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This is the second article in a series explaining how to understand and program with OpenACC. This tutorial will introduce parallel regions and teach how the gang, worker, and vector clauses affect the OpenACC execution model. Example code will implement and compare OpenACC and OpenMP implementations of the Classic Gram-Schmidt (CGS) method, a computational linear algebra technique commonly taught in classrooms and used in scientific computing. The previous article in this series, "Easy GPU Parallelism with OpenACC," provided a quick overview of OpenACC and enough information so the reader could start using OpenACC as quickly as possible.
In a nutshell, OpenACC parallel regions are useful because they let programmers annotate code in a style that is conceptually very similar to OpenMP. Kernel regions allow the compiler to automatically generate CUDA-style kernels, which gives advanced programmers the ability to express any CUDA kernel launch configuration using portable directive-based OpenACC syntax. Engineers at PGI wrote an excellent description of the difference between the OpenACC parallel and kernels constructs and how they map to NVIDIA devices.
Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization is a method of factorization that can be termed triangular orthogonalization, meaning a set of triangular matrices are applied on a matrix to produce an orthogonal matrix. Operations on triangular matrices are typically a challenge to express for massively parallel devices like GPUs because the workload can vary on a per loop basis. This tutorial will demonstrate how OpenACC can be used to succinctly annotate a sequential CGS code to express the variable parallelism of the algorithm. A comparable OpenMP implementation shows the similarity between OpenACC and OpenMP pragma usage. Optimizations will be discussed that increase performance by making better use of the memory subsystems of both GPU and CPU devices. Final benchmarks show that the optimized CGS OpenACC implementation provides up to a 7.9x speedup for a 5000x5000 matrix on an NVIDIA C2070 compared with an optimized OpenMP implementation running on a quad-core 2.53 GHz Xeon e5630 CPU.
The OpenACC Execution Model
From the first tutorial in this series, we know that OpenACC targets a host-directed execution model where the sequential code runs on a conventional processor and computationally intensive parallel pieces of code (kernels) run on an accelerator such as a GPU. This mapping between the host and parallel device(s) reflects a hardware expression of Amdahl's Law.
Amdahl's Law is named after the computer architect Gene Amdahl. It is not really a law, but rather an approximation that models the ideal speedup that can happen when sequential (single-threaded) programs are modified to run on parallel hardware. In the ideal case, those sections of code that can be parallelized can have their runtime reduced by a factor of N, where N is the number of parallel processing elements. Large application speedups can occur when the parallel sections of code dominate the runtime of the sequential code. Theoretically, the time taken to complete the serial sections of code (those sections that cannot be parallelized) will eventually dominate the runtime when the number of parallel processing elements, N, is large.
The benefit of the OpenACC host-directed sequential model is that it can leverage the massive parallelism of one or more accelerator devices where the number of processing elements (PEs) is large, while preserving the ability of the latest generation of sequential processors to accelerate the serial sections of code. In this way, the performance characteristics of both state-of-the-art processors and accelerators can be exploited.
As noted in Part 1, OpenACC programmers must pay close attention to data transfers and usage of OpenACC device(s). High-performance applications generally conform to the following three rules of coprocesser programming:
- Transfer the data across the PCIe bus onto the device and keep it there.
- Give the device enough work to do.
- Focus on data reuse within the coprocessor(s) to avoid memory bandwidth bottlenecks.
As will be shown in this tutorial, a corollary to these three rules is to avoid dynamic memory allocation and free operations. OpenACC targets two types of compute-intensive parallel sections of code so they can potentially be offloaded to an accelerator device:
- Kernel regions bundle one or several nested loops into a kernel. The OpenACC compiler essentially translates the loops into a kernel that can run in parallel on the accelerator. Current compilers are able to offload loops that are nested three levels deep. When the nesting level exceeds the compiler capability, the outer loop(s) will run sequentially on the host, while the inner loops will run on the accelerator. When possible, ensure that the inner loops perform the largest amounts of work to make best use of the accelerator. Following is an example from Part 1 of a nested set of matrix multiplication loops that was annotated as a kernel region for the OpenACC compiler:
// Compute matrix multiplication. #pragma acc kernels copyin(a,b) copy(c) for (i = 0; i < SIZE; ++i) { for (j = 0; j < SIZE; ++j) { for (k = 0; k < SIZE; ++k) { c[i][j] += a[i][k] * b[k][j]; } } }
Example 1: A kernel region.
- Parallel regions annotate a set of work-sharing loops for acceleration on the target device. It is up to the compiler to decide how to best express the computation for correct and efficient execution on the target architecture. In a very real sense, the OpenACC parallel construct highlights the value added by the compiler authors and can differentiate OpenACC compilers. Following is a set of work-sharing loops from the CGS example discussed later in this article. Note one loop in the parallel region performs a reduction operation, while the other loop utilizes the reduction result:
#pragma acc parallel loop for(int j=k+1; j < cols; j++) { double tmp=0.; for(int i=0; i < rows; i++) tmp += Q[i][k] * Q[i][j]; for(int i=0; i < rows; i++) Q[i][j] -= tmp * Q[i][k]; }
Example 2: A parallel region.
The OpenACC execution model lets the host processor orchestrate the execution of all parallel and kernel accelerated regions of code. This includes allocating memory on the device, initiating data transfer(s), loading executable code on the accelerator, passing arguments used by the parallel region, queuing ready-to-run device code, waiting for completion (unless directed otherwise by the programmer), transferring results back to the host, and deallocating device memory. Most accelerators let the host pipeline a sequence of operations so they can be executed as quickly as possible on the device, one after the other.
From the perspective of the programmer working with a parallel or kernels construct, the OpenACC execution model has three levels: gang, worker and vector. How these constructs map to the underlying hardware depends on the device capabilities and what the compiler thinks is the best mapping for the problem.
OpenACC targets a general device architecture that assumes a device will contain multiple processing elements (PE) that run in parallel. Each PE also has the ability to efficiently perform vector-like operations. For NVIDIA GPUs, it is reasonable to think of a PE as a streaming multiprocessor, that an OpenACC gang is a threadblock, a worker is effectively a warp, and that an OpenACC vector is a form of CUDA thread.
OpenACC does not provide support for synchronization between gangs or directly sharing data between gangs. (That said, limited synchronization through the host or data via device memory is possible.) Both the CUDA and OpenCL programming languages make these same assumptions to preserve high performance and the ability to scale to arbitrarily large numbers of PEs. I refer to this as a "strong scaling execution model" in my talks and articles about NVIDIA GPUs, AMD GPUs, and Intel Xeon Phi. These limitations mean that OpenACC programmers must map the parallelism in their code so that data is only shared with workers within the same gang.
For tuning OpenACC code to a specific device, OpenACC lets the programmer specify that a given loop should map to gangs, workers, and/or vectors as well as the number of gangs, workers, and/or vectors that should be used in the mapping. Note that such tuning operations will be specific to a particular device and might actually reduce performance on another device. In general, it is best to let the compiler decide the best mapping for device portability and to benefit from future compiler improvements. For more information, Mark Harris has a nice tutorial discussing OpenACC tuning using the gang, worker, and vector clauses.
Following are some simple SAXPY examples from Cliff Woolley's NVIDIA GTC talk, "Profiling and Tuning OpenACC Code," demonstrating how particular OpenACC clauses can be used to map to CUDA threads:
- Use whatever mapping to threads and blocks the compiler chooses.
#pragma acc kernels loop for( int i = 0; i < n; ++i ) y[i] += a*x[i];
Example 3: Let the compiler choose the mapping.
- Specify that the kernel will use 100 thread blocks, each with 128 threads, where each thread executes one iteration of the loop.
#pragma acc kernels loop gang(100), vector(128) for( int i = 0; i < n; ++i ) y[i] += a*x[i];
Example 4: Specify gang and vector values for a kernels loop.
- Specify that the following parallel region will utilize 100 thread blocks, each with 128 threads, where each thread executes one iteration of the loop.
#pragma acc parallel num_gangs(100), vector_length(128) { #pragma acc loop gang, vector for( int i = 0; i < n; ++i ) y[i] += a*x[i]; }
Example 5: Specify num_gangs and vector length of a parallel region.
The Classic Gram-Schmidt Method
Classic Gram-Schmidt is commonly taught and utilized in scientific computing even though it is known to be numerically unstable due to floating-point rounding errors. To decrease rounding errors, the examples in this article will show how easy it is to mix double- and single-precision computations (hybrid precision) in OpenACC.
Even with hybrid precision, much of the existing literature encourages researchers to avoid CGS and utilize the more numerically stable Modified Gram-Schmidt algorithm (MGS). An advantage of the MGS algorithm is that it requires fewer floating-point operations. Per-Olof Persson's 2007 "Introduction to Numerical Methods" lecture at MIT, "Gram-Schmidt Orthogonalization" provides a nice synopsis of the conventional reasoning. Conversely, the general availability and high flop capability of massively parallel hardware has sparked new thinking that indicates efficient parallel variants of CGS can be a more attractive, and more numerically stable computational technique than MGS. Following are two references that compare parallel CGS against other Gram-Schmidt variants:
- F. J. Lingen, 2000, "Efficient Gram-Schmidt orthonormalization on parallel computers"
- Giraud , Langou, Rozloznik, 2003, "On the loss of orthogonality in the Gram-Schmidt orthogonalization process"


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Several major disorders that occur during pregnancy result from failure of the placenta to implant correctly into the uterus or womb. During early pregnancy cells from the placenta, known as trophoblast cells, invade into the uterus and tap into the mother's blood supply to sustain the growing baby. Failure of this process can lead to insufficient supply of blood to the placenta resulting in preeclampsia, as well as low birth weight babies, stillbirth, or recurrent miscarriage.
The invading placental trophoblast cells intermingle with maternal immune cells in the uterine lining. Trophoblast express not only maternal but also paternal genes and these will be different or "foreign" to the mother. Maternal immune cells can recognize these "foreign" fetal molecules and are thought to regulate the implantation process, allowing sufficient but not excessive invasion of the placenta. In the preeclamptic pregnancy, this interactive process goes wrong and there is inadequate modification of the blood vessels which can lead to "starvation" of the placenta and subsequently triggering of the preeclamptic syndrome later in gestation in the mother.
The important molecules displayed by the trophoblast that are recognized by maternal immune cells are members of the HLA (Human Leucocyte Antigen) family known as HLA-C. The maternal receptors that recognize and interact with HLA-C are the KIR family (Killer Immunoglobulin-like Receptors). These two gene families (HLA and KIR) are very variable or polymorphic, meaning that each mother will inherit a particular set of KIR genes and the fetus will have two HLA-C genes, one from mother and father. This means maternal KIR will bind to fetal HLA-C in a way that can vary from one pregnancy to another. The interaction should lead to successful implantation but sometimes the combination of these genes from mother and baby results in inadequate invasion and leads to complications in the pregnancy.
Last month, in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, a team from the University of Cambridge reported new findings on the genetics underlying preeclampsia and other placental diseases. Women with a particular set of KIR genes – the KIR-AA genotype – who were carrying a fetus with a HLA-C2 gene were at higher risk of developing preeclampsia than those carrying other KIR/HLA-C gene combinations. This was especially so if the fetus had inherited the HLA-C2 gene from the father.
These genetic findings do not translate directly into therapeutic interventions in preeclampsia, although it may be useful eventually in choosing a compatible sperm donor in IVF. The results tell us more about why placental implantation goes wrong sometimes. They might explain the old idea of the "dangerous male", where pregnancy with particular men often results in preeclampsia. The report does emphasize the common underlying processes that would explain why a history of miscarriage or infertility is associated with a heightened risk of preeclampsia in subsequent pregnancies. Furthermore, this risk cannot be affected by lifestyle, which helps those of us who "did everything right" to explain what went wrong.
Also this month, a team from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, followed up on the connection between blood levels of vitamin D and preeclampsia in the British Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology. It makes sense to think that the levels of vitamin D in the maternal bloodstream might have something to do with the later development of preeclampsia, because the vitamin is already known to affect some immune responses and because early small observational studies have shown an increased level of preeclampsia in the group of women with low vitamin D levels.
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KANSAS CITY -- The weather didn't exactly cooperate, but the first Royals FanFest to be held at Bartle Hall in the downtown Kansas City Convention Center was deemed a success.
As the two-day event ended on Saturday night, Royals vice president Toby Cook said total attendance was 11,032, the highest turnout for any Royals FanFest. That included about 3,000 on Friday when snow and slippery streets plagued the area.
As the two-day event headed into its final hours on Saturday, Royals vice president Toby Cook estimated total attendance at about 10,000. That included about 3,000 on Friday, when snow and slippery streets plagued the area.
"We wanted to be in the 12,000 to 15,000 range, but I think the weather hurt us a little bit yesterday and maybe a little bit today," Cook said on Saturday. "It was great to be in a larger venue. Even when it was full, people had elbow room and people liked the fact that there weren't long lines for the interactive games."
Winter weather elsewhere delayed some players traveling to Kansas City, but only one, shortstop Alcides Escobar, couldn't make it because of plane problems. Manager Ned Yost planned to arrive on Wednesday, but flight cancellations in Atlanta kept him away until Friday afternoon.
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Tackle Challenging Materials with Servo Presses
Metal stampers face the challenges of forming advanced and varied materials while maintaining high levels of quality and throughput. At times it can be difficult to achieve both, especially when faced with challenging materials such as aluminum alloys and high-strength steels (HSS) that require slower forming speeds to achieve the desired quality, and a stable process. This contradiction of expectations can be resolved by using servo-direct press technology.
The advantages of programming a servo-driven press to form advanced materials can be compared to racing a bicycle through a curvy, hilly course. The rider gains speed down the hills, slows down to navigate the curves and then accelerates out of the curves to achieve maximum speed without losing control. This is how a servo press can accommodate the needs of the forming cycle when stamping advanced materials, by adapting to the requirements of the cycle. Just as a cyclist that races the entire course at the slow cornering speed will lose the race, so will a traditional mechanical press with an eccentric drive, forced to operate at the slowest forming speed throughout the entire cycle.
Blankholders' Impact on Slide Speed
When trimming materials such as aluminum or HSS, a blankholder inside the die fixes the part in place before the slide moves the die to begin the trimming operation. In the case of HSS, the blankholder must hold the part in place to ensure the blank does not move during the high-tonnage cutting operation. The stamper must take great care to control the process and ensure there is no excess energy emitted and that the process remains stable. Note: a similar reduction in speed is required when the slide touches the blankholder for drawing processes, as well.
Just before the slide engages the die, the blankholder accelerates to hold the part in position using gas springs (or pins). The blankholder engages and does not move while the slide moves down and then up to perform the trimming operation. When the slide returns, the springs or pins also must achieve a certain speed per tonnage to match the speed of the slide, to reduce vibration in the die and not overload cams or other in-die components. This is the velocity limit on the return stroke related to the blankholder. When stamping high-strength steels, the blankholder is larger in size and more solid in its design, which requires pressurization of additional gas springs or pins (Fig. 1), and may even require a slower velocity on the return stroke.
Here, the benefit of servo drive is the ability to slow the slide speed to accommodate the blankholder, and then increase slide speed when the die is open. This optimizes throughput and process stability. To achieve a higher throughput, the maximum stroke rate of a servo press must be higher than that of a standard mechanical press.
Fig. 2—When looking at a cross section of cut HSS material, part of the cut that is a clean shear, followed by material breakthrough. When cutting high-strength steels, the high force required is stored energy within the press.
A note for diemakers: Knowing that you can reduce the speed in the die may allow the use of less-complex or lighter die components, reducing costs without impacting throughput.
Cutting HSS, and its Impact on Slide Speed, Vibration (Wear) and Noise
When looking at a cross section of cut HSS material, part of the cut is a clean shear, followed by material breakthrough. When cutting high-strength steels, the high force required is stored energy within the press (Fig. 2). During the breakthrough portion of the cut, the energy releases into the press. This is comparable to pulling a string on a bow. As the string is pulled, energy stores in the bow. When released, vibration results. In a press, the breakthrough portion of the cut can result in strong vibrations, and the more energy stored the more vibration that occurs on release. The released vibrations within the press can stress the press components and diminish press accuracy and performance. Some of the resulting issues include:
• Loose components such as screws, scrap chutes, cabinets, piping and cables;
• Overloading anti-vibration elements;
• Early failure of sensitive components, such as a PC mounted on the uprights;
• Cracks on dies or welded seams in the press;
• Heavy shear wear resulting in reduced cutting-edge quality and shorter die-component life; and
• Higher noise levels.
Therefore, it is important to have a soft breakthrough of the material to release the energy from the press with minimal vibration. This is accomplished by using slower cutting and impact speeds. This will lead to reduced energy emission and less vibration in the process. In a press shop, this means less noise and reduced wear on die and press components.
For certain business situations, this noise reduction can be significant. In a study of a 450-ton monoblock servo press forming advanced materials, noise levels dropped by 40 percent compared to a traditional mechanical press. This allowed the stamper to meet neighborhood noise regulations and bring previously outsourced work back inhouse.Again, like the bicycle race, this is an area that may define the speed and overall throughput of a mechanical press that would lose the race against a servo-driven press. With the ability to program a servo-driven press, slide acceleration can be lowered during cutting to keep vibration minimal. For example, we've seen applications using a traditional mechanical press where slide acceleration before BDC is 5g; it drops to less than 2g when using servo-drive programming. Vibration drops, reducing stress on press components and making the process more stable. The process can be stabilized even further by introducing a cushion, as the cushion box acceleration can match blankholder speed to further reduce vibration in the system. MF
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MONTREAL - Luka Magnotta sat motionless in the prisoner's box Wednesday, looking straight ahead with his hands folded on his lap as lawyers discussed who would testify at his preliminary inquiry and how it will unfold beginning March 11.
Though initially expected to last two weeks, four weeks have now been set aside for the pre-trial hearing into Magnotta's alleged role in some of the most heinous crimes ever committed in Quebec.
Magnotta, 30, is charged with first degree murder in the death of Chinese university student Jun Lin as well as defiling Lin's corpse, harassing Prime Minister Stephen Harper and other MPs, and publishing and mailing obscene material — notably a video of the murder and the victim's hands and feet. He has pleaded not guilty to all the charges and has chosen to be tried before a jury.
At a meeting to prepare for the upcoming hearings, Crown Prosecutor Louis Bouthillier told Judge Lori-Renée Weitzman, who will preside over the inquiry, that in fact the investigation into the murder and dismemberment, allegedly filmed and posted online, is ongoing — here and in Europe, where Magnotta was arrested June 4 after a weeklong international manhunt.
Weitzman's first order of business Wednesday was to place a publication ban on any evidence presented during the preliminary inquiry, at the defence's request.
As per the rules of the court, any new evidence uncovered during ongoing investigations will be divulged to Magnotta and his lawyer, however, Bouthillier said.
Bouthillier told Weitzman he had originally planned on calling about 15 witnesses, including witnesses in Paris and Berlin and experts, among them a pathologist, a forensic biologist, a forensic toxicologist and a dental expert.
But he now believes he will have to call more witnesses because Magnotta's defence lawyer, Toronto-based Luc Leclair, will not make any admissions on behalf of his client to speed the process along.
Leclair will not make an admission as to the identity of the victim, the identity of the accused, or the time and date of the infraction. The torso of Jun Lin, 33, who was studying computer engineering at Concordia University, was found May 29 stuffed in a suitcase outside the apartment in Côte des Neiges where Magnotta lived.
The same day, Canada Post parcels containing a hand and a foot and adressed to Conservative and Liberal party offices in Ottawa were discovered.
Then, about a week later, another hand and foot were received at two schools in Vancouver.
Any out-of-province or out-of-country witnesses asked to testify at Magnotta's preliminary inquiry may be able to do so via video conference, Bouthillier said.
The inquiry will be held in English, as Magnotta, who was born in Ontario has requested, with the exception of testimony by French-speaking witnesses which will be simultaneously translated for the accused.
The inquiry will be held March 11 to 23, and, if need be, will continue June 3.
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Native of Greene County, 79, of 675 Cullum Street, Meadville, who died Monday, December 19, 1994, in Meadville Medical Center. He was born July 18, 1915, in Greene County, a son of Albert and Anna Cumpston. Mr. Cumpston was a veteran of World War II, serving in the U. S. Army. He was employed in the maintenance department of Allegheny College until his retirement. Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Gary (Christine) Terwilliger Jr. of Sandy Lake; two sons, Douglas Cumpston of Dayton, Ohio, and Noel Myers Cumpston of Wilmore, Ky.; a stepson, David Meyer of Conneault Lake; three sisters, Louise Morris o Washington, Peg Wilson of Waynesburg and Anna Mae Whitehill of Pittsburgh; five brothers, Earl Cumpston of Lynnwood, Wash., Paul Cumpston of Imperial, Charles Cumpston of Amit, La., Allan Cumpston of Pittsburgh, and Wayne Cumpston of Upland, Calif; seven grandchildren, a great-grandchild; and several nieces and nephews. Deceased are a son, a daughter, a sister and brother. Services and interment were held in Mercer County. Newspaper obituary, date and source unknown (Greene County, PA)
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Human evolution: Quest for primitive human backfires
Best news I've heard all year, actually. Also the worst. Bear with me.
A friend writes to tell me that
Jared Diamond, geography prof at UCLA, ornithologist and popular science writer, is in hot water for writing a story in the New Yorker last year that described "vengeance wars" among tribes in Papua New Guinea that apparently has angered the tribes. The convoluted episode has resulted in his being vilified by anthropologists and by Stephen Jay Gould's widow, who runs Art Science Research Laboratory.He is being sued for defamation by his New Guinea subjects.
The story is told in Science by Michael Balter, who also has a summary on his blog.
An anthropologist can no longer just visit a native tribe, take notes, and come home to write pretend science articles about their "primitive" habits. Today, many members of traditional peoples have computers, jobs, and political clout. Anthropologists are answerable to the people they write about, who are now paying attention.
In truth, this whole area has been marked by huge scandals over the years. I strongly recommend Patrick Tierney's Darkness in Eldorado, as a remedial text for anyone who took anthropology under a materialist system, where the profs were looking for evidence of "primitive" humans, and caused huge disruptions in aboriginal communities as a result.
Want to see a "primitive" human? Go to the bathroom and look in the mirror.
But ... I am concerned that this may be an instance of libel tourism. That just means looking for a favourable jurisdiction in which to launch a suit that would be considered frivolous in most jurisdictions, and would not gain standing in a court.
The only solution, in my view, is the one we are embarking on in Canada - reform of the defamation laws to clarify what we do and do not consider defamation. For example, if my - very traditional - view is adopted, we don't consider dead people, abstract ideas, religions, or groups to be plaintiffs for defamation. Defamation means that a live person suffered specific, identifiable harm as a result of demonstrably false or unprovable statements made about him/her.
If the person is a public figure, that bar should obviously be lowered. He who seeks greater power than his fellows must deal with greater detraction.
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WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) will hold a public meeting at 9:30 a.m. (Eastern Time) Tuesday, July 26, to employment barriers faced by individuals with arrest and conviction records.
The meeting will be held at EEOC headquarters, 131 M Street, N.E. In accordance with the Sunshine Act, the meeting is open for public observation of the Commission's deliberations.
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Known as the ?Emerald Isle? due to its 40 shades of green, Ireland is an island of lush green hills, crumbling castles, rugged granite mountains, caves, cliffs, crystal clear waterways and lunar landscapes caused by volcanic eruptions all surrounded by the brooding waters of the Irish Sea and Atlantic Ocean. From the Giants Causeway in County Antrim to the Cliffs of Moher to Connemara and the Lakes of Killarney there is so much to see and do in Ireland.
Full of mystery, myths and legends, it evokes images of everything from leprechauns and Blarney stones to music festivals and perfect pints of Guinness. Don't forget to visit the following must see locations:
- The Cliffs of Moher – one of Ireland's top Visitor attractions and a designated UNESCO Geo Park. The Cliffs are 214m high at the highest point and range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean on the western seaboard of County Clare. O'Brien's Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic Cliffs. From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South.
- The Blarney Stone – is a block of bluestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, Blarney, about 5 miles from Cork. According to legend, kissing the stone endows the kisser with the gift of eloquence. To kiss it, one has to lean backwards (holding on to an iron railing) from the parapet walk. The prize is a real one as once kissed the stone bestows the gift of eloquence. The stone was set into a tower of the castle in 1446.
- The Giants Causeway – For centuries countless visitors have marvelled at the majesty and mystery of the Giants Causeway. At the heart of one of Europe?s most magnificent coastlines its unique rock formations have, for millions of years, stood as a natural rampart against the unbridled ferocity of Atlantic storms. The rugged symmetry of the columns never fails to intrigue and inspire visitors. To stroll on the Giants Causeway is to voyage back in time.
- Belfast Castle – set on the slopes of Cavehill Country Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland in a prominent position 400 feet above sea level. Its location provides unobstructed views of the city of Belfast and Belfast Lough.
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A charming narcissist by birth, and poet and painter by trade, Habib Gerez enjoys the company of young women almost as much as the stroke of a brush or pen. He is fluent in six languages, including French, which used to be requisite knowledge for educated Jews in Turkey; Ladino, a form of Judeo-Spanish; and most recently, Russian, to cater to one or two of his "girlfriends prolongées," as lawyer and Jewish Museum of Turkey curator Naim Avigdor Güleryüz describes his old friend's attractive younger partners in serial monogamy. When asked how he learned so many languages, Gerez casually responded in French, "Autodictat."
Gerez lives in a roomy multilevel home, which also serves as an office and warehouse for 4,000 as-yet-unsold paintings at a coveted address near the Galata tower in Istanbul. He owns four cars—though, at 85, he no longer drives them—and vacations in Italy and France in his leisure time. Despite what would appear to be a life of luxury, Gerez insists that he is not wealthy, but just average. Yet the average elderly Istanbullu probably wouldn't be found lounging in his living room on a weekday afternoon in a crisp linen shirt and patterned cravat, surrounded by walls bearing relics of his own creation, being served tea by a Hungarian "fiancée" several decades his junior.
Yusef Habib Gerez was born on June 14, 1926, to a middle-class family in the picturesque neighborhood of Ortaköy, along the European shore of the Bosphorus Strait. His mother was a homemaker, and his father worked in textiles. He has an older brother, Heskia Habib, who now resides in Holland with his family.
From as far back as he can remember, Gerez had an artist's instinct, but he never had formal art training. He took a stab at law school in the 1950s but dropped out after one year. "When we sat down to study, he would be writing poems," Güleryüz remembered.
Gerez is magically engaging, overwhelmingly eccentric, and surprisingly likable; he brings his younger self alive as a third character in conversation—a reference to a version of himself that seems to be disjointed from the current. Pulling out a book about himself from under his desk, shaking it up and down to demonstrate its heft, and noting the $120 price sticker, Gerez pointed to a picture of himself during his 1955 stint in the Turkish army.
He is also cunningly selective in terms of what he chooses to reveal about his past—and his Jewish identity is among the parts of his biography that he masks. For several years, he served as the private secretary to the chief rabbi of Turkey. While his father and brother actively practiced Judaism as Gerez was growing up, he and his mother did not. Gerez does not identify with the faith, describing himself as an atheist. "I am God, you are God. For me, hell is here, paradise is here."
Entrenched in an odd state of apathy for a Jew raised in a Muslim state, Gerez denies any particular solidarity to the state of Israel. "Everybody is the same," he repeated. "I believe that borders and languages and religions are invented by man."
His bold egalitarian statements provide little explanation for the large painting bearing the Star of David and other Jewish symbols occupying a wall in his bedroom. "This symbolizes a nation that raised from blood and dirt—Israel," he explained, pointing to blended hints of red and brown in the center of the painting. He proudly adds that he is listed in the Encyclopedia Judaica, volumes of which sit in a vitrine downstairs.
Yet he neglects to mention that he had worked for two Turkish-Jewish newspapers, Haftanın Sesi, of which he was a co-founder in 1956, and later, Şalom, for which he wrote poems as recently as 1997. Fellow former Şalom writer Yakup Almelek says that the bulk of Gerez's monetary success actually came from his handsome salary at Şalom, and not from selling paintings, which is not Istanbul's most lucrative industry.
Another old pal, Beki Louisa Bahar, 84, a Jewish poet and playwright in Istanbul, sheds light on this seemingly paradoxical aspect of Gerez's self-appointed identity. "Don't believe it," she resolutely assured me. "Writers want to be Turkish writers, national writers. They don't want to be Jewish writers. [Turkey] is not a country where, even if he is very successful, a Jewish writer is accepted. All our writers want to prove that they are Turkish. For a Jew to say he is not a Jew is to defend himself."
Despite her gripes with the way Gerez categorizes himself, Bahar has only positive sentiments about her friend of decades, who was also a dear comrade to her late husband. She describes Gerez as charming and very polite, and says that his Casanova-esque tendencies date back to his handsome youth. She also testifies to Gerez's generosity. When she sent him an invitation to her son's wedding, he made a painting using the invitation as a canvas and brought it to her as a gift.
Every year, he extends her an invitation to his birthday party, which is usually a lavish occasion with a crowd of like talents reading poetry aloud. "He is an intellectual," declared Güleryüz.
From love and politics to family and nature, Gerez's poems and paintings cover a wide range of all the good and bad that life has to offer. He has published dozens of Turkish poetry books that have been translated into several romance languages, and has even volunteered to translate Ladino poems into Turkish, despite not writing in Ladino himself. He paints in oil and acrylic and does not discriminate between people and landscapes. He is not inspired by one particular thing, but rather, by most everything. His smallest paintings cost about $3,000, and prices skyrocket from there.
Who shells out the money for his paintings? Gerez is frank on this matter. "The nouveau riche, and people who want to make money after I die," he said. "When I die, the price of my paintings will double."
The artist's website, HabibGerez.com, boasts a list of dozens of awards he has received, starting as far back as 1974. Gerez, who enjoys bragging about his achievements while somehow establishing a humble, endearing foundation, has a display case in his home flooded with ribbons, medals, and trophies.
Gerez's buddies, much like his persona, comprise a colorful spectrum. Those who know him well say he associates with all kinds of people, irrespective of religion or profession, and he is kind and generous to his fellow writers, artists, and über-intellectuals. "There is a saying in French," said Almelek, who has known Gerez for 50 years. "You tell me who your friends are, I'll tell you who you are."
Though his health is eroding, Gerez shows few signs of slowing down. He plans to eventually turn his home into a museum to display his works. He still paints and writes regularly. As for why he has never tied the knot, Gerez is vague. "I don't believe in marriage. Marriage is to make a signature." Bahar, who is friendly with Gerez's relatives in Israel, a source for her gossip, said, "He never talks about this. When he was young, there was a Jewish Turkish man married, I think, to a French woman. He was in love with her. After that big love, he could not love anyone."
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A massive rip in the in the very fabric of reality was caused inadvertently by the Scrins use of their rift weapon. This anomaly would eventually be known has the Dimensional rift. The effects were devastating, the time line was shattered and suddenly people, events, vehicles even buildings suddenly ceased to exist. Suddenly both GDI & Nod had vastly altered armies. Old technology was mixed in with the new, briefly the war was suspended, has both armies struggled to come to terms with both their loses and their new additions. And what of the Scrin? completely unaffected! It was 3 weeks after the dimensional rift that the first skirmish occurred. Nod forces destroyed a relief convoy that was moving to assist a small GDI outpost, all personnel were lost. Belatedly GDI declared war on Nod, the tools of war may have change, but Tiberium was still present, Kane still alive and mankind's future still uncertain.
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The Frosted Sunrise. It's a combination of Simply Orange Juice and the restaurant's vanilla Icedream. Similar to their Frosted Coffee, Frosted Lemonade and Frosted Strawberry Lemonade, the juice and Icedream are blended together in what Chick-fil-A is calling a "creamy and tart treat."
"Spring is the perfect time of year to introduce a new seasonal Frosted beverage. Our seasonal Icedream offerings have become customer favorites over the last few years," said Amanda Norris, senior director of menu development for Chick-fil-A. "Frosted Sunrise combines simple but flavorful ingredients into a tasty treat that customers can enjoy throughout the day."
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Physicians at Baptist Medical Center may use minimally invasive techniques for a number of Obstetric and Gynecological surgeries to treat a range of conditions.
A minimally-invasive procedure that destroys the endometrium can treat excessive menstrual bleeding and may eliminate the need for a hysterectomy.
In some cases, it is recommended that ovarian cysts be surgically removed.
The inability to control the release of urine is quite common. Some studies suggest that around 1 out of every 4 women in the United States between the ages of 30 to 59 are affected by urinary incontinence.
A number of conditions, including damage to fallopian tubes, scar tissue, endometriosis, fibroid tumors, and ovarian growths, may contribute to infertility. Physicians can treat many of these conditions using minimally invasive techniques.
The most common of gynecological cancers, this occurs in the endometrium-the lining of the uterus. In most cases, surgical removal of the uterus-hysterectomy-is necessary to treat the disease.
In minimally invasive obstetric-gynecological surgeries, physicians use a device called a laparoscope, a slender illuminated optical or fiber-optic instrument that is inserted through an incision in the abdominal wall. The laparoscope transmits images from within the patient's body to a video monitor the surgeon views during the procedure. Laparoscopic surgery eliminates the need for a long incision in the abdominal muscles, making post-operative care and recovery much easier.
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The Best Fantasy TV Shows
List Rules Shows near the top must be only the best Fantasy TV series.
The very best fantasy shows on television, ranked from best to worst. This list of the greatest fantasy shows of all time is so fantastical it hurts! Popular fantasy TV shows have been a staple of television for years because fantasy is popular... because it's pretend! The real world is too awful to deal with, so deal with princesses and witch hunters instead! Don't let your favorite fantasy television programs in history get to the bottom of the list- be sure to vote them up so they have the chance to reach the top spot.
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This is not origami. This is something else. This is paper sculpture. And it's lovely.
Born in South Korea, Cheong-ah Hwang grew up in her parents' printing shop. "I had all sorts of paper available all the time," wrote Cheong-ah on her Etsy page. "Playing with paper was the most fun thing to do."
After coming to the U.S., she started working with paper art, creating works like the ones you can see in the above gallery.
Paper sculpture does have elements of origami (which literally means "paper folding" in Japanese), but also uses various cutting and sculpting techniques.
A few years back, Hwang's work first started getting attention online. This year, however, she's done the cover for Grimm Tales: For Young and Old. Currently, she is working on a how-to paper sculpture book.
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In 1997, just two months after moving from the grass and dirt of Kenya to the paved roads of the United States, Stephen Ondieki, 28, started experiencing severe pain in both feet. He thought he just needed to adjust to running on hard surfaces, but an exam revealed the real culprit. His feet excessively pronated (collapsed inward) when he ran, and as a result his knees rotated inward. This double whammy put too much stress on his lower limbs, resulting in five stress fractures in both feet. The remedy? It wasn't surgery, rehab, or an introduction to the swim coach. All Ondieki needed was an orthotic, a shoe insert that corrects biomechanic inefficiencies. "It corrected the problem once and for all," says Ondieki, who finished second in the 2000 Division I-AA Cross-Country Championships and won the 2003 Hispaniola Half-Marathon in the Dominican Republic wearing custom-made orthotics.
Available over the counter or prescribed by podiatrists, orthotics properly align your feet to avoid and treat injuries. About 25 percent of people have a normal running pattern--their foot pronates just enough to absorb shock. The rest of the running population overpronates or underpronates, meaning their foot turns too much or not enough at heel-strike. Orthotics can correct these imbalances by adjusting the angles at which the foot strikes the ground. And that's just the beginning. Orthotics are often considered the cure-all for just about any kind of lower-body, running-related injury, says sports podiatrist Richard Braver, D.P.M. They are used to treat plantar fasciitis (heel pain), chronic blisters, shinsplints, and leg-length discrepancies. "Orthotics can prevent and cure a problem by reducing and eliminating the stress that caused it," Braver says.
You'd think with all the technology that goes into making today's running shoes, runners wouldn't need additional support. But Ray Fredericksen, president of Sports Biomechanics Inc. and Runner's World technical editor, says companies skimp on the sock liner (the thin insole that comes with the shoe). "Sock liners are designed to break down and conform to the foot to enhance the fit," he says. "They're not designed to add extra cushion or act as an orthotic or a stabilizer." That's why so many runners are replacing them with over-the-counter or prescription alternatives. In fact, about $375 million was spent on over-the-counter orthotics in 2003, up 14 percent from the previous year.
But orthotics, especially prescription ones, should be one of your last options, Braver says. Think of them like any other prescription. If you have a sore throat, you'd try cough drops before penicillin. Same goes here. Custom orthotics cost between $375 and $450, and only about half of all insurance companies cover the cost. They aren't an overnight solution either. A podiatrist makes a plaster cast of your foot, and then a lab creates the insole from the cast. It can be about a month before you get them, and then when you do, they're still not race-ready. You need to break them in for one to two weeks, and you could feel some discomfort until you get accustomed to them. If you're experiencing some kind of lower-body or foot pain, Braver recommends this course of action:
Get Fitted
Problems can occur when you're in the wrong shoes. People with low arches as well as heavier runners need more stable, motion-control shoes, and those with high arches need more cushioning. Visit a specialty running store to make sure you're wearing what's right for you. The runnersworld.com Shoe-Finder can also help you find a pair.
Alternate Shoes
"Most runners get injured because they run the same pace on the same surface on the same shoe, day in and day out," says Fredericksen. By alternating the shoes you're running in, the slight modification will give you relief from a high-stress area. If you like one particular brand and style, you can just rotate a slightly worn shoe with a new pair, Fredericksen says.
See a Pro
Orthotics are often the solution for structural deficiencies. But if your pain is caused by tight or weak muscles, Braver says, a physical therapist or massage therapist could solve the problem--and make orthotics unnecessary. See a sports podiatrist for a proper diagnosis. ("Ask The Doc," right, will help you find one.)
Go Shopping
You can pick up a pair of Dr. Scholl's for less than $10 at a drugstore, but specialty-running stores can help you choose the best insole for your foot and shoe. Insoles from these shops cost about $20 to $40 and last about a year. Before you buy, press on the arch of the insert, Braver says. If it collapses, it's not supportive enough. Also, don't buy half-insoles that just go under your heel. "You push off the ball of your foot, and that's when your foot pronates and collapses inward," Braver says. "So the insole needs to cover this area." If you find an insole that helps--but not 100 percent--take them to a podiatrist, who can customize them. It's cheaper ($75 to $100) than a prescription orthotic, and may work just as well, Braver says. In fact, a study published in the July issue of the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society's journal found no significant difference in the incidence of foot problems between users of custom orthotics and those who wore over-the-counter devices.
Step it up
If all else fails, custom orthotics are probably the way to go. Not only are they molded specifically for your foot, but the materials chosen to make the orthotics reflect your particular running needs. Custom-made orthotics should last at least five years, and podiatrists can also refurbish them every couple of years to prolong their lives.
If you think you might be a candidate for orthotics, visit the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine's Web site at aapsm.org to find a sports podiatrist in your area. Ask potential doctors these questions before making an appointment. If you hear too many "no" answers, run to another.
Do you run?
Some podiatrists make a hasty prescription for foot pain: Don't run. "That's a bad podiatrist in my opinion," Ray Fredericksen says. "You want someone who understands your passion and will keep your running healthy."
Do you need to see my running shoes?
If a podiatrist doesn't tell you to bring in your shoes, he won't be inspecting wear pattern--which is a key diagnostic tool to determine the movement pattern of your foot, and figuring out what shoe and orthotic will work for you.
Do you customize over-the-counter orthotics?
They may cure the problem at 25 percent of the cost of prescriptions.
Do you refurbish prescription orthotics?
Some podiatrists will keep your cast, and can make modifications to existing orthotics before they break down. Refurbishing--usually done every two or three years--costs about $150 to $200, but you get all new materials while keeping the original shell, for half the cost of a new one.
Do you keep the cast?
If they hold it indefinitely, it'll cost you less next time you need to have new orthotics made. If they toss the cast immediately, ask if you can keep it--it'll save you money if you can provide it next time. --T.S


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Data centers are being reshaped around virtualization technology. Here's how different virtual server technologies work and how they'll integrate with and affect SANs.
Forward-thinking IT professionals are deploying virtual server technologies in droves. On Intel platforms, virtual machine software from VMware Inc., an EMC Corp. company, Palo Alto, CA, is spreading like wildfire. With sales at approximately $100 million last year, VMware recently announced that it now has 2.5 million users of its software, and 5,500 enterprise server customers worldwide. Microsoft Corp.'s Virtual Server is expected to see wide adoption next year when it is released and the virtual machine market should reach about $800 million in short order, predicts Thomas Bittman, vice president and distinguished analyst at Gartner Inc.
Closer to home, in a survey of Storage magazine readers last month, a whopping 80.3% indicated that they were using, evaluating or planning to evaluate some form of virtual server technology. (See "Snapshot: Are you investigating virtual server technology?")
What do virtual machines have to do with storage? Quite a bit, as many early adopters have discovered. The kind of storage you use can impact the overall success of your virtual server environment. Conversely, virtual servers can help ease your storage management burden, and help you get more out of existing storage resources. They also can simplify disaster recovery greatly. But until storage management software catches up to the virtual server world, you may face some obstacles with routine storage management tasks.
Virtual servers--or virtual machines--are not new. Originally developed for the mainframe, the technology is essentially a way to abstract a server's physical compute and I/O resources, and run several operating systems at the same time. Thus, a single physical server, instead of running a single instance of an operating system, runs a control function on which you load multiple "guest" operating systems. With virtual machines, you can consolidate several small physical servers into a single large server, reducing the number of machines--and operating system licenses--you need to buy, install and maintain. With virtual machine technology, it's also quicker to deploy a new server, a boon for test and development environments or data centers that grapple with dynamic, fluctuating workloads.
Virtual machine capabilities are available in some form or other for all the major server platforms: Logical Partitioning (LPAR) for IBM Corp.'s iSeries and pSeries servers; Sun Microsystems' Dynamic System Domains; and Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) with vPAR for HP-UX. On the Intel Corp.'s x86 platform, VMware leads the pack. The technology's appeal lies in improving management, reducing server footprint and maximizing resources. "It's a consolidation play, and it's wildly popular," says John Webster, founder and senior analyst at Data Mobility Group, an analyst firm in Nashua, NH.
It's no surprise therefore, to find that many of the vendors promoting virtual server technology have certified configurations that include storage area network (SAN) technology. For example, among its virtual server offerings, Dell Computer Corp. sells a four-processor PowerEdge 6650 server with VMware's ESX Server and a Dell/EMC Clariion SAN. "It's not a requirement, but the marriage of the two makes a lot of sense," says Subo Guha, Dell's director of software product marketing. "It provides for the growth and allows them to consolidate their storage data."
One joint Dell/VMware customer is Oak Associates, a financial services firm in Akron, OH. Last year, the firm embarked on a server migration project, moving away from its aging HP/Compaq DL380s to two-processor Dell 2650s. Of the firm's 110 servers, 80 are virtual machines, with an average of eight virtual machines per physical server.
Oak Associates is running a combination of VMware's GSX Server, which runs on a Windows kernel, and the higher-performing ESX Server, which provides its own Linux-based kernel across 16 servers, with an average of eight virtual machines per physical host. On them, Oak Hill runs Microsoft Windows and a variety of applications, ranging from the company's accounting software to DHCP and domain controllers. In fact, the only applications not hosted by VMware are those that need all the CPU power they can get, such as Microsoft Exchange, says Scott Hill, senior technology officer with the firm.
Better disaster recovery
Of Oak Hill's 16 physical VMware hosts, all but three are connected to the SAN, a decision which has greatly improved Oak Associates' disaster recovery capabilities, Hill says. Its SAN array, an EMC Symmetrix 8830, houses the VM images, and is mirrored to a remote disaster recovery site using Symmetrix Remote Data Facility (SRDF). Because they boot over the SAN, "when we go into DR mode," Hill explains, "all we do is attach to those [virtual] disks and away we go."
The VMware/SAN combo has also allowed Oak
Associates to recoup some of the hardware costs of implementing DR. "Before VMware, we used to have identical hardware at the remote site," Hill says. But now that a server is "just a file" that can run on any Intel hardware, Oak Hill was able to recycle its old Compaq servers for use at the disaster recovery site.
In a similar vein, running applications within virtual machines is allowing Esmond Kane, a systems administrator at an Ivy League university, to run Apache Tomcat, a free public-domain Java applet server "that falls down a lot." When the application fails, Kane simply starts up another virtual machine instance preconfigured for Apache, without having to reboot the entire system. He is running a VMware GSX Server on local disk, and is evaluating EMC Clariion disk arrays.
Easier server provisioning
The combination of virtual machine software--in addition to a SAN--can also dramatically reduce the amount of time it takes to do day-to-day server provisioning. Michael Thomas, a lead infrastructure architect for a federal agency, is another VMware ESX Server customer running it on a mix of approximately 80 one- and two-way IBM and HP blades. Thomas is serving up many different applications: infrastructure applications such as domain controllers and DHCP servers, as well as SQL Server and application servers.
Thomas' blades are connected to arrays from a variety of SAN vendors--EMC, HP, Hitachi Data Systems Inc. (HDS) and Snap Appliance's new Snap Server 15000. Cristie Data Products' Cristie Bare Machine Recovery is used to provision a new server and assign virtual machines. Adding a new virtual machine "is all scripted, and with Cristie, it's pretty easy at this point," Thomas reports. The amount of time it takes to provision a new server "depends on the amount of data loaded," but Thomas puts the worst case at well under an hour.
Simpler SAN management
Virtual machines break the "one application, one server" mentality and let you collapse multiple physical servers into one, says Rob Peglar, CTO at SAN array vendor Xiotech Corp. As a result, the number of server-to-storage connections an administrator needs to manage goes down. When 10 physical servers are collapsed into a single large one, "instead of having ten different zones to configure and manage, you have one," says Peglar.
Having fewer physical connections to manage has economic ramifications too. With fewer servers, you have fewer host bus adapters (HBAs) and switch ports to purchase and manage. And those savings can be applied to putting servers on the SAN that previously could not be cost-justified.
Oak Associates, for one, has seen utilization of the firm's expensive Symmetrix skyrocket since VMware was put in place. "EMC told us that we would get server consolidation benefits out of our SAN, but we never really saw that," says Hill. "Now, with VMware, we are."
Mike Karp, senior analyst with Enterprise Management Associates, an analyst firm in Boulder, CO, thinks you can take virtualization one step further, and use virtualized storage for your virtual servers. "It makes sense. If you're doing one, why not try the other?" With virtualized storage, like virtual servers, "you can squeeze every last nickel of value out of the hardware," Karp says.
Sans SANs
In most VMware environments, SANs are not required, says Raghu Raghuram, VMware's director of product management, although, "we do recommend a SAN for VMotion," which is software that lets you move a virtual machine to a different physical host while it is running. In that case, a SAN allows you "to take individual servers and turn them back into the compute pool."
VMware's indifference to whether or not a SAN is present has a lot to do with VMware ESX Server File System (VMFS), the clustered file system that's part of ESX Server. What VMFS does, Raghuram explains, is "provide a level of indirection between the virtual machines and the actual storage." From a virtual machine's perspective, "all you see is a SCSI disk," while VMFS "takes care of communicating with the SAN" or the local storage.
IBM's view of virtual machines
That's a very different approach than IBM's, where virtual machine technology is architected as a core function of the CPU, as opposed to a kernel-level software layer, and where the file system is a separate component. Virtual machines require a CPU's support for what IBM calls micro-partitioning or dynamic partitioning: A processor can be divvied up in equal increments and assigned to work for a virtual machine.
That's in contrast to logical partitions (LPARs), as they exist on iSeries and pSeries servers, as well as Sun Solaris and HP-UX. With LPARs, it's possible to partition a symmetric multiprocessor (SMP) server's processors "logically" along processor lines. For example, with LPARs, a four-way server can have four logical partitions, explains Jeff Barnett, IBM manager of market strategy for storage software.
This spring, IBM announced its Virtualization Engine (VE) technology, which borrows the mainframe's micro-partitioning concepts, and carries them over to the Power 5 chip, which will ship this year in new iSeries and pSeries servers. Virtual machine technology built on top of VE can run on 10% increments of a processor, and virtual machines can span processor resources. In other words, a four-way server could conceivably have 40 virtual machines on it, and a single virtual machine can consume resources from more than one processor at a time.
VMware builds a file system into its virtual machine server directly, but IBM's approach to virtual machines keeps its clustered file system, SAN File System (SAN FS), separate. While not a requirement of a virtual server environment, "SAN FS would greatly enhance the flexibility of the system," says Barnett, in that it allows you to move data around without affecting the application. In a SAN FS environment, Barnett explains, space isn't physically allocated to individual servers, but rather "dynamically allocated on demand." As a result, virtual machines are able to move around an environment, and unequivocally access their data.
This May, IBM announced SAN FS 2.1, which added support for Solaris and Linux hosts, on top of AIX and Windows. Furthermore, it now supports "any disk environment as long as it adheres to good SCSI protocols," Barnett says. Previously, SAN FS had been limited to IBM Shark, FAStT arrays and those virtualized behind its SAN Volume Controller (SVC).
Other software components of the VE family that IBM has previewed include IBM VE Console, IBM Director Multi-Platform, Tivoli Provisioning Manager for managing workloads and IBM Grid Toolbox, Barnett says.
Management is key
Indeed, it's the availability of comprehensive management tools that makes or breaks a virtual machine environment, and not your storage environment. "What you need to worry about is the level of complexity you start to build, and how you are going to manage it," says Data Mobility Group's Webster. On the mainframe, the availability of comprehensive management functionality for virtual machines has ensured virtual machines' popularity. Virtual machines have been in use for 30 or so years, and users routinely see 80% to 90% utilization rates, says IBM's Barnett.
To achieve that kind of success outside the mainframe environment, management tools must interact with virtual machines the same way they do with traditional servers. Barnett claims that is the case with VE-powered virtual machines. "Virtual machines look like separate physical machines to the outside world," he says, ensuring smooth integration with storage resource management (SRM) tools and backup applications.
On that front, VMware may have more work to do. At least in the context of SRM, what you see is not what you get in a VMware environment, admits VMware's Raghuram. SRM tools still only see the physical component, when ideally, for predictive purposes, SRM tools also need to see the logical virtual machines. That's on VMware's list of things to do, says Raghuram. "Over time, we'd like to integrate into management standards that want to provide visibility into the entire path, from the virtual machine down to the block," which in turn would give administrators "a more granular view of how storage is being allocated" to the various virtual machines.
Performance issues
For some, the fact that VMware has yet to resolve these issues--that it's still immature--is making some organizations pause. Take Savvis Communications, for example. A service provider located in St. Louis, MO, the Savvis infrastructure is state of the art: server blades from Egenera Inc., Marlboro, MA; virtualized network switches from Inkra Networks Corp., Fremont, CA; and the InServ utility storage platform from 3PAR, also in Fremont, CA.
Savvis' issue with VMware is price/performance, says Rob McCormick, chairman and CEO. He admits that most of his customers don't need the performance of the minimum Egenera server blade (two 3GHz Xeon processors) configuration, but that at $3,000 for an ESX Server license, the additional cost does not outweigh the performance hit he would take by running operating systems in a virtual machine environment. Savvis uses VMware internally, McCormick says, for testing and development purposes.
Indeed, managing the performance of your virtual machines seems to be more of a sticking point with customers than anything else. Even with 80 blades running VMware, infrastructure architect Thomas still considers the virtual server environment to be "an emerging technology," where deciding which applications to run on a particular blade is still "more of an art than a science," adding that "not all workloads work well together."
Similarly, Oak Associates' Hill reports that he's had to fiddle with how to eke out decent performance for his SAN environment. One solution he says is to install multiple HBAs in the server--one dedicated to the VMware environment, another for the virtual machines' data traffic. That's not a solution VMware recommended, but a technique he developed over time for a better level of performance. And as users continue to deploy virtual machines and test their limits in production environments, best practices will continue to evolve.
The next frontier
Let's not forget that this is all a work in progress. EMC had many people scratching their heads last year when it first announced that it was acquiring VMware, and since then, the company hasn't publicly divulged a definite roadmap for VMware.
One thing EMC has talked about is its plans to develop what it is calling "Storage Router," VMware-inspired technology that applies to the storage network--an area which has yet to get much attention from virtualization technologies. But that's about to change, according to Howard Elias, executive vice president at EMC. "In our view, you're going to have virtualization at all layers of the stack." Virtualization will be used at the client level for server computing, at the network transport layer and for storage within the array.
Today, Elias continues, the storage network is in many respects still hard-coded. "If you want to add or move a server," he says, "there is configuration and change management that has to occur, and in the majority of cases it is disruptive."
EMC hopes Storage Router will change that. Ultimately, it will result in "more flexibility to move servers in and out of the fabric, for optimal asset utilization and performance, data mobility and migration," Elias says.
EMC and its subsidiaries also have big plans for VMotion to further automate the disaster recovery process. With its ability to move a live server, Legato CTO George Symons says VMotion is a natural for further integration with its Automated Availability Manager (AAM).
It's hard to say exactly what the future holds for virtual machine technology, but one thing is certain: It most definitely has a future. "For me, virtual machines are the way to go," says Oak Associates' Hill. Judging from conversations with his peers, vendors and analysts, Hill is not alone in his thinking.
Related Resources
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