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Forecast for SXSW: Mostly Cloudy with 100% Chance of Innovative Ideas
South by Southwest (SXSW) is just around the corner, and we can't wait for the five nerdiest days on the calendar. Thirty thousand of the top influencers from advertising, technology, marketing, and social media will converge on Austin, Texas, to swap ideas and build relationships.
Oracle's lineup this year is all about the cloud. We have a lot of clouds at Oracle, and each one is designed to make our customers' lives easier. SXSW is a great opportunity to highlight our integrated solutions to these influencers. As Mark Hurd said, "We integrate the products for the customer so the customer doesn't have to do it. We optimize the software for the solution, and it's delivered us strong growth."
The best part? We're only getting better at what we do in the cloud. We have a great lineup of customer speakers sharing our stages to talk about their Oracle journeys plus a fun cocktail event again this year. So check out what we have planned for you at SXSW.
Friday, March 13th: A Full Day of Oracle Intelligence
Come by the Radisson Hotel at 111 Cesar Chavez and Congress to see a great day of presentations with Oracle customers. Also check out our Social Intelligence Center to follow all of the #SXSW online buzz.
- "Simple Ways to Massively Increase Your Content" (11:00 – 12:00)
- "Cross Channel Data Driven Marketing with TV" (12:30 - 1:30)
- "Going Wearable, Are You Ready?" (3:30 - 4:30)
- "When Quickies Aren't Satisfying: Loyalty on Social" (5:00 – 6:00)
- Welcome Reception (6:00 - 9:00): You will have the opportunity to meet author Nilofer Merchant and receive a signed copy of her book, 11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era. Please contact your Oracle Account Rep for registration details.
Saturday, March 14 and Sunday, March 15: The Accelerator at the SXSW Startup Village
For the second year in a row, we are the premier sponsor of the Accelerator, a competition of the top 48 most innovative ideas, technologies, products, and/or services. This competition will take place on Saturday and Sunday through a series of live demonstrations at the SXSW Startup Village. Don't miss this!
Sunday, March 15th: More Great Sessions
- "Advocates vs. Agitators: The Social Influence" (9.30 - 10:30 at the JW Marriott)
- "Big Data Made Actionable. No Really. It's Possible" (3.30 - 4:30 at the Hyatt Regency)
Tuesday, March 17th: One Final Session Before Heading Home
- "Your Marketing Platform is Broken" (3:30 - 4:30 at the Hilton Austin Downtown)
If you aren't able to go to Austin, follow the conversation on social:
- Oracle (@Oracle)
- Oracle Social Cloud (@OracleSocial)
- Oracle Marketing Cloud (@OracleMktgCloud)
- Oracle Data Cloud (@OracleDataCloud)
- Oracle Customer Experience (@OracleCX)
Virtual CPUs with Google Compute Engine
Continuing on my series of virtual CPU behavior in Amazon Web Services, Amazon Web Service HVM instances, and Microsoft Azure, I'm taking a look at Google Compute Engine (GCE). GCE is a relative newcomer to the public cloud world, become generally available in December 2013. It does have some interesting features, including transparent maintenance through live migration, and automatic sustained-use discounts without upfront commitments.
Unlike Amazon or Microsoft, Google is very upfront about their vCPU definition.
For the n1 series of machine types, a virtual CPU is implemented as a single hyperthread on a 2.6GHz Intel Sandy Bridge Xeon or Intel Ivy Bridge Xeon (or newer) processor. This means that the n1-standard-2 machine type will see a whole physical core.
I still believe calling such a hyperthread a "virtual CPU" is misleading. When creating a virtual machine in a non-cloud VM platform, 1 virtual CPU = 1 physical core. Plain and simple. But when using a cloud platform, I need 2 virtual CPUs to get that same physical core.
Anyways, off to run some CPU tests. n1-standard-4 is a close match to the m3.xlarge instances previously tested, so I'll try that.Getting set up on Google Compute Engine
I already signed up with Google Compute Engine's free trial and created a project I'm calling marc-cpu-test. Installing the gcloud compute command-line tools.
[marc@quartz ~]$ gcloud auth login --no-launch-browser Go to the following link in your browser: https://accounts.google.com/o/oauth2/auth?redirect_uri=urn%3Aietf%(redacted)&access_type=offline Enter verification code: (redacted) Saved Application Default Credentials. You are now logged in as [email@example.com]. Your current project is [None]. You can change this setting by running: $ gcloud config set project PROJECT [marc@quartz ~]$ gcloud config set project marc-cputest [marc@quartz ~]$ gcloud config set compute/zone us-central1-a [marc@quartz ~]$ gcloud compute instances create cpu-test-n4 --image centos-6 --machine-type "n1-standard-4" --zone us-central1-a Created [https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/marc-cputest/zones/us-central1-a/instances/cpu-test-n4]. NAME ZONE MACHINE_TYPE INTERNAL_IP EXTERNAL_IP STATUS cpu-test-n4 us-central1-a n1-standard-4 10.240.222.194 18.104.22.168 RUNNING [marc@quartz ~]$ gcloud compute ssh cpu-test-n4 WARNING: You do not have an SSH key for Google Compute Engine. WARNING: [/usr/bin/ssh-keygen] will be executed to generate a key. Generating public/private rsa key pair. Enter passphrase (empty for no passphrase): Enter same passphrase again: Your identification has been saved in /home/marc/.ssh/google_compute_engine. Your public key has been saved in /home/marc/.ssh/google_compute_engine.pub. The key fingerprint is: (redacted) Updated [https://www.googleapis.com/compute/v1/projects/marc-cputest]. Warning: Permanently added '188.8.131.52' (RSA) to the list of known hosts. Warning: Permanently added '188.8.131.52' (RSA) to the list of known hosts.
OK, instance all set and connected. As a CentOS 6 image it doesn't allow SSH root logins by default, so attempting to set up a gcloud environment as a root user will get you "permission denied" errors on SSH. Serves me right for trying to run these tools as root in the first place :-).Looking around
Checking what they got us:
[marc@cpu-test-n4 ~]$ egrep '(processor|model name|cpu MHz|physical id|siblings|core id|cpu cores)' /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.60GHz cpu MHz : 2600.000 physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 processor : 1 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.60GHz cpu MHz : 2600.000 physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 2 processor : 2 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.60GHz cpu MHz : 2600.000 physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2 processor : 3 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU @ 2.60GHz cpu MHz : 2600.000 physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 1 cpu cores : 2
Google has redacted the exact CPU model numbers, but has clearly marked this as a 2-core system with core IDs 0 and 1.The single-CPU case
[marc@cpu-test-n4 ~]$ taskset -pc 0 $$ pid 1558's current affinity list: 0-3 pid 1558's new affinity list: 0 [marc@cpu-test-n4 ~]$ dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=2070 2> >(grep bytes >&2 ) | gzip -c > /dev/null 2170552320 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 14.3427 s, 151 MB/s [marc@cpu-test-n4 ~]$ for i in {1..2}; do dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=2070 2> >(grep bytes >&2 ) | gzip -c > /dev/null & done 2170552320 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 29.3081 s, 74.1 MB/s 2170552320 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 29.3065 s, 74.1 MB/s
We get a nice boost in raw CPU numbers as compared to the 120 MB/s I saw in AWS. With two processes sharing this CPU, see a tiny bit less than half the throughput.Sharing the cores (or trying to)
[marc@cpu-test-n4 ~]$ taskset -pc 0,1 $$ pid 1558's current affinity list: 0 pid 1558's new affinity list: 0,1 [marc@cpu-test-n4 ~]$ for i in {1..2}; do dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=2070 2> >(grep bytes >&2 ) | gzip -c > /dev/null & done [1] 1803 [2] 1805 [marc@cpu-test-n4 ~]$ 2170552320 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 14.6959 s, 148 MB/s 2170552320 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 14.7139 s, 148 MB/s
This is interesting; we see almost full-speed throughput in spite of processors 0 and 1 said to have a shared core. With processors 0 and 2 the situation is the same.
[marc@cpu-test-n4 ~]$ taskset -pc 0,2 $$ pid 1558's current affinity list: 0,1 pid 1558's new affinity list: 0,2 [marc@cpu-test-n4 ~]$ for i in {1..2}; do dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=2070 2> >(grep bytes >&2 ) | gzip -c > /dev/null & done [1] 1830 [2] 1833 [marc@cpu-test-n4 ~]$ 2170552320 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 14.6683 s, 148 MB/s 2170552320 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 14.6692 s, 148 MB/s
Is the CPU scheduler ignoring my taskset commands? Running mpstat 2-second samples during the test to see actual CPU usage:
[marc@cpu-test-n4 ~]$ mpstat -P ALL 2 ... 06:08:44 PM CPU %usr %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %guest %idle 06:08:46 PM all 46.31 0.00 3.75 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 49.94 06:08:46 PM 0 93.50 0.00 6.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 06:08:46 PM 1 92.00 0.00 8.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 06:08:46 PM 2 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 06:08:46 PM 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 ... 06:08:52 PM CPU %usr %nice %sys %iowait %irq %soft %steal %guest %idle 06:08:54 PM all 46.75 0.00 3.25 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 50.00 06:08:54 PM 0 93.47 0.00 6.53 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 06:08:54 PM 1 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 06:08:54 PM 2 93.50 0.00 6.50 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 06:08:54 PM 3 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00
So the taskset commands are working: when we ask for CPUs 0 and 1, we are getting them, but throughput shows that cores aren't being shared. It means that the CPUs in the virtual machine are not statically bound to hardware threads as seen under AWS. I'd call it a win as it gets more consistent performance even if the guest operating system is forced to makes poor CPU scheduling decisions as in this case.
[marc@cpu-test-n4 ~]$ taskset -pc 0-3 $$ pid 1558's current affinity list: 0,2 pid 1558's new affinity list: 0-3 [marc@cpu-test-n4 ~]$ for i in {1..4}; do dd if=/dev/zero bs=1M count=2070 2> >(grep bytes >&2 ) | gzip -c > /dev/null & done 2170552320 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 22.9823 s, 94.4 MB/s 2170552320 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 22.9914 s, 94.4 MB/s 2170552320 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 22.9915 s, 94.4 MB/s 2170552320 bytes (2.2 GB) copied, 23.1333 s, 93.8 MB/s
This is more the throughput we would expect with two shared cores.Lessons learned
Over the course of these tests, I've discovered a few things:
- Although they share virtual CPUs like competitors, Google is very upfront about this behavior.
- Actual throughput for a simple gzip workload is excellent.
- Google Compute Engine has an abstraction layer in front of CPUs that dynamically schedules tasks between CPU threads, in addition to the regular scheduler in the virtual machine. In my testing, it allocates tasks efficiently across CPU cores, even when the OS scheduler is configured suboptimally.
Exadata X5 – A Practical Point of View of the New Hardware and Licensing
Oracle recently announced its latest iteration of Exadata – X5-2. It includes a refresh of the hardware to the most recent Xeon® E5-2699 v3 CPUs. These new CPUs boost the total cores count in a full rack to 288. This is higher than the current 8 socket "big machine" version X4-8, which has only 240 cores.
But the most exciting part is the all flash version of Exadata. In the previous generation – X4 – Oracle had to switch from 15K drives to 10K drives in order to boost capacity from 600 GB to 1200 GB per hard drive to keep disk space higher than flash cache size. At that time of X4 announcements, we were already wondering why Oracle was still offering high-speed disks and not switching to all flash, and now we know why. Because that type of high-performance flash wasn't quite ready.
Maintaining high IO rates over long periods of times needed some changes to the ILOM in order to maintain cooling fans speed based on many individual temperature sensors inside the flash cards (details). Removing the SAS controller and using the new NVMe connectivity resulted in much higher bandwidth per hard drive – 3.2 GBytes/sec vs. the old 1.2 GBytes/sec SAS.
With temperature and bandwidth sorted out, we now have a super-high performance option (EF – Extreme Flash) for Exadata which delivers the stunning 263 GB/sec uncompressed scan speed in a full rack. The difference in performance between the High Capacity and High Performance EF flash option is now much higher. The high-performance option in Exadata X5 is now viable. In Exadata X4 it made so little difference, that it was pointless.
The one thing I wonder with the X5 announcement is why the X5-2 storage server still uses the very old and quite outdated 8 core CPUs. I've seen many cases where a Smart Scan on an HCC table is CPU bound on the storage server even when reading from spinning disk. I am going to guess that there's some old CPU inventory to cleanup. But that may not end up being such a problem (see "all columnar" flash cache feature).
But above all, the most important change was the incremental licensing option. With 36 cores per server, even the 1/8th rack configuration was in the multi-million dollars in licenses, and in many cases was too much for the problem in hand.
The new smallest configuration is:
- 1/8th rack, with 2 compute nodes
- 8 cores enabled per compute node (16 total)
- 256 GB RAM per node (upgradable to 768 GB per node)
- 3 storage servers with only half the cores, disks and flash enabled
Then you can license additional cores as you need them, 2 cores at a time. Similar to how ODA licensing option worked. You cannot reduce licensed cores.
The licensing rules changes go even further. Now you can mix & match compute and storage servers to create even more extreme options. Some non-standard examples:
- Extreme Memory – more compute nodes with max RAM, reduced licensed cores
- Extreme Storage – replace compute node with storage nodes, reduced licensed cores
In conclusion, Oracle Exadata X5 configuration options and the changes it brings to licensing allows an architect to craft a system that will meet any need and allow for easy, small step increments in the future, potentially without any hardware changes.
There are many more exciting changes in Oracle 12c, Exadata X5 and the new storage server software which I may cover in the future as I explore them in detail.
Log Buffer #411, A Carnival of the Vanities for DBAs
This Log Buffer Edition brings you some blog posts from Oracle, SQL Server and MySQL.
Suppose you have a global zone with multiple zpools that you would like to convert into a native zone.
The digital revolution is creating abundance in almost every industry—turning spare bedrooms into hotel rooms, low-occupancy commuter vehicles into taxi services, and free time into freelance time
Every time I attend a conference, the Twitter traffic about said conference is obviously higher. It starts a couple weeks or even months before, builds steadily as the conference approaches, and then hits a crescendo during the conference.
Calling All WebLogic Users: Please Help Us Improve WebLogic Documentation!
Top Two Cloud Security Concerns: Data Breaches and Data Loss
SQL Server:
This article describes a way to identify the user who truncated the table & how you can recover the data.
When SQL Server 2014 was released, it included Hekaton, Microsoft's much talked about memory-optimized engine that brings In-Memory OLTP into play.
Learn how you can easily spread your backup across multiple files.
Daniel Calbimonte has written a code comparison for MariaDB vs. SQL Server as it pertains to how to comment, how to create functions and procedures with parameters, how to store query results in a text file, how to show the top n rows in a query, how to use loops, and more.
The article show a simple way we managed to schedule index rebuild and reorg for an SQL instance with 106 databases used by one application using a Scheduled job.
How to setup a PXC cluster with GTIDs (and have async slaves replicating from it!)
vCloud Air and business-critical MySQL
MySQL Dumping and Reloading the InnoDB Buffer Pool
How to benchmark MongoDB
MySQL Server on SUSE 12
SQL Server 2014 Cumulative Update 6
Hello everyone,
Just a quick note to let you know that this week, while most of North America was enjoying a break, Microsoft released the 6th cumulative update for SQL Server 2014. This update contains fixes for 64 different issues, distributed as follows:
As the name implies, this is a cumulative update, that means it is not necessary to install the previous 5 in case you don't have them. Please remember to test thoroughly any update before applying to production.
The cumulative update and the full release notes can be found here: https://support.microsoft.com/kb/3031047/en-us?wa=wsignin1.0
Microsoft addresses bug that impacts all Windows iterations [VIDEO]
Hi, welcome to RDX! Microsoft finally addressed a bug that could have enabled hackers to initiate man-in-the-middle attacks. The vulnerability was discovered nearly 15 years ago by JAS Global Advisors, a security firm from Chicago.
The flaw, which was dubbed Jasburg, posed grievous concerns for many organizations. In some cases, Jasburg could allow a figure to install malware, manipulate data or create administrator accounts. All of these actions were conducted through a business's Active Directory.
Why did it take so long to address? Silicon Angle noted Jasburg was rooted in the Windows OS design. This meant that Microsoft had to re-engineer central components of its flagship OS and add a list of new functions. The patch should be implemented once users reboot their systems.
Thanks for watching!
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Introducing Oracle Big Data Discovery Part 2: Data Transformation, Wrangling and Exploration
In yesterday's post I looked at Oracle Big Data Discovery and how it brought the search and analytic capabilities of Endeca to Hadoop. We looked at how the Oracle Endeca Information Discovery Studio application works with a version of the Endeca Server engine to analyse and visualise sample sets of data from the Hadoop cluster, and how it uses Apache Spark to retrieve data from Hadoop and then transform that data to make it more suitable for data discovery and data analysis applications. Oracle Big Data Discovery is designed to work alongside ODI and GoldenGate for Big Data once you've decided on your main data flows, and Oracle Big Data SQL for BI tool and application access to the entire "data reservoir". So how does Big Data Discovery work, and what role does it play in the overall big data project workflow?
The best way to think of Big Data Discovery, to my mind, is "Endeca on Hadoop". Endeca Information Discovery had three main parts to it; the data loading part performed using Endeca Information Discovery Integrator and more recently, the personal data upload feature in Endeca Information Discovery Studio. Data was then ingested into the Endeca Server engine and stored in a key/value-store NoSQL database, indexed, parsed and enriched, and then analyzed using the graphical user interface provided by Studio. As I explained in more detail in my first post in the series yesterday, Big Data Discovery runs the Studio and DGraph (Endeca Server) elements on one or more dedicated nodes, and then reads data in from Hadoop and then writes it back in transformed states using Apache Spark, as shown in the diagram below:
As the data discovery and analysis features in Big Data Discovery rely on getting data into the DGraph (Endeca Server) engine first of all, this implies two things; first, we'll need to take a subset or sample of the entire Hadoop dataset and load just that into the DGraph engine, and second we'll need some means of transforming and "massaging" that data so it works well as a data discovery set, and then writing those changes back to the full Hadoop dataset if we want to use it with some other tool – OBIEE or Big Data SQL, for example. To see how this process works, let's use the same Rittman Mead Apache webserver logs that I've used in my previous examples, and bring that data and some additional reference data into Big Data Discovery.
The log data from the RM webserver is in Apache Combined Log Format and a sample of the rows looks like this:
For data to be eligible to be ingested into Big Data Discovery, it has to be registered in the Hive Metastore and with the metadata available to use by external tools using the HCatalog service. This means that you already need to have created a Hive table over each datasource, either pointing this table to regular fixed-width or delimited files, or using a SerDe to translate another file format – say a compressed/column-store format like Parquet – into a format that Hive can understand. In our case I can use the RegEx SerDe that I first used in this blog post a while ago to create a Hive table over the log file and split out the various log file elements, with the resulting DDL looking like this:
CREATE EXTERNAL TABLE apachelog ( host STRING, identity STRING, user STRING, time STRING, request STRING, status STRING, size STRING, referer STRING, agent STRING) ROW FORMAT SERDE 'org.apache.hadoop.hive.contrib.serde2.RegexSerDe' WITH SERDEPROPERTIES ( "input.regex" = "([^ ]*) ([^ ]*) ([^ ]*) (-|\\[[^\\]]*\\]) ([^ \"]*|\"[^\"]*\") (-|[0-9]*) (-|[0-9]*)(?: ([^ \"]*|\" [^\"]*\") ([^ \"]*|\"[^\"]*\"))?", "output.format.string" = "%1$s %2$s %3$s %4$s %5$s %6$s %7$s %8$s %9$s" ) STORED AS TEXTFILE LOCATION '/user/oracle/rm_logs';
If I then register the SerDe with Big Data Discovery I could ingest the table and file at this point, or I can use a Hive CTAS statement to remove the dependency on the SerDe and ingest into BDD without any further configuration.
create table access_logs as select * from apachelog;
At this point, if you've got the BDD Hive Table Detector running, it should pick up the presence of the new hive table and ingest it into BDD (you can whitelist table names, and restrict it to certain Hive databases if needed). Or, you can manually trigger the ingestion from the Data Processing CLI on the BDD node, like this:
[oracle@bddnode1 ~]$ cd /home/oracle/Middleware/BDD1.0/dataprocessing/edp_cli [oracle@bddnode1 edp_cli]$ ./data_processing_CLI -t access_logs;
The data processing process then creates an Apache Oozie job to sample a statistically relevant sample set of data into Apache Spark – with a 1% sample providing 95% sample accuracy – that is the profiled, enriched and then loaded into the Big Data Discovery DGraph engine for further transformation, then exploration and analysis within Big Data Discovery Studio.
The profiling step in this process scans the incoming data and helps BDD determine the datatype of each Hive table column, the distribution of values within the column and so on, whilst the enrichment part identifies key words and phrases and other key lexical facts about the dataset. A key concept here also is that BDD typically works with a representative sample of your Hive table contents, not the whole contents, as all the data you analyse has to fit within the memory space with the DGraph engine, just like it used to with Endeca Server. At some point its likely that the functionality of the DGraph engine will be unbundled from the Endeca Server and run natively across the actual Hadoop cluster, but for now you have to separately ingest data into the DGraph engine (which can run clustered on BDD nodes) and analyse it there – however the rules of sampling are that if you've got a sufficiently big sample – say, 1m rows – regardless of the actual main dataset size this sample set is considered sufficiently representative – 95% in this case – as to make loading a bigger sample set not really worth the effort. But bear in mind when working with a BDD dataset that you're working a sample, not the full set, so if a value you're looking for is missing it might be because it's not in this particular sample.
Once you've ingested the new dataset into BDD, you see it listed amongst the others that have previously been ingested, like this:
At this point you can explore the dataset, to take an initial look at the patterns and values in the dataset in its raw form.
Unfortunately, in this raw form the data in the access_logs table isn't all that useful – details of the page request URL are mixed in with the HTTP protocol and method, for example; dates are in strings; details of the person accession the site are in IP address format rather than a geographical location, and so on. In previous examples on this blog I've looked at various methods to cleanse, transform and enhance the data in log file tables like this, using tools and techniques such as Hive table transformations, Pig and Apache Spark scripts, and ODI mappings but all of these typically require some IT invovement whereas one of the hallmarks of recent versions of Endeca Information Discovery Studio was giving power-users the ability to transform and enrich data themselves. Big Data Discovery provides tools to cleanse, transform and enrich data, with menu items for common transformations and a Groovy script editor for more complex ones, including deriving sentiment values from textual data and stripping out HTML and formatting characters from text.
Once you've finished transforming and enriching the dataset, you can either save (commit) the changes back to the sample dataset in the BDD DGraph engine, or you can use the transformation rules you've defined to apply those transformations to the entire Hive table contents back on Hadoop, with the transformation work being done using Apache Spark. Datasets are loaded into "projects" and each project can have its own transformed view of the raw data, with copies of the dataset being kept in the BDD DGraph engine to represent each team's specific view onto the raw datasets.
In practice I found this didn't, at the current product state, completely replace the need for a Hadoop developer or R data analyst – you need to get your data files into Hive and HCatalog at the start which involves parsing and interpreting semi-structured data files, and I often did some transformations in BDD, then applied the transformations to the whole Hive dataset and then re-imported the results back into BDD to start from a simple known state. But it certainly made tasks such as turning IP addresses into countries and cities, splitting our URLs and removing HTML tags much easier and I got the data cleansing process done in a matter of hours compared to the days with manual Hive, Pig and Spark scripting.
Now the data in my log file dataset is much more usable and easy to understand, with URLs split out, status codes grouped into high-level descriptors, and other descriptive and formatting changes made.
I can also at this point bring in additional datasets, either created manually outside of BDD and ingested into the DGraph from Hive, or manually uploaded using the Studio interface. These dataset uploads then live in the BDD DGraph engine, and are then written back to Hive for long-term persistence or for sharing with other tools and processes.
These datasets can then be joined to the main dataset on matching dataset columns, giving you a table-join interface not unlike OBIEE's physical model editor.
So now we're in a position where our datasets have been ingested into BDD, and we've cleansed, transformed and joined them into a combined web activity dataset. In tomorrow's final post I'll look at the data visualisation part of Big Data Discovery and see how it brings the capabilities of Endeca Information Discovery Studio to Hadoop.
PeopleTools 8.54: Oracle Resource Manager
Oracle Resource manager is about prioritising one database session over another, or about restricting the overhead of one session for the good of the other database users. A resource plan is a set of rules that are applied to some or all database sessions for some or all of the time. Those rules may be simple or complex, but they need to reflect the business's view of what is most important. Either way Oracle resource manager requires careful design.
I am not going to attempt to further explain here how the Oracle feature works, I want to concentrate on how PeopleSoft interfaces with it.
PeopleTools FeatureThis feature effectively maps Oracle resource plans to PeopleSoft executables. The resource plan will then manage the database resource consumption of that PeopleSoft process. There is a new component that maps PeopleSoft resource names to Oracle consumer groups. For this example I have chosen some of the delivered plans in the MIXED_WORKLOAD_GROUP that is delivered with Oracle 11g.
- The Oracle Consumer Group field is validated against the name of the Oracle consumer groups defined in the database, using view .
If you use Oracle SQL Trace on a PeopleSoft process (in this case PSAPPSRV) you find the following query. It returns the name of the Oracle consumer group that the session should use.The entries in the component shown above are stored in PS_PT_ORA_RESOURCE
SELECT DISTINCT group_or_subplan, type
FROM dba_rsrc_plan_directives
WHERE plan = 'MIXED_WORKLOAD_PLAN'
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- PS_PTEXEC2RESOURCE is another new table that maps PeopleSoft executable name to resource name.
And then the PeopleSoft process explicitly switches its group, thus:
Unfortunately, the consequence of this explicit switch is that it overrides any consumer group mapping rules, as I demonstrate below.
old_group varchar2(30);
DBMS_SESSION.SWITCH_CURRENT_CONSUMER_GROUP('INTERACTIVE_GROUP', old_group, FALSE);
SetupThe PeopleSoft owner ID needs some additional privileges if it is to be able to switch to the consumer groups.
FOR i IN(
SELECT DISTINCT r.pt_ora_consumr_grp
FROM sysadm.ps_pt_ora_resource r
WHERE r.pt_ora_consumr_grp != ' '
AND r.pt_ora_consumr_grp != 'OTHER_GROUPS'
dbms_output.put_line('Grant '||i.pt_ora_consumr_grp);
,CONSUMER_GROUP => i.pt_ora_consumr_grp
The RESOURCE_MANAGER_PLAN initialisation parameters should be set to the name of the plan which contains the directives.
------------------------------------ ----------- ----------------------
resource_manager_plan string MIXED_WORKLOAD_PLAN
I question one or two of the mappings on PS_PTEXEC2RESOURCE.
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- PSNVS is the nVision Windows executable. It is in PeopleTools resource MISCELLANEOUS. This is nVision running in 2-tier mode. I think I would put nVision into the same consumer group as query. I can't see why it wouldn't be possible to create new PeopleSoft consumer groups and map them to certain executables. nVision would be a candidate for a separate group.
- For example, one might want to take a different approach to parallelism in GL reporting having partitioned the LEDGER tables by FISCAL_YEAR and ACCOUNTING_PERIOD
- PSQED is also in MISCELLANEOUS. Some customers use it to run PS/Query in 2-tier mode, and allow some developers to use it to run queries. Perhaps it should also be in the QUERY SERVER group.
(attribute => 'MODULE_NAME'
,value => 'PROCESSMONITOR'
,consumer_group => 'SYS_GROUP');
However, it doesn't work because the explicit settings overrides any rules, and you cannot prioritise other rules above explicit settings
exec dbms_application_info.set_module('PROCESSMONITOR','PMN_PRCSLIST');
SELECT REGEXP_SUBSTR(program,'[^.@]+',1,1) program
, module, action, resource_consumer_group
FROM v$session
WHERE module IN('PROCESSMONITOR','WIBBLE')
ORDER BY program, module, action
So I have created a new SQL*Plus session and set the module/action and it has automatically mover into the SYS_GROUP. Meanwhile, I have been into the Process Monitor in the PIA and the module and action of the PSAPPSRV session has been set, but they remain in the interactive group.
---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------------------
sqlplus PROCESSMONITOR PMN_PRCSLIST SYS_GROUP
If I set the module to something that doesn't match a rule, the consumer group goes back to OTHER_GROUPS which is the default.
exec dbms_application_info.set_module('WIBBLE','PMN_PRCSLIST');
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sqlplus WIBBLE PMN_PRCSLIST OTHER_GROUPS
Now, if I explicitly set the consumer group exactly as PeopleSoft does my session automatically moves into the INTERACTIVE_GROUP.
old_group varchar2(30);
DBMS_SESSION.SWITCH_CURRENT_CONSUMER_GROUP('INTERACTIVE_GROUP', old_group, FALSE);
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sqlplus WIBBLE PMN_PRCSLIST INTERACTIVE_GROUP
Next, I will set the module back to match the rule, but the consumer group doesn't change because the explicit setting takes priority over the rules.
You can rearrange the priority of the other rule settings, but explicit must have the highest priority (if you try will get ORA-56704).
---------------- ---------------- ---------------- ------------------------
sqlplus PROCESSMONITOR PMN_PRCSLIST INTERACTIVE_GROUP
So, continuing with this example, I cannot assign a specific component to a different resource group unless I don't use the PeopleSoft configuration for PSAPPSRV.
Instead, I could create a rule to assign a resource group to PSAPPSRV via the program name, and have a higher priority rule to override that when the module and/or action is set to a specific value. However, first I have to disengage the explicit consumer group change for PSAPPSRV by removing the row from PTEXEC2RESOURCE.
So, you would have to choose between using either the PeopleSoft configuration or the Oracle Resource Manager configuration. It depends on your requirements. This is going to be a decision you will have to take when you design your resource management.
UPDATE ps_ptexec2resource
SET pt_resource_name = 'DO_NOT_USE'
WHERE pt_executable_name = 'PSAPPSRV'
AND pt_resource_name = 'APPLICATION SERVER'
(attribute => 'CLIENT_PROGRAM'
,value => 'PSAPPSRV'
,consumer_group => 'INTERACTIVE_GROUP');
(attribute => 'MODULE_NAME'
,value => 'PROCESSMONITOR'
,consumer_group => 'SYS_GROUP');
explicit => 1,
oracle_user => 2,
service_name => 3,
module_name_action => 4, --note higher than just module
module_name => 5, --note higher than program
service_module => 6,
service_module_action => 7,
client_os_user => 8,
client_program => 9, --note lower than module
client_machine => 10
Of course, you can always use just the mapping approach in versions of PeopleTools prior to 8.54.
ConclusionI have never seen Oracle Resource Manager used with PeopleSoft. Probably because setting it up is not trivial, and then it is difficult to test the resource plan. I think this enhancement is a great start, that makes it very much easier to implement Oracle Resource Manager on PeopleSoft. However, I think we need more granularity.
- I would like to be able to put specific process run on the process scheduler by name into specific consumer groups. For now, you could do this with a trigger on PSPRCSRQST that fires on process start-up that makes an explicit consumer group change (and puts it back again for Application Engine on completion).
- I would like the ability to set different resource groups for the same process name in different application server domains. For example,
- I might want to distinguish between PSQRYSRV processes used for ad-hoc PS/Queries on certain domains from PSQRYSRVs used to support nVision running in 3-tier mode on other domains.
- I might have different PIAs for backup-office and self-service users going to different applications servers. I might want to prioritise back-office users over self-service users.
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BPM12c Quickstart "invalid oramds url" solved; recommended patches
Just this morning got a notification on my Service Request that there is a patch for an invalid MDS url while creating an XSLT based on the Case management XSD: 19775314. There are two versions of the patch: one for the 188.8.131.52.0 and one for 184.108.40.206.1 for homes that have the bundle patch applied.
I tried the second one on my BPM QuickStart home that was patched with the bundle patch.
So currently the recommended patches on the BPM QuickStart are:
- 20163149: (dataobject assignment lost after dehydration), this is mentioned as a prerequesite to the bundle patch, as alternative to the wrongly mentioned patch in the Readme.
- 19707784: SOA Bundle Patch 220.127.116.11.1
- 20440332: Initiator task form does not shown up on workspace and task is auto approved
- 19775314: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Invalid url ERROR WHEN CREATING TRANSFORMATION (Patch)
- 19706799: db adapter wizard mappings and xsd file creation does not trigger event in win (Patch); choose the 22.214.171.124.1 version.
Annonce : Oracle Database In-Memory Advisor
Pour utiliser cet assistant, le "Database Tuning Pack" est nécessaire.
Plus d'information :
- Page OTN
- Note MOS 1965342.1
Speaking at Delphix User Group Webex March 11
On March 11 at 10 am California time I will be speaking in a Delphix User Group Webex session.
Here is the sign up url: WebEx sign up.
Adam Leventhal, the Delphix CTO, will also be on the call previewing the new Delphix 4.2 features.
I will describe our experience with Delphix and the lessons we have learned. It is a technical talk so it should have enough details to have value to a technical audience. Hopefully I have put enough effort into the talk to make it useful to other people who have or are considering getting Delphix.
There will time for questions and answers in addition to our talks.
I really enjoy doing user group presentations. I had submitted an abstract for this talk to the Collaborate 2015 Oracle user group conference but it was not accepted so I wont get a chance to give it there. But, this WebEx event gives me a chance to present the same material, so I'm happy to have this opportunity.
If you have an interest in hearing about Delphix join the call. It is free and there will be some good technical content.
– Bobby
P.S. If this talk interests you I also have some earlier blog posts that relate to some of the material I will be covering:
Delphix direct i/o and direct path reads
Also, I plan to post the slides after the talk.
Complément : Tutoriels sur Oracle Public Cloud
- Signing Up for a Database CloudService
- Installingan Application into Your Database Cloud Service
- Data Loading and the Oracle Database Cloud Service
- Creating a RESTful Web Service
- ManagingUsers and Roles in a Database Cloud Service
- MonitoringYour Database Cloud Services
Java Cloud Service
- Signing Up for Java Cloud Service
- Deploying an Applicationto Java Cloud Service - SaaS Extension
- Using the Command LineInterface and an IDE with Java Cloud Service
- Securing a Web Applicationon Java Cloud Service - SaaS Extension
- Monitoring Your Java CloudService
Storage Cloud Service
- Restricting Read and Write access to Containers Using the Java Library
- Restricting Read and Writeaccess to Containers Using the REST API
- Uploading Files Largerthan 5GB Using the Java Library
- Uploading Files Largerthan 5GB Using the REST API
Oracle Database In-Memory Advisor Released
- Speed up analytical queries
- Speed up OLTP transactions
- NO application changes
Without the In-Memory Advisor, a DBA has to manually identify the tables to be placed in the In-Memory Column Store (IMCS). This manual task is no more required as the IMA, analyzes the analytical workload of the database and produces a recommendation report (which includes SQL commands to place the tables in IMCS).
For more information on IMA please refer to MOS: 1965343.1 and you may also download the best practices white paper from here.
How will the BI industry progress in 2015? [VIDEO]
Hi, welcome to RDX! Nowadays, almost every company uses business intelligence tools. Whether measuring return on investment or identifying your most popular products, BI can be an integral part of your operation.
But how will the technology progress in 2015? For one thing, it's likely that new iterations of relational databases will receive integrated analytics functions. SQL Server is one particular solution that has become more compatible with Power BI, Microsoft's signature BI application.
Mobile analytics has garnered much attention, but, in general, most implementations aren't as flashy as some users would like them to be. However, many companies are engineering their apps to perform data analysis on the backend. This means servers running SQL databases will do the heavy lifting.
Thanks for watching! If you want to know how BI tools can be integrated into your databases, consult a team of DBAs.
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Oracle Linux and Database Smart Flash Cache
You can find an overview of the feature in the Oracle Database Administrator's Guide. Basically, if you have flash devices attached to your server, you can use this flash memory to increase the size of the buffer cache. So instead of aging blocks out of the buffer cache and having to go back to reading them from disk, they move to the much, much faster flash storage as a secondary fast buffer cache (for reads, not writes).
Some scenarios where this is very useful : you have huge tables and huge amounts of data, a very, very large database with tons of query activity (let's say many TB) and your server is limited to a relatively small amount of main RAM - (let's say 128 or 256G). In this case, if you were to purchase and add a flash storage device of 256G or 512G (example), you can attach this device to the database with the Database Smart Flash Cache feature and increase the buffercache of your database from like 100G or 200G to 300-700G on that same server. In a good number of cases this will give you a significant performance improvement without having to purchase a new server that handles more memory or purchase flash storage that can handle your many TB of storage to live in flash instead of rotational storage.
It is also incredibly easy to configure.
-1 install Oracle Linux (I installed Oracle Linux 6 with UEK3)
-2 install Oracle Database 12c (this would also work with 11g - I installed 184.108.40.206.0 EE)
-3 add a flash device to your system (for the example I just added a 1GB device showing up as /dev/sdb)
-4 attach the storage to the database in sqlplus
$ ls /dev/sdb /dev/sdb $ sqlplus '/ as sysdba' SQL*Plus: Release 220.127.116.11.0 Production on Tue Feb 24 05:46:08 2015 Copyright (c) 1982, 2014, Oracle. All rights reserved. Connected to: Oracle Database 12c Enterprise Edition Release 18.104.22.168.0 - 64bit Production With the Partitioning, OLAP, Advanced Analytics and Real Application Testing options SQL> alter system set db_flash_cache_file='/dev/sdb' scope=spfile; System altered. SQL> alter system set db_flash_cache_size=1G scope=spfile; System altered. SQL> shutdown immediate; Database closed. Database dismounted. ORACLE instance shut down. SQL> startup ORACLE instance started. Total System Global Area 4932501504 bytes Fixed Size 2934456 bytes Variable Size 1023412552 bytes Database Buffers 3892314112 bytes Redo Buffers 13840384 bytes Database mounted. Database opened. SQL> show parameters flash NAME TYPE VALUE ------------------------------------ ----------- ------------------------------ db_flash_cache_file string /dev/sdb db_flash_cache_size big integer 1G db_flashback_retention_target integer 1440 SQL> select * from v$flashfilestat; FLASHFILE# ---------- NAME -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- BYTES ENABLED SINGLEBLKRDS SINGLEBLKRDTIM_MICRO CON_ID ---------- ---------- ------------ -------------------- ---------- 1 /dev/sdb 1073741824 1 0 0 0
You can get more information on configuration and guidelines/tuning here. If you want selective control of which tables can use or will use the Database Smart Flash Cache, you can use the ALTER TABLE command. See here. Specifically the STORAGE clause. By default, the tables are aged out into the flash cache but if you don't want certain tables to be cached you can use the NONE option.
alter table foo storage (flash_cache none);This feature can really make a big difference in a number of database environments and I highly recommend taking a look at how Oracle Linux and Oracle Database 12c can help you enhance your setup. It's included with the database running on Oracle Linux.
Here is a link to a white paper that gives a bit of a performance overview.
MAF 2.1 Alta Mobile UI - Running On iPad Device
You would need to get Apple Development Provisioning Profile (this costs around $100), in order to be able to install MAF application on iPad device for testing. Provisioning Profile creation process is streamlined in iOS 8 and is simple to follow. Here is the example of our Apple Development Provisioning Profile entry, this can be download and installed on Mac OS with one click:
Sample MAF application I'm going to deploy is connecting to the REST service. Make sure to set proper IP address for the REST connection entry in MAF. IP must point to the Service Bus service with published REST connection:
JDeveloper 12c is fetching Provisioning Profile information automatically. You only need to copy paste Common Name from iOS development certificate into Signing Identity field (created and registered during Provisioning Profile creation process):
Make sure to specify the same Application Bundle Id prefix as the one registered in Provisioning Profile. Documentation states you can test MAF application on iPhone/iPad device only in Debug mode, however this is not true - it works fine in Release mode as well:
Thats it with configuration. Choose to deploy MAF application into IPA distribution package:
IPA distribution package file must be generated in deploy folder. Double click on it and it will get installed into iTunes:
Open iPhone/iPad section in iTunes and go to the App category. You should see your new MAF application listed there. Click on Install button and then press Synch - this will install application into the device:
Application is successfully loaded and dashboard screen is displayed. Service Bus provides REST data to the MAF application running on the iPad, data is rendered in Tree Map graph (MAF component):
User could switch to Employees screen:
Alta UI look and feel - we could search for employees and browse through a list with shortcuts:
Switch to cards view, instead of default list view:
Select employee who is a manager:
Pie graph with compensation of managed employees is displayed:
List of managed employees is also present:
I have tested AirPlay and connected iPad with Mac. This is useful to display iPad screen on projector, when you want to demonstrate your app to the audience. AirPlay synchronisation works pretty well, without configuration headache (you may require additional utility application for this). You must enable mirroring on your iPad device:
We are getting iPad screen view on the Mac. This is pretty useful for the presentations and demos:
Obat Bius Serbuk Soporific Powder
Bagi mereka yang mengidap penyakit insomnia akan merasakan sulit ketika ingin tidur, bahkan sudah mencoba mengkonsumsi berbagai macam obat tidur namun tidak ada yang berfungsi. Jika anda adalah pelakunya sudahkan anda mencoba obat bius serbuk ini ? Cara Penggunaan Obat Bius SerbukUntuk penggunaan obat bius jenis serbuk ini terbilang cukup mudah, cukup campurkan soporific powder dengan berbagai macam minuman ataupun makanan, lalu biarkan hingga 3-5 menit dan biarkan obat ini bereaksi. Anda akan mulai merasakan kantuk yang sangat dahsyat sehingga membuat anda tertidur dengan sangat pulsa. Ingat ikuti aturan penggunaan ketika mengkonsumsi obat ini karena bila terlalu banyak mengkonsumsinya akan mengakibatkan overdosis.Kelebihan Obat Bius SerbukObat bius serbuk ini memiliki beberapa kelebihan diantaranya :
- Penggunaan yang cukup mudah, bisa digunakan di makanan ataupun minuman.
- Reaksi terbilang cepat, berkisar diantara 3-5 menit dan obat ini akan segera bereaksi dan membuat target tertidur pulas.
- Target akan tertidur pulas sehingga apapun yang terjadi padanya tidak akan diketahuinya ketika ia bangun.
- Harga relatif lebih murah dibandingkan obat bius lainnya.
- Memiliki reaksi yang berbeda dimana obat bius pada umumnya akan membuat target pingsan, namun pada obat ini hanya akan merasakan tidur yang teramat sangat pulas.
- Dan masih banyak kelebihan lainnya yang tidak bisa saya sebutkan satu persatu.
Thirsty 'Tuesday' – Are You Ready for SharePoint 2016?
Most organizations now have SharePoint in one form or another within their organization, but 63% are somewhat stalled in their adoption and progress. Top biggest ongoing issues are persuading staff to use it, poor governance, and lack of internal expertise. It can't just be left to IT, it requires the business managers and information workers to get involved to maximize the value.
Join your peers from organizations like Target, 3M, Medtronic and US Bank at this free 90 min meetup to learn how to avoid common mistakes and how to ensure success with SharePoint. Connect with local SharePoint experts and customers, and get the latest AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) research from 400+ SharePoint deployments. Bring your tough questions and ask your colleagues and SharePoint experts for their advice and assistance.
Don't miss this opportunity to meet local SharePoint experts and customers.
- Identify the best way to get user adoption, governance, and business value
- Discuss how to best re-energize a stalled implementation
- Plan the role of SharePoint vs. 3rd party extensions and applications
- Describe best practices for upgrading and migrating to latest version
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Can this mattress be repeatedly folded into a sleep sofa without breaking a part?
Great! Made the hard bed much more comfy...
Splendorest 3-inch Conventional Foam Mattress Topper
Increase the quality of your nights rest with a convenient foam mattress topper from Splendorest. Three inches of quality foam help ensure comfort by conforming to your bodys shape. This topper is naturally antimicrobial and resistant to dust mites.
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ITEM#: 13662508Sleep comfortably with this three-inch conventional foam mattress topper from Splendorest. This mattress topper is resistant to dust mites and is naturally antimicrobial.
- Type: Mattress Pad
- Mattress measures 3 inches thick
- Materials: Foam
- Density: 1-pound density, 28-pound I.F.D.
- Twin measures 38 inches wide x 75 inches long x 3 inches thick
- Full measures 54 inches wide x 75 inches long x 3 inches thick
- Queen measures 60 inches wide x 80 inches long x 3 inches thick
- King measures 70 inches wide x 80 inches long x 3 inches thick
- Resistant to dust mites and is naturally antimicrobial
- Supports your body and provides greater comfort
- Great way to rejuvenate an older mattress
- Good for home improvement projects
- Adds cushioning and comfort to a floor pallet, cot, or bed of your vehicle
- King-size can be used over 2 twin-size beds to make a king-size bed
- Meets all flammability standards
- Cover is NOT included
- Great for crafts and home projects
- To maximize foam expansion, remove from packaging within 72 hours of receipt.
- This product arrives very tightly packed. Please unwrap and allow 48 hours for this product to return to its original shape.
- Being sealed in plastic packaging sometimes traps odors. A few hours of airing usually removes the odor.
- Due to machine cutting manufacturing processes, there may be slight variances in the dimensions of this product.
Polyurethane foam the firmness level varies with the depth and density of the foam. Please be advised that even similar products may produce different firmness results
Once opened this product is non-returnable.
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Great! Made the hard bed much more comfyRead More
As advertised! Splendorest 3-inch Conv Foam topper
I use this foam to insulate and seal plating tanks. I cut into 3X3 inch strips for this purpose. This was the most cost effective solution to get the right size for my application.Read More
This mattress topper is thick and perfect
This product arrived on time and is perfect. Thanks SherellRead More
Mama Bear
Bought this to top an extremely firm memory foam mattress and it is just right. It has kept us cooler this summer as well.Read More
Gave my mattress extra life
This was purchased for my guest bedroom, now I want one for my room.I spent several hours comparing prices and found the best deal here. My son visited me and actually commented on the comfort of the bed without being prompted. When I told him about the topper, he asked me to send him the link so he can purchase one when he gets home.Read More
A bare bones foam topper
This mattress topper is exactly what the description says- it is NOT memory foam, and it is 3" thick. The photo shows it as being white, but it's actually just typical, yellow foam color. It's just regular old foam- nothing special, and that is exactly what we were looking for. My fiance and I recently bought a new, latex-foam mattress. We tend to gravitate toward extremely plush-topped mattresses, but my back unfortunately needs something much firmer these days. Our brand new mattress, which felt fine in the store, felt as hard as a rock in our bedroom and made my hips feel lousy. We needed something which would allow us to keep the firm back support but soften things up for our hips and shoulders JUST A LITTLE. This topper did just that. It works great for me but my guy is still getting used to it. It's also probably better for back sleepers than side sleepers (I'm currently trying to convert). Comfy enough for stomach sleeping without a pillow (firm but ok). It doesn't seem to sleep any hotter than our old, non-foam topped mattress either- maybe just a degree or two. It comes tightly packed in a large square box, and needs to sit out for awhile for the flattened parts to expand. There's a foam-ish smell, but it's nothing too terrible (I have a sensitive nose), and the scent has dissipated after a few weeks. It has fully expanded. We did not get a cover for it, but we placed it directly on top of the mattress and two stretchy mattress covers plus one fitted sheet have kept it in place just fine. Fits our queen mattress just right. We probably could have found a cheaper regular foam topper elsewhere, but we live in the Boston area where everything is more expensive than this topper and driving around is a huge pain in the neck, so we just ordered one here. It probably cost a little more but it saved us our sanity in the end. Again- it's nothing special, but it's perfect for just that extra hint of padding of you're trying to correct a too-firm mattress, especially if you don't want or need memory foam.Read More
Used it for a tufted headboard
I bought this foam mattress to pad a headboard I wanted to make because it was way cheaper than buying the green foam at the fabric store. It has nice texture and keeps its shape, so it works extremely well for this purpose.Read More
Hard as a Rock
If you're looking to add some "give" to a hard mattress, this is not what you want. It is just as firm as the mattress and really hurt our backs trying to sleep on it. I would love to return it but I can't get it back into the box it came in. If you're looking for something to shore up a saggy old mattress then this might be for you but we were disappointed.Read More
Very Firm
First let me say this very firm. This topper is perfect for placing on an old worn out mattress or using for futons beds. I purchased it for my firm mattress to make it more comfortable. It is too firm for me. I have used featherbeds and memory foam so wanted to try regular foam. This does not cradle your body like memory foam. The quality is good but know it is firm. This topper fits my king bed with overhang. You will need deep pocket sheets. Guess I'll keep looking.Read More
Foam was perfect to replace the support in dog bed
The foam is supportive and was the perfect size to cut two large rounds for my dog beds. The stuffing they had got all bunched up and looked uncomfortable so I replaced it with this foam - perfect! And half the cost of two new dog beds!Read More
Questions & Answers
Thank you for your question nickeydb4. The conventional foam topper may crease deeply where folded, if it is closed up in a sofa sleeper for long periods of time. I don't think it would break apart but, the creases would be uncomfortable to sleep on. May we recommend the Splendorest 3-inch Slab Memory Foam Topper, item 14803776. This may suit your needs better. Have a great day.
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Once your memory foam mattress pad stops providing springy support for your mattress, it's time to let it go. In fact, switching out your memory foam mattress topper every 10 years is recommended to ensure that you're getting the support you want while you sleep. Rather than throwing your old memory foam bedding away, try repurposing it with a few helpful tips. Keep reading to learn how to recycle a memory foam mattress pad in an eco-friendly way.
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There are basically three common types of mattresses used today: spring mattresses, memory foam mattresses, inflatable mattresses and feather beds. Each type has its own benefits. A mattress pad is a less expensive way to add comfort to your bed than purchasing a whole new mattress. With that said, if your mattress is lumpy or saggy, a mattress topper probably won't make much difference. If it is good, though, you have many different choices in material, price, and comfort. Whatever you get, just make sure you purchase the right size for your bed frame. Take a look below to learn more about the best-selling mattresses on the market.
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Air mattresses aren't what they used to be. Nowadays, air mattresses offer a slew of sleep-inducing features, like pillow tops, memory foam mattress pads and even built in MP3s, vastly improving on their giant-sized, pool-toy predecessors. As features improve, air mattresses, also known as air beds, are becoming more and more popular and are being used for a number of different functions, even in place of regular mattresses. Keep reading to find out the top five ways that you can get the most out of your air mattress.
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Revitalizing your bed with a memory foam mattress topper is an easy way to add support and warmth to your old mattress. It's also a smart alternative to spending hundreds of dollars for a new mattress when your old one is in good condition. Choosing a foam mattress topper for your bed is simple and can increase your comfort, leading to a more restful night's sleep.
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A mattress pad is a helpful yet often-overlooked bedding item. Mattress pads are multifunctional; they can protect your mattress, provide extra cushioning and softness, and keep your bed sheets from sliding out of place. Contemporary mattress pads come in various styles and types, each made to fill a specific purpose. These answers to frequently asked questions about mattress pads will help you shop for the pad that's right for your bed.
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Risk of Relapse: Somalia Crisis Alert Update
On 7 May 2014, 26 agencies asked the world to remember Somalia, where 2.9 million people are living in crisis. At that time, only 12% of Somalia's humanitarian needs had been funded for 2014. That figure now stands at 27%
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The Somalia NGO Consortium promotes information sharing, cooperation and joint advocacy initiatives amongst local and international NGOs working in Somalia and Somaliland through the following activities:
Provides a forum for and actively supports members to promote dialogue, collaboration, learning experiences and information exchange
Regularly shares information collectively and advise NGOs bilaterally
Represents Consortium members to governments, UN agencies, donor groups, and multilateral organisations at local, national, and international level.
Facilitates and supports advocacy initiatives, including raising public awareness of programming in Somalia, on behalf of the membership
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Recent News
(Mogadishu, 29 January 2015): According to new assessment findings released today by the Food Security and Analysis Unit, managed by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, and the Famine Early Warning Systems Network, the humanitarian situation in Somalia remains of concern. There have been improvements in parts of the country due to relatively good rains in October to December, increased flow of goods and reprogrammed humanitarian assistance. Nevertheless, the outlook for 2015 is worrisome.
About 731,000 Somalis face acute food insecurity, the vast majority internally displaced people, while an additional 2.3 million people are at risk of sliding into the same situation. This brings the number of people in need of humanitarian and livelihood support to 3 million. There have been some improvements in food security in the north where rainfall has been above normal. Southern and central regions have also seen improvements, but continue to be the epicentre of the crisis. This reduction in acute food insecurity cannot be equated to a sustainable turnaround as seasonal fluctuations are common.
Malnutrition rates remain stubbornly high with nearly 203,000 acutely malnourished children requiring emergency nutrition supplement, mainly due to lack of access to clean water, sanitation infrastructure and better hygiene. About 38,000 children are severely malnourished and need life-saving medical treatment and therapeutic food. The situation has deteriorated among displaced people in Bossaso, Baidoa and Doolow, but improved in Mogadishu, Kismayo and Dhobley.
Valuable support from donors has allowed for a timely scale up of humanitarian emergency response and the worst impact of the crisis has been mitigated, especially in the second half of 2014. But available funding is not commensurate to the needs. Nearly 350,000 vulnerable Somalis are at risk of no longer receiving food assistance as early as February. In 2014, 1.5 million people were without primary healthcare services, including 300,000 children under five due to lack of funding. In 2015, the Humanitarian Response Plan requests US$863 million to save lives, improve protection of displaced people and provide durable solutions, and strengthen resilience of communities to withstand shocks. It is an essential prerequisite to continue to do everything we can to address the current humanitarian needs to prevent the relapse of a major crisis jeopardizing recent historic peace and state building gains. View the technical press release here
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In addition to a restaurant, Bay Park Hotel features a spa tub. Other amenities include a bar/lounge and complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access.
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In addition to a seasonal outdoor pool, Bay Park Hotel provides a spa tub and a fitness center. The hotel offers a restaurant. A bar/lounge is on site where guests can unwind with a drink. Public areas are equipped with complimentary wired high-speed Internet access.
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- Breakfast available (surcharge)
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A seasonal outdoor pool and a spa tub are on site. Other recreational amenities include a fitness center.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2015
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I haven't missed a beat. I have been eating healthy. I've worked out nearly everyday. I even started getting up early.
However, this morning- my body told me I had enough. My mind argued- pushing away the pain in my muscles.
Maybe I haven't be... Read more
Tuesday, March 17, 2015
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I downloaded an app last week that links to sparkpeople. It's called RunKeeper. It's an amazing app that's free, with an option to upgrade. It tracks your walks/runs, and automatically shoots it over to your sparkpeople app. I started the 5K tra... Read more
Sunday, March 15, 2015
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Ive been laying here for two hours- staring at the ceiling. I need to get up, and get to running, but I can't seem to move. I want to go run. I want to get busy, but my bed has a firm grip on me. So, here I lay, thinking about the fact that I g... Read more
Friday, March 13, 2015
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I meet my goal, and then I stop & gain it back just to lose it again. I wouldn't call it yo yo dieting, but it's very annoying. My goal is to be consistent. Don't stop when I lose the 20 pounds I don't want. I'm down 7. 13 to go. Wish me luck ... Read more
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
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Today I did four miles with Leslie Sansone. I also deleted most of my teams because of inactivity. I remember when I first found the site in 2007. Everyone was active. I am not sure what happened. It just kind of died down, I guess. I kept two t... Read more
Tuesday, February 04, 2014
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This weekend was jammed pack with bad weather and no exercise. Two day isnt bad. But it is Tuesday. So five days no exercise. No tracking. I feel bad. Tomorrow is a new day. Work out first thing tomorrow morning.
To make matters worse- my h... Read more
Friday, January 31, 2014
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I cannot believe I've lost TEN POUNDS in twenty-two days. It seems unreal. I've cut out all junk food, and lowered the consumption of my beloved Coke Zero. I drink as much water as I can-as well as- lowered carb intake. This month hasn't been th... Read more
Friday, January 31, 2014
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I love my iphone & I have tried all kinds of apps.My favorites consist of:
ZenLab apps~ especially the weight tracker
Digifit which tracks your cardio via gps & sends you messages when you go too long without using it. It tracks distance, s... Read more
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
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The cold weather isn't what keeps me inside. It is the wind!! Today it is so intense. Earlier I was out and there was not much of a breeze. So, I get ready to go for a jog, and I walk out-- forget about it. SO instead :) I do Leslie Sansone Walk... Read more
Wednesday, January 29, 2014
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I haven't really been keeping up with anything on Spark due to the lack of interactions from others, but I am still keeping up with calories and working out. I have been stuck at 160 lbs for a week now, and I am not sure how to make myself budge... Read more