Reprints from my posting to SAN-Tech Mailing List and ...

2012/05/03

[san-tech][03546] Slide/Video: Lustre User Group (LUG) 2012, (Apr 23 - 25, 2012)

Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 10:46:12 +0900
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2012年 4月 23日~25日に開催された Lustre User Group (LUG) 2012の
スライドとビデオが公開されています:

LUG 2012 Agenda
  http://www.opensfs.org/lug/program

Presentations
  http://www.opensfs.org/resources-2/presentations

Media (YouTubeへのリンク)
  http://www.opensfs.org/resources-2/videos

[san-tech][03545] Reviews: Marvell-Based SSDs, SandForce-Based SSDs, Tom's Hardware

Date: Thu, 03 May 2012 00:19:58 +0900
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2012/05/20
"Intel SSD 330 Review: 60, 120, And 180 GB Models Benchmarked"
 May 16, 2012, Tom's Hardware
  http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ssd-330-review-benchmark,3190.html

  "Intel recently introduced its SSD 330 family, positioned ahead of
   the SSD 320s and below the SSD 520s. Like the company's highest-end
   models these drives employ SandForce's controller technology. We bought
   all three capacities and ran our tests on them."
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Tom's Hardwareの SSD Review記事です (以下の 3編あります)。

"Marvell-Based SSDs From Corsair, Crucial, OCZ, And Plextor: Tested"
 May 1, 2012, Tom's Hardware

"Ten 60 GB SandForce-Based Boot Drives, Rounded-Up"
 March 1, 2012, Tom's Hardware

"Best SSDs For The Money: April 2012"
 April 26, 2012, Tom's Hardware

Link List: My Photography of "Sakura" (Cherry blossoms) in NAOJ at the Old Blog

国立天文台(東京都三鷹市)の桜を撮影した昔の Blogページへのリンクです:

※TC-1で撮影したものをスキャンしたので、画面上ではあまり美しくありませんが、
気分転換にどうぞ

2012/05/02

[san-tech][03544] Slide/Paper: TACC-Intel Highly Parallel Computing Symposium (2012/04/10, 11)

Date: Wed, 02 May 2012 12:47:12 +0900
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2012年 4月 10, 11日に TACC (Texas Advanced Computing Center) で
開催された、Intel MIC (Many Integrated Core) 関連シンポジウム:

TACC-Intel Highly Parallel Computing Symposium
 April 10th-11th, 2012
  http://www.tacc.utexas.edu/ti-hpcs12

の Slide/Paperが公開されています。

2012/04/30

[san-tech][03543] Slide/Video: Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit 2012 (April 3 - 5, 2012)

Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:53:15 +0900
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[san-tech][03536] DTrace for Oracle Linux: New Beta release
  Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:20:00 +0900
で名前だけ触れた、

6th Annual Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit
 April 3 - 5, 2012
  https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit

の Slide/Video(一部) が公開されています。

"The Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit is an exclusive,
 invitation-only summit gathering core kernel developers,
 distribution maintainers, ISVs, end users, system vendors
 and other community organizations for plenary sessions
 and workgroup meetings to meet face-to-face to tackle
 and solve the most pressing issues facing Linux today."


Linux Foundation Collaboration Summit 2012 | Slides & Video
  https://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/collaboration-summit/slides-and-video
※とても広い範囲を対象としています。
50編以上の Slideが公開されています。

[san-tech][03542] Paper/Slide: NSF Workshop on Social Networks and Mobility in the Cloud (Feb. 23, 24, 2012)

Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:42:06 +0900
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2012年 2月 23, 24に開催された以下のワークショップの資料が公開されてます:

NSF Workshop on Social Networks and Mobility in the Cloud
 February 23, 2012 - February 24, 2012
  http://dmlab.cs.umn.edu/SocialMobileCloud/index.html

General information
"Social network, mobility and the cloud represent special and unique
 opportunities for synergy among several existing and emerging
 communities that are now often evolving in isolated silos. .....
 ....The potential for cross fertilization among these three areas
 of important research will drive much of the research in academia,
 and the products in industry. It is therefore critical
 that researchers develop a coherent vision for these new directions
 to address a set of diverse topics including designing and
 developing algorithms for large-scale query analysis of mobile
 and social data on the cloud, designing a cloud-based transactional
 model for mobile and social network applications, data storage
 in the cloud, security and privacy of mobile and social network
 applications on the cloud, and addressing the unique characteristics
 of both mobile and social network applications, e.g., data streaming
 and spatial data, on the cloud environment."

[Links]: Intel Xeon Phi/Many Integrated Core (MIC) Related Web Page

Some Links to  Intel Xeon Phi/Many Integrated Core (MIC) Information
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Many Integrated Core (MIC) Architecture - Advanced, Intel
  http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/architecture-and-technology/many-integrated-core/intel-many-integrated-core-architecture.html

Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor Infographic (2012/06/19)
  http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/high-performance-computing/xeon-phi-for-researchers-infographic.html

2012/04/27

[san-tech][03540] Slide/Paper: 28th IEEE Storage Conference (MSST), (April 16th - 20th, 2012)

Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 13:37:52 +0900
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2012年 4月 16日~20日に開催された:

28th IEEE Storage Conference (MSST), April 16th - 20th, 2012
  http://storageconference.org/index.html

のSlide/Paperが公開されています。

2012/04/26

[Links]: Intel Ivy Bridge Reviews, 2012/04/23 (22) & Intel acquires Cray's Interconnect Technology, 2012/04/24

Some Links to Intel Ivy Bridge Reviews & Intel acquires Cray's Interconnect Technology
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2012/06/03
"Core i5-3570K, -3550, -3550S, And -3570T: Ivy Bridge Efficiency"
 May 22, 2012, Tom's Hardware
  http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/core-i5-3570-low-power,3204.html

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"3rd Generation Intel Core Processors Bring Exciting New Experiences
 and Fun to the PC"
 2012/04/23, IntelPR
  http://newsroom.intel.com/community/intel_newsroom/blog/2012/04/23/3rd-generation-intel-core-processors-bring-exciting-new-experiences-and-fun-to-the-pc

2012/04/23

[san-tech][03539] Slide: NSF Workshop on Security for Cloud Computing (March 15-16, 2012)

Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:15:45 +0900
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2012年 3月 15, 16日に開催された

NSF Workshop on Security for Cloud Computing
  http://illinois.edu/blog/view/695/66281?count=1&ACTION=DIALOG

の Slideが上記 Webページで公開されてます。

[san-tech][03538] Report: "NSF Report on Support for Cloud Computing", Feb 6, 2012.

Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2012 02:13:11 +0900
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2012/04/23
[san-tech][03539] Slide: NSF Workshop on Security for Cloud Computing (March 15-16, 2012)
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US NSF (National Science Foundation) から Cloud Computingに関する
レポートが公開 (合衆国議会に提出) されていました:

"NSF Report on Support for Cloud Computing"
 In response to America Competes Reauthorization Act of 2010, Section 524
 Document History: Posted: February 6, 2012, (21 pages)
  http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf12040
  http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12040/nsf12040.pdf

2012/04/22

[san-tech][03537] Slide/Paper 3rd Workshop on Data Center - Converged and Virtual Ethernet Switching (2011/09/09)

Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 02:26:11 +0900
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半年以上の前のワークショップですが、2011年 9月 9日に開催された

3rd Workshop on Data Center - Converged and Virtual Ethernet Switching
(DC CAVES)
 September 9, 2011
  http://www.itc23.com/workshops/dc-caves-workshop/
の Slideと Paperが公開されています:

Technical Program (Tentative)
  http://www.itc23.com/workshops/dc-caves-program/
Invited Paper
Transport and interconnection
Network virtualization in the Data Center
Keynote Talk

[san-tech][03536] DTrace for Oracle Linux: New Beta release

Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 01:20:00 +0900
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Oracleから Oracle Unbreakable Linux向け DTraceの Beta Releaseが公開
されました (SRPMS日付からだと 15-Feb-2012)

"DTrace for Oracle Linux news: new beta release and conference appearances"
 Apr 05, 2012, Oracle's Linux Blog
  https://blogs.oracle.com/linux/entry/dtrace_for_oracle_linux_news

  "A new set of RPM packages of our port of DTrace for Linux has just been
   published on the Unbreakable Linux Network. This is another beta release of
   our ongoing development effort to bring the DTrace framework to Linux.

   This release includes the following changes:"

   *)The packages are now based on the final public release of
     the Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel Release 2 (2.6.39). ...
   *)Based on the feedback we received from some users in how their
     applications interact with dtrace, libdtrace is now
     a shared library. ...

2012/04/21

[san-tech][03535] IBM GPFS V3.5 Release, EMEA, April 10, 2012

Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:47:04 +0900
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EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) 対象で、
IBM GPFS (General Parallel File System) V3.5がリリースされました
(USでのリリース日は調べていませんが、リリース済みでしょう):

"IBM GPFS V3.5 offers improved file and data management support (AAS)"
 IBM Europe, Middle East, and Africa Software Announcement ZP12-0057
 April 10, 2012
  http://www-01.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?subtype=ca&infotype=an&appname=iSource&supplier=877&letternum=ENUSZP12-0057
 PDF:
  http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/cgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=AN&subtype=CA&appname=gpateam&supplier=877&letternum=ENUSZP12-0057&pdf=yes

At a glance
*)Offers standard file system interfaces on UNIX
  and Microsoft Windows operating systems
*)Allows concurrent reads and writes from multiple nodes
*)Provides high-bandwidth data availability
*)Supports failover and disaster recovery to minimize single points of failure
*)Offers scalable information lifecycle management to allow flexible support of
  different disk classes through policy-driven automation
  and tiered storage management
*)Provides multicluster support and use of multiple networks

2012/04/20

[san-tech][03534] Violin Memory vRAID Technology

Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:29:45 +0900
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2012/07/09
"Violin Memory Enterprise Flash Serviceability",
 2012/06/12, StorageMojo
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW3Gjvkr6vg
  "Violin Memory's V6000 flash storage array has exceptionally low
   and consistent latency as proven on audited TPC-C benchmarks.
   One reason: they don't use standard SSDs. Instead they use
   Violin Intelligent Memory Modules - VIMMs - that, unlike DIMMs,
   are hot swappable."

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2012/06/27
"Violin Memory Enterprise Flash Serviceability"
 2012/06/12, StorageMojo
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FW3Gjvkr6vg
   "Violin Memory's V6000 flash storage array has exceptionally low
   and consistent latency as proven on audited TPC-C benchmarks.
   One reason: they don't use standard SSDs. Instead they use
   Violin Intelligent Memory Modules - VIMMs - that, unlike DIMMs,
   are hot swappable."

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StorageMojoによる Violin Memory (Hardware-Based vRAID) 技術紹介ビデオです:

"Violin Memory: a clean-sheet flash architecture"
 2012/04/11, StorageMojo, 4:41, 720p
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=L2VibZhNFbE

"Violin's clean-sheet architecture"
 11 April, 2012, StorageMojo
  http://storagemojo.com/2012/04/11/violins-clean-sheet-architecture/

2012/04/19

[san-tech][03533] Fusion-io SDK Enables Native Flash Memory Access, April 18, 2012

Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2012 22:52:57 +0900
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Fusion-ioから Software Development Kit (SDK) のアナウンスです:

"Fusion-io Software Development Kit Enables Native Flash Memory Access"
 ioMemory SDK First to Offer Developers Direct Access to Flash Platform
 for Unprecedented Application Acceleration
 April 18, 2012
  http://www.fusionio.com/press-releases/fusion-io-software-development-kit-enables-native-flash-memory-access/

  "... today announced the first software development kit (SDK)
   to provide software developers with native access to the ioMemory flash
   platform. By integrating applications directly with this new persistent
   memory tier, developers will be able to optimize enterprise, web,
   and big data applications through direct programmatic access to
   the ioMemory computing layer for the first time."
※API一覧は後で

2012/04/18

[san-tech][01496] CRAY Research, Solid-State Storage Device (SSD)

Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:12:17 +0900
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[san-tech][03532] Integration of WhamCloud Chroma Central Management System into DDN ExaScaler, April 17, 2012

Date: Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:16:19 +0900
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Lustre管理ツール WhamCloud Chromaが DDN ExaScaler applianceに搭載
されました:

"First-To-Market: Lustre Made Simple by DDN, the HPC Storage Leader"
 Strategic Partnership with WhamCloud allows Integration of Chroma
 Enterprise Management Tools into DDN ExaScaler appliance, to Simplify
 & Accelerate Lustre File System Deployment & Administration
 April 17, 2012
  http://www.ddn.com/press-releases/2012/first-market-lustre-made-simple-ddn-hpc-storage-leader
  http://www.ddn.com/sites/default/files/DDN_Chroma_Release_FINAL.pdf
  http://www.whamcloud.com/news/first-to-market-lustre-made-simple-by-ddn-the-hpc-storage-leader/

  "... today announced that DDN is offeringWhamcloud's Chroma Enterprise
   with its ExaScaler parallel file storage product to radically simplify
   Lustre file system management and accelerate ExaScaler adoption
   within enterprise Big Data environments."

2012/04/17

[san-tech][03531] hVault: Holographic Storage Systems

Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:23:48 +0900
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2012/05/01
"New Name in Holographic Storage: hVault"
 April 30th, 2012, StorageNewsletter
  http://www.storagenewsletter.com/news/optical/new-name-in-holographic-storage-hvault

"Holographic storage: this could work"
 April 18, 2012, Storage Bits, News & Blogs, ZDNet
  http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/holographic-storage-this-could-work/1657

"HVault announces holographic storage system with petabytes of capacity"
 HVault also has its eye on the consumer market
 April 17, 2012, ComputerWorld
  http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9226284/HVault_announces_holographic_storage_system_with_petabytes_of_capacity
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新興 Holographic Storage Systemsメーカー登場です:

hVault Holographic Storage Systems
  http://hvault.com/

Launch Date: Spring 2012
See us at NAB, April 16 -19

[san-tech][03530] SONY: New Mass-Storage Optical Disc Archive Solutions, 「オプティカルディスク・アーカイブ」システム製品化へ、2012年04月16日

Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:43:22 +0900
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2012/04/19
"第564回:NAB 2012レポート その2
 ~ソニーが4K対応予定のNXCAMや新ストレージ~"
  2012年 4月 19日、【小寺信良の週刊 Electric Zooma!】、AV Watch
  http://av.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/series/zooma/20120419_527386.html

"Sony whips out new optical mass storage format"
 Hirai's bid for glory looks a lot like Blu-ray...
 18th April 2012, The Register
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/04/18/sony_optical_disk_archive/

[san-tech][03531] hVault: Holographic Storage Systems
  Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 23:23:48 +0900 
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ソニーからのプレスリリースです:

"大容量光ディスクアーカイブの市場創造に向けて
 - 「アドバイザリーグループ」設立とライセンスプログラム等の提供開始について -"
 2012年04月16日
  http://www.sony.co.jp/SonyInfo/News/Press/201204/12-058/

"Sony Moves Industry toward the Creation of New Mass-Storage Optical Disc
 Archive Solutions"
 April 16, 2012
  http://www.sony.net/SonyInfo/News/Press/201204/12-058E/index.html