.1 has this support, and we believe it has been retrofitted to TPC 4.2.2 Fixpack 2, coming out this month.
Currently, with SVC, when volumes are part of a Global Mirror (GM) session, we need to cancel GM, expand the source volume, expand the target volume, then restart GM. We would like this to be fully automated and non-disruptive.
Sounds like a great requirement to submit for the RFE process.
Can we get an RSS Feed for the RFE community.
Yes, you can subscribe to it. You can also set up "Watch Lists".
Thanks to all of the IBM experts on the panel for their participation at this event!
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Day3 IBM Edge Breakout sessions
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This week I am in Orlando, Florida for the IBM Edge conference. Here is a recap of Day 3.
In the evening, the attendees at IBM Edge joined the attendees from Innovate2012 (focused on IBM Rational products) at SeaWorld, with BBQ dinner, rides, Shamu the whale show, and a concert featuring Foreigner!
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Day2 IBM Edge Announcements
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Well it's Tuesday again, and you know what that means... IBM announcements! Yesterday, at the IBM Edge conference here in Orlando, Florida, IBM announced its new apporach to storage, and a whole bunch of storage products, enhancements, and services. I will focus on some key ones here, and save the rest for next week.
For more on any of these announcements, see the [June 4th Announcement Page], or follow the Twitter tag #transformITnow.
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Day1 IBM Edge Opening Keynote Sessions
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This week, I am in Orlando, Florida presenting, blogging and tweeting at the IBM Edge conference. The first day began with opening main tent sessions. Deon Newman, IBM VP of Marketing, was the emcee. The four-person [Bella Electric Strings] rocked the house with some electric violins.
This was a great way to kick off the week!
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Day1 Cracking the Code to Controlling Data Growth
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Continuing my coverage of the 30th annual [Data Center Conference]. Here is a recap of the Monday afternoon sessions:
This was a great afternoon, and I was glad to get all my speaking gigs done early in the week. I would like to thank Rick Haverty of URMC for doing a great job presenting this afternoon!
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Day 4 - Thursday Morning Sessions
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Continuing my post-week coverage of the [Data Center 2010 conference], Thursday morning had some interesting sessions for those that did not leave town last night.
Having a feel for the demographics of the registrants, and specific interactive polling in each meeting, provides a great view on who is interested in what topic, and some insight into their fears and motivations.
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Day 3 - Wednesday Afternoon Sessions
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Continuing my post-week coverage of the [Data Center 2010 conference], Wendesday afternoon included a mix of sessions that covered storage and servers.
The rooms emptied quickly after the last session, as everyone wanted to get to the "Hospitality Suites".
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Day 2 - Choosing the Right Storage for your Server Virtualization environment
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Continuing my coverage of the [Data Center 2010 conference], Tuesday afternoon I presented "Choosing the Right Storage for your Server Virtualization". In 2008 and 2009, I attended this conference as a blogger only, but this time I was also a presenter.
Here are my charts on SlideShare.net:
Choosing the Right Storage for your Server Virtualization Environment
View more presentations from Tony Pearson.
I am thankful I had a great turn-out, with nearly every seat taken.
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Bundle Up! Announcing the IBM Storwize Rapid Application Storage
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For most of us in the United States, it is cold out there, so you better "bundle up!"
Today, IBM announces the [IBM Storwize Rapid Application Storage] bundle, an integrated solution that improves storage efficiency and application availability. It comes in two offerings:
Why bundle? Here are the key advantages for these offerings:
To learn more, check out the IBM [landing page].
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#ibmtechu Day 4 IBM Storage University - Storage Free-for-All
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Continuing my coverage of the [IBM System Storage Technical University 2011], I participated in the storage free-for-all, which is a long-time tradition, started at SHARE User Group conference, and carried forward to other IT conferences. The free-for-all is a Q&A Panel of experts to allow anyone to ask any question. These are sometimes called "Birds of a Feather" (BOF). Last year, we had two: one focused on Tivoli Storage software, and the second to cover storage hardware. This year, we had two, one for System x called "Ask the eXperts", and one for System Storage called "Storage Free-for-All". This post covers the latter.
(Disclaimer: Do not shoot the messenger! We had a dozen or more experts on the panel, representing System Storage hardware, Tivoli Storage software, and Storage services. I took notes, trying to capture the essence of the questions, and the answers given by the various IBM experts. I have spelled out acronyms and provided links to relevant materials. The answers from individual IBMers may not reflect the official position of IBM management. Where appropriate, my own commentary will be in italics.)Are there any plans to improve the use of BRMS [Backup Recovery and Media Services for IBM i] with [Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM)]?
It should be against the law to connect these two together. IBM has no plans to make any further improvements.When will [IBM BladeCenter S] support 2.5-inch drives?
You are in the wrong session! Go to "Ask the eXperts" session next door!The TSM GUI sucks! Are there any plans to improve it?
Yes, we are aware that products like IBM XIV have raised the bar for what people expect from graphical user interfaces. We have plans to improve the TSM GUI. IBM's new GUI for the SAN Volume Controller and Storwize V7000 has been well-received, and will be used as a template for the GUIs of other storage hardware and software products. The GUI uses the latest HTML5, Dojo widgets and AJAX technologies, eliminating Java dependencies on the client browser.Can we run the TSM Admin GUI from a non-Windows host?
IBM has plans to offer this. Most likely, this will be browser-based, so that any OS with a modern browser can be used.As hard disk drives grow larger in capacity, RAID-5 becomes less viable. What is IBM doing to address this?
IBM is aware of this problem. IBM offers RAID-DP on the IBM N series, RAID-X on the IBM XIV, and RAID-6 on its other disk systems.TPC licensing is outrageous! What is IBM going to do about it?
IBM introduced the [Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Disk Midrange Edition (MRE)] to help address the cost when Small and Medium-sized Businesses managing SVC, Storwize V7000, DS5000 and DS3000 disk systems.What is the adoption rate of IBM Easy Tier?
About 25 percent of DS8000 disk systems have SSD installed. Now that IBM DS8000 Easy Tier supports "any two" tiers, roughly 50 percent of DS8000 now have Easy Tier activated. No idea on how Easy Tier has been adopted on SVC or Storwize V7000.We have an 8-node SVC cluster, should we put 8 SSD drives into a single node-pair, or spread them out?
We recommend putting a separate Solid-State Drive in each SVC node, with RAID-1 between nodes of a node-pair. By separating the SSD across I/O groups, you can reduce node-to-node traffic.How well has SVC 6.2 been adopted?
The inventory call-home data is not yet available. The only SVC hardware model that does not support this level of software was the 2145-4F2 introduced in 2003. Every other model since then can be updated to this level.Will IBM offer 600GB FDE drives for the IBM DS8700?
Currently, IBM offers 300GB and 450GB 15K RPM drives with the Full-Disk Encryption (FDE) capability for the DS8700, and 450GB and 600GB 10K RPM drives with FDE for the IBM DS8800. IBM is working with its disk suppliers to offer FDE on other disk capacities, and on SSD and NL-SAS drives as well, so that all can be used with IBM Easy Tier.Is there a reason for the feature lag between the Easy Tier capabilities of the DS8000, and that of the SVC/Storwize V7000?
We have one team for Easy Tier, so they implement it first on DS8000, then port it over to SVC/Storwize V7000.Does it even make sense to have separate storage tiers, especially when you factor in the cost of SVC and TPC to make it manageable?
It depends! We understand this is a trade-off between cost and complexity. Most data centers have three or more storage tiers already, so products like SVC can help simplify interoperability.Are there best practices for combining SVC with DS8000? Can we share one DS8000 system across two or more SVC clusters?
Yes, you can share one DS8000 across multiple SVC clusters. DS8000 has auto-restripe, so consider having two big extent pools. The queue depth is 3 to 60, so aim to have up to 60 managed disks on your DS8000 assigned to SVC. The more managed disks the better.The IBM System Storage Interopability Center (SSIC) site does not seem to be designed well for SAN Volume Controller.
Yes, we are aware of that. It was designed based on traditional Hardware Compatability Lists (HCL), but storage virtualization presents unique challenges.How does the 24-hour learning period work for IBM Easy Tier? We have batch processing that runs from 2am to 8am on Sundays.
You can have Easy Tier monitor across this batch job window, and turn Easy Tier management between tiers on and off as needed.Now that NetApp has acquired LSI, is the DS3000 still viable?
Yes, IBM has a strong OEM relationship with both NetApp and LSI, and this continues after the acquisition.If have managed disks from a DS8000 multi-rank extent pool assigned to multiple SVC clusters, won't this affect performance?
Yes, possibly. Keep managed disks on seperate extent pools if this is a big concern. A PERL script is available to re-balance SVC striped volumes as needed after these changes.Is the IBM [TPC Reporter] a replacement for IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center?
No, it is software, available at no additional charge, that provides additional reporting to those who have already licensed Tivoli Storage Productivity Center 4.1 and above. It will be updated as needed when new versions of Productivity Center are released.We are experiencing lots of stability issues with SDD, SDD-PCM and SDD-DSM multipathing drivers. Are these getting the development attention they deserve?
IBM's direction is to shift toward native OS-based multipathing drivers.Is anyone actually thinking of deploying public cloud storage in the near-term?
A few hands in the audience were raised.None of the IBM storage devices seem to have [REST API]. Cloud storage providers are demanding this. What are IBM plans?
IBM plans to offer REST on SONAS. IBM uses SONAS internally for its own cloud storage offerings.If you ask a DB2 specialist, an AIX specialist, and a System Storage specialist, on how to configure System p and System Storage for optimal performance, you get three different answers. Are there any IBMers who are cross-functional that can help?
Yes, for example, Earl Jew is an IBM Field Technical Support Specialist (FTSS) for both System p and Storage, and can help you with that.Both Oracle and Microsoft recommend RAID-10 for their applications.
Don't listen to them. Feel free to use RAID-5, RAID-6 or RAID-X instead.Resizing SVC source volumes forces ongoing FlashCopy or Metro Mirror relatiohships to be stopped. Does IBM plan to address this?
Currently, you have to stop, resize both source and target, then start the relationship again. Consider getting IBM Tivoli Storage Productivity Center for Replication (TPC-R).What ever happened to IBM [Grid Medical Archive Solution (GMAS)]?
IBM continues to support this for exising clients. For new deployments, IBM offers SONAS and the Information Archive (IA).When will I be able to move SVC volumes between I/O groups?
You can today, but it is disruptive to the operating system. IBM is investigating making this less disruptive.Will XIV ever support the mainframe?
It does already, with support for both Linux and z/VM today. For VSE support, use SVC with XIV. For those with the new zBX extension, XIV storage can be used with all of the POWER and x86-based operating systems supported. IBM has no plans to offer direct FICON attachment for z/OS or z/TPF.Not a question - Kudos to the TSM and ProtecTIER team in supporting native IP-based replication!
Thanks!When will IBM offer POWER-based models of the XIV, SVC and other storage devices?
IBM's decision to use industry-standard x86 technology has proven quite successful. However, IBM re-looks at this decision every so many years. Once again, the last iteration determined that it was not worth doing. A POWER-based model might not beat the price/performance of current x86 models, and maintaining two separate code bases would hinder development of new innovations.We have both System i and System z, what is IBM doing to address the fact that PowerHA and GDPS are different?
IBM TPC-R has a service offering extension to support "IBM i" environments. GDPS plans to support multi-platform environments as well.
This was a great interactive session. I am glad everyone stayed late Thursday evening to participate in this discussion.
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As I today started a three week job working on the railways, I thought I'd be on the lookout for transport information. It wasn't in short supply, talkative as my immediate superior is.
What interested me most in what he said was how much stress he put on alcohol and illegal drugs. The training video on the subject was detailed and tough in its message, giving three very practical reasons for such a standpoint: safety, the legal obligations the company faces, and that it made good business sense for employees not to be doped up or drunk when dealing with equipment and customers. As many would prefer that this business sense be taken out of running our railways altogether, removing this vital incentive, it got me wondering as he mentioned how the culture of his lifelong employment has changed.
There was a time, he went on, when not just station staff and train employees, but managers too, would regularly drink on the job without a thought. Many British Rail staff would take turns to watch the platform while others went down to the local pub for a couple of pints, later returning to work. Throughout this description, the words "privatisation ... privatisation" ran through my mind as the catalyst for the change. Sure enough, as he concluded, he explained that it was only in the last ten years that this culture has altered, to the extent that new employees find the old way unimaginable. In 2003, Britain enters her eleventh year of rail privatisation.
Now, anyone caught on duty under the influence of drugs or alcohol, or discovered with them in his system after random testing, is dismissed the very next morning. Private companies, run for the benefit of customers, just cannot afford to put up with that sort of thing in the way that nationalised industries can - and do.
No wonder that, if you exclude the freak tragedy of Hatfield, Britain's rail safety record is significantly better since privatisation. Look up the figures if you don't believe me. Rail privatisation has had its problems, the great majority caused by excessive government intervention since Hatfield, but it really has improved the culture and service on our railways.
You don't think that a societal shift in attitudes to drinking might have anything to do with it? You don't say how along ago all this drinking apparently went on, but 15 to 20 years ago doesn't seem unreasonable from what you've written. Drink-driving, for instance, was much more common then. People's ideas about health were different too, which may also have something to do with it.
Privatisation may well be a factor in this change in culture, but I doubt it's the only, or even the major, one.Posted by Jez on December 27, 2002
Agree with "societal" view - privatisation can't be blamed for this one! As an ex-BR guy, I remember the no drugs /alcohol rule coming in after the Channon Street crash. Also one of Bob Reid No 1's early moves was to close the bar at the Grove (BR management training centre,Watford) during daytime hours.Posted by David on September 26, 2003


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The times, they are a-changin'. We are constantly telling each other that the way we treat our planet will have to become more focused on the long-term; however, we seem to disagree on the perspective we should take on how this good intention can be implemented.
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There is plenty to be positive about when looking at the developments in the event world. It wouldn't be a far stretch to say that events, especially those in the festival scene, are at the forefront of creating new ways to be more sustainable within our environment; especially in the way that we enjoy our lives, use energy, consume water and food and the other elements. And, although not completely changing this in a definitive way, these festivals are certainly creating awareness and showing us what could be the next step in the event genre.
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Consider this: A few years back, Mysteryland was the most sustainable festival in the world. Its key features were the fact that the team used green power and had designated trash collectors on the premises. (Although noble, those aspects are pretty much expected of you when organizing an event or festival in 2018.) Only three years later, the organisation already has its focus on aspects like local farming, using nearby vendors to supply everything – from fish and meat, to even the paper that is used in the Mysteryland offices. How does such a largescale operation make such an accomplishment? By appointing a 'sustainability manager' at various festivals, to ensure the constant drive for a better and greener product.
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Duluth will join the list of metro cities that hosts an arts festivals.
Beginning in the spring, several Atlanta cities welcome local, regional and national artists to showcase their work at arts festivals. Created by the Atlanta Foundation for Public Spaces, the Duluth Arts Festival will feature similar entertainment, shopping opportunities and artist demonstrations. The organization is also responsible for the Old Fourth Ward and Piedmont Park Arts Festivals, Festival on Ponce and other local festivals.
The inaugural Duluth Arts Festival is scheduled to take place in the Duluth Town Green June 10-11.
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Nearly 90 "painters, photographers, sculptors, metalwork, glass artists, jewelers and more" will participate in the festival, in addition to local food trucks, live musicians and other performers.
The festival is free to attend.
10 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday. June 10-11. Free. Duluth Town Green, 3142 Hill St., Duluth. DuluthArtsFestival.com.
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Advanced Breast Cancer Rates Increase Among Young Women
Over the last three decades, the number of women between the ages of 25 and 39 with advanced breast cancer has increased.
The Journal of the American Medical Association published a study which found that advanced cases went from 1.53 per 100,000 women in 1976 to 2.9 per 100,000 in 2009. That is an increase from about 250 cases per year to more than 800 cases in 2009.
The study found the increase significant in that it involved cancer that had already spread to other organs like the lungs or liver by the time it was diagnosed, decreasing the chance of survival.
Researchers are recommending that young women see a doctor quickly if they notice lumps, pain or other changes in the breast, and not to assume that they cannot have breast cancer because they are young and healthy, or have no family history of the disease.
The study is based on information from 936,497 women who had breast cancer from 1976 to 2009. Of those, 53,502 were 25 to 39 years old, including 3,438 who had advanced breast cancer, also called metastatic or distant disease.
Younger women were the only ones in whom metastatic disease seemed to have increased, the researchers found.
Breast cancer is not common in younger women. About 1.8 percent of all cases are diagnosed in women from 20 to 34, and 10 percent in women from 35 to 44. However, when it does occur, the disease tends to be more deadly in younger women than in older ones. Researchers are not sure why.
However, researchers are not recommending screenings or mammography at an earlier age than suggested, as there is no evidence screening helps younger women who are at average risk for the disease.
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The seven-year-long patent dispute over the design of their rival smartphones has finally come to an end. Though any of the tech conglomerates didn't disclose the deal behind the compromise. The fight started in 2011, when Apple sued its South Korean competitor, seeking more than $2 billion in damages.
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Read: Apple Is The First $1 Trillion Company In 2018
Before that, US court compensated Apple by ruling Samsung to pay $1.05bn in damages for the copied features from Apple that included design elements. Later, Samsung moved to Supreme court regarding the staggering amount to be paid as Samsung argued about the limited infringement involved.
Then in 2016, the Supreme Court ruled the decision in Samsung's favor, but the patent mess wasn't solved and was left the decision with the lower court. The battle was dragged till May last year in which Samsung claimed to pay only $28 million. Sadly, the court directed Samsung to pay $539m, almost $140m more.
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Read: Apple Asked GitHub To Remove iOS Source Code
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I can get downright irritable and angry if my clothing doesn't fit right, even to the extent that I'll throw it across the room or something in frustration...
And I can't sleep if there is ANY distracting noise nearbye (like music, chatting, televisions, etc. Sometimes even the simple breathing of another person in the room). I have a fan going full-blast when I'm living in the dorms to block out noises.... and earplugs nearbye if necessary (though they kind of bother me, too).
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High-pitched noises and anything with too much treble get me. As long as I can remember, I've been able to tell when a TV is on across the house/room etc even when it is muted. I so hope other people have experienced this.
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And while I'm going on about annoyances-it drives me mad when my pets are licking/scratching/slurping themselves if there is nothing loud enough to dorwn it out. I am terrible, I know.
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I have an eating disorder, I can't eat fruit and vegetables except beans, peas, salads and potatoes. I love all kinds of soup and sauces though, as long as they're mixed and contain no pieces. It's not the taste I dislike, it's the way they "feel" inside my mouth, which people have never understood. I can eat minstrone though as long as I don't have to chew on the vegetables. I swallow them immediately.
Could this actually be explained by ADD? That would be quite interesting.
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I'm also quite sensitive to heat. Like when I shower the water's too hot at a certain temperature everyone else has no problem with. Same thing with food that's too hot (especially soup). By the time other people are finished eating I'm still waiting for it to cool down.
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sentivet toi light soundsss in the lower spictumm an heat as well touch can be deps were it is if i rubber my toe i get a inching in my left ear to name a few thingsss eltice power i can pick up as well feel free to ask
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Sensitive to sounds and noise primarily. Particularly some radio and TV commercials irritate me enormously. Why do they have to be so loud?
I find it very hard to concentrate on something when other people in the room are talking. I alway think like I am eavesdropping or something, but I just can't help it. I was never able to study in a public place because of all the distractions.
It was actually through following links from a site on hypersensitivity that I became aware of the real problem, which was ADD.
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I know this thread has been pretty much been beaten to a pulp, but hey - why not.
I'm right there with everyone on clothing (tags, fit, etc), heat (soup, showers), noises (chewing, conversations, high frequencies), and touch (I'm pretty ticklish) - but the thing that really drove me to this section of the site is that for me it's not entirely constant - mostly the sound sensitivity part.
I'm pretty moody - and one of the dimensions of that is irritability. It only recently occurred to me that I was "hypersensitive" to things, because I read the recent publication on Hyperkalemic Sensory Overstimulation, which addresses that from a potassium standpoint.
Does anyone find that meals and/or medication affect the sensitivity periodically throughout the day? I really notice it when I come home after work - kitchen sounds can start to really get to me from across the room. My workplace is no slouch though, so I feel it gets particularly worse later in the day, when whatever stimulant I happen to be trying that month has worn off .
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Yeah I am late on the thread too, but when you have so many sensitivities you HAVE to write about it right? Okay so I am sensitive to:
Light- I have had to pull over to the side of the road until my eyes adjust, or I have to drive with my hand over my eyes while I peer through the crack in my fingers, makes me wish I had those glasses from Star Trek! NO LIGHT FOR SLEEP! which is funny because when I was a kid I HAD to have light and noise.
Dark-I cant stand it when its too dark! I only like it pitch black to sleep other than that I have to have light on, I dont like turning the lights off to watch a movie at home either.
Sound- High pitched or low pitched sounds that are repetitive-ie techno music. An Ocarina, whistle, etc. BUT the funny thing is that they only bother me if someone else is doing it, if I blow a whistle over and over it doesnt bother me! WEIRD It also is mood dependent I guess, when I'm sleepy I cant stand loud sounds, I think my sensitivity hightens when I am tired. Chalk or chalkboards being wiped off, sharpies on paper, dry erase markers, overhead projector markers, absolutely NO sound for sleep!
Touch- Tags, turle necks or anything tight around my neck, tight clothes (I too take them off as soon as I get home), wet clothes, sleeping with socks, socks and shoes in general, hats, gloves, masks, I cant even wear acrylic fingernails because I cant feel the tip of my finger anymore, wind on my neck also, sweat I HATE to sweat or be hot, biting apple skins or grapes(although I still eat them), sometimes I HAVE to put my hair up or I will go crazy, I like to feel my hair tight against my scalp, watches cant wear them or big bracelets, glasses on the bridge of my nose, earrings/rings have to take them off after a while, weird textures,
cant sit in a chair with both feet on the floor have to cross them or put one ankle on the other knee etc, itchy I am itchy ALOT, makeup I have learned to put up with, long sleeves have to pull them up on my arms for relief or pull them down to hold them in my hands, have to have a fan for sleep or feel like I am suffocating also cannot have stale air, So I guess touch is my worst sensitvity.
GOOD SENSITIVITIES- my hair love to have it touched or played with, hugs, small spaces (I think this has to do with feeling secure like in the womb), feelings on my fingers, cant think about to many of these as they arent as annoying so I dont hyperfocus on them! HAHA the joys of ADD!
So I know this was long and I dont really care if anyone reads it, just felt good to get it out so THANKS!
Oh I also forgot to I memorize EVERYTHING I know jingles after hearing them once or twice, I know commercials, I know EVERY word to the movie TITANIC I mean every word, I know every word to every song I have ever listened to more than twice! Its crazy, I have noticed this in my son too so i am leaning towards him having ADD also. Oh I also have to read EVERYTHING, I can pass the same billboard 500 times and I will read it EVERY time!
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My odd quirk / hyperawareness thing is "errors" in movies, commercials etc in the editing and such lol. It can be amusing but when I would rather prob know what the commercial was for all that comes from me seeing it is the MOST OBVIOUS error in film/edit that I cant believe they even completed this project and aired it LOL. The first one that comes to my mind now is the most recent I discovered. Sometimes it happens the first time I see the footage and sometimes it is after seeing a comemercial several times. The SHAMWOW commercial when he pours water or something on the pc of carpet to show how the towel thing picks up every last drop. Right after they show the puddled water on on the table/under the pc of carpet they cut away and then back to same angle again, only on the second shot there is no puddling and no mess on the table. LOL...cant help it - I do it all the time in movies and everthing.
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I'm touch, odor and sound sensitive and it's getting worse as I get older. Any hints?
Clothing labels, seams on socks and underwear, and rough fabric around my neck are distracting.
My eyes water when I smell clothing others wear washed with any kind of scented detergent or fabric softener. I don't like to be in the clothing department of stores since whatever they put in kid's pajamas as a fire retardant or in clothing to make them look crisp and new makes my eyes water. I can smell personal feminine hygiene products with strong scents as I walk around in public.
I'm not one of those with environmental allergies who must live in a bubble with tinfoil covered windows. It's not that bad.
As a result of this, I end up washing new clothes before wearing them, rinsing them two or three times. I purchase only unscented soaps, detergents, deodorant, toilet paper, etc. Even going down the isle in the supermarket makes my eyes water and I may wheeze. I've been very particular about socks, shirts and underwear. I have discovered manufacturers have a different notion of 'unscented' than I do and that many 'unscented' products still have an odor.
I actually don't like 100% cotton shirts because they NEVER get soft enough, I prefer blends for shirts, socks and underwear. Cotton pants don't bother me. Thinking about wool makes me itch.
Sounds also drive me nuts. Hums, buzzing, high-pitched stuff. Florescent lights, TV tubes and computer monitors. In order to sleep I either need headphones with white noise or binaural beats OR a fan to drown out distractions to the environment.
Perfumes are distracting, though not always unpleasant. Some make me gag, I get headaches and wheezing around 'floral' scents. Some other perfumes make my mind wander 'elsewhere' if they trigger certain memories.
ADD and anxiety meds have helped some of this, but I'm still easily distracted. I take antihistamines before going on shopping expeditions and prefer to buy over the web to avoid the barrage of odors in stores.
Animal smells (human or otherwise) don't bother me. I have pets and work with animals and deal with animal odors my OCD friends can't even bear to hear me describe.
Any hints?
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The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly. Buddha
Contact a doctor if you think you need help. Don't waste 30 years as I did.
DX at 51: GAD,OCD,ADHD mixed RX: Concerta. Ritalin / Propranolol as needed.
Re: ADHD and Hypersensitivity (for the 2nd time)
I also have Asperger's Syndrome and that makes me hypersensitive mainly to Light/Movement in my field of vision/sound but all the others senses are way more sensitive then normal people too. Due to that I overload at least once a week.
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I'm mostly sensitive to certain clothes (tags and the way they feel, too tight, not ''right'', etc), some food textures, I don't like being touched, being hugged and stuff is okay, but I don't like anything else... uh... heat and cold, especially the cold, I'm always cold, hands/feet, may be due to circulation problems but I'm sensitive to the heat/cold... It really also depends on my mood... but yeah.
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I am who I am, and sweetie, your approval isn't needed, no matter how much you think it is!
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Fleetwood, the home of fish and chips. Fishing too if you are that way inclined. For me this is a high tide venue, the distance and danger involed means it's not safe or practical to fish low tide. However…If you must you can fish the estuary entrance for flatties, I tend to get whiting and small codling too. There is plenty of parking near the estuary mouth.
You can see ish the sea goes out a long way. Pic from early April.
There are a few snags in the main gulley section of the estuary, as the tide starts to come in the tackle loses seems to increase but its not too bad.
A perfectly formed little cod.
The Fleetwood to blackpool section fishes pretty much the same. There are several hotspots down the length of the sea wall / defenses. Personally I think these hotspots are down to the availability of close parking to the venues. Most are names after the local land marks such as Anchorsholme or 5 bar gate which incidently no longer has 5 bars across it. There are some cheap mixed rigs available here.
The area pretty much fishes all the same, if it's the right season / time of year then if one area is fishing well much of the stretch is doing the same. For this area of the northwest it's best to check out the features and gullies at low tide. The sands are constantly shifting with each tide so it's best to do a bit of a reccy at low tide if you don't fish the area often.
This section of the coast tends to be pretty comfortable fishing from the promenade area or just on the high tide line of the beach, weather permitting. There are a few tackle shops locally selling fresh and frozen baits as well as regular shops and toilets close by. Decent fish and chips too.
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