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DDM Tuning 55watt: the good, the bad, the ugly
I've had 4 DDM Tuning 55 watt HID's (5K & 4.5K) installed for about 2 months now in the headlights and OEM fog lights of my 2012 R1200GSA and this what I've experienced.
The good: awesome lighting, much better than and much more light especially in dark back roads where you really need it. Very bright in the daylight and attention getters for potential drivers who might otherwise pull out or turn in front of you. I would only get flashed at night if I had the fogs on with lo-beam headlight. No melting or heating problems of the OEM equipment with the 55 watt in. For several weeks I had no LAMPF!...until...
The bad: several weeks into the install I noticed the low beam was not coming on or would come on after restarting my motor and eventually failed to come on. Swapped it with the hi-beam and got it to work. Then one of the fog lights went out. I ordered two extra 55 watt ballasts and bulbs. I replaced both failed ballasts and all was good in the world...until..
The ugly: So originally I put in the ugly as failure of 3 of the 4 installed ballasts while I was on my 2000 mile trek...BUT...now that I'm back and had a moment to test them...well, they all worked!! Seems I need to wire them directly to the battery because for some unknown reason the ZFE has decided to shut off the extra power they need to start up. My bad :/ Which is kinda weird since they used to work with stock wiring but now they don't.
Conclusion: I know some people are getting their DDM Tuning 55 watt HID's to work with stock wiring but after a while it was insufficient on my 2012 GSA. The remedy seems to be a wiring harness coming off the battery.
DDM Tuning was very prompt getting me an RMA and the lifetime warranty means I can send as many back as I need to but the thought of screaming through a dark night on a back road and my lights suddenly going out is a bit disconcerting. DDM will be getting 2 out of 6 ballasts returned when I get home...it's not good Goose...time to punch out!!!
Most of the 55 watt ballasts I saw were some form of the China imports with few exceptions including DDM's. I'm now looking at the Morimoto's from Retrofit Resource but I'd pay 5 times as much. They're made in Japan and hopefully not a China import in a different wrapper!!
I've scanned through most of this thread and it looks like currently FutureVisionHID ($250+ for a pair...gack!) has the best review followed by the Morimoto's ($150/pair). Although the 35 watt ballasts seem to be much more reliable all the way around...if I could just get over the power of those 55 watters...I'm slightly addicted to them now
Anyone else have a better source for 55 watters????
I have the Morimoto's 5-five's mounted and installed on all my GSA lights. I'm quite impressed with the Morimoto's...they're a little smaller than the DDM's but only slightly thicker and do not have a separate igniter. The 4300K lights are impressive at night. I tried using the Morimoto error cancelers (they call it "Standalone CAN-BUS") but they didn't work on either the lo or hi-beam. So far the stock BMW aux. fog light plugs will power up with the ballasts as does as the hi-beam plug (no relays needed for the time being and no LAMPF!). The lo-beam LAMPF! error shuts down the power after a few seconds even when connected to the Morimoto however when the lo-beam plug is attached to a relay it stays powered despite the LAMPF!. FYI, the Morimoto's power up significantly faster when it's attached to the battery by a relay. The lo-beam was the only lamp giving me a LAMPF! so I tried load resistors to see if that works. The common 6-ohm 50 watt nor the 6 ohm and 18 ohm 100 watt load resistors did the trick, BUT, even with a large aluminum heat sinks they got too hot, so now I'm looking for a suitable add-on 10 watt light which is enough to cancel the LAMPF!.
To conclude, what worked was...Morimoto 5-five's, a relay for the low beam and the low beam plug powering the relay and a 10 watt light (I just added a small marker light to the rear of my motor) and no canbus eliminators. A set of aux lights connected to the lo-beam would work as well.
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Thread: A BOY named Phaedra
June 19th, 2013 11:35 PM #26
I find that just unacceptable. It's just as bad as naming a girl Zeus imo.Nathaniel . Eden | Alessandra . Noel
June 28th, 2013 06:36 PM #28
Don't like it at all. There's nothing "brave" about doing something that only affects another person. Renaming yourself something controversial could be brave but bestowing a controversial name on a child who has no say in the matter? Not brave at all. If anything, it's selfish. The kid's the one who's going to have to deal with this name, not the mother. It would be like calling someone "brave" for outing a gay person (Oh how brave of you! You just made life difficult for someone else! However did you muster up the courage to do that?)
July 2nd, 2013 10:39 PM #30
I totally agree! Poor little Phaedra will most likely go around all his life with people thinking he is a girl!Catalina: Seventeen, Volleyball, Geography
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July 4th, 2013 08:08 AM #32
I find it fine on a boy mostly because I've never heard it before and alos we go on about boys names on girls but when it happens the other we hate it just as much?? Anyway Astala and Phaedra are really good together☆Isobel★Eloise☆Matilda★Alice☆Eleanor★ Amelia☆ Elena★Mirabel☆ Felicity★Phoebe ☆Eilidh ★Rosalia☆Roisin★Azalea☆Elsa★Arabella☆ Genevieve★Elodie☆Tallulah★Ruby☆
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Women's Soccer Earns NSCAA Team Academic Award
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For the sixth year in a row, the Minnesota women's soccer program earned a NSCAA Team Academic Award after combining for a 3.48 GPA during the 2011-12 academic year. The Gophers finished among the top 50 out of 498 women's teams that qualified for the accolade and had the second-highest academic finish of all Big Ten teams.
"It is a testament to how our girls focus both on and off the field and that they understand they are here for education first," said head coach Stefanie Golan. "They have demonstrated a commitment to excellence in both facets of their University of Minnesota life."
To qualify for the award, a collegiate team must post a grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
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In SCI California Funeral Services Inc. v. Five Bridges Foundation, 2012 DJDAR 2018 (2012), the California Court of Appeal, First Appellate District decided an important decision under California Code of Civil Procedure Section 998(d).
The underlying record and the appellate decision are extremely lengthy and detailed. This blog post focuses solely on the issues implicated by the court's decision concerning Code of Civil Procedure Section 998(d), the California offer of judgment statute.
SCI California Funeral Services Inc. ("SCI") entered into a contract with an entity subsequently acquired by Five Bridges Foundation.The contract related to an agreement to purchase all of the assets of a cemetery.
The asset purchase agreement stated that SCI would acquire real estate.The deal also included an option to buy extra acreage and an easement to post business signs. SCI did not receive the option or easement in a timely manner. As a result, SCI filed suit against Five Bridges, alleging causes of action for breach of contract. Five Bridges countersued SCI for numerous business torts.
Prior to trial, SCI made an offer to resolve the case via a CCP § 998 offer. Five Bridges rejected the offer tendered by the plaintiff. Later, the trial court ruled in favor of SCI, awarding the plaintiff substantially more than the 998 offer it had tendered to the defendant.
The judge ruled that Five Bridges was liable for failure to meet the contractual obligation concerning the easement. SCI moved for an award of post‑offer attorney fees under Code of Civil Procedure Section 998(d).The trial court denied the motion.
SCI also moved for its reasonable attorney fees under California Civil Code § 1717, a different statutory basis for the award of fees. The trial court also denied the fee request under that statute. SCI filed an appeal of the trial court's decision.
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The court noted that under California Civil Procedure Section 1032, the prevailing party in litigation is entitled to recover statutory costs in any action or proceeding. SCI argued on appeal that because it was entitled to a cost award under CCP Section 1032, it was also entitled to its reasonable attorney fees.
Section 998(d) provides that if an offer made by a plaintiff is not accepted and the defendant fails to obtain a more favorable judgment, the defendant may be required to pay post‑offer costs of services of expert witnesses in addition to the plaintiff's costs. In addition, under CCP § 1033.5, that statute sets forth the categories of recoverable costs under CCP § 1032. Section 1033.5 includes "attorney fees when authorized by contract."
The court of appeal stated that because SCI was the party with a "net monetary recovery," it was deemed the prevailing party. In response, Five Bridges argued that under Section 998(d), SCI was only entitled to expert witness fees, and not post‑offer attorney fees. The court of appeal rejected the argument and held that under that statute, expert witness fees are an additional item of costs awardable to a plaintiff, and thus, are not the sole item of costs available to a plaintiff that recovers in excess of a pretrial offer. The court ruled that SCI was entitled to its reasonable attorney fees too.
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Does anyone know what it is like to have your husband do a b billet to become an MCT instructor?
Also any advice on which b billet is best for families?
Does anyone know what it is like to have your husband do a b billet to become an MCT instructor?
Also any advice on which b billet is best for families?
I don't think any of the B-billets are idea for family. They all work long hours and all of them offer their own form of stress. Recruiters would be the ones to not have to pull duty every third or fourth night depending on the rotation of instructors or DIs. Depending on what rank your husband is, if he's a SSgt or above, then I would say go MSG and go places that you all would normally not go.
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DK is totally right. B-billets are all about what's good for the Corps. None are good for families. MCT instructor is a lot like DI, but in shorter cycles. Long stressful days on their feet moving around a LOT and still having someone have to stay overnights with the new Marines. But it can be done. Good luck.
I am right there with the b bilet thing.. my husband is most likely going to go for combat instructor.. or recruiter assistant.. long hours but at least he wouldn't be deployed.
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Thank you ya He is a Sgt. I understand that none of them are really for families but my husband is on a 6 month on 6 month off rotation to Iraq/Afghanistan. Then when he is home, he leaves at 6AM and gets home around 8PM-10:30PM so w are pretty used to the long hrs. and all but we just want him to be safe and around if we needed him. One of our twin daughters has medical problems and we make trips to the hospital if she gets a simple cold.
My husband has been a MCT instructor for over three years now, he is in his last few months of it. We are based in Camp Pendleton. Honestly it wasn't bad at all! So much better then him deploying all the time, like he was. He is super busy while he is in cycle, which last four weeks but during that time he is home on average at least 4-5 days a week, Sundays always off unless that is his duty day. And the hours really aren't that crazy until the last week of the cycle when he is out in the field for four days. I would for sure go for it. But as of right now once they have completed a four week cycle with the privates they get a month off with out them, then his days are usally 7:30-4:30. Since your daughter has medical problems you should not have a problem making appts. around his schedule. And again the most important thing is just having him home!! Good Luck :)
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In order to construct an integrated storage system by reinforcing collaboration of components or functions of a storage system in which a storage area network (SAN) is used, in a computer system having multiple client computers, multiple various servers, multiple various storages which keep data, and a local area network (LAN) which connects the computers and the servers, a storage area network (SAN) which lies between the servers and storages forms a switched circuit network which is capable of connecting any server and any storage through fiber channel FC switches. The computer system further includes a terminal which is equipped with operation and management software which performs storage management including management of logical volumes in the various storages, data arrangement, error monitoring, management of setting up the FC switches, and backup for data in the storages.
1. A computer system, comprising:
a plurality of client computers;
a plurality of servers;
a plurality of storages which have multiple disk drives and keep data in said plurality of disk drives;
a local area network (LAN) which connects said computers with said servers; and
a storage area network (SAN) which lies between said servers and said storages,
wherein said SAN forms a switched circuit network having fiber channel switches and arranged to connect any of said servers and any of said storages through said fiber channel switches, and said computer system comprising:
a terminal, which is connected to said LAN and equipped with operation and management software which performs storage management, including management of logical volumes in said storages, management of data arrangement including moving data in one of said logical volumes to another of said logical volumes, management of error monitoring for said storages, management of setting up said fiber channel switches, and management of a server-less backup operation for backing-up data directly from one of said storages to a backup storage of said storages via said SAN without relaying said data via any of said servers or said terminal;
wherein the operation and management software of said terminal realizes acquisition of statistical information of resources of said logical volumes; and
wherein the operation and management software of said terminal manages said logical volumes in said storages in accordance with said statistical information including usage of logical devices composing said logical volumes, said operation and management software predicting future usage of said logical devices given a proposed allocation of said logical devices based on said usage, and said operation and management software allocating said logical devices in response to a command based on said future usage prediction.
2. The computer system as claimed in
3. A computer system as claimed in
4. A computer system as claimed in
5. A computer system as claimed in
6. The computer system as claimed in
7. A computer system, comprising:
a plurality of client computers;
a plurality of servers;
a plurality of storages which have multiple disk drives and keep data in said plurality of disk drives;
a local area network (LAN) which connects said computers with said servers; and
a storage area network (SAN) which lies between said servers and said storages,
wherein said SAN forms a switched circuit network having fiber channel switches and arranged to connect any of said servers and any of said storages through said fiber channel switches, and said computer system comprising:
a terminal, which is connected to said LAN and equipped with operation and management software which performs storage management, including management of logical volumes in said storages, management of data arrangement including moving data in one of said logical volumes to another of said logical volumes, management of error monitoring for said storages, management of setting up said fiber channel switches, and management of a server-less backup operation for backing-up data directly from one of said storages to a backup storage of said storages via said SAN without relaying said data via any of said servers or said terminal;
wherein the operation and management software of said terminal manages said logical volumes in said storages in accordance with usage of logical devices composing said logical volumes, information of said usage being obtained from said disk drives, said operation and management software predicting future usage of said logical devices given a proposed allocation of said logical devices based on said usage, and said operation and management software allocating said logical devices in response to a command based on said future usage prediction.
8. A computer system as claimed in
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11. The computer system as claimed in
The present invention relates to storage systems for storing data, in particular, a technique relating to methods for the data protection of handled data, the data sharing, the storage resource management, and the data handling.
At present, environment in which the information processing is performed has been changing drastically as a result of development of the Internet and Intranets, and expansion of such applications as data warehouse, electronic commerce, and information service, and this change has resulted in rapid increase in the amount of handled data.
For example, while the performance of CPUs has improved 100 times for the last five years, the input and output performance of disk drives has been held in about 10 times improvement. That is, the limit of the input and output performance compared with rapid increase in traffic has come to give rise to apprehensions. In addition, as applications such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), which processes a mass of data, and data warehouse have come to wide use, and information to be processed (documents, drawings, visual contents, etc.) has been diversified and communicated in Multimedia, demands of enterprises for a total disk capacity has increased two times a year on an average. Further, as storage capacities used in enterprises and others have increased and use of storages has been diversified, the running cost of storages has also increased. Furthermore, backbone data in main frames has been shared and utilized by individual departments.
Described below is the situation of the information processing environment resulting from increase in the amount of handled data by using
Recently, proposed was a Storage Area Network (SAN) environment in which a SAN is constructed between the various servers and storages described above, and individual servers are allowed to access to any of the storages. Here, the SAN means a network that connects multiple servers and multiple storages through fiber channels, and is used only for input to and output from storages, and a SAN realizes the sharing of various storages, high-speed data processing between servers and storages, and long distance connection.
As described above, an SAN is being introduced into environments, in which the information processing is performed, in order to improve the input and output performance, to expand a total disk capacity, to reduce the running cost of storages, and to expand data sharing. The SAN, as shown in
In addition, connecting multiple storages enables to improve the input and output performance of the storages very significantly. That is, as merits, drastic improvement in the input and output performance of the storages (improvement in the performance), setting up and expanding flexibly a storage environment independently of server environments (improvement in scalability), unified storage operation (improvement in the storage management function), disaster measures by expanding the connection distance drastically (improvement in the data protection capability), etc. have been achieved.
However, existing proposals of SAN networks did not always disclose clearly concrete configurations or embodiments to realize these SAN network.
An object of the present invention is, in order to ensure the various merits and usability obtained by employing an SAN, to provide a integrated storage system in which collaboration over the entire storage system is reinforced by devising concrete functions of a storage system and corresponding concrete configurations, and in addition, another object is to provide a method for handling data more usefully at an Internet data center (abbreviated to "iDC"), which connects storages to the Internet and keeps and makes use of a large volume of data, by applying an integrated storage system to iDC.
In order to solve the issues described above, the present invention employs mainly the following configuration of a computer system and the following management method.
A computer system that is provided with multiple client computers, multiple various servers, multiple storages storing data, local area networks (LANs) connecting said computers and said servers, and a storage area network (SAN) lying between said servers and said storages, wherein said SAN forms circuit switched networks by fiber channel switches (FC switches) to make a mutual connection between any of said servers and any of said storages, and said SAN is equipped with terminals in which management and operation software has been installed to perform the storage management including management of logical volumes in said various storages, data arrangement, and error monitoring, the management of setup of said FC switches, and the data backup operation for data in said storages.
In addition, the management method is a method for managing a system comprising servers, storages storing data of said servers, and a network connecting said servers and said storages, and the method works in such a way that it obtains the information to identify data to be processed, obtains a specification of processing the data denoted by said information, gives said specification of processing to said storages keeping the data denoted by said information, and receives the result of processing the data denoted by said information from said storages.
The following describes a computer system in which a storage area network (SAN) is used and a method by which data is handled, referring to the drawings.
Further, storages such as a RAID, a tape library, and a DVD-RAM library/library array are connected with the server such as the main frame (MF) server, the UNIX server, and the PC server via a Storage Area Network (SAN) consisting of network switches such as a fiber channel switch (FC-Switch) and a fiber channel hub (FC-Hub) not shown in the figure. In addition, the main site is connected with the remote site consisting of the same components as those of the main site via a wide area communication network such as WAN.
Here, since the servers and the storages are connected through channel switches in the SAN, the servers and the storages which are connected through channel switches are enabled to be added, detached, and changed optionally. Therefore, firstly storages are enabled to be added and detached optionally to suit the storage capacity and the kind and object (access speed, cost, etc.) of data to be stored. The server sides are also enabled to access these storages without any restriction via the channel switches.
In addition, since the main site is connected with the remote site via a WAN, data can be shared between the sites, and a great amount of data can be shared worldwide. In addition, if a copy of data at the main and remote sites is retained at each other site, even when either site fails due to a disaster, etc., jobs can continue to run using the data at the other site. In this case, storages for backup data at the remote site are not limited to the same type of storage as at the main site, for example, not limited to copying from a RAID on the main side to a RAID on the remote side, and hence cost reduction and simplified management may be achieved by copying from a RAID on the main side to a DVD-RAM or tape library, etc., on the remote side. In this case, the operation and management software on a terminal for managing a SAN manages the copy source, copy destination, etc., of these data.
In addition, in a prior art shown in
On the other hand, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, data stored in storages connected with individual servers are managed in an integrated manner via a SAN. Firstly individuals of multiple servers are connected to various storages (such as a RAID disk drive, a tape library, and a DVD-RAM library/library array) via fiber channel switches (FC-Switches) of which the SAN is comprised. Thereby, data stored in individual storages are enabled to be accessed directly from individual servers without passing a LAN. For example, access to a great amount of data, etc., is simplified. In addition, since storages for data are consolidated into an integrated storage system, management of data and equipment is simplified.
In addition, in order to make backup and remote copies, etc., of data against a disaster, individual storages corresponding to each server must be installed and the data must be copied via a LAN according to a prior art, however, in the preferred embodiment of the present invention, an integrated storage system consisting of a SAN and various storages is introduced, and hence the integrated storage system enables to back up data, and furthermore remotely and more efficiently.
As a computer system to which a SAN is applied is outlined above, the computer system must be an information system that is intended primarily for making any information about the data to be handled available at any time, for anyone, and from anywhere.
The integrated storage system relating to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, as disclosed in
Concretely described below are details of individual basic functions according to the present invention. These functions are realized by installing a program (software), which describes these functions, and necessary data in memory of devices such as a storage, a switch, a server (computer), and a management unit (realized by a computer, etc.), and executing the program on a central processing unit (CPU) in theses devices individually. In addition, a data center in which a SAN-applied computer system consisting of a system group of a large capacity of storages and various servers is connected to the Internet and is equipped with data storage service functions, namely Internet data center (abbreviated to "iDC"), is constructed, and an inventive device relating to a method for processing a mass of data at that iDC is one of features of the present invention.
First the data protection is described. Functions of the data protection are intended for backup of DBs during online operation, reduction in the management cost by sharing storage resources, improvement in system availability by means of disaster recovery, etc., and assurance of data security, and thereby, enable to back up data without stopping a job (non-disruptive backup) for 24-hour-per-day, 365-day-per-year operation that is expected to increase in the years ahead, enable to share a tape library at the time of backup (tape unit-shared backup), resulting in reduction in the cost as well, and further enable to restore the system rapidly in the event of a disaster by ensuring data security in copying remotely at long distance (remote copying). To put it concretely, the details of the data protection are three techniques of the non-disruptive backup, the tape unit-shared backup, and the asynchronous remote copying as described above.
Firstly functions or actions of the non-disruptive backup enable applications to run even during backup operation by the backup using a replica of data, and prevent application servers from being affected by using servers for backup only.
In contrast to this, in one example of preferred embodiment of the present invention as illustrated in
While data in Logical VOLA is being copied to Logical VOLB sequentially in the storage unit, when data is written to the storage unit from an online job (JOBA in the figure) concurrently with the copying, the duplicated writing of the data from the job is automatically performed on both Logical VOLA and Logical VOLB in the storage unit. After completion of copying sequentially from Logical VOLA to Logical VOLB, if data is written from JOBA, duplicated writing is also performed to keep individual data of Logical VOLA and Logical VOLB identical.
When performing backup, the backup server instructs the storage unit to perform pair split by using a means for controlling disk drives. After the split instruction, although data is written from JOBA, the storage unit writes the data to Logical VOLA only, and not to Logical VOLB. Thereby, data present in Logical VOLA when the split instruction is given is left in Logical VOLB as it is. After the split instruction, the backup software on the backup server reads data from the secondary volume, Logical VOLB, and makes a backup copy of the data to a backup device such as a tape unit.
However, for the volume duplication scheme illustrated in
In the case of
However, data may be written from the application server into a certain area of Logical VOLA during the backup processing. Since data in Logical VOLA is being copied to Logical VOLB sequentially in the storage unit, if the data from the application server is written into Logical VOLB by the processing of copying, data after the split is also written into Logical VOLB. To prevent this, the storage unit reads Logical VOLA's data currently present in the area for which a write demand is made and writes the data out into Logical VOLB. After that, the storage unit writes into Logical VOLA the data which the application server demanded to write. As a result of this processing, data present in Logical VOLA only at the time of the split instruction is copied to Logical VOLB. With this method, data in the primary volume (Logical VOLA) does not need to have been copied to the secondary volume (Logical VOLB) when the backup processing starts, that is, system operation in which a copy of volumes must be prepared in advance is not required, resulting in improvement of system operational ability.
In addition, in the case of another example of non-disruptive backup configurations illustrated in
The left one of
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the present invention, in the case of LAN-free backup illustrated in the middle one of
Concrete operation of the tape unit-shared backup shown in
Next, the following describes a configuration for and a function of asynchronous remote copying in the disaster recovery as a measure of data protection. This is intended for assurance of data security by copying remotely at long distance, for quick restoration of a system in the event of a disaster such as an earthquake, for duplication of a database to a remote site without affecting the performance of the main site, and for continuation of a job at the remote site in the event of a disaster.
Next, the following describes a configuration for and a function of high-speed replication between servers in data sharing. As shown in
Furthermore, in order that UNIX servers or PC servers can construct a data warehouse easily, by installing in the UNIX servers or their attached units the software which is capable of performing easily and quickly in GUI base a series of the processing from extracting data from a variety of source DBs such as backbone DB, through converting and consolidating data, up to loading data, the time taken to transfer data can be shortened when constructing a data warehouse.
Next, the following describes a configuration for and a function of integrated operation and management of systems including storages. For computer systems that are large in size and is required to run 24-hour-per-day continuously, system management, in particular, storage management is considered important.
As a typical function of storage management, listed is monitoring for device failures, in particular, what part fails in a device. In addition, required are system maintenance work such as backing up data at each site periodically against a system crash, system setting modification work when volumes are added, and further data handling such as moving data in some volumes to other volumes when the performance drops due to load congestion in a particular volume. At that time, monitoring the condition of the load is also important management work. In a conventional system, one maintenance terminal is installed for each storage unit, and individual storages must be managed from their respective terminals.
In a means of storage integrated operation and management relating to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, all storage units can be managed by a single terminal.
For a small-size data so that it is used by each department, in many cases individual departments can make a copy of their respective data for backup, so a backup device such as a tape unit is installed in individual departments. In addition, multiple large-scale storages to store a large-size data and a backup device such as a tape library are installed at a computer center, and each device at the center, each system on individual floor, and an enterprise general system are connected mutually via a Storage Area Network.
A centralized monitoring console monitors all devices on individual floor, in the enterprise general system and at the computer center, and all device failure reports are collected to the centralized monitoring console. Service personnel can identify easily what device a failure occurs in by seeing the console. When data is destroyed due to failures, the data can be recovered (restored) from a backup device. This restore processing can be also initiated from the centralized monitoring console. In addition, the centralized monitoring console has such a function that service personnel leave the terminal unattended in some cases, so in such a case a mail is sent to a cellular phone, etc., of the service personnel from the centralized monitoring console to notify them.
The centralized monitoring console also directs how to operate backup and manages the backup. The frequency of backing up and the requirement of a destination of backing up vary with the kind of data individually. For example, data almost unnecessary to back up (for example, data updated very rarely) and data accessed by only a particular department or person do not need to be backed up frequently. Or, even if attempting to make a backup copy of all data at the same time zone, there is a limit to the number of backup devices. The centralized monitoring console rearranges the frequency of backing up, the time zone, or the destination of the backing up in accordance with the data or volume depending on the need of users, and automatically performs the backup processing individually.
From the centralized monitoring console, a host address is assigned to LDEVs, and the type of hosts that can access individual LDEVs is set. Since all hosts are connected to all storages via a storage area network, there is the risk that a host which is not allowed normally to access a storage gains an invalid access to the storage, so the type of hosts that can access individual LDEVs can be registered in the storage to prevent invalid access.
In addition,
In addition, reallocation of volumes is invisible from hosts both during movement of the logical devices and after movement of the logical devices, and volumes can be handled in the same as before movement. Disk drives obtain the usage rate of logical devices as statistical information, and send the information to a centralized monitoring console. The centralized monitoring console predicts how the usage rate of logical devices changes when a logical device is moved based on the information, and presents the prediction to service personnel. Service personnel can draw a reallocation plan more easily than in the case of the previous figure based on the prediction. In addition, from the centralized monitoring console, service personnel can instruct to move the logical devices actually or not, or set in advance detailed conditions under which, when individual volumes are set in a certain state, the volumes are automatically moved.
In addition, there is FC switch management as a part of integrated system operation and management, and the FC switch management enables to make various settings of FC switches and to manage the status of zoning, etc. To put it concretely, it includes management such as the displaying of a fabric topology, the setting of FC switches' zoning, and the setting/displaying of various parameters in FC switches, and these items can be watched on the centralized monitoring console.
Next, on the whole configuration of a computer system relating to a preferred embodiment of the present invention described above, the following describes an concrete example of cases where a terminal in which the operation and management software illustrated in
To back up (
Therefore, when backup is started, if the SAN management unit (terminal shown in
In the above description, the SAN management unit plays the central role to control reception of a backup demand, creation and split of a replica, the backup processing, and reporting of backup termination, however, software in an application server and software in a backup server exchange control information directly via a LAN, and thereby can realize the backup system without making use of a SAN management unit (
In the backup system described above, data is backed up by transferring it to a backup device through a backup server, however, backup can be controlled so that data is transferred directly from the secondary volume in a storage to a backup device via a SAN (direct backup) without passing a backup server. In the case where a SAN management unit is used, this backup is achieved by instructing a storage to transfer data in the secondary volume to a backup device after the SAN management unit recognizes that a replica has been created and split. This instruction includes the address of the backup device on the SAN, etc.
In addition, in the backup system described above, applications play the primary role to specify the backup file and the volume, however, for files and volumes which are updated frequently and require backup every day or every several hours, the load of applications can be reduced by specifying periodical backup for the management unit and the backup software in advance.
Next, the following describes an example of functions of a SAN management unit in the tape unit-shared backup (
The following describes an example of controlling the zoning function illustrated in
Such set-up of zonings in the switch is enabled by connecting a fabric switch and an SAN management unit not shown in the figure through a LAN, etc. not shown in the figure, and setting up said zonings in the fabric switch according to an instruction from the SAN management unit, etc. In the case where a SAN management unit is not used, zonings can be set up in the fabric switch by using a dedicated console, etc., however, control information for zoning must be set at the location of said dedicated console each time cluster servers and storages are added, changed, or detached, resulting in inefficient operation. By using a SAN management unit and setting up zonings from the SAN management unit through communication, the operability is improved.
A few examples of operation of an SAN management unit are described above, however, when providing various functions of the data processing, the SAN management unit basically obtains from servers and storages the information about files and volumes to be processed, a operation timing, a destination to which to move data, etc., and instructs the devices required based on these pieces of information to process files and volumes (replica creation, data copying, split of replica, backup copying, remote copying, etc.,) according to the operation timing. Individual devices perform their processing according to instructions from the SAN management unit, and return the result of processing. On as needed base, they can make the SAN management unit return the result to the client that asked to process.
To put it in order, a preferred embodiment of the present invention is considered to be composed of the following steps: step 1; an SAN management unit (terminal in which operation and management software has been installed as shown in
As described above, since a SAN management unit has functions of collaborating multiple pieces of functional software and operate them, the SAN management unit can realize easily complex functions that individuals of the functional software cannot achieve and the SAN management unit enables the more accurate data processing in an integrated storage system. On the other hand, complex functions can be achieved by creating a single piece of large software without collaborating multiple pieces of functional software, however, this leads to a situation in which separate pieces of software must be developed for each kind of the data processing, resulting in an inflexible system.
Next, the following describes how storage systems and storage area network techniques are used in a large-scale computer system, using a concrete example.
Since high-priced equipment such as a high-speed network line is shared in an Internet data center, there is a feature that an Internet data center, in provider's place, can provide services to many enterprises at a low cost. In addition, users and enterprises which utilize an Internet data center are released from burdensome work such as backup and maintenance and deal with a business at a lower cost than running a system alone. However, since iDC runs many Internet environments and many pieces of application software that individual enterprises use, high-speed Internet backbone lines and many high-performance servers must be installed. In addition, these facilities must have high reliability and high security. In these environments, high-speed and highly functional storage systems are indispensable.
The following describes an example of applying storage area network techniques to a large-scale system such as an Internet data center.
In addition, from the point of view of backup, storage consolidation through a SAN plays an effective role. Here,
The demands for backup is considered to be varied depending on the circumstances of each host computer. For example, there are cases where it is desirable that a backup copy of data is taken every day at a time when a load of access to a host computer drops, that is, during a time zone such as midnight for which the number of times access is made to disk drives decreases, or it is desirable that in the case of a host computer which is very busy on the processing of an update type of transactions, the host computer determines a backup start time optionally according to the time and circumstances, such as a time when a flow of transactions breaks. The management host accepts those demands from individual host computers and manages backup processing properly. In addition, since 24-hour-per-day continuous operation is important at an Internet data center, interruption of processing on the host computer must be avoided and non-disruptive backup is mandatory. Described below briefly is an example of backup processing.
For example, if individual server computers want to make a backup copy at some timing once a day, the management host makes out a schedule of the backup beginning and ending for individual server computers. For example, a backup operation for a WWW server of Company A begins at midnight, a backup operation for an application server of Company B at one in the morning, a backup operation for an application server of Company A at half past one in the morning, a backup operation for a WWW server of Company B at three in the morning, and so on. Time taken to perform the backup processing depends on the amount of data that individual servers keep, etc., and hence the management host manages what amount of data individual server computers keep in storages, and calculates the time taken for backup based on the amount of data and makes out a schedule. In addition, if a tape library has multiple tape drives, multiple backup jobs can be executed concurrently.
Taking as an example a case where a backup operation for Company A begins at midnight, the following describes a flow of processing. When midnight comes, the management host creates a replica of data, present in disk drives, of a WWW server of Company A. For that, the management host finds out a free disk (logical volume) in a disk drive, assigns it to a volume for the replica of a WWW server of Company A, and instructs the disk drive to create the replica. A flow of the processing of creating a replica is that as illustrated in detail in
Following this, a tape cartridge is mounted onto a tape drive in a tape library. After that, the copying of backup data begins from the replica volume to the tape library. The server computer of Company A can perform the data backup processing, however, if the direct backup function by which data is transferred directly from the management host or a disk drive to a tape library is supported (all right if at least any of a disk drive, a tape library, and a FC switch supports), this function can actually be used for backup processing.
In that case, while the server computer is not aware of whether the backup processing is performed or not, a backup copy of data is automatically made. When the backup processing is complete, the tape cartridge is demounted from the tape drive, the replica volume in the disk drive is placed out of use, the volume is set to a free volume again, and the next backup processing follows.
In this case, since the tape library is shared and connected mutually via the SAN, if the schedule of tape library utilization is managed properly by the role of the management host, etc., one tape library can cover all their backup volumes even for multiple host computers. In addition, it is sufficient to prepare a replica volume only at the time the backup processing is needed if the management host assigns volumes properly, a replica volume does not need to be always prepared in individual volumes, and hence the number of tape library units and the number of volumes, etc., can be reduced.
Next, though the merits of sharing of storage units through a SAN are large in cost reduction, on the other hand, there are considerations to be taken in an environment in which servers of multiple enterprises coexist. One of them is security. All server computers can gain access to all storage units on a SAN via the SAN, so a server of Company C can look at data of Company A on the same SAN. Next, described below are examples of means by which to solve these problems.
Further, there are multiple LUs on the same path and the LUs are shared by multiple servers, however, individual servers do not want to share in some case. For example, Company B secures the path to access LU 1 and LU 2 in
These zonings, path assignment, and access limitation in units of LUs are set on the centralized monitoring console. The topology of an FC switch is checked on the monitoring console, zonings are set based on the topology, further as many LUs as necessary are mapped on individual paths, and LUs that individual companies can use are registered. Furthermore, for LUs to which mutual access is not permitted within the same path, the centralized monitoring console obtains the WWNs of host computers that are permitted to access, sets them in a disk drive, and limits access in units of LUs.
Next, described below is an example of applying a computer system which uses an integrated storage system consisting of a SAN and various storages. In recent years, merge and consolidation of enterprises have increased. As a result, this gives rise to the need to integrate computer systems among enterprises.
From the point of view of computer system operation, integration of data is important. Usually, application databases that are used by individual enterprises are different, only straightforward mutual connection among devices does not make direct mutual use of data available. Therefore, generally, individual data from multiple databases must be consolidated and integrated to construct a new database.
In the example in
According to the present invention, an integrated storage system can be constructed by reinforcing collaboration of components or functions of a storage system in which a SAN is used, and all various functions illustrated in
Further, by connecting an integrated storage system to the Internet and applying the system to an Internet data center that keeps a large capacity of data and achieves utilization of the data, Internet information services can be provided efficiently in the cost and both of quantity and quality, and timely.
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I have been here on match.com for too long. My current membership expires in April and I'm not planning on renewing it. I've tried many different ways of meeting people since I've moved to Florida, but haven't found that special someone. I am not looking to jump into bed on the first date, or get married after the second, just take things slightly casual at first and get to know one another and see where it leads. Basically, just find myself a good friend that hopefully leads to something more. I have always believed that a relationship built on friendship is always going to be better than one based on anything material. If I had to describe myself, I would probably go with a sarcastic teddy bear. (No, I'm not Ted, actually haven't even seen that yet). I have a sarcastic sense of humor and tend to be too much of a smartass at times, but that's only some of the time. I am a big guy that likes nothing more than to kick back, relax and chill with 'that special person' - maybe you?? I work hard for a living, but love what I do, so it all works out. I am currently working for someone else, but would one day like to be self-employed. I enjoy hanging out at home, but will occasionally enjoy a nice night out at a small bar or nice restaurant. I have tried the big nightclub scene, but didn't really care for the crowded atmosphere. Lately, I spend a lot of time reading or on the computer. I am always open to new experiences and want to experience more of what is out there in the world with a special person. I guess the most important thing is that while sometimes its good to be alone, its always better to spend time with a great friend.
Camping , Coffee and conversation , Business networking , Cooking , Dining out , Fishing/Hunting , Gardening/Landscaping , Movies/Videos , Museums and art , Exploring new areas , Playing cards
Auto racing / Motorcross, Baseball, Billiards / Pool, Bowling, Cycling, Other types of exercise, Swimming, Walking / Hiking
I exercise 3-4 times per week.
I like Dogs
Some other viewpoint
I have been in South Florida for over 8 years, I have been sampling all of the nightlife and happenings, but feel it would be nice to find someone special to enjoy it with.
I am a tivo junkie, I love the way it allows me to record a lot of different types of programs to allow me to view on my own schedule. I can also try many new shows and skip through commercials.
I enjoy movies, dining out, bowling, darts, pool, swimming, fishing, dave and busters, walking, occasionally the beach, jetskiing, boating, and anything else you'd like to try. Haven't done much traveling because its not as much fun to do alone
I enjoy reading. I get the regular magazines and online content to stay current with my work, but also enjoy a good novel. On a recent plane trip, I picked up a Carla Neggers book and enjoyed it immensely, now I'm looking for more of her books.
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|6'4" (193cms)
|4'6" (137cms) to 6'5" (195cms)
|Body type:
|About average
|Slender, About average, Curvy, Athletic and toned, A few extra pounds
|Black, Blue, Brown, Grey, Green, Hazel
|Dark blonde
|Auburn / Red, Black, Light brown, Dark brown, Blonde, Dark blonde, Platinum
|No Way
|No Way, Occasionally, Yes, but trying to quit
|Never, Social Drinker
|Other profession
|Administrative / Secretarial, Artistic / Creative / Performance, Executive / Management, Financial / Accounting / Real Estate, Labor / Construction, Legal, Medical / Dental / Veterinary / Fitness, Political / Govt / Civil Service / Military, Retail / Food services, Retired, Sales / Marketing, Self-Employed / Entrepreneur, Student, Education / Teacher / Professor, Technical / Science / Computers / Engineering, Travel / Hospitality / Transportation, Other profession, Nonprofit / Volunteer / Activist, Law enforcement / Security / Military, Fashion / Model / Beauty, Architecture / Interior design
I am a professional motorcycle technician and have been employed in this field for over 17 years. It stays interesting in that I never know what I'll be working on from day to day. It also doesn't hurt that I get to ride them when I'm done either
|$50,001 to $75,000
|$25,001 to $35,000, $35,001 to $50,000, $50,001 to $75,000, $75,001 to $100,000, $100,001 to $150,000, $150,001+
|Never Married
|Never Married, Widow / Widower, Divorced
|Have kids:
|Yes, and they sometimes live at home, No, Yes, and they live at home
|Wants kids:
|I'll tell you later
|Definitely, Someday, Not sure, Probably not, No
|White / Caucasian
|Asian, Latino / Hispanic, Native American, Pacific Islander, White / Caucasian
Wisconsin born and raised. I liked the area and people but relocated for better job opportunities in my field.
|Christian / Catholic
|No preference
I was raised in a very religious household but over time have developed my own set of beliefs based on what I was taught and also what I've seen/learned in general life. I don't attend services regularly, just choose to worship in my own ways.
|Some college
|High school, Some college, Associates degree, Bachelors degree, Graduate degree, PhD / Post Doctoral
I attended several semesters of college then left to pursue specialized training in a vocational school. I have a degree, but not in traditional "college" levels.


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UK based Modern Thrash heroes SYLOSIS will release their new album, "Dormant Heart", on January 16, 2015 via Nuclear Blast. Now the band premieres the official studio session video for the album track 'To Build A Tomb' through German Rock Hard Magazine, HERE.
SYLOSIS just recently made "Dormant Heart" available for streaming at this location.
Despite the name, "Dormant Heart" is not a peaceful album: It's about a powerful force unleashing anger against everyday injustice and a sleeping society that lets these things wash over them.
Speaking about the album Josh Middleton states:
"It's the most pissed-off, aggressive and intense album we've done, yet it still retains the epic, progressive and melodic side we're also known for. It's a very gloomy and atmospheric album. We've been through a lot as a band and individuals and we've made our darkest album to date."
"Dormant Heart" tracklist:
1. Where The Wolves Come To Die
2. Victims And Pawns
3. Dormant Heart
4. To Build A Tomb
5. Overthrown
6. Leech
7. Servitude
8. Indoctrinated
9. Harm
10. Mercy
11. Callous Souls
12. Quiescent
Bonus tracks:
12. Pillars Erode
13. Zero (Smashin' Pumpkins cover)
Bonus DVD
The Dormant Heart Sessions – Live in the studio


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As far as being a prissy pants, I don't think that kid is afraid of anything, let alone, getting punched in the nose.
Not so sure about Kurt, but Kyle would be glad to spar at just about anything I think. He might get his butt kicked, but he is like a beagle. Heart bigger than his body.
Kurt, I can hardly blame him for not taking on Spencer. I can remember Jimmy squeezing into his mod (which I don't think he could do anymore.) Even back then in his youth it looked like 2 tons in a one ton sock. (It was an awesome spectacle when he Geoff showed up for a race. They had no problems helping each other out.
) He is a pretty sizeable guy and did not earn the moniker "Junkyard Dog" by proxy. Heck, I bet his biceps are as big as Kurt's leg. The only other altercation I can recall him having was with Tony, but it was in the trailer and second hand accounts. I would concur he is not as driven as the younger brother.
An aside, Kurt is not all that bad a guy in person. He came over and signed our Red Sox tickets when he was still at Roush after the little guy kept calling, errr yelling, his name. He finally turned to him and gave him a "just a minute" signal. As soon as he finished the ceremony he came right over and could not have been nicer to him. Must have spent two very pleasant minutes with him. Doesn't seem like much, but with their schedules that is pretty gracious. The boy thought it was the best meeting him. Even though he is a Tony Stewart supporter, which I was glad at 5 that he did not share at the moment.
I still maintain they are good for the sport because they do piss you off MC. That is entertainment. Emotion, it is what keeps em coming back.
Hillary, it would be like Frasier being elected president; only uglier.
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This international conference will bring together some of the leading experts in the field to share their best practices. Speakers hail from around the world and from diverse professional fields in order to bring a wide and varied perspective to the subject.
Confirmed speakers and participants include IOC members, National Olympic Committee representatives as well as representatives from the United Nations, International Sport Federations, Development Banks, City administration officials and private sector companies.
Sessions are presented along three themes. Theme one, entitled Social Benefits will look at the various benefits of sport and recreation for a community and the role of Sport for All projects in the development of social cohesion. The sessions on Sports Facilities and Public Spaces will look at how the accessibility of sporting facilities can increase the desirability of participating in sport. The theme of Partnerships will cover the importance of inter-sectoral cooperation to successfully increase the level of participation in regular physical activity.
Plenary and breakout session on these topics will be followed by practical sessions which will provide opportunities to develop specific skills needed to implement Sport for All programmes. Also as part of the conference participants will have the chance to visit concrete examples of Sport for All initiatives put in place in the city of Lima.
For more information on the 15th IOC Conference on Sport for All and to register click here For more information on the IOCs Sport for All actions click here
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Sunday night a slightly restyled Passpack rolled out, along with a new Passpack It! button improvement, and a bunch of other stuff under-the-hood.
Perhaps the most visible of the changes. We've been steadily adding features for the past year without any re-designs, so we're now working to declutter the interface a bit. Let in a little fresh air.
For the moment, we haven't actually moved anything on the screen, we've just set the stage. Expect to see continuous tweaks over the coming weeks and months. And, of course, if we move something, we'll let you know where it went [smile].
Auto-login, Reinstall Your Button
The most significant changes are here, with your Passpack It! button. If you haven't been already, you'll soon be prompted to reinstall it.
The new button will work on approximately 30% more sites thanks to some tweaks we made to the handling of websites using certain jQuery plugins on their login form – previously they failed, now we support them.
If you've had problems training a login form in the past, you might want to try again now. We'll continue to wheedle away at them too.
More Auto-login
Beyond the performance of the button, we were able to work in additional Host-Proof Hosting support to the auto-login process. In short, this explanation of a proxy server for key exchange now only applies to browsers that do not support HTML5 (aka: older browsers).
Bug Fixes
We had numerous minor improvements and fixes. Too many to list. But if you've written into help in the past month or so about a bug, have a look again. It may be fixed now (and if it isn't we're still working on it).
There are still plenty more coming too.
More Under the Hood Stuff
Behind the restyling is the beginnings of a complete CSS / HTML refactoring (aka: we're cleaning up the code that runs the site, not just what you see on screen).
Down the line, this will chip away and load times and make Passpack everyday a little faster. Some people say it feels faster already. Maybe it is magic [smile].


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38 CFR 21.4154 - Report of activities.
(a) State approving agencies must report their activities. Each State approving agency entering into a contract or agreement under § 21.4153 of this part must submit a report of its activities to VA. The report may be submitted monthly or quarterly by the State approving agency as provided in the contract or agreement.
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3674; Pub. L. 100-323)
(2) Shall detail the activities of the State approving agencies under the agreement or contract during the preceding month or quarter, as appropriate;
(3) May include, at the option of the State approving agency, a cumulative report of its activities from the beginning of the fiscal year to date;
(4) Shall describe the services performed and the determination made in supervising and ascertaining the qualifications of educational institutions in connection with the programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs; and
(Authority: 38 U.S.C. 3674)(The Office of Management and Budget has approved the information collection provisions in this section under control number 2900-0051)
[49 FR 26227, June 27, 1984, as amended at 54 FR 49757, Dec. 1, 1989; 57 FR 28087, June 24, 1992; 72 FR 16969, Apr. 5, 2007]
Title 38 published on 2014-07-01.
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CHICAGO, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Stimulated by the ten years of Synapse® business market leadership Fujifilm Medical Systems USA announced today, at the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) annual meeting, the formation of its Medical Informatics Division. Formerly known as Networks Systems, this new group will integrate all functions associated with the company's informatics offering and creates a platform for future growth.
Several organizational changes are part of this restructuring, which integrates the former Empiric and ProSolv Cardiovascular divisions into a single organization. Robert Cooke will have the role of Vice President and General Manager, Medical Informatics USA; Cooke will head all business and customer facing functions of the division. Aaron Waitz, formerly President and CEO of ProSolv Cardiovascular, has assumed the role of Vice President, Product Development, Medical Informatics Global, will manage all aspects of product development for the integrated Medical Informatics portfolio.
"The establishment of the Medical Informatics business unit reflects Fujifilm's vision to integrate medical information into a common platform capable of positively impacting the entire care cycle from prevention to treatment," says Robert Cooke, Vice President and General Manager, Medical Informatics USA. "Today, we have been successful with the imaging domains we serve through our integrated Synapse offering across the disciplines of radiology and cardiovascular imaging and in the future our goal is to extend this coverage into additional healthcare domains."
Under Medical Informatics, the Synapse product portfolio provides a completely integrated solution for PACS, RIS cardiovascular imaging, and women's health imaging. Integrated components of the Synapse family of products are Virtualization, Application Hosting, Database and Mobile application solutions - all being exhi
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The City of Norwood Young America held its 152nd annual Stiftungsfest celebration over the weekend, and new royalty was crowned Sunday afternoon. Miss Stiftungsfest 2013 is Anna Willems, the daughter of Bob and Jill Willems. Crowned First Princess was Meagan Sons, the daughter of Terry and Cindy Sons, and Second Princess is Mariah Lueck, the daughter of Robert and Donna Lueck. Named Miss Congeniality for Stiftungsfest 2013 was Kayla Leonhardt, the daughter of Steve and Denise Leonhardt.
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Atelier Rorona 3DS Gets A New Release Date For JuneBy Ishaan . April 3, 2015 . 6:15am
Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland for Nintendo 3DS will be released in Japan on June 4th.
Atelier Rorona Plus: The Alchemist of Arland for Nintendo 3DS will be released in Japan on June 4th.
Gust have shared some more of the latest details on New Atalier Rorona for the 3DS in this week's issue of Famitsu.
Famitsu reports that upon meeting special conditions, you'll unlock something called "Atelier Astrid" in the game.
NIS America may be bundling Atelier and Neptunia games up for PlayStation 3 collections. As seen on Gamestalk, the USK has listings for a Hyperdimension Neptunia Hypercollection for PlayStation 3 and The Arland Trilogy for PlayStation 3.
While details still remain light, the game has a different chibi-style look, and it seems to be some sort of spin-off title.
Check out some artwork from Atelier Rorona, Atelier Totori, and Atelier Meruru inside.
UDON's marketing manager explained to me that Takehito Harada Art Works Volume 1 is noteworthy for showing the process that Harada uses. Everything from the original line work to how the colors are laid out.
While Tecmo Koei may be the U.S. publisher for Atelier Ayesha, NIS America still hold the rights to the previous Atelier games that they've already released.
Udon will be releasing an art book for the Arland trilogy of Atelier games by Gust, the publisher announced this week.
Gust are repackaging the Arland games into different bargain edition boxes for Japan.
Director Yoshito Okamura celebrates the milestone with a blog post on the Atelier series.
Atelier Meruru: The Alchemist of Arland 3 has a handful of returning characters from Atelier Rorona, Gust's first game in the Arland trilogy. Before we get to Sterk, take a close look at Juana.
While Nippon Ichi Software posted an overall net loss, their video game division brought in a chunk of HL.
Moments into Atelier Rorona, it's evident that Gust wants to please Atelier fans. There's a strong focus on item creation and collecting, plenty of opportunities to interact with other characters, and little focus on battling.
Before we get to warnings about jelly creatures and red faces, check out a new Atelier Rorona trailer.


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text: Paranoid Android's Chat Heads-like 'HALO' Shown Off in New Video David Pena 2 May, 2013 4 Comments Paranod Android just gets better and better. Couple days ago, they posted an image of a Nexus 4, with what looked like a Chat Head located on its homescreen. Everyone started speculating that Paranoid Android was integrating some sort of Chat Head like feature within their new builds. Now a video has been released, showing off this feature, and they are calling it "HALO". Prepare to wet your pants. In the video, the guy has a beta version of a build that has this new HALO feature. He describes it best…GENIUS. Chat Heads is the only feature us Android Enthusiasts dug about Facebook Home, and Paranoid Android knew this. Now they decided to bring the Chat Head like concept to ALL of your notifications. Sexy. Now remember when we posted a video last week about interacting with your notifications with a pop-up window? That is exactly what you can do with HALO. You can answer texts, Gmail, GTalk, FB messenger, etc., all through the HALO pop-up bubble without exiting the current app you are in. Innovation right here my friends. The Paranoid Android just knows what we want. Check out the video, let us know what you guys think. Source: Droid-Life Witchfinder Biffy Absolutely useless. Just reply in a pop up box or from notification bar. Complete pants from a pants custom Rom ream who have simply stolen facebooks idea and used a crap name. I'd expect it to be pulled when facebook finds out if they even care as it's useless. FILA Absolutely Amazing. Do whateva the hell ya want. This is pretty cool thou, no more going out of games to check a damn message. I see myself using this when it comes out. and damn that Nexus 4 is slick aint it! -drooling- Tony When will this be available for non rooted users? This seems like a great feature!


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The first thing to do when you join Underlight, even before creating a character, is read the five cribsheets in the "Guides" tab on the Underlight homepage. After that you've got most of the information you need, but here are a few other tips that aren't obvious (as compiled by someone who is easily confused by MMORPGs).
Character Creation
Name: Most characters have vaguely Latinate or typical fantasy names, but you don't have to - I've seen everything from "Ash" to "Mintee" to "Widgilwozzel".
Appearance: You can change all the colours at any time later while you're playing, by pressing the "A" key.
Focus: This is UL's slight version of "classes". There's a brief explanation in the Guides section, but more information, including how it affects what skills you can learn, is in two articles (by players) in the "Library" section - http://shadesoftruth.net/the-foci-of-the-dream/ and http://shadesoftruth.net/the-importance-of-colour-within-the-city-of-dreams/ .
Description: Again, you can change this at any time. In the game, you can see another character's description by double-right-clicking on their name in the "Who" tab (took me a while to find that out).
The in-game tutorial is wonderfully short, compared to other MMORPGs I've played. Took me all of ten minutes. If it reappears the next time you play the game, or if it develops a bug again and you need to just skip it, then start the launcher, click on "Options" and deselect "Start with training".
The tutorial doesn't mention all the keystrokes. To find out the others, click the big "?" button in-game and click "Options", then "Cfg. Keyboard". Note that this has a slight bug at present, and shows all the keys pressed down EXCEPT the one it really means - all right so long as you know.
You can't get back to the first area (the courtyard with the water and the eight doors) once you've left it each time, so don't bother trying - it's just an intro.
A guide to all the basic ingredients of the game, such as the main types of items, is in the "Library" section of the website: http://shadesoftruth.net/the-basics-of-dreaming/
Finally, if there's anything else you can't make out, just ask another player. In Underlight, they'll answer you.


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As per a research being taken out by a group of researchers from the University of Sydney, it has been revealed that children who drinks soda drinks in excess are at an increased risk of developing cardiovascular diseases in their later lives.
Arteries present at the back of the eyes start narrowing down, which is the key way to know that children are being affected with the additional intake of fizzy drinks. Lead researcher Bamini Gopinath was of the view that in order to reach at the above given conclusion, they assessed the eyesight of 2,000 children, who aged 12 years.
They found that constriction in the arteries occurs due to excessive intake of soda drinks. Gopinath said that their research is another example to focus on a point that children should take healthy diet. "This is just another piece of evidence to show that fizzy drinks really aren't that good for our children", said Gopinath.
He further affirmed that it is not the first study, which has talked about the ill effects of having junk food. However, it is the first study, which has focused on a specific fast food item that is fizzy drinks. Many other researches will be needed to raise awareness among people that fizzy drinks are bad for health.
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