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NeNe Leakes is requesting some high-priced gifts for her re-nuptials, racking up a $40,000 wedding registry!
NeNe's very rich, but who doesn't love free stuff? RadarOnline.com reports that the "Real Housewives of Atlanta" is requesting some pretty lavish gifts from Geary's, a luxury department story in Beverly Hills.
For starters, she's supposedly registered for a set 16 L'Objet Perlée platinum chargers worth $7,200. Guests that want something a little more affordable can gift her and hubby Gregg Leakes with 16William Yoeward Penelope Bordeaux crystal wine glasses for about $4,500.
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Modi, while filing his nomination papers from Varanasi, had visited the statute of Madan Mohan Malviya and paid tribute to him. Modi often refers to Vajpayee in his speeches, and recently became emotional and became teary eyed at his speech in Central Hall.
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Asking Your Boss for a Raise Review what has happened since your last job review. What were your real duties and responsibilities at that time? By this we mean not just what your job description says you're supposed to do, look at your actual duties and responsibilities. Almost everyone modifies his/ her job within six months of being hired. Your special interests, the way you go about things, your style all contribute to changing at least the emphasis you place on the tasks you do. Page 1
The Career Center East Carolina University 701 East Fifth Street Greenville, NC 27858-4353 Office: 252-328-6050 Asking Your Boss for a Raise So you think it's time to ask your boss for a raise. Let's talk about how to do that. All good things need maintenance work � houses, kids, typewriters, marriages, and jobs. Review what has happened since your last job review. What were your real duties and responsibilities at that time? By this we mean not just what your job description says you're supposed to do, look at your actual duties and responsibilities. Almost everyone modifies his/ her job within six months of being hired. Your special interests, the way you go about things, your style all contribute to changing at least the emphasis you place on the tasks you do. Employers are like bankers; they do their best to pay on the installment plan. They pay after the work is done, with payments made in inflated dollars on the basis of an agreed upon value arrived at in non-inflated dollars. Asking for a raise 1. Do research on policies of the company. When are raises considered? What are others with the same or similar job positions making? 2. When is the best time to discuss a pay raise - When you take on new responsibilities or have done especially good job at something. 3. Stress why you deserve a raise, not why you need one. 4. Don't get angry if things don't go as planned. 5. Prepare to negotiate and find a compromise. Four Step Process to getting a raise: 1. Be sure you have earned it. Review your real value to the organization. Where have you gone beyond the "routine" expected of you? Document the ways in which you have you earned a raise. What have you done that makes you worth more than a "cost of living" increase? 2. Be sure your boss knows you have earned it. Make sure that you provide your boss with copies of projects completed, "Thank You" notes from customers or other departments. 3. Be sure that your boss knows that you know that you have earned a raise. 4. Be sure your boss knows that you know that he knows that you know that you have earned a raise. East Carolina University � The Career Center Page 1 How has your employer benefited from increased productivity - things like cost reductions, ideas that saved money, improved processes, or quality of service, better results, and faster. What have you done that has contributed to improved morale, relationships and healthier environment? Don't be in a hurry. Pick the moment carefully. Wait until things are going well at work. Don't try to do this when you and/or your boss will not have time to give proper consideration to your request, or he/she will just put you off. Stay away from when there is a critical deadline to meet, seasonal pressures are on, something has gone wrong that your boss has to deal with, or when everyone is frazzled. Start by asking for a meeting to review your performance. Beforehand prepare a written list of all your accomplishments. Tell him/her that you would like to go over this list and so that it can be added to your personnel file. Make sure that as you review the items on the list you discuss the effect of these achievements on the organization. Next you test his/her willingness to give you a raise. Then you negotiate what that raise will be. Perhaps you have realized that you are making a sale and that sales closing techniques are appropriate tools when asking for a raise. One of the techniques you can use is the "Three closes technique" where you ask two questions where you know you will get a "Yes" answer and then you ask the third question which is the one you hope will be a yes answer. It is based on the principle that people are more inclined to say yes if they have already said yes. If this technique doesn't feel comfortable, go purchase a book on sales "Closes" and modify one you like better to fit you. The three closes conversation would go something like this: "I can't help but feel that I have made a significant contribution to this organization, would you agree? (YES) I have every reason to believe that our organization will continue to have these types of needs, challenges, and problems, don't you think so? (YES) Than would you be willing to give me a pay raise as evidence of your continued support of my hard work.?" (YES!) Now negotiate a percentage increase over your current salary. In most cases a company will make a five percent increase very willingly, but if you want more, you may need to be prepared to continue the discussion. For example, one additional sales closing technique that is very effective in this situation is to break the cost down into it's smallest amount. Let's say that you currently make $26,000 a year. A 10% increase is an extra $2,600 a year. Divide that by 52 weeks in a year and you get $50 a week. Divide that by 40 hours a week (or however many you actually work) and you get $1.25 an hour. Then you say to your boss, "Let me ask you, would it be worth say $1.25 more an hour to you to know that I would continue to perform as well or better than I have this year?" If you get a "No" answer to this question, you probably should start looking for a better job. East Carolina University � The Career Center Page 2


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An overview of U.S. employment data of the past two months clearly illustrates
that one cannot take the "headline" numbers at full value, but must look
inside the data…
to illustrate…
The American economy added 431,000 net new jobs in May, the largest jump in monthly
employment in 10 years—but wait a minute. Forecasters had expected the
addition of more than 520,000 net new jobs, with perhaps 200,000 new private-sector
Instead, more than 95% of these net new jobs were temporary Census jobs, which
will be eliminated later this summer. Private-sector payrolls rose by a
disappointing 41,000 jobs.
The U.S. unemployment (jobless) rate declined from 9.9% in April to 9.7% in
May—but hang on. The rate declined for the wrong reason. The
jobless rate declined because an estimated 322,000 people left the labor force,
presumably because they were discouraged about the chances of finding a job.
Note that the nation's unemployment rate had risen from 9.7% in March to
9.9% in April—on the surface a negative development—but sit tight.
The jump occurred primarily because an estimated 805,000 people entered the labor
force in April, presumably because they felt that employment prospects were improving.
The May employment report on balance was clearly disappointing to financial market
players and investors who had expected a clearer sign, a stronger validation of
renewed U.S. economic growth. Perhaps it will show up in the June data to be
reported on Friday, July 2.
When you pull out the 411,000 temporary Census jobs, there's not much left in
the report to talk—much less cheer—about. The nation's
goods producing sector added a miserly 4,000 jobs in May, versus an average of
60,000 net new jobs monthly in March and April.
The nation's manufacturing sector did add 29,000 jobs during the month,
with hours worked and overtime increasing. However, this positive development
was more than offset by the loss of 35,000 construction jobs during the month.
Manufacturing has now added 126,000 jobs during the past five months.
(Another) however…the construction sector has lost two million jobs since
the Great Recession began in December 2007. Better news "saw"
logging and mining add 10,000 jobs in May.
The nation's much larger non-government service providing sector
added 37,000 jobs during May, led by 22,000 net new jobs in professional &
business services. Education & health services added 17,000 jobs. Not
so attractive was the loss of 12,000 jobs in financial activities, nor the loss
of 7,000 jobs in retail trade.
Better Numbers
In addition to better news in the manufacturing sector, a few other data points
were worth mention:
The economy has now added just under one million net new jobs this year, with roughly half of these jobs tied to the Census. Just as the 431,000 "headline" number overstated the true May employment picture, so will data in June and July likely be impacted the same way.
The flip side will occur later this year when the "loss" of nearly one million Census jobs will understate what is happening in labor markets at that time. No question that the Administration and the Congressional leadership already fear how the employment data will appear in the months leading up to the November elections.
The gain of nearly one million jobs so far this year also pales versus the loss of more than eight million jobs during 2008 and 2009. It will take years to reach 2007's year-end employment level.
The Unemployed
As noted, the jobless rate did decline from 9.9% in April to 9.7% in May, matching the rate during January through March of this year. The components are noted below:
The most troubling statistic is the harsh reality that roughly 46% of the 15 million people now counted as unemployed—6.8 million people—have been so for six months or longer, a record high. Job prospects for millions of people with prior employment in construction and manufacturing will remain very weak.
From Here?
A modest U.S. economic recovery has been in place since perhaps the late summer of 2009. To what extent the European upheaval will damage the U.S. rebound is unclear. To what extent the 2011 hike in income, dividend, and capital gains tax rates for "successful" Americans will damage their interest in hiring additional workers also remains unclear…
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Release Date: May 2, 2014 Topics: Hollows, NAC Date acquired: February 25, 2014 Image Mission Elapsed Time (MET): 35646241 Image ID: 5828285 Instrument: Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) of the Mercury Dual Imaging System (MDIS) Center Latitude: 42.92° Center Longitude: 330.9° E Resolution: 17 meters/pixel Scale: This crater has a diameter of 12.5 kilometers (7.8 miles) Incidence Angle: 43.5° Emission Angle: 46.1° Phase Angle: 30.1° Of Interest: Do hollows form preferentially on crater walls that receive more direct sunlight? In the northern hemisphere, the northern walls of craters are frequently sunlit, while the southern walls receive more grazing sunlight and are more often in shadow. (In the southern hemisphere it is the opposite.) The greater solar heating experienced by the northern wall may be an important factor in the formation of hollows. Images like the one here can help answer this question and are an area of focus for MESSENGER's current low-altitude imaging campaign. See these two other examples of hollows in craters walls. This image was acquired as part of the MDIS low-altitude imaging campaign. During MESSENGER's second extended mission, the spacecraft makes a progressively closer approach to Mercury's surface than at any previous point in the mission, enabling the acquisition of high-spatial-resolution data. For spacecraft altitudes below 350 kilometers, NAC images are acquired with pixel scales ranging from 20 meters to as little as 2 meters. The MESSENGER spacecraft is the first ever to orbit the planet Mercury, and the spacecraft's seven scientific instruments and radio science investigation are unraveling the history and evolution of the Solar System's innermost planet. During the first two years of orbital operations, MESSENGER acquired over 150,000 images and extensive other data sets. MESSENGER is capable of continuing orbital operations until early 2015. Credit: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington
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Remember back in the old days, you know the 90s? CPA firms would interview on campus in late September and up to mid-October. They would take a week or so to pick some of the candidates for office interviews in late October and early November and then have offers out before Thanksgiving.
Those days are long gone. Many firms are now able to make offers, on the spot, during the office interview. Another "old time" practice is firm recruiters (partners or professional HR team members) making offers in the fall to seniors to join the firm the following year upon graduation. By fall of their senior year the best students already have jobs.
Firms now make offers in the fall to 2nd, 3rd, and 4th year students for intern spots for the coming busy season. If they do a great job in January, February and March, they get an offer for full-time employment upon graduation (even if it is 3 years away!).
This whole speed-of-hiring topic came to mind when I read a post on The HR Capitalist titled," Good Candidates Age Faster Than Homemade Bread…" The article explains that if you get a lead on a good candidate, you have 14 days to get them hired or you will miss the opportunity. The need for speed applies to all of your hiring practices, college grads or seasoned CPAs.
This summer, you will have the opportunity to talk to some great, experienced candidates. The all-stars are getting the itch to move on to greener pastures. Are you tired of settling for mediocre? Are you ready to woo them to your team? If so, you need a plan to get-busy and get-fast!
Do you have two or three points in your interview process where things usually get stalled? You can stall with bad candidates but with good candidates you are stalling at your own risk. Read more….
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Thread: Monorok's Sketchbook
March 17th, 2013 #1
Monorok's Sketchbook
Hello! My name is Eugene Bakulin and i want to share my studies sketches and other stuffs.
Actually it's my first post here :/
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First architecture study with limit 2h. Very bad result
And some old studies.
March 18th, 2013 #3
This is great stuff. I really like your character designs. The man with the sword has so much personality. Great colors too.
Good studies also. Keep up the good work.
My sketchbook Please drop by. :-)
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Lost My Marbles, Thanks!
March 20th, 2013 #5
Drew for CHOW, but unfortunately I do not understand rules. So leave it that way here.
March 20th, 2013 #6
I really like your style and how you're working out some areas very well and leave other rather rough. It gives your style character and it's always good for the picture if one has to assemble it in one's own mind.
It's way more exciting this was, as if you was working out everything at the same level! I really really like that! I'm curious about more stuff! So keep on painting!
Just sneak a peak at My Sketchbook !
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Conivii, thank you, I really appreciate it!
More studies:
March 24th, 2013 #8
This weekend had to make only one study...
March 27th, 2013 #9
Hey u have some good stuff in your sketchbook. i liked your rejected cow entry haha
March 27th, 2013 #10
Nice work! Not sure about how the legs of the horse are connected to the body. The dark shading on the body, from both the front and back legs looks a bit off. Maybe it was that particular horse, but here is another one, hopefully showing what I mean:
March 27th, 2013 #11
Or maybe this one is better, since the legs are more stretched out:
March 28th, 2013 #12
Joey-b, Thanks!
Aqualeot, Thank you for advices and beautiful photos for stuty!
My character for CHOW #322 and some sketches:
April 7th, 2013 #13
Watercolors study of Destiny concept. Sorry for bad photo
April 7th, 2013 #14
Wow. Really impressive stuff. I really like your sketches.
April 16th, 2013 #15
phoenicorn, thank you!
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Wow, super-works! so... finished and solid. and very beautiful colors!
waiting for update!
I'm mostly self-taught, please if you have free minute leave some crits for me!
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Very nice Monorok. Like the rendering on the skull and in post 2.
April 18th, 2013 #18
Sillirien, Goyo thank you guys!
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Just today I watched Dragonlance the movie, your last one reminded me Tasselhof!)))
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Sillirien, haha small version of Tasselhof
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A mechanism for controlling the hardware resources on a blade server, and thereby limiting the power consumption of the blade server is disclosed. The enforceable hardware resources that are controlled include the base frequency of the central processing unit (CPU) as well as power to individual banks of physical memory, for example dual-inline memory modules (DIMMs). The hardware resources are tuned in dependence on actual server utilization such that applications running on the blade only have the allocated hardware resources available to them. Deactivated hardware resources are powered off and are so 'hidden' from the operating system when they are not required. In this manner, power consumption in the entire chassis can be managed such that all server blades can be powered on and operate at higher steady-state utilization. The utilization of the powered on resources in a blade center is also improved.
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6. A blade center chassis apparatus comprising:
a plurality of blade servers populating a plurality of chassis slots;
a management module;
a power supply common to said plurality of chassis slots for powering said plurality of blade servers, wherein said power supply further comprises a plurality of power modules; and
circuitry built into said management module operable for:
reading a total power capacity of said blade center chassis by querying each of said plurality of power modules installed in said blade center chassis;
calculating a maximum power load dissipated by said plurality of blade servers by querying a power consumption value of each of said plurality of blade servers;
allocating an individual amount of power to each of said plurality of blade servers, wherein a total amount of individual power allocated remains less than said total power capacity of said blade center chassis; and
brokering said total power capacity in said blade center chassis by changing said individual amount of power allocated to each of said plurality of blade servers.
7. The apparatus of
issuing a service request to a service processor on said blade server; and
receiving power consumption values from said service processor.
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receiving a request from a service processor on a blade server for an increase in the power allocated to said blade server;
determining when said increase in the power allocated to said blade server may be granted by transferring power from power allocated to a common pool to said blade server;
determining an individual increase in allocation of power to said blade server from the available amount of said power allocated to said common pool; and
confirming said individual increase in allocation of power to said blade server.
9. The apparatus of
receiving a notice from a service processor on a blade server that the power consumption of said blade server has been decreased, wherein said notice includes the amount that said power consumption of said blade server has been decreased; and
transferring an individual decrease in allocation of power from said blade server to the available amount of power allocated to a common pool, in relation to said amount that said power consumption of said blade server has been decreased.
10. A blade server device comprising a service processor for communications and resource management functions, wherein said service processor further comprises circuitry operable for:
determining power consumption settings of power-consuming resources on said blade server by communicating with a BIOS on said blade server;
calculating power consumption values based on said power consumption settings; and
communicating said power consumption values to a management module in a blade center chassis populated by said blade server.
11. The blade server device of
calculating an additional amount of power commensurate with a required increase in availability of said power-consuming resources on said blade server;
requesting from said management module an increase in the power allocated to said blade server;
receiving confirmation by said management module of an individual allocation of power to said blade server; and
enforcing said individual allocation of power to said blade server confirmed by said management module, further comprising the steps of:
determining power consumption settings of power-consuming resources on said blade server;
issuing a request to a BIOS of said blade server to apply said power consumption settings; and
activating by said BIOS of said power-consuming resources, wherein said activating results in an increase in power consumption.
12. The blade server device of
enforcing a reduced amount of allocated power to said blade server, further comprising the steps of:
determining power consumption settings of power-consuming resources on said blade server;
issuing a request to a BIOS of said blade server to apply said power consumption settings; and
deactivating by said BIOS of said power-consuming resources, wherein said deactivating results in a decrease in power consumption; and
notifying said management module of said reduced amount of allocated power to said blade server.
13. A computer program product embodied in a machine readable medium for monitoring hardware resources in a blade server comprising the programming steps of:
monitoring utilization of power-consuming resources on each of a plurality of blade servers during operation of an operating system booted on each of said plurality of blade servers; and
determining when said utilization of said power-consuming resources on each of said plurality of blade servers requires a change in an individual amount of power allocated to each of said plurality of blade servers.
The present invention relates in general to data processing systems, and in particular, to communications network devices referred to as blade servers.
The use of servers as devices within communications networks is well known in the art. A server is equipment that makes available file, database, printing, facsimile, communications or other services to client terminals/stations with access to the network the server serves. When the server permits client/terminal station access to external communications network it is sometimes known as a gateway. Servers are available in different sizes, shapes and varieties. Servers may be distributed throughout a network or they may be concentrated in centralized data centers.
Advances in centralized data processing centers have resulted in smaller form factors for server devices and an increase in the density of processing units, thereby reducing space requirements for computing infrastructure. One common form factor has been termed in the art a blade server, comprising a device built for vertically inserting into a chassis that can house multiple devices that share power and other connections over a common backplane, i.e., a blade center. Slim, hot swappable blade servers fit in a single chassis like books in a bookshelf—and each is an independent server, with its own processors, memory, storage, network controllers, operating system and applications. The blade server, also referred to simply as a blade, slides into a bay in the chassis and plugs into a mid- or backplane, sharing power, fans, floppy drives, switches, and ports with other blade servers. The benefits of the blade server approach will be readily apparent to anyone tasked with running down hundreds of cables strung through racks just to add and remove servers. With switches and power units shared, precious space is freed up—and blade servers enable higher density with far greater ease. With a large number of high-performance blade servers in a single chassis, blade technology achieves high levels of density.
Even though power consumption and device complexity per unit of processing power may actually decrease with a blade center, since the physical density of the computing devices has increased, the demands on power consumption for processing power and cooling have also intensified as overall computing power has increased. A blade center chassis has resources such as power and cooling that are shared by multiple components in the enclosure. A management module is present in each chassis which is responsible for managing all components within a chassis and the relationship between them. Each blade server is allocated a fixed amount of power or cooling capacity. If any blade server exceeds its allocation, it can force the entire chassis to exceed threshold values, which can, in turn, force the common power supply to shut down, causing other blade servers to be turned off. Another risk is that any blade server exceeding its allocation can cause other blade servers to shutdown due to temperatures exceeding their critical thresholds.
Probably, one of the most pressing problems associated with servers is manageability and particularly manageability as applied to chassis mounted servers. One aspect of manageability within this type of server relates to managing performance within the constraints of the available resources. Well-known in the art are management methods and their related system architectures for maintaining a sufficient level of computing power and aggregate data throughput in the face of highly fluctuating or deterministic service requests. Documented application server resource management methods aim to provide an optimum level of service for a given set of resources, subject to a certain demand of computing power; upon total utilization of available resources, the methods generally assume that the processing power is expandable ad infinitum, thus demanding additional computing infrastructure. However, certain instrinsic resource constraints on any given computing center location, such as available electrical power, space, and cooling, are finite and thus effectively limit further expansion of that infrastructure. Projects for expanding or duplicating an existing computing center often require significant corporate resources and carry an economic impact that goes well beyond the cost of the core computing infrastructure. As blade server performance values, such as processor speeds and bus clock frequencies, have increased dramatically, electrical power requirements within a single blade center have frequently reached constraining values, such that it may not be unusual that insufficient electrical power is available in a given chassis to simultaneously power on all blade servers present in the chassis. Furthermore, since a blade center chassis will often be dimensioned for future growth and expansion, newer, faster, power-hungry blade servers may need to be added to an existing chassis, which would normally exceed the rated values for power consumption.
All of the aforementioned factors indicate that power resources are a critical element in the economic success of a blade center. Therefore, a key aspect of manageability within this type of application server relates to allocating power resources, which has been solved by system architecture in past configurations by forcing individual blade servers to shutdown, or not permitting additional blade servers to power on. Clearly, a scenario where not all blade servers in a chassis may be powered on is economically detrimental for the operator of the blade center.
The computing resources within an individual blade server are unfortunately often wasted due to low utilization during normal operation, whereby the power allocated to (and consumed by) an individual blade server remains constant, usually at full power for all components. When determining server resources required for a target application, the administrator generally has to plan for the worst-case scenario. In one illustrative example, 80% of the time, an application may require some X amount of resources, comprising CPU cycles and physical memory. The other 20% of the time, the application may require 2� amount of those resources. In order to provide for that 20% of the time, the administrator was forced to dimension the server with 2� resources for the application to run on.
There are two ways to allocate power within a blade center chassis. In one case, illustrated in
In view of the above problems, a more efficient system and more reliable method is needed in the art for managing blade server utilization in an environment where electrical power is constrained.
The present invention addresses the foregoing needs by providing a mechanism for controlling the hardware resources on a blade server, and thereby limiting the power consumption of the blade server in an enforceable manner. The hardware resources that are controlled include the base frequency of the central processing unit (CPU) as well as power to individual banks of physical memory, for example dual-inline memory modules (DIMMs). The hardware resources are controlled to constrain the power required by the blade server, thereby reducing computing power of the blade server. The system and method of the present invention tunes the hardware resources in dependence on actual server utilization such that applications running on the blade server only have the allocated hardware resources available to them. Deactivated hardware resources are powered off and are so withheld from the operating system when they are not required. In this manner, power consumption in the entire chassis can be managed such that all blade servers can be powered on and operate at higher steady-state utilization. While there may be insufficient power and cooling available for operating all blade servers at 100% hardware resources, sufficient computing power may be achieved by operating all blade servers at some lower percentage of enabled hardware resources. Thus, the present invention provides a method for brokering allocated power among the blade servers in a blade center chassis and thereby distributing the available electrical power more effectively among a greater number of powered on blade servers. The utilization of the powered on resources in a blade center is also improved with the present invention.
One component of the present invention comprises hardware resource monitoring by a monitoring agent software running in the operating system that can monitor and report the utilization of physical memory and CPU cycles. The present invention leverages off standard protocols and interface support for throttling CPU speeds and hot plugging memory modules. A chassis power management software, running on a management module, serves as the resource broker within the blade center and may scale down the resources available to an application on a blade server to achieve some steady state threshold (SST), for example 90%. This has the effect of placing a limit on that server's power consumption, which is less than the value associated with the server running at full capacity. The chassis power management software may then allocate less power to the blade server than would be required for full-power operation. Through a shrewd combination of throttling the CPU and disabling memory DIMMs, the upper limit on power consumption is enforced. Even if the demands on the hardware resources from the application rise sharply or spike suddenly, the available hardware resources and power consumption remain constrained. When a monitoring agent software running on the blade server detects that utilization of a server resource is exceeding the SST and climbing towards a trending upwards threshold (TUT), a determination according to algorithm or policy will be made regarding the amount of additional blade server resources (CPU cycles or DIMMs) to make available to the operating system. The additional physical resources on the individual blade server will have a corresponding requirement for shared resources in the blade center chassis, i.e., electrical power and cooling capacity. The resource monitoring agent software will request that the management module, acting in the capacity of a resource broker for the common pool of unused power and cooling resources in the chassis, allocate sufficient power from the pool to the blade server for adjusting upwards the amount of server resources available to the application. Similarly, when the resource monitoring agent software detects that monitored values for server resources have fallen below a trending downwards threshold (TDT), it can remove resources from the operating system and power them down. The monitoring agent on the blade server then sends a notification to the management module that the blade server is thereby releasing its corresponding allocation of the shared resources back to the pool. For the purposes of controlling power consumed by the CPU, simple CPU utilization may represent values for the monitored threshold quantities SSU, TUT, and TDT, in one embodiment of the present invention. For the purposes of controlling power consumed by memory in another example of the present invention, percent of physical memory used, number of page faults, or a combination thereof may represent values for the monitored threshold quantities SSU, TUT, and TDT.
The present invention provides numerous advantagous benefits for manageability issues. The present invention allows the continued allocation to individual applications of a single server for ensuring that resources are available for meeting peak requirements during usage of the application. When an application is running below peak requirements, power consumption by individual servers is reduced by scaling down resources in use. When the aggregate total of resources required to support servers running at maximum utilization exceeds that which is available to them in the common pool, the present invention allows the servers to execute at levels tailored to their steady state requirements while ensuring that utilization spikes do not cause the resources available in the common pool to be exceeded.
An object of the present invention is to provide a mechanism for controlling the power allocated to individual blade servers in a blade center in an enforceable manner, whereby the control of the allocated power is retained by a management module in the blade center chassis.
Another object of the present invention is to increase the effective utilization of blade servers in a blade center chassis for a given computing workload at a given power consumption level.
Another object of the present invention is to provide the ability to use a combination of blade servers in a blade center that would otherwise exceed the maximum power rating for that blade center power supply.
Another object of the present invention is to provide for a common pool of reserve power that may be allocated to individual blade servers so that they may operate at power consumption levels tailored to their steady state requirements.
Still another object of the present invention is ensuring that utilization spikes do not cause reserve power resources in the common pool to be exceeded and preventing thereby a total loss of power in the blade center chassis, caused by overloading the common power supply or by exposure to excessive thermal loading.
The foregoing has outlined rather broadly the features and technical advantages of the present invention in order that the detailed description of the invention that follows may be better understood. Additional features and advantages of the invention will be described hereinafter which form the subject of the claims of the invention.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention, and the advantages thereof, reference is now made to the following descriptions taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, in which:
In the following description, numerous specific details are set forth such as specific word or byte lengths, etc. to provide a thorough understanding of the present invention. However, it will be obvious to those skilled in the art that the present invention may be practiced without such specific details. In other instances, well-known circuits have been shown in block diagram form in order not to obscure the present invention in unnecessary detail. For the most part, details concerning timing considerations and the like have been omitted inasmuch as such details are not necessary to obtain a complete understanding of the present invention and are within the skills of persons of ordinary skill in the relevant art.
Refer now to the drawings wherein depicted elements are not necessarily shown to scale and wherein like or similar elements are designated by the same reference numeral through the several views.
One prior art method for allocating power within a blade center chassis is illustrated in
The system components and architecture for controlling power in a blade center chassis are illustrated in
When power allocation to blade server 130 is increased 1250, an initial determination 1251 by the resource monitoring agent software 134, which monitors CPU 138 and memory 139 utilization values SST and TUT, has been made that more resources are required. This determination 1251 may be result of a trend analysis, as illustrated in
When power allocation to blade server 130 is decreased 1210, a initial determination 1211 by the resource monitoring agent software 134, which monitors CPU 138 and memory 139 utilization values SST and TDT, has been made that resources may be freed. This determination 1211 may be result of a trend analysis, as illustrated in
Processor blades provide the processor, memory, hard disk storage and firmware of an industry standard server. In addition, they include keyboard, video and mouse (KVM) selection via a control panel, an onboard service processor, and access to the floppy and CD-ROM drives in the media tray. A daughter card may be connected via an onboard PCI-X interface and is used to provide additional high-speed links to various modules. Each processor blade also has a front panel with 5 LED's to indicate current status, plus four push-button switches for power on/off, selection of processor blade, reset, and NMI for core dumps for local control.
Blades may be "hot swapped", meaning removed or installed in the power on state, without affecting the operation of other blades in the system. A blade server is typically implemented as a single slot card (394 mm�227 mm); however, in some cases a single processor blade may require two or more slots. A processor blade can use any microprocessor technology as long as it is compliant with the mechanical and electrical interfaces, and the power and cooling requirements of the blade server system.
For redundancy, processor blades have two signal and power connectors; one connected to the upper connector of the corresponding slot of midplane MP (described below), and the other connected to the corresponding lower connector of the midplane. Processor Blades interface with other components in the blade server system via the following midplane interfaces: 1. Gigabit Ethernet (2 per blade; required); 2. Fiber Channel (2 per blade; optional); 3. management module serial link; 4. VGA analog video link; 4. keyboard/mouse USB link; 5. CD-ROM and floppy disk drive (FDD) USB link; 6. 12 VDC power; and 7. miscellaneous control signals. These interfaces provide the ability to communicate with other components in the blade server system such as management modules, switch modules, the CD-ROM and the FDD. These interfaces are duplicated on the midplane to provide redundancy. A processor blade typically supports booting from the media tray CDROM or FDD, the network (Fiber channel or Ethernet), or its local hard disk drive.
A media tray MT includes a floppy disk drive and a CD-ROM drive that can be coupled to any one of the 14 blades. The media tray also houses an interface board on which is mounted interface LED's, a thermistor for measuring inlet air temperature, and a 4-port USB controller hub. System level interface controls consist of power, location, over temperature, information, and general fault LED's and a USB port.
Midplane circuit board MP is positioned approximately in the middle of chassis CH1 and includes two rows of connectors; the top row including connectors MPC-S1-R1 through MPC-S14-R1, and the bottom row including connectors MPC-S1-R2 through MPC-S14-R2. Thus, each one of the 14 slots includes one pair of midplane connectors located one above the other (e.g., connectors MPC-S1-R1 and MPC-S1-R2) and each pair of midplane connectors mates to a pair of connectors at the rear edge of each processor blade (not visible in
Two hot pluggable blowers BL1 and BL2 (previously represented schematically by 150) include backward-curved impeller blowers and provide redundant cooling to the blade server system components. Airflow is from the front to the rear of chassis CH1. Each of the processor blades PB1 through PB14 includes a front grille to admit air, and low-profile vapor chamber based heat sinks are used to cool the processors within the blades. Total airflow through the system chassis is about 300 CFM at 0.7 inches H2O static pressure drop. In the event of blower failure or removal, the speed of the remaining blower automatically increases to maintain the required air flow until the replacement unit is installed. Blower speed control is also controlled via a thermistor that constantly monitors inlet air temperature. The temperature of the blade server system components are also monitored and blower speed will increase automatically in response to rising temperature levels as reported by the various temperature sensors.
Four hot pluggable power modules PM1 through PM4 (previously represented schematically by 140) provide DC operating voltages for the processor blades and other components. One pair of power modules provides power to all the management modules and switch modules, plus any blades that are plugged into slots 1-6. The other pair of power modules provides power to any blades in slots 7-14. Within each pair of power modules, one power module acts as a backup for the other in the event the first power module fails or is removed. Thus, a minimum of two active power modules are required to power a fully featured and configured chassis loaded with 14 processor blades, 4 switch modules, 2 blowers, and 2 management modules. However, four power modules are needed to provide full redundancy and backup capability. The power modules are designed for operation between an AC input voltage range of 200 VAC to 240 VAC at 50/60 Hz and use an IEC320 C14 male appliance coupler. The power modules provide +12 VDC output to the midplane from which all blade server system components get their power. Two +12 VDC midplane power buses are used for redundancy and active current sharing of the output load between redundant power modules is performed.
Management modules MM1 through MM4 (previously represented schematically by 110) are hot-pluggable components that provide basic management functions such as controlling, monitoring, alerting, restarting and diagnostics. Management modules also provide other functions required to manage shared resources, such as the ability to switch the common keyboard, video, and mouse signals among processor blades.
Although the present invention and its advantages have been described in detail, it should be understood that various changes, substitutions and alterations can be made herein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
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ProUroCare Medical to Attend 25th Anniversary EAU Congress in Barcelona
MINNEAPOLIS, April 15 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — ProUroCare Medical, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: PUMD, PUMDU and PUMDW), a provider of proprietary medical imaging products, today announces that it will be attending the European Association of Urology (EAU) Congress in Barcelona, Spain, April 16-20. This year's EAU will hold a special roundtable press event to address prostate cancer screening issues and processes for improving early detection. ProUroCare plans to engage and inform European physicians and health influencers about its patented prostate imaging and data storage system.
The company's innovative ProUroScan system is currently under review by the FDA. The company's diagnostic technology is intended to aid physicians in visualizing and documenting prostate abnormalities also detected by Digital Rectal Exam (DRE).
"Prostate cancer is a major global health problem, but its prevalence and the standards of care vary among different countries," said Rick Carlson, CEO of ProUroCare. "The EAU Congress offers a great chance to interface with physician thought leaders and distributors in the European health care community."
Over the last 25 years, the EAU has consistently strived to improve patient care worldwide. The Anniversary EAU Congress in Barcelona expects to attract more than 11,000 delegates and approximately 3,000 company representatives.
About ProUroCare Medical, Inc.
ProUroCare Medical, Inc. is a publicly traded company engaged in the business of creating innovative medical imaging products. The company's current focus is the ProUroScan prostate imaging system, which is used to map abnormalities of the prostate detected by DRE. Based in Minneapolis, Minn., ProUroCare is traded on the OTCBB.
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BJP today struck a cautious note in condemning the slapping of AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal expressing scepticism on whether those attacking him were moving along with him.
"I don't understand why it is happening with him. Such a thing is not justified. It is wrong. Such a thing is not accepted in a democracy," BJP vice president Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi said.
Naqvi, however, remained sceptical about repeated attacks on Kejriwal, and asked if those people who slap, punch and throw ink move along with the AAP chief, who blames his political opponents for the incidents.
"If it has actually happened from somewhere else, then it is condemnable," he said.
Kejriwal was today slapped by a man during a roadshow in Sultanpuri area of North West Delhi in second such attack in last four days and the AAP leader immediately held BJP responsible for it.
The man identified as Lali, who is an autorickshaw driver, first garlanded Kejriwal and then slapped him following which the attacker was thrashed by AAP supporters.
The 38-year-old attacker, a resident of Aman Vihar in Outer Delhi, has accused Kejriwal of not fulfilling promises made to the auto-drivers. He was later detained by the police.
"I do not understand why do some people resort to violence for becoming the Prime Minister. If you think by attacking us, we will keep quite then you are wrong. We will fight this battle till the last breath," Kejriwal said.
Later in a tweet, Kejriwal said, "I am just thinking - why am I being repeatedly attacked? Who r (are) the masterminds? What do they want? What do they achieve?"