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Netapp FAS vs EMC VNX
This year we have to decide if we should keep our IBM N-series 6040 (Netapp 3140) stretch metrocluster, upgrade to Netapp 3200 (or rather the IBM alternative) or move to another manufacturer.
And from what I can see, EMC VNX is one of the most serious alternatives. My boss agrees and so we have aranged meeting with EMC to hear about their storage solution including ATMOS.
So, I would like to hear from you other guys what I should be aware about if we decide to go EMC VNX instead of keeping the Netapp/IBM track.
It could be implementation wise or things like "hidden" costs, ie volume based licensing.
I'm having trouble finding EMC manuals to see what can be done and what can't.
Our CIO has set up one big goal for the future user/filestorage: The storage has to cost at most as much as it would if you go and buy a new Netgear/DLink NAS (with mirrored disk) a year.
This would mean that $/MB for the system has to be as close as possible to this goal. Today the cost is at least tenfold more.
Unless we come close to that, we have a hard time convincing the Professors with their own fundings to store their files in our storage instead of running to nearest HW-store and buy a small NAS (or two) for their research team.
It's called "academic freedom" working at a university...
Initial investment might be a little higher, but the storage volume cost has to be a low as possible.
Today we have basic NFS/CIFS volumes, SATA for file and FC for Vmware/MSSQL/Exchange 2007.
No addon licenses except DFM/MPIO/SnapDrive. Blame the resellers for not being able to convince us why we needed Snap support for MSSQL/Exchange.
We didn't even have Operations manager for more than two years and has yet to implement it as it was recently purchased.
The Tiering on Netapp is a story for itself.
Until a year ago our system was IOPS saturated during daytime on the SATA disks and I had to rechedule backups to less frequent full backups (TSM NDMP backup) to avoid having 100% diskload 24/7.
So the obvious solution would be PAM and statistics show that it (512GB) would catch 50-80% of the reads.
But our FAS is fully configured with FC and cluster interconnect cards so there is no expansion slot left for PAM.
So to install PAM we have to upgrade the filer, with all the costs associated BEFORE getting in the PAM.
So the combination of lack of tiering and huge upgrade steps makes this a very expensive story.
What realy buggs me is that we have a few TB fibrechannel storage available that could be used for tiering.
And a lot of the VM images data would be able to go down to SATA from FC.
EMC does it, HP (3Par) does it, Dell Compellent does it, Hitachi does it ...
But Netapp doesn't implement it. Despite having a excellent WAFL that with a "few" modifications it should be able to implement it even years ago.
Things we require are
* Quotas
* Active Directory security groups support (NTFS security style)
* Automatic failover to remote storage mirror, ie during unscheduled powerfailure (we seem to have at least one a year on average).
Things we are going to require soon due to amount of data
* Remote disaser recovery site, sync or async replication.
Things that would be very usefull
* Multi-domain support (multiple AD/Kerberos domains)
* deduplication
* compression
* tiering (of any kind)
So I've tried to set up a number of good/bad things I know and what I've seen so far.
What I like with Netapp/Ontap
* WALF with its possibilities and being very dynamic
* You can choose security style (UNIX/NTFS/Mixed) which is good as we are a mixed UNIX/Windows site.
Things I dislike with Netapp/Ontap/IBM
* No tiering (read my comment below)
* Large (read: expensive) upgrade steps for ie. memory or CPU upgrade in controllers
* Licenses bound to the controller-size and has essentialy to be repurchased during upgrade (this I'm told by the IBM reseller)
* You can't revert a disk-add operation to a aggregate
* I feel a great dicomfort when switching the cluster as you first shut down the service to TRY to bring it up on the other node, never being sure it will work.
* Crazy pricing policy by IBM (don't ask)
* A strong feeling of being a IBM N-series customer we are essentialy a second rate Netapp user.
Things I like so far with VNX from what I can see
* Does most, if not everything our that FAS does and more.
* Much better Vmware integration, compared to the Netapp Vmware plugin that I tried for a couple times and then droped it.
* FAST Tiering
* Much easier smaller upgrades of CPU/memory with Blades
I have no idea regarding negative sides, but being an EMC customer earlier I know they can be expensive, especially after 3 years.
That might counter our goal of keeping the storage costs down.
I essentialy like Netapp/Ontap/FAS, but there is a lot of things (in my view) talking against it right now with Ontap loosing its technological edge.
Yes, we are listening to EMC/HP/Dell and others to hear what they have to say.
I hope I didn't rant too much.
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Please drop me an email to email@example.com, so I could share my storage selection story with you.
Good luck
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Interesting stuff - I am really keen to see how other members view this.
Few, quick thoughts from me:
Things I like so far with VNX from what I can see
* Does most, if not everything our that FAS does and more.
Actually it doesn't do everything - e.g. there is nothing even remotely resembling MetroCluster functionality you are utilising at the moment (unless I am missing some new EMC functionality I haven't heard about before)
Regarding EMC VNX 'unification' - have you seen this: http://communities.netapp.com/people/radek.kubka/blog/2011/02/11/objects-in-the-mirror-are-closer-than-they-appear?
* Much better Vmware integration, compared to the Netapp Vmware plugin that I tried for a couple times and then droped it.
Have you seen this in action? Personally I haven't (other than few slides), so I am somewhat skeptical how slick this EMC / VMware integration is. I am using NetApp VSC, and although it isn't perfect, it is very useful in my opinin, most of ther time, it genuinely does what it says on the tin.
* FAST Tiering
Always read the small print . FAST works on 1GB sub-LUN granularity - that's a *lot* of data to mve around! Also it doesn't work on NFS datastores (EMC offers archiving functionality for file shares, which isn't feasible for moving VMDK files around). Also, interestingly enough, EMC introduced so called FAST Cache, which in essence is the same approach as NetApp Flash Cache - it makes me thinking this approach may be actually more feasible that sub-LUN tiering.
* Much easier smaller upgrades of CPU/memory with Blades
I am not familiar with their upgrade process, but again: always read the small print to double-check how convenient this upgrade will be in a real-life scenario! E.g. I know for a fact there is no upgrade path from VNXe to VNX (which not necessarily will be applicable to your case).
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Hi Henry,
Any chances you can post some of your key thoughts here as well?
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FAST not being able to work with NFS is news to me. Good to know and I will ask EMC when we meet them tomorrow. FAST Cache sounds interesting.
Regarding the Vmware plugin I have been checking out what Chad Chakac is presenting on his blog, but of course I will demand a real life view of it ASAP.
Also, I will ask it the blade upgrades realy provide scalability. You might be limited to one CIFS/NFS server only being able to use one blade anyway and not scale with the number of blades.
Regarding the Tiering and movement size, I have been looking at Dell Compellent and are about to visit HP to see 3Par in action.
At least Compellent can move smaller blocks, but it is missing the NAS functionality that we require (unless combined with Microsoft Storage Server solution).
As long as Dell isn't presenting ExaNet soon, I'm not sure it would be the way to go for our enduser files. HP seems to have Windows and Samba-based NAS gateways to the 3Par system.
I'm still not impressed with Netapp's total dismissal of tiering without PAM. They (tiering and PAM) could easily live side by side, both adding value to the Netapp system.
At least in my case the PAM-requirement actualy is one of the reason to make us look the other way instead of keeping the current setup and adding life to the system..
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I'm still not impressed with Netapp's total dismissal of tiering without PAM. They (tiering and PAM) could easily live side by side, both adding value to the Netapp system.
That's actually a very interesting topic in itself. I've mentioned something along these lines few times to different NetApp folks and the answer usually was: "we don't need automated tiering as caching is better". That's arguably not true in every case (e.g. a random write heavy workload), yet EMC following NetApp footsteps with their FAST cache proves the point that the Flex Cache / PAMM concept is doing its job great in many situations.
That being said, from a marketing standpoint having a feature (automated block movement between tiers), even if not using it, is almost always better than not having it!
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Well Dejan let look at the tiering is like the VMotion in the VMWare it is a nice function to have but if you did not tune it correctly then you will have too many movement of data at the FAST tiering layer that will cause you a serious performance issue. I think you might need to reconsider the need of FAST tiering but the Fast Cache is a better option for long run. Well in OnTap 8 you also have the option of using the data motion which allow you to perform the data movement from FC/SAS with out impacting the production system only drawback it will be a manual job.
The thing that impress me is the unisphere that provide a unified view and also execution makes easy for replication, provisioning, backup and DR. The only thing that worries me is the cost that going to impact me as my data grows. There is no saying is the price of the data protection suit is following the controller price or raw data tiering pricing.
Looking back at the Deduplication it only works for the NAS and not for SAN which is not impressive to me but yet this going to be a argument point cause most of the consolidation will happens on NAS area where most of the files being stored. Well on the Ontap 8 you are be able to turn on the compression as well take note it does have performance impact on the vol/lun that you turn it on.
Correct me if I am wrong I just whack thru the VNX documentation i dont think they are having the Metro Cluster solution. they may have the mirror view or netapp snapview equivalent.
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I agree that Tiering inappropriatly used can worsen the situation as a lot of data will be doing ping-pong "in transfer" between tiers.
Also, FAST without FASTCache could make you having quite slow system until next rearangement in the tiers when the accessed data is moved up, by then the target data might be "uninteresting" until next week, month etc...
Looking at the FASTCache more closely it seems to be the right combination with tiering on SAS/SATA level.
The granularity FASTCache operates at 64K block level, making it decent sizewize, compared to FAST 1GB granularity.
Now compare that to DataMotion granualrity of whole volume, never ranging less than a few hundred GB and probably getting closer to TB size.
And you don't move ie. the volume with the whole Sharepoint database disk to a slower tier just because 90% is static data.
So the DataMotion is more useful (for me) in situations where I wish to rebalance aggregates or move data from aggregates to replace aging/small disks
What does worry me regarding any kind of tiering is ie. the location of file's metadata.
Much, if not most, of the pressure on my SATA-disks is metadata-access.
I'm a little worried that metadata will "pull along" data filling the cache, depending on the actual location of metadata on ie. VNX.
While Netapp PAM can be configured to cache only metadata, but I haven't seen any configuration to prioritize metadata when replacing the PAM content.
EMC FASTCache "detailed review" paper : http://www.emc.com/collateral/software/white-papers/h8046-clariion-celerra-unified-fast-cache-wp.pdf
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Just my biased 2 cents 🙂
NetApp (FAS32xx) pro's:
* Room for 50% more IO cards compared to FAS3140 / N6040
* 6Gbps SAS with new DS2246 shelf (remember 4x 6Gbps lanes in a SAS cable)
* vfilers for multiple domains
* Free deduplication
* Free compression (inline, as with almost all things inline, it can impact performance)
* Free My Autosupport/upgrade advisor (only available for N Series customers if they go through IBM support)
* Flash cache is dedup aware, works at 4kb block level, set it & forget it.
* Plenty of snapmanagers to pick from.
* IBM always lags behind with new software versions for the N Series: snapmanagers, ontap versions
EMC VNX con's:
* Deduplication at the file level, not block level
* Deduplication only on CIFS/NFS, but not for: VMware/Oracle over NFS.
* No metrocluster functionality
* Different replication techniques for block/file, each with its own limitations !!
* Big performance impact with raid6 over raid5.
* VNX means: multiple operating systems to learn !
* FAST cache can have a big performance impact (moving data around)
* Unisphere is nice, but ask EMC what other software you might need, based on features you want to use.
* Entry level VNX5100 is FC only, and you can't upgrade.
In the end a consumer grade NAS will always have a much lower price per GB.
But I don't think I need to elaborate on why you don't want that in an enterprise environment.
Hope this helps.


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SymptomsA Virtuozzo-related task fails with the following error message:
ERRCODE 5000 ERRCODE_MINOR -4 VZALib error, code: -4, msg: Connection to vzagent was closed
The Virtuozzo Node in question operates in compat mode.
CauseMost likely, there are network issues between the POA Management Node and the Service Container of the Virtuozzo Node.
ResolutionThe POA Management Node communicates with the Parallels Virtuozzo Containers server, which is working in compat mode through the Service Container (container with ID #1 on a registered Node) using the SSH protocol on port 22/TCP.
One may perform the following actions to investigate/fix such issues:
1. Check the connection between the Management Node and the Service Container. Execute the following command on the POA Management Node:
# telnet <SCT_IP> 22
Replace "SCT_IP" with the IP address of the Service Container on the Virtuozzo server in question. The command must connect successfully. If it does not, then there are network issues that need to be addressed.
2. Try to restart VZAgent on the Virtuozzo server: log in to the Node as "root" and run the command:
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# vzagent_compat_ctl restart
After that, try to resubmit the failed task in POA.
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Additional Information1. It is recommended that you have the most up-to-date version of Virtuozzo Tools installed on the Hardware Node. Please install available updates for Virtuozzo Tools using the utility vzup2date.
See the following article for details about vzup2date usage: https://kb.cloudblue.com/1170
2. To determine the IP address of the Service VPS, you may execute the command vzlist 1 on the Virtuozzo Node. You can also do this via the POA CP: Top > Service Director > Virtuozzo Manager > VPS Hardware Nodes > (Node) > IP Address of Service VPS.


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True enough, though whether someone decides to take the medicine or not, does not determine whether or not the diagnosis was correct.tiltbillings wrote:We can hold as an intellectual concept that samasara is not an "out there thing," but that is not really going to do anything for us as an intellectual concept. It only becomes meaningful in terms of insight into the rise and fall of what is experienced -- the khandhas, or the all
Well, you "start from where one is", but to attempt to quantify the required "degree of meditative experience" and then extrapolate that requirement out to others (when one does not have the ability to penetrate the minds of others)... is to lapse back into the first mode of discernment - that of the "out there". There are many factors.tiltbillings wrote: Of course the reality is that one has start from where one is, which is obvious in the suttas. There is a necessary transition from from the first to the second, given that the second, to be meaningful, really requires a fair degree of meditative experience.
In other topics I've called out this variable use of word "conditioned". In the context of the Dhamma, or paticcasamuppada, it ultimately traces back to being "conditioned by avijja" and it is therefore "sankhara". To then interchangeably use the word "conditioned" to refer to anything that may have a cause (either "out there" or "in loka" - such as, "the mountain is conditioned by the rain and wind", "the human body is conditioned by the ovum and the sperm", "the body is conditioned by food and oxygen") is to shift the frames of reference and create inconsistencies in meaning.tiltbillings wrote:Except the conditioned experiential perceptual process still functions, arahants still remembers stuff, sensations based upon the body still arise and fall, thoughts/cognitions come and go, and Mara still visits. The difference is that all of this is no longer conditioned by greed, hatred, and delusion -- it is unconditioned, asankhata. It is empty is the perception of any sort of thingness, any sort of of grasping or aversion based upon the misapprehension of experience.
All I know is that I will not be going to an arahant and saying, "Here monk, these are your aggregates" or "Here monk, this is your experience - explain it to me with worldly frames of reference". I will let the arahant explain, as it accords to them to do so.


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SXSW 2019: 2 Former Mayors Discuss the Future of Data
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January 1, 2019
The Biggest Issues for States to Watch in 2019
18 of the policies and proposals that will dominate state legislatures this year.
October 3, 2018
The Most Important Ballot Measure Results
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March 14, 2018
SXSW 2018: Our Full Coverage
Governing was in Austin as several mayors from around the country arrived to take part in the annual South by Southwest event. Our coverage of the conference includes stories, podcasts and video interviews.
January 1, 2018
The Biggest Issues for States to Watch in 2018
Even though it's an election year, these policies and problems are too important and timely for legislatures to ignore.
December 26, 2017
Our Most Read Stories in 2017
It's been an unpredictable year, and this list is no different.
November 1, 2017
2017 Election Highlights: Races and Ballot Measures
A breakdown of the biggest races and ballot measures.
February 3, 2017
Advice for States, From a Moody's Analyst, on Preparing for the Next Recession
Most recessions, he said, are self-inflicted.
January 10, 2017
Uber Starts Sharing Its Traffic Data With Cities
Uber provides over 1 million rides per day in more than 450 cities around the world, constantly collecting data en route to the destination.
January 1, 2017
13 Issues for States to Watch in 2017
These are the biggest policies and problems legislatures will confront this year.
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2016's Top Legislative Issues to Watch
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November 4, 2015
The Most Important 2015 Election Results
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March 10, 2014
Governing Announces New Publisher
Mark Funkhouser, the former mayor of Kansas City, Mo., and director of the Governing Institute, will replace outgoing publisher Erin Waters.
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An extended campaign video about Gov. Mark Dayton opens in black and white on a troubled Minnesota of 2009, saddled with a $4.6 billion deficit.
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Full Coverage of Shutdown's Impact on States
For comprehensive and ongoing coverage of the federal shutdown on state and local governments, agencies and employees, look no further.
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The company announced Wednesday, April 17th that Provo, Utah, will be the third city to have it's ultra-high-speed fiber network installed.
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Obama's Budget: What States & Cities Need to Know
President Barack Obama released his proposed budget for fiscal year 2014 Wednesday. We break it down to tell you how it impacts states, cities and counties and their specific programs.
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Full Coverage of Sequestration's Impact on States and Localities
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Municipal-Broadband Battle Spreads to Georgia
Georgia is the latest battleground in a conflict pitting big-name telecommunications providers against local governments looking to get into the Internet business to provide better connectivity for residents.
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State of the State Addresses: List of Text Transcripts
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January 8, 2013
Data Centers, 7 Dying Technologies and a Broadband Partnership
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December 27, 2012
Governing's Top Stories of 2012
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October 11, 2012
New Orleans May Get New Low-Cost Airline
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October 4, 2012
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The popularity of virtual public schools has grown rapidly in recent years, but poor student test scores have many states putting the brakes on the movement.
October 1, 2012
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September 28, 2012
Oregon, New Jersey Pilot Kindergarten-Testing Programs
The two states are exploring options to test kindergarteners as 25 other states already do.
September 28, 2012
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Officials with Williston, N.D., -- located in the heart of oil country -- say permanent housing has caught up.
September 27, 2012
Scrutiny of Tennessee Children's Office Increasing
State lawmakers mulling probe of the state's Department of Children's Services after deaths
September 21, 2012
Public Officials Convene at Cost of Government Summit
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Bloomberg's Soda Ban Approved in New York City
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September 11, 2012
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The Arizona Supreme Court upheld a ruling Thursday that would allow primary voters to vote for any candidate regardless of party affiliation, the Arizona Republic reported.
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August 31, 2012
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August 29, 2012
Architect of Arizona Immigration Law Fails Comeback Attempt
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August 14, 2012
Forged Grant Application Costs Virginia School District $1M
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August 14, 2012
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Stretched across the northwest corner of Shikoku island, Ehime is a nature-rich prefecture boasting beautiful coastlines and a rural center where mountains play host to 26 of the Buddhist temples that make up the Shikoku Pilgrimage. Matsuyama is home to an original post-feudal castle as well as Dogo Onsen, one of the country's oldest natural hot springs. The northern city of Imabari marks the entrance to the Shimano Kaido, a road that crosses six spectacular bridges and several islands, forming a route between Shikoku and mainland Honshu.


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Original Trinity Hymnal, #297
Revive thy work, O Lord,
Thy mighty arm make bare;
Speak with the voice that wakes the dead,
And make thy people hear.
Revive thy work, O Lord,
Disturb this sleep of death;
Quicken the smould'ring embers now
By thine almighty breath.
Revive thy work, O Lord,
Create soul-thirst for thee;
And hung'ring for the Bread of Life
O may our spirits be.
Revive thy work, O Lord,
Exalt thy precious Name;
And, by the Holy Ghost, our love
For thee and thine inflame.
Revive thy work, O Lord,
Give pentecostal show'rs:
The glory shall be all thine own,
The blessing, Lord, be ours.
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Internet Outage Leaves China Disconnected for 8 Hours
Jan 23, 2014 4:18 PM PT
The Internet went dark in China on Tuesday. For some eight hours, more than 618 million Chinese couldn't access cyberspace. The outage occurred when two-thirds of all Web traffic in the country was redirected to a single IP address located in the United States.
The address belongs to Dynamic Internet Technology, a company with ties to Falun Gong, a spiritual group outlawed in China since 1999 for a number of alleged sins including "spreading fallacies, hoodwinking people, inciting and creating disturbances and jeopardizing social stability."
The outage -- one of the largest in the history of the Internet -- was caused by a malfunction that blocked access in China to top level domain names such as .com and .net, according to the state-operated China Internet Network Information Center.
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The malfunction could have been caused by hackers launching a cyberattack, suggested security analysts quoted by the state-run Xinhua news agency.
Another possibility is that it was caused by technical problems with the country's elaborate Internet filtering system, known as the "Great Firewall."
"It's not surprising that an entire country that tries to firewall its network and segregate it from the rest of the Internet is going have glitches -- and when they have glitches, they're going to be extremely disruptive," said Richard Stiennon, chief research analyst with IT-Harvest.
"It's easy when you're trying to maintain such a complicated infrastructure for fat fingers typing in the wrong command line to cause this kind of redirect," he told TechNewsWorld.
Making matters worse, China is currently revamping that complicated infrastructure.
"The Chinese authorities are in the process of swapping out Cisco gear on the Great Firewall and replacing the technology with organic Chinese telcom gear from Huawei and ZTE," noted Bill Hagestad II, author of several books on Chinese cyberwarfare.
"Somebody got the configuration file wrong," he told TechNewsWorld, "and as a result, you got some outages."
Net Purgatory
As part of China's "Golden Shield" to filter Internet information, it routinely poisons domains. When a domain China doesn't like is identified, it sends traffic to that domain to Internet purgatory, commonly displayed in browsers as a "404" error.
That trick may have backfired on the Great Firewall this time, according to GreatFirewall.org, an anticensorship group. Instead of blocking traffic headed to the Falun Gong website, it started redirecting mountains of traffic on the Chinese Net to the site.
The activists were skeptical that hackers were behind the outage.
"If it was a hack, I think it is clear that they could and would have done much more than just redirect traffic to one domain, knowing that domain would likely crash with such a surge in traffic," GreatFirewall.com cofounder Charlie Smith told TechNewsWorld.
"They would have done something much, much bigger in this instance," he continued. "To have hacked the Great Firewall would have taken some thinking and initiative, and it is highly unlikely that they would have done this without a clear intention."
Overzealous Censors
A more likely scenario, according to the activists, is that the system was brought to its knees by overzealous censors trying to block unblockable mirror sites, where news of Chinese government corruption was expected to appear.
"So the censors were scrambling and trying to figure out how to block what we were doing and then all of a sudden it was, 'sh*t, we broke the system,'" Smith said.
While Internet service has been restored to China, future outages remain a possibility.
"I think this could happen again in the future," author Hagestad said.
However, once the kinks are worked out of the revamped Great Firewall, it will be a formidable barrier to Net mischief.
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Medical researchers at the University of Alberta reviewed test results from thousands of patients with various types of cancer and discovered that "disorganized" cancers were more difficult to treat and consistently resulted in lower survival rates.
Principal investigator Jack Tuszynski says physicians could use a mathematical equation, or algorithm, to determine how disorganized their patients' cancer is. Once physicians determine that, then they could pinpoint which cancer treatment would be the most effective. Some cancer drugs are effective at treating simple cancers, while others are designed to attack complex cancers.
The current emphasis in cancer treatment is to inhibit "traffic systems" in cancer, says the researcher.
"Using a math equation, doctors could predict if a given therapy will be successful, which would spare the patient from suffering," says Tuszynski, who holds the Alberta Cancer Foundation-funded Allard Research Chair in Oncology with the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta. "Instead of spending millions of dollars on clinical trials to find better cancer drugs, algorithms could be used to better pinpoint treatment instead."
The research conducted by Tuszynski, a summer student, and research colleagues in Boston, was recently published in the peer-reviewed journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The group looked at 14 types of cancer, including those with high survivability, like prostate cancer, and those with high death rates, such as pancreatic cancer. Each type of cancer has its own unique "metro map," says Tuszynski.
"These traffic signalling systems inside cancer cells look like transportation hubs or metro maps, so you can measure how many stations and how many lines you have," says Tuszynski, who has a joint appointment in the Department of Oncology, as well as the Department of Physics in the Faculty of Science.
"The surprising part is, the more disorganized the traffic signalling system, the more robust and stubborn the cancer is against chemotherapy. If cancer cells have a complex metro map with lots of branches at various locations, then the cancer is very hard to paralyze.
"This research discovery has given us a glimpse into an important issue in cancer treatment. The finding is very telling."
The Alberta Cancer Foundation, which funded the research, is excited about the discovery.
"Dr. Tuszynski's work in computational biophysics promises to create more personalized treatment for cancer patients by targeting the cancerous cells while reducing side effects to healthy cells," says Myka Osinchuk, CEO of the Alberta Cancer Foundation. "This latest research discovery will help push the pace of discovery and we are excited to hear more about the progress being made in this area."
Tuszynski is continuing his research in this area and expects to soon publish more related findings.
|Contact: Raquel Maurier
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The Official Millie Jackson Website
Millie Jackson is much more than an entertainment legend. The shapely, charismatic and multi-talented entertainer is without a doubt, a music industry icon whose oft criticized career paved the way for many of today's forward female recording artists and entertainers. Not only has her lengthy career attracted fans from all walks of life along the way; it's rumored that Bette Midler and Roseanne took pages from Millie's high voltage explicit approach to sex, to enrich their respective careers.


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I'm in the process of moving from blogger to wordpress. I'm openly looking for advice on this move, and what you'd like to see on my site – suggestions welcome!
I've been hosting Get Sconed! since late 2004 here.
I'm starting fresh with my new domain: GetSconedPDX.com. I will include links to old posts, but I think they belong to remain happily over there.
What happens here? More everyday thoughts, cooking adventures and vegan-friendly restaurant and cart outings in Portland, OR and beyond.
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conservative necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 21 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
New look for small private foundation. Home page should emphasize grant application process and information about the foundation. We'd also like to feature information about some of the grant winners, which could be either an individual or an organization.
Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation
Helping Build Brighter Days by Improving the Quality of our Tomorrows
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The Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation is a relatively small private foundation that has limited the scope of its activities to projects and programs providing services to the residents of Guilford County, North Carolina. The Foundation engages in a broad range of grant making to 501(c)(3) organizations, including support of human services, cultural arts, economic development, education and historic preservation.
Design Brief: A complete redesign of their website http://www.tsfoundation.com/
The Tannenbaum-Sternberger Foundation wishes to have their web site redesigned in order to better facilitate the grant application process and to present information about the Foundation and its activities. At this stage, the primary focus is on design of the homepage.
One additional aspect of this redesign is evaluating the foundation's logo and recommending some alternatives. There is not a separate logo contest. You may incorporate some logo concepts within the template design, but that is not required.
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Although Americans have adopted and continue to adopt children from all over the world, Asian minors have immigrated and joined American families in the greatest numbers and most shaped our collective understanding of the process and experiences of adoption. The movement and integration of infants and youths from Japan, the Philippines, India, Vietnam, Korea, and China (the most common sending nations in the region) since the 1940s have not only altered the composition and conception of the American family but also reflected and reinforced the complexities of U.S. relations with and actions in Asia. In tracing the history of Asian international adoption, we can undercover shifting ideas of race and national belonging. The subject enriches the fields of Asian American and immigration history.
Keywords: Asian international adoption, refugee, transracial, transnational, International Social Service, Amerasian, Cold War, humanitarian, Pearl S. Buck, redemption, Operation Babylift, heritage tours, Hong Kong Project, Harry and Bertha Holt, Syngman Rhee
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IDCni necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 66 diseños de 29 diseñadores freelance.
SouthDakota.com needs a logo. Rustic, unique, artisic font or block letters - it's up to you. We want to create a lasting .com "brand" - SouthDakota.com DO NOT focus on background. Focus on Font-presentation of SouthDakota.com.
"explore | life"
Desired Color Scheme:
Brown, Tan, Red, Rust, Maroon, Black - pick from these
Desired Style:
Modern or Wild West - Rustic possible. Clearly Readable. Brandable. Focus on SouthDakota.com presentation
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SouthDakota.com - explore | life
Logo Design - with .com in the logo yet .com MINIMIZED and not the focus of the design and with or without the "explore | life" tagline. explore | life is where we were heading as we were going to have 2 site focuses...exploring and life in.
Potential Ideas - Rustic, unique, artisic font or block letters - it's up to you. Wild West or modern options, but make the Font/Writing stand out. A couple state logos we like are Utah http://travel.utah.gov/news_and_med…ndex.html North Dakota http://www.ndtourism.com/ for reference. Use your own imaginationn. Colors are suggested yet if you have something you love (say blue on grey) go ahead. We plan to run a site design contest next week.
If integrating objects, Mt Rushmore, pheasants & agriculture are options (wheat and corn). Objects not necessary, but optional. Our focus will be on the FONT and look for the SouthDakota.com - make it bold but not obnoxious.
PLEASE focus on the presentation of SouthDakota.com and not focus on backgrounds and such as design is not started. Shading is great as desired, but present on a solid color background please.Â
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University Libraries' Services for People with Disabilities
What We Do
We strive to offer a welcoming environment to all of our users. We recognize that not all materials associated with library services are accessible to all. Therefore, we are intent on providing assistance to promote accessibility, especially in the area of research and reference services. Accessibility technology with an emphasis on blind and low vision is available in our Accessibility Resource Study Room (#102 FML).
We welcome your feedback and suggestions on how we can build a more accessible, seamless and transparent Library environment.
Sarah McHone-Chase
Phone: 815-753-9860
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Leanne VandeCreek
Phone: 815-753-9804
Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Research and Reference Help
It is within the scope of NIU Libraries' services to discuss classroom paper topics, research assignments, class presentations, etc. with users. Sources of information we wish to use are not always in an accessible format for persons with disabilities. It is our desire to work with users in obtaining requested and needed materials in an accessible format. Please call or e-mail the Coordinator of Library Services for Persons with Disabilities several days in advance to set up a mutually convenient time for a one-on-one research session. Together, we will strive to obtain copies of library materials in the requested format, or discuss alternative ways to make them accessible.
Accessibility Resource Study Room -- FML 102
Room 102 located on the west side of the first floor of Founders Memorial Library contains sources of accessibility technology with an emphasis on blind and low vision. Please contact the Coordinator of Library Services for Persons with Disabilities for assistance.
Ask for the key to this room at the Security Office. You will be asked to leave valid identification until the key is returned.
Technology includes:
- Computer stations with:
- NVDA (Non-Visual Desktop Accessibility) Screen Reader
- Jaws for Windows
- ZoomText
- Word
- Voyager Braille Display, 44-cell
- Kurzweil 1000, PC-based reader with scanner & printer
- Access to library homepage, internet, etc.
- Dragon Naturally Speaking
- TextAloud
- SARA, a scanner/reader
- Sorenson VRS, video relay service
- APH cassette players
- CCTVs for enlarging print
- Perkins brailler
- Braille n' Print II
- Large Print encyclopedias, dictionaries
Braille and/or tactile signs on elevators, escalators, bathrooms, etc. Wheelchair height tables for first floor computer workstations. Ramp access to the library. Wheelchair accessible book drops.
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Dean Fred Barnhart
Phone: (815) 753-1995
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Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of Reading and Language Arts
The program described below was approved by the President on May 24, 1989.
The Graduate Certificate in the Teaching of Reading and Language Arts is designed for elementary and secondary teachers who desire to increase their knowledge and ability to integrate the teaching of language arts, literature, and reading. Certificate holders may qualify as language arts resource personnel in some school districts.
Admission Requirements:
1. Compliance with all University requirements for admission to a graduate program;
2. Hold a baccalaureate or graduate degree from an accredited institution of higher education;
3. Hold a current elementary or secondary teaching credential;
4. Achieve a passing score on the CSULB Writing Proficiency Examination;
5. Achieve at least 3.0 g.p.a. in the most recently completed 30 units of upper-division and graduate level study;
6. Submit a written application to the program.
Program Requirements:
1. Complete the following 21 units of coursework: ED P 400, EDEL 540, 558, EDEL 451 or EDEL/EDSE 551, EDEL 550 or 553, and EDEL/EDSE 552 or EDEL 556, and three units of elective coursework chosen in consultation with the Reading Coordinator;
2. Maintain at least 3.0 g.p.a. in all coursework for the program; and
3. Complete all coursework within five years of admission to the program.
Effective: Fall 1989


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The motel has remodeled units and newly remodeled family units. The family units will accommodate six people with two bedrooms, living room, bath and kitchen.
The units have one king or two queen beds, and all rooms offer microwaves, refrigerators, phones, cable TV, A/C, free ice and free wi-fi. There is also a picnic area and children's play ground with a splendid view of Zion in the background. Self-serve coin Laundromat.
This is a non-smoking motel. We do not accept pets on the premises.
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Coming from I-15, simply Follow State Highway 9 to Springdale. The motel is located right on the route to Zion National Park in Springdale Utah. If you are coming from U. S. 89, the motel will be on your left, one mile after leaving Zion National Park.
Zion National Park: 1 mile, 2 minutes
Bryce Canyon: 89 miles, 2 hours 10 minutes
Grand Canyon - North Rim: 130 miles, 2 hours 30 minutes
Zion Park Motel is close to the shuttle stop in downtown Springdale.
The Zion Park Motel is located just one mile south of Zion National Park and the Zion Canyon Cinemax Theater. This Zion Motel is situated in beautiful Springdale, Utah, we are just two hours and a few minutes from either Bryce Canyon National Park, the North Rim of the Grand Canyon or Lake Powell. Just three hours from the McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, we are an easy destination to make and enjoy the wonderful scenery in Southern Utah. If you decide to fly into the Salt Lake International Airport, we are just five hours south. One hour away from St. George golfing, the LDS Temple and Visitor Center, and in the summer time there are wonderful outdoor musical productions at Tuacahn Amphitheater. Cedar City located just one hour north is host to the Utah Shakespearean Festival, which also runs throughout the summer.
Zion Park Motel is surrounded with a spectacular view of Zion National Park. We have an outdoor heated pool with decorative rock walls, a lower shaded area, and a upper deck for those who would like to get some sun.
We are close to the shuttle stop in downtown Springdale. Across the street, at the Zion Park Gift &Deli, they serve fresh sandwiches on home-baked bread.They also feature hand-dipped ice cream, baked goods, coffee and candies. In their gift shop, you can find southwest jewelry, T-shirts, rocks, souvenirs and more.
There are other restaurants, gift shops, specialty shopping and evening shows within walking distance from the motel. Zion Park Motel is all ground floor level, with easy parking and comfortable access to each room.


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Photos of a teenage boy made to look like a baby have gone viral, being shared thousands of times on Facebook and appearing in media outlets ranging from MSNBC to the Daily Mail. At first glance, the unusual images might look creepy but when you hear the back story you're likely to find them endearing.
The photo was taken by Florida photographer Kelli Higgins who is the mother of eight children, six biological and two adopted, 13-year-old Latrell and his younger sister Chanya.
Higgins adopted Latrell at age 10 and she was troubled by the fact that she could give him all the love in the world yet still he was missing the special memories of an early childhood.
"They come to you with nothing. I mean really nothing, no history at all. No pictures of themselves as babies or anything," Higgins told the Christian Science Monitor.
The professional photographer decided to fill the void by doing a creative photo shoot, depicting Latrell as a newborn and sending out the image as a birth announcement.
She posted the announcement on Facebook and the response was tremendous. The photo was shared over 5,000 times and received over 12,000 likes and over 2,000 encouraging comments.