[san-tech][03332] Intel: クラウドと組み込み研究に $30Mを CMUに投資、2011/08/03

Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 20:28:59 +0900
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[san-tech][02937] Univ of Washington、Intelと共同で Silicon Photonic Chipsセンタ

(OpSIS) 設立
  Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2011 14:37:53 +0900

で紹介した、

> 関連していると思われる Intel Press Release

> 

> "Intel Labs to Invest $100 Million in U.S. University Research"

>  2011/01/26

>   http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2011/01/26/intel-labs-to-invest-100-million-in-us-university-research

> ----------------------------------------

> First Center Hosted by Stanford, Focused on Visual Computing

> 

> NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

> *)Intel Labs announced $100 million cash investment in U.S. university

>   research over the next 5 years, marking a new model of collaboration

>   for the organization.

> *)Funding will support a number of Intel Science and Technology Centers;

>   the first such center will be led by Stanford University and focus on

>   next-generation visual computing.

> *)This new model of university-lead research is expected to provide U.S.

>   researchers with up to 5 times more funding from Intel Labs compared

>   to the previous approach, and enable engagements across a broader set

>   of universities.

> ----------------------------------------

で設立される研究機関は 

Intel Science and Technology Center 

  http://techresearch.intel.com/newsdetail.aspx?Id=27

と呼ばれ、

[san-tech][03330] カナダ政府 ITコストを削減：データセンター統合 (300 => 20)、E-mail system (100 => ONE) 等

Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 18:48:18 +0900
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カナダ政府が、ITコストを削減を打ち出しました：

"Government of Canada to Reduce Information Technology Costs and

 Save Taxpayers' Dollars"

 August 4, 2011, Government of Canada

  http://news.gc.ca/web/article-eng.do?nid=614499

  "On behalf of the Government of Canada, the Honourable Rona Ambrose,

   Minister of Public Works and Government Services and Minister for

   Status of Women, along with the Honourable Tony Clement, President

   of the Treasury Board and Minister for the Federal Economic

   Development Initiative for Northern Ontario, today announced

   measures to streamline and identify savings in

   Information Technology (IT) through Shared Services Canada."

[san-tech][03329] Linux 3.0で pNFSサポート？

Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 00:05:28 +0900
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以前紹介した Linux 3.0
 2011-07-22
  http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.0

では全く触れてませんが、Panasasの Blogでは、

"PARALLELISM GOES MAINSTREAM"
 July 29, 2011, Submitted by Barbara Murphy
  http://panasas.com/blog/parallelism-goes-mainstream
.....
  "...  Just to show that things do not move fast in the standards world,
   the IETF approved the first Internet Draft for the pNFS standard in 2008
   and finally by June 2011, pNFS for files and objects was only then
   included in latest kernel (version 3.0).

   The release of Linux Kernel 3.0 was a huge industry milestone.  Finally
   another hurdle to take full advantage of Parallelism has been removed
   with the standardization of pNFS as the long term file system of choice
   for HPC applications.  However it will likely be at least one more year
   before pNFS is in the hands of users as it still requires Linux software
   vendors to include it in commercial releases."

[san-tech][03328] "Erasure Coding - The New Approach to Data Archiving", August 4th, 2011, SiliconANGLE

Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 22:38:44 +0900
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Wikibonに CTOの David Floyer氏が、Erasure Codingについて投稿している

のを、SiliconANGLEが取り上げています：

"Erasure Coding - The New Approach to Data Archiving"

 August 4th 2011, SiliconANGLE

  http://siliconangle.com/blog/2011/08/04/erasure-coding-%E2%80%93-the-new-approach-to-data-archiving/

.....

  "Now, says Wikibon CTO David Floyer in a new article on Wikibon.org,

   an emerging data archiving approach called Erasure Coding, based on

   a fairly complicated mathematical analysis, promises very secure data

   archiving in the public cloud at an order-of-magnitude less cost than

   the three-data-center approach. The trade-off is that data access is

   slower, although certainly much faster and easier than access to data

   archived on tape. And it avoids the issues of media obsolescence

   as well as deterioration that plague older tape-based data."

[san-tech][03327] OCZ: Next Generation Z-Drive R4 PCIe SSD, August 2, 2011

Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:01:29 +0900
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OCZから、PCI Expressベース新機種 (第二世代) のアナウンスです：

"OCZ Technology Launches Next Generation Z-Drive R4 PCI Express

 Solid State Storage Systems"

 The Z-Drive R4 Provides the Ultimate Solution for Big Data and

 Cloud Computing Applications by Coupling Enterprise-Class Power

 Fail Protection with Benchmark-Shattering Performance

 August 2, 2011

  http://www.ocztechnology.com/aboutocz/press/2011/445

  "today announced the release of Z-Drive Revision 4 (R4) PCI Express

  (PCIe) storage solutions designed to dramatically accelerate

   enterprise applications and significantly reduce total cost of

   ownership in the data center. The Z-Drive R4 product line features

   OCZ's second generation proprietary Virtualized Controller Architecture

   (VCA) 2.0, providing the utmost in performance, flexibility,

   durability and enhanced reliability features, allowing data centers,

   for the first time, to rely on a PCIe-based SSD as their primary

   tier one storage solution."

[san-tech][03326] "Fusion-io to Acquire IO Turbine", Aug. 4, 2011

Date: Fri, 05 Aug 2011 18:21:26 +0900

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既にご存じの方も多いと思いますが、

"Fusion-io to Acquire IO Turbine"

 Combined Software Solution to Significantly Enhance Performance

 in Virtualized Environments

 Aug. 4, 2011

  http://www.fusionio.com/press-releases/fusion-io-to-acquire-io-turbine/

  http://www.fusionio.com/load/-media-/1d41lm/docsPress/PR_FIO_ioTurbine_8.4.11.pdf

  "... today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement

   to acquire IO Turbine, Inc., a provider of caching solutions for

   virtual environments. Under terms of the agreement, Fusion-io will

   pay up to approximately $95 million, subject to purchase price

   adjustments, for all outstanding securities of IO Turbine."

[san-tech][03325] Googleは 900,000サーバと推定 (Re: "Growth in data center electricity use 2005 to 2010",..., August 1, 2011)

Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:09:54 +0900
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[san-tech][03324] "Growth in data center electricity use 2005 to 2010", 

Jonathan G. Koomey, Ph.D., August 1, 2011
  Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:25:29 +0900
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よく調べたら、このレポートが以下の記事等の、Googleが 900.000台のサーバを
導入している根拠となっています。

"Report: Google Uses About 900,000 Servers"
 August 1st, 2011, Data Center Knowledge
  http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2011/08/01/report-google-uses-about-900000-servers/

"A sneak peek into Google’s servers and energy efficiency"
 Aug. 1, 2011, GigaOM
  http://gigaom.com/cleantech/a-sneak-peek-into-googles-servers-energy-efficiency/

  "A report from data center energy expert Jonathan Koomey, published
   on Monday morning, gave a rare glimpse into some educated estimates
   for how many servers and how much electricity Google uses, and how
   energy-efficient those custom servers are."

確かに、

"Table 4: Educated guesswork about electricity used by Google's servers"
 (Page 23)

で、2000年、2005年、2010年の各種情報 (サーバ台数、各種機器の BkWh等) を
一覧にしています。沢山の注釈付きですが。


Tweet

[san-tech][03324] "Growth in data center electricity use 2005 to 2010", Jonathan G. Koomey, Ph.D., August 1, 2011

Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 18:25:29 +0900

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2008年に "Worldwide electricity used in data centers" を公開した、
Jonathan G. Koomey博士 (Consulting Professor, Stanford University) の
最新レポートです：

"Growth in data center electricity use 2005 to 2010"
 August 1. 2011, Analytics Press.
  http://www.analyticspress.com/datacenters.html

いきなり最後を引用：
  "In summary, the rapid rates of growth in data center electricity use
   that prevailed from 2000 to 2005 slowed significantly from 2005 to 2010,
   yielding total electricity use by data centers in 2010 of about 1.3%
   of all electricity use for the world, and 2% of all electricity use for
   the US."

レポート (24 Page) ダウンロード URL
  http://www.mediafire.com/?zzqna34282frr2f

[san-tech][03323] eBay Installs 100 TBs of Nimbus Flash & Nimbus Unveils Next Generation S-Class Flash Memory Systems, August 2, 2011

Date: Wed, 03 Aug 2011 16:59:45 +0900
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eBayが Nimbus Data Systemsから 100TB Flash Storage System を VMware用

として導入しました：

"eBay Installs 100 TBs of Nimbus Flash Memory Storage for Virtualization"

 World-class virtualization deployment sees provisioning times slashed 

 from 40 minutes to 3 minutes with Nimbus S-Class systems

 August 2, 2011

  http://www.nimbusdata.com/newsevents/pr_2011_08_02.html

  http://www.nimbusdata.com/newsevents/pressreleases/2011_08_02.pdf

  "...  today announced that eBay, the world's largest online marketplace,

   has deployed more than 100 terabytes of Nimbus S-Class flash memory

   to power its VMware virtual server infrastructure. The scale of

   the Nimbus deployment at eBay, which started with one system and

   expanded to 12 systems in less than one year, makes it among

   the world's largest consolidated deployments of network-attached flash

   storage for virtualization today."

[san-tech][03322] ScaleMP: STREAM’s Triad function was just over 2.25 TB/s, August 01, 2011

Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:55:18 +0900
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現在

ScaleMP

  http://www.scalemp.com/

に接続できないので、BUSINESS WIRE経由のプレスリリースです：

"ScaleMP Places Among Top Three Worldwide on Stream Benchmark"

vSMP Foundation Achieves Outstanding Sustainable Memory Bandwidth

 August 01, 2011, BUSINESS WIRE

  http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20110801005540/en/ScaleMP-Places-Top-Worldwide-Stream-Benchmark

  "...  vSMP Foundation claimed the top three results for the STREAM

   synthetic benchmark program that measures sustainable memory bandwidth

   (in MB/s) in high-performance computers. The result achieved for STREAM's

   Triad function was just over 2.25 TB/s."

[san-tech][03321] IBM Redpaper(Draft): "Smarter Data Centers: Achieving Greater Efficiency"

Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2011 01:29:42 +0900
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まだ Draftレベルですが、IBM Redpaperです：

"Smarter Data Centers: Achieving Greater Efficiency"

 Last Update: 2011/07/29, Planned Publish Date: 2011/08/31

  http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpieces/abstracts/redp4413.html

  "This IBM Redpaper publication can help your IT organization as

   it begins the journey to becoming a smarter data center. IBM wants

   to help others, particularly our clients, to chart a course to reap

   the benefits of lower costs and improved sustainability that running

   a green data center can provide. Understanding what is possible can

   speed your journey to an optimized smarter data center with

   sustainability designed into both the IT and facilities

   infrastructures. Although this paper is not all inclusive, it provides

   a quick start for going green in data centers. It also provides

   additional pointers and information. You can use this paper as

   a guide to becoming more energy efficient."

[san-tech][03298] 2011/08/02, 03: IDEMA国際ディスクフォーラム 2011「HDDの新たな挑戦」

Date: Mon, 25 Jul 2011 12:43:49 +0900
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2011年 8月 2(火)、3(水)、IDEMA Japanによる

国際ディスクフォーラム (DISKCON JAPAN) 2011

「HDDの新たな挑戦」

  http://www.idema.gr.jp/diskcon/forum.html

が開催されます。

[san-tech][03320] Re: Open Cloud Principles by Open Cloud Initiative & CLOUD2 by TechAmerica Foundation

Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:07:39 +0900
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[san-tech][03315] Open Cloud Principles by Open Cloud Initiative & CLOUD2 by TechAmerica Foundation
  Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:37:11 +0900

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VCE (VMware, Cisco EMC共同プロジェクト) は、Cloud2をサポートするそうです：

"VCE Helps Government Agencies Embrace the Cloud"

 VCE Chairman and CEO Michael Capellas Serves as Federal Cloud Commission
 Co-Chair, Offers Final Report on How the US Government Can Accelerate
 the Adoption of Cloud Technologies

 Jul 26, 2011
  http://www.vce.com/pdf/media/vce-pr-2011-07-26-federal-cloud-commission.pdf
  http://www.marketwatch.com/story/vce-helps-government-agencies-embrace-the-cloud-2011-07-26
※↑HTML版

  "VCE, the Virtual Computing Environment Company, announces its support
   for the TechAmerica Federal CLOUD2 Commission report which was officially
   released today in Washington D.C. at the National Press Club.
   The TechAmerica CLOUD2 Commission is a group of over 70 thought leaders
   from industry, government and academia brought together to generate
   recommendations for accelerating adoption of cloud technologies in
   the US Government." ...

[san-tech][03318] Fusion-ioを使用した場合の White Paper: "STATISTICA Performance with Fusion ioDrive", June 2011

Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 00:10:52 +0900
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Fusion-io ioDriveに関する、StatSoft, Inc.の White Paper (3 Page) です：

"Fusion-io Unleashes CPUs, Reduces I/O Bottleneck to Accelerate StatSoft

 Data Analysis Software"

 White Paper from StatSoft Details 300-500% Performance Improvements and

 Latency Reductions in Testing Fusion ioMemory with STATISTICA Software

 July 28, 2011

  http://www.fusionio.com/press-releases/fusion-io-unleashes-cpus-reduces-i/o-bottleneck-to-accelerate-statsoft-data-analysis-software/

  http://www.fusionio.com/load/-media-/1cphel/docsPress/PR_FIO_Statsoft_2_7.28.11.pdf

  "... today announced that StatSoft, provider of a comprehensive

   array of data analysis, data management, data visualization and

   data mining technologies, recently tested Fusion's ioMemory platform

   with its flagship STATISTICA software, comparing Fusion ioDrives

   to disk-based storage components."

[san-tech][03317] SSDの信頼性 ("Investigation: Is Your SSD More Reliable Than A Hard Drive?", July 29, 2011, Tom's Hardware)

Date: Sun, 31 Jul 2011 23:43:46 +0900
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HDDの信頼性評価は難しいのですが、SSDも同様です：

"Investigation: Is Your SSD More Reliable Than A Hard Drive?"

 July 29, 2011, Tom's Hardware

  http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-reliability-failure-rate,2923.html

  "Does a lack of moving parts translate to higher reliability?

   That's the assumption many enthusiasts and IT professionals make

   about SSDs. We go straight to the data centers using these devices,

   dig into failure rate statistics, and suggest otherwise."

Runnymede, England, 2009/10 [3]

Runnymede, England, 2009/10 [1]

Runnymede, England, 2009/10 [2]

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[san-tech][03315] Open Cloud Principles by Open Cloud Initiative & CLOUD2 by TechAmerica Foundation

Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 22:37:11 +0900
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Open Cloud Initiativeのプレスリリースです (後半は CLOUD2関連です)：

"Open Cloud Initiative Launches to Drive Open Standards in Cloud Computing"

 07/26/2011

  http://www.opencloudinitiative.org/press/releases/2011/launch

  "Today the Open Cloud Initiative (OCI), a non-profit organization

   established to advocate open standards in cloud computing, announced

   its official launch at the OSCON 2011 Open Source Convention. Its

   purpose is to provide a legal framework within which the greater

   cloud computing community of users and providers can reach consensus

   on a set of requirements for Open Cloud, as described in

   the Open Cloud Principles (OCP) document, and then apply those

   requirements to cloud computing products and services, again by way of

   community consensus."

Runnymede, England, 2009/10 [2]

Runnymede, England, 2009/10 [1]

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Runnymede, England, 2009/10 [1]

[san-tech][03314] "How Facebook moved 30 petabytes of Hadoop data", Jul. 27, 2011, GigaOM

Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:03:25 +0900
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また Hadoop関連ですが、

"How Facebook moved 30 petabytes of Hadoop data"
 Jul. 27, 2011, GigaOM
  http://gigaom.com/cloud/facebook-hadoop-cluster/

  "... Today, it shared the latest of those innovations - moving its
   whopping 30-petabyte cluster from one data center to another."

  "... The move was necessary because Facebook had run out of both
   power and space to expand the cluster ? very likely the largest
   in the world - and had to find it a new home. Yang writes that
   there were two options, physical migration of the machines or
   replication, and Facebook chose replication to minimize downtime."