[san-tech][03494] DISC Archiving Systems: New Blu-ray Archival Storage Library, 26 March 2012

Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2012 13:29:02 +0900
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Blu-ray Archival Storage Libraryのアナウンスです：

"DISC Archiving Systems Announces New ArXtor Series of Blu-ray Archival
 Storage Libraries"
 Next generation of Blu-ray archival storage libraries including
 iSCSI connectivity and Purpose-Built Virtual Appliance options
 to support industry leading Middleware archival tiered-storage
 management solutions
 26 March 2012
  http://www.disc-group.com/company/news/disc-introduces-new-arxtor-series/

  "DISC Archiving Systems B.V. ("DISC"), market leader in professional
   data archiving, is proud to announce the New ArXtor Series, the next
   generation of Blu-ray Archival Storage Library Solutions."

[san-tech][03493] "Btrfs: The Swiss Army Knife of Storage, February 2012, USENIX ;login:

Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 21:10:03 +0900
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2012/06/08
Btrfs開発の中心人物の Chris Masonさんが、 Oracleを去り 2012年 6月 11日
から Fusion-ioに移られるそうです。

From: Chris Mason <chris.mason <at> oracle.com>
Subject: Leaving Oracle
Newsgroups: gmane.linux.file-systems, gmane.comp.file-systems.btrfs
Date: 2012-06-07 01:04:48 GMT (1 day and 54 minutes ago)
  http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.file-systems/65090/
..,,,
> Oracle has been a fantastic place to work, and I really appreciate their
> support for my projects.  But, I've decided to take a new position at
> Fusion-io.  I will start the new job on Monday, June 11.
>
> From a Btrfs point of view, very little will change.  I'll still
> maintain Btrfs and will continue all of my Btrfs development in the
> open.  Oracle will still use Btrfs in their Oracle Linux products, and
> I'll work with all of the distros using Btrfs in production.
>
> Fusion-io really believes in open source, and I'm excited to help
> them shape the future of high performance storage.
.....
とのことです。

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USENIX ;login: (February 2012) の Btrfs解説記事が公開されています：

"Btrfs: The Swiss Army Knife of Storage"
 Josef Bacik, Lead developer on Btrfs for Red Hat
 ;login: issue: February 2012
  https://www.usenix.org/publications/login/february-2012/btrfs-swiss-army-knife-storage

[san-tech][03492] Paper: Virtual Execution Environments 2012, (March 3 - 4 2012)

Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 20:00:58 +0900
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2012年 3月 3, 4日、ASPLOS 2012のワークショップとして開催された

Eighth Annual International Conference on
Virtual Execution Environments (VEE 2012), March 3 - 4 2012
  http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/srg/netos/vee_2012/programme.html

の Paperが上記 Webページで公開されています。

[san-tech][03491] Cleversafe's New Models: Highest Reliability, Lowest Cost, Lowest Power Consuming, March 26, 2012

Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2012 19:34:27 +0900
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Object-Based Access分散ストレージメーカーの Cleversafeから低価格ラインが
アナウンスされました：

"Cleversafe Announces New Slicestor Models Propelling Its Limitless
 Data Storage System Well Ahead of the Industry in Power Efficiency
 and Reliability"
 Cleversafe's Innovative Object-Based Dispersed Storage Technology
 Combined with Its New Slicestor Models Delivers the Highest Reliability,
 Lowest Cost, Lowest Power Consuming Big Data Storage Solution Available
 March 26, 2012
  http://www.cleversafe.com/news-reviews/press-releases/157-cleversafe-announces-new-slicestor-models-propelling-its-limitless-data-storage-system-well-ahead-of-the-industry-in-power-efficiency-and-reliability

[san-tech][03489] ASHRAE Whitepaper - Liquid Cooling Guidelines (2011/09)

Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:20:42 +0900
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2012/07/19
Coming Soon ...
"The previous Thermal Guidelines (Thermal & Liquid Cooling) have been
 remove due to the anticipated release of the 3rd Edition of
 the Thermal Guidelines which will be published soon.  Please check back
 to the site for the latest updates."
 July 6, 2012, ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.9
  http://tc99.ashraetcs.org/

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2011年 9月に、ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and
Air-Conditioning Engineers) から、液冷に関する White Paperが公開されて
ました：

"ASHRAE Introduces New Liquid Cooled Datacom Environmental Classes"
 Sep 27, 2011
  http://www.ashrae.org/news/2011/ashrae-introduces-new-liquid-cooled-datacom-environmental-classes

  ""2011 Thermal Guidelines for Liquid Cooled Data Processing Environments"
   creates data center classes for liquid cooling that can enable fulltime
   economizers for a number of applications in many climates, according
   to according to Don Beaty, chair of the Publications Subcommittee of
   ASHRAE's Technical Committee (TC) 9.9, Mission Critical Facilities,
   Technology Spaces and Electronic Equipment."
.....
  "This whitepaper follows an earlier whitepaper released in May 2011,
   "2011 Thermal Guidelines for Data Processing Environments - Expanded
   Data Center Classes and Usage Guidance," which addresses air cooling
   in data centers and created new data center environmental classes
   which expanded the opportunity for chiller-less data centers
   (fulltime economizers)."

[san-tech][03488] Slide: Green Grid Forum 2012 (March 6-7, 2012) & Free Cooling Map Update

Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 08:31:46 +0900
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2012年 3月 6～7日に開催された

The Green Grid Forum 2012 and Member Meeting, March 6-7, 2012
  http://www.thegreengrid.org/events/TGGforum-2012.aspx

の一般向け資料 (10編) が公開されています。

Program:
  http://www.thegreengrid.org/events/~/media/Forum2012/TGGForum2012eProgram.pdf
Library & Tools
  http://www.thegreengrid.org/library-and-tools.aspx
の
  "2012 Forum Data ...."
   General
です。例えば

[san-tech][03487] Xyratex SP-2584: Up to 2PB in a single rack (3.5" 3TB SAS x 84 x 8)

Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:24:54 +0900
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Xyratexから、1ラックで 2PB (3.5インチ 3TB SAS) 搭載可能なシステムが
OEM向けに発表されました。

"Xyratex Announces OneStor 2584"
 March 21, 2012
  http://xyratex.com/Company/News/Detail.aspx?ID=320

5U筐体に 3.5インチ 3TB SASを 84台 (252TB)、8筐体 (40U) で 2,016TBです。

[san-tech][03486] Re: DARPA CLIQR Quest (Cash for Locating and Identifying Quick Response codes (CLIQR) Quest) Challenge

Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 08:19:59 +0900
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チャレンジの結果です。解説記事から

"DARPA Challenge Doesn't Go Viral On Twitter"
 Agency ends two-week QR-related contest--promoted only through
 Twitter, Facebook, and other social networks--without anyone
 finding all 7 posters with special codes.
 March 19, 2012, InformationWeek
  http://www.informationweek.com/news/government/enterprise-apps/232602820

  "The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently
   ended its CLIQR challenge without anyone successfully completing
   the contest's full task, giving the agency new insights into
   the effectiveness of social networks versus more traditional
   forms of online communications and media outreach to spread
   information."
.....
  "The idea behind the challenge was to get people to respond quickly
   to simulate how citizens might mobilize for aid and relief during
   a time of crisis, according to the challenge's website ..."
.....
  "The key to the challenge was that DARPA did not engage in its
   usual outreach strategy ... Instead, it used Twitter to announce
   the challenge and encouraged participants to use their own social
   networks as well, such as Facebook, to find the posters."

[san-tech][03485] Re: Paper/Slide/Video: USENIX FAST '12 (Feb 14-17, 2012)

Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:37:13 +0900
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ちょっと間が開きましたが、StorageMojo恒例の FAST Best Three Paperです：
(FAST URLは上から Abstract, Full Paper(一部 Update版), Slide, Video)

-----
"Optimizing NAND Flash-Based SSDs via Retention Relaxation"
 Ren-Shuo Liu and Chia-Lin Yang, National Taiwan University;
 Wei Wu, Intel Corporation
  http://static.usenix.org/event/fast12/tech/techAbstracts.html#Liu
  http://static.usenix.org/event/fast12/tech/full_papers/Liu.pdf
  http://static.usenix.org/event/fast12/tech/slides/Liu.pdf
  https://www.usenix.org/conference/fast12/optimizing-nand-flash-based-ssds-retention-relaxation
"Doubling flash write performance through retention relaxation"
 27 February, 2012, StorageMojo
  http://storagemojo.com/2012/02/27/doubling-flash-write-performance-through-retention-relaxation/

-----
"Adding Advanced Storage Controller Functionality via Low-Overhead Virtualization"
 Muli Ben-Yehuda, Michael Factor, Eran Rom, and Avishay Traeger, IBM Research-Haifa;
 Eran Borovik and Ben-Ami Yassour
  http://static.usenix.org/event/fast12/tech/techAbstracts.html#Ben-Yehuda
  http://static.usenix.org/event/fast12/tech/full_papers/Ben-Yehuda.pdf
*)Updated full paper, 2/2/12:
  http://static.usenix.org/event/fast12/tech/full_papers/Ben-Yehuda2-2-12.pdf
  http://static.usenix.org/event/fast12/tech/slides/Ben-Yehuda.pdf
  https://www.usenix.org/conference/fast12/adding-advanced-storage-controller-functionality-low-overhead-virtualization
"Virtualizing storage controllers"
 28 February, 2012, StorageMojo
  http://storagemojo.com/2012/02/28/virtualizing-storage-controllers/

-----
"The Bleak Future of NAND Flash Memory"
 Laura M. Grupp, University of California, San Diego;
 John D. Davis, Microsoft Research, Mountain View;
 Steven Swanson, University of California, San Diego
  http://static.usenix.org/event/fast12/tech/techAbstracts.html#Grupp
  http://static.usenix.org/event/fast12/tech/full_papers/Grupp.pdf
*)Updated full paper, 2/6/12:
  http://static.usenix.org/event/fast12/tech/full_papers/Grupp2-6-12.pdf
*)Updated full paper, 2/8/12:
  http://static.usenix.org/event/fast12/tech/full_papers/Grupp2-8-12.pdf
  http://static.usenix.org/event/fast12/tech/slides/Grupp.pdf
  https://www.usenix.org/conference/fast12/bleak-future-nand-flash-memory
"NAND's dimming future"
 29 February, 2012, StorageMojo
  http://storagemojo.com/2012/02/29/nands-dimming-future/

[san-tech][03481] "The New iPad - Generation 3 Teardown and Apple A5X IC Analysis, 16th March 2012, UBM TechInsights

Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 08:15:58 +0900
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New iPad - Generation 3の解体分析です。

"The New iPad - Generation 3 Teardown and Apple A5X IC Analysis"
 16th March 2012, UBM TechInsights
  http://ubmtechinsights.com/teardowns/new-apple-ipad-gen3-teardown-analysis/
※主としてデバイスの解析です。


こちらは姉妹サイト EETimesの記事です。
画像は基本的に同じですがスライド形式です (少々うざいですが)：
"Teardown slideshow: Inside the third-generation iPad"
 3/16/2012, EETimes (18 pages)
  http://www.eetimes.com/electronics-news/4238192/Teardown-slideshow--Inside-the-third-generation-iPad

[san-tech][03479] Slide/Video: HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Conference 2012 (March 13-15, 2012)

Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2012 08:54:12 +0900
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2012年 3月 13日～15日に開催された

Slide: HPC Advisory Council Switzerland Conference 2012
  http://hpcadvisorycouncil.com/events/2012/Switzerland-Workshop/index.php

の講演資料が公開されています。

[san-tech][03477] Slide: Rice 2012 Oil & Gas HPC Workshop (March 1, 2012)

Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 23:59:01 +0900
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2012年 3月 1日 Rice大学で開催された

Rice 2012 Oil & Gas High Performance Computing Workshop
 March 1, 2012
  http://og-hpc.org/

の講演資料が公開されています：

[san-tech][03474] Paper/Slide: Big Learning, Algorithms, Systems, and Tools for Learning at Scale (Dec. 16 - 17, 2011), NIPS 2011 Workshop

Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 21:06:03 +0900
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NIPS (Neural Information Processing Systems) 2011の Workshopとして
開催された

Big Learning
Algorithms, Systems, and Tools for Learning at Scale
 December 16 - 17, 2011
  http://biglearn.org/index.php
の Paperと Slideが公開されています：

[san-tech][03473] Video/Slide: Using Hadoop for HPC Applications (NERSC Training Event) & Cloudera Seismic Hadoop

Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:43:12 +0900
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US NERSC (National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center) で
2011年 10月 5日に開催されたトレーニングのビデオが資料と共に公開されて
います：

Using Hadoop for HPC Applications
Lavanya Ramakrishnan, NERSC Technology Integration Group
  http://www.nersc.gov/users/training/nersc-training-events/hadoop-for-hpc/

"The tutorial will provide an overview of Hadoop technologies,
 discuss some use cases of Hadoop for science and present
 the programming challenges with using Hadoop for legacy applications."

[san-tech][03472] Intel Ethernet Controller x540 related URLs

Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:17:23 +0900
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2012/04/26
[Links]: Intel Ivy Bridge Reviews, 2012/04/23 (22) & Intel acquires Cray's Interconnect Technology, 2012/04/24
--------------------------------------------------
2012/04/16
[san-tech][03529] Slide: Intel Developer Forum (IDF) Beijing (April 11-12, 2012)
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2012/04/13
[san-tech][03525] Intel SSD 910 Series: PCIe-based 400GB and 800GB, April 12, 2012
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2012/04/08
Webinar Archive
"Hadoop for the Common Man: A practical working guide to building
 a cost-effective 10GBASE-T foundation"
 March 29, 2012, Arista & Intel Present
  http://www.aristanetworks.com/arista-and-intel-10gbase-t-recording

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2012/04/06

"The Rise of 10Gb Ethernet and the Impact of Intels Xeon E5 Family of Processors"
 Last Update: Apr 05, 2012, Wikibon
  http://wikibon.org/wiki/v/The_Rise_of_10Gb_Ethernet_and_the_Impact_of_Intels_Xeon_E5_Family_of_Processors

"Is Your Network Ready For Romley"
 March 26, 2012, Network Computing
  http://www.networkcomputing.com/next-gen-network-tech-center/232700203

--------------------------------------------------
Intel Ethernet Controller x540関連のURLをまとめました；

Intel Press release (Blog)
"Chip Shot: Intel Ethernet Controller X540 Brings 10GbE to the Masses"
 2012/03/06, News Stories
  http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2012/03/06/chip-shot-intel-ethernet-controller-x540-brings-10gbe-to-the-masses
"Counter Network Bandwidth Crunch with Intel Ethernet Controller and
 I/O Features"
 2012/03/06, The Server Room Blog
  http://communities.intel.com/community/openportit/server/blog/2012/03/06/counter-network-bandwidth-crunch-with-intel-ethernet-controller-and-io-features
"Introducing the Intel Ethernet Controller X540"
 2012/03/06, Wired Ethernet
  http://communities.intel.com/community/wired/blog/2012/03/06/introducing-the-intel-ethernet-controller-x540?wapkw=X540

[san-tech][03471] Slide & Video: Strata 2012 - O'Reilly Conferences (Feb. 28 - Mar. 01, 2012)

Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 14:33:13 +0900
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2012年 2月 28日～3月 1日に開催された

Strata 2012 - O'Reilly Conferences, February 28 - March 01, 2012
About
  http://strataconf.com/strata2012/public/content/about
の講演資料やビデオが公開されてます：

Strata 2012 Speaker Slides & Video
  http://strataconf.com/strata2012/public/schedule/proceedings
Strata 2012 Schedule
  http://strataconf.com/strata2012/public/schedule/grid/public

Youtube (主として Interview)
Strata CA 2012, O'Reilly
  http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA8F8634D3F361EE6

[san-tech][03466] "The Magellan Report on Cloud Computing for Science", Dec 2011 (Re: Magellan, US DOE Cloud Project)

Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2012 20:32:04 +0900
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2012/04/10
[san-tech][03517] Re: "The Magellan Report on Cloud Computing for Science", Dec 2011 (Re: Magellan, US DOE Cloud Project)
  Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2012 15:59:25 +0900
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ちょっと前の公開ですが、Magellan Projectの最終レポートが公開されました：

"Can Cloud Computing Address the Scientific Computing Requirements
 for DOE Researchers? Well, Yes, No and Maybe Can Cloud Computing
 Address the Scientific Computing Requirements for DOE Researchers?
 Well, Yes, No and Maybe"
 January 30, 2012
  http://www.nersc.gov/news-publications/news/nersc-center-news/2012/can-cloud-computing-address-the-scientific-computing-requirements-for-doe-researchers-well-yes-no-and-maybe/

[san-tech][03465] "Advanced Computing Infrastructure: Vision and Strategic Plan", February 2012, US NSF Report

Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 12:51:40 +0900
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US NSF (National Science Found) の新しいレポートです：

"Advanced Computing Infrastructure: Vision and Strategic Plan"
 Document History: Posted: February 22, 2012
  http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf12051
  http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12051/nsf12051.pdf

Cyberinfrastructure Framework for 21st Century Science and Engineering (CIF21)
  http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=504730

[san-tech][03464] "SAP In-Memory Computing on IBM eX5 Systems", IBM Redpaper

Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2012 09:34:55 +0900
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IBM Redpaperです：

"SAP In-Memory Computing on IBM eX5 Systems" (80 pages)
 Publish Date; 2012/01/31, Last Update: 2012/03/01
  http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redpapers/abstracts/redp4814.html

  "This IBM Redpaper publication describes the new in-memory computing
   appliances from IBM and SAP that are based on IBM eX5 flagship
   systems and SAP HANA. We first discuss the history and basic
   principles of in-memory computing, then we describe the SAP HANA
   offering, its architecture, sizing methodology, and licensing policy."

[san-tech][03463] Intel i7-2700K/i7-3960X (5.0GHz/4.8GHz) Liquid Nitrogen Overclocled Rack-Mounted System

Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:20:05 +0900
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Intel i7-2700K/i7-3960Xを液化窒素冷却で 5GHz/4.8GHz稼働させるラック搭載
サーバが発表されました：

"The High Speed Server Module"
 5.0 GHz speed, 3.5 inches tall!
 March 5, 2012
  http://www.liquidnitrogenoverclocking.com/news_18.shtml

  "Introducing: the biggest change to The Cloud since sunshine! Meet
   the High Speed Server Module, invented by Liquid Nitrogen Overclocking.
   Only 2U in height, but capable of delivering 5.0 GHz speed on the i7-2700K
   chip, the HSSM series will change the face of cloud computing."