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Hi there,
Yesterday I have tried to check and see if a shader preset will export with rest of materials from out of DazStudio 4.6 to Bryce 7.1 and unfortunately it didn't work. Most of the DS materials does transfer to Bryce but not a shader as in the fur case. The thing is with some shaders in DS, that it only shows up on rendering in DS itself and not before render process. I got a beautiful fur shader preset from RedEyeCat which works in DS 4.6 quite well and I am pleased with that part. But the thing is I don't use DS for my final renders but prefer Bryce as I am quite used to this program.
I have seen a few furs for Bryce at ShareCG but it's more related to animal prints with little variety. I want to add just a normal colored fur and velvet effect to clothing, i.e. fur jacket/sweater, etc. or fur materials to other objects such as bedding, curtains, carpets or whatever.
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After Lucy Mecklenburgh donned a stunning gold fish-tail dress on last night's TOWIE, we have decided that she's our brand new style crush.
Lucy wore the gorgeous number to Gemma Collins's birthday party where she ended up having a tearful row with her boyfriend Mario Falcone.
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However, as the pair aired their relationship woes, we were distracted by the dress. With a sparkly bodice and flowing skirt, we decided to make it our mission to find out where she got it.
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Flowers have been put up at the scene at Foxhills sports ground where a man died on Wednesday evening.
Andrew Matthews, 51, of Fairmont Crescent, Scunthorpe died in the fatal accident on Foxhills sports ground on Wednesday, August 29.
One tribute at the scene said: "There's no words to express our sadness of the tragic accident which has taken Andy. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time."
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1. Chop tomatoes, red and green pepper, green onion and cilantro. Place all these in separate bowls.
2. In another bowl, peel and mash avocado. Add lemon juice to it and mix well.
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4. In a pan, brown the ground beef on medium flame for 5 min. Add water and taco seasoning to cook the meat for another 5 min.
5. Heat the re-fried beans and re-heat the beef mixture, if required. Place these ingredients in 2 separate bowls.
6. In a taco bowl, put 2 tablespoons of beef, 1 tablespoon of re-fried beans, 2-3 tablespoons of shredded cheese, 2 tablespoons of chopped tomatoes, 1 tablespoon of avocado, 1 tablespoon of green pepper, 1 tablespoon of red pepper, 1 tablespoon of black olives, 1 tablespoon of stuffed green olives and 2-3 tablespoons of crushed Doritos.
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Peter Singer's remarkably clear and comprehensive Practical Ethics has become a classic introduction to applied ethics since its publication in 1979 and has been translated into many languages. For this second edition the author has revised all the existing chapters, added two new ones, and updated the bibliography. He has also added an appendix describing some of the deep misunderstanding of and consequent violent reaction to the book in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland where the book has tested the limits of freedom of speech. The focus of the book is the application of ethics to difficult and controversial social questions.
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Oddometer: 12,053
I haven't been off this thing long enough to update the thread, 1400 miles/ 50 hours or so and counting.
Anyway, setup.
I got it home only to be attacked by a giant funny talking texan.
First thing was to rip off all the smog stuff:
In general, it's just unplugging carb breathers from wherever they go and dangling out the bottom like usual, but there's one vacuum line coming from the manifold that needs to be blocked. The easiest way is to pull the barbed fitting out and replace it with a correct length bolt.
Off with you!
Be gone!
All in all, much less involved in desmogging than I anticipated/ feared. Just track each line back to it's source and make sure that nothing with vacuum goes to the atmosphere.
Pyn wanted to look at the valves so we opened it up right away.
Very nice and easy to work on, much better than the RFS in this regard. For what it's worth, in 1400 miles of flogging, mine haven't moved yet, which is also better than the RFS.
The stock sidestand is ducati-tastic in terms of folding up when pressure is released. That had to go. Take a shorter bolt like the one that is in there, (a sprocket mounting bolt is the correct length) and simply remove the spacer. Wallah! A normal kickstand.
There's a bit of a rat's nest behind the headlight. I unplugged everything I didn't want then worked backwords to restore functionality. I ditched the turn signal pod, key, and associated crap, and then jumped two spots to turn the lights on when running and make the starter work any time.
Here are the two jumpers:
While I had everything apart, I put on the first upgrade, a Scott's steering damper- "the magic gold box".
I've tried all the different GPR's, and the WER, and I think the Scotts is head and shoulders above them in terms of performance and function. I've heard of too many failures from Emig and RTT to consider them...
Greased both steering head bearings a bit more than from the factory:
I didn't take a picture, but you should also loctite the bolts that hold the bar mounts to the upper triple clamp.
Mounted the damper post and damper and torqued everything down.
The second upgrade was also from Scotts, a sharkfin for the rear disk. After bending a disk in Vegas to Reno a few years back, I no longer consider this optional. Pro moto billet makes one that mounts to the stock brake carrier, but the Scotts piece is way beefier and I think the pick of the litter.
Mmmm. Billet.
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A method and apparatus is provided for managing bandwidth and prioritizing different forms of data to be transmitted from a central hub or node to a plurality of ground stations. All data of all types including image data and text data is processed into frames of TCP formatted data at the central hub or node and passed through a bandwidth flow control system which imposes flow control on the data. Some of the TCP formatted data has inserted therein a conversion flag which denotes a desire to convert the TCP formatted data into UDP formatted data. A computer or controller/converter reads the conversion flags and converts TCP formatted data into UDP formatted data for multi-broadcasting simultaneously to a plurality of ground stations which reduces bandwidth.
1. Apparatus for efficiently transmitting data in a plurality of different protocols in a managed bandwidth environment, comprising:
a central hub or node for communicating data to a plurality of stations in a TCP or UDP data format,
means for formatting all data in a TCP format,
means for prioritizing the TCP formatted data for transmission to one or more of said plurality of stations,
means for designating TCP formatted data for conversion to UDP formatted data,
means for converting said designated TCP formatted data into UDP formatted data, and
means for transmitting TCP formatted data and UDP formatted data to said plurality of stations in a point-to-point broadcast mode or in a point-to-multipoint broadcast mode to efficiently utilize the bandwidth of said transmitter and to avoid duplication of transmission of the same data.
2. Apparatus as set forth in
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said means for converting comprises converting a plurality of TCP formatted data frames into a single UDP data frame.
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12. A method for efficiently transmitting data in a plurality of different protocols in a managed bandwidth environment, comprising the steps of:
assimilating image data and text data at a central hub or node for efficient dissemination to a plurality of ground stations,
formatting all data to be disseminated in a TCP format,
passing said TCP formatted data through a bandwidth flow control system to determine priority of transmission to said ground stations,
prioritizing the TCP formatted data to be passed through said bandwidth flow control system,
designating in said TCP formatted data the TCP formatted data to be converted to UDP formatted data,
converting the designated TCP formatted data to UDP formatted data, and
transmitting TCP formatted data and UDP formatted data to said plurality of ground stations.
13. The method as set forth in
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16. A method of improving flow control of image data and text data in a point-to-multipoint data broadcasting system, comprising the steps of:
generating image data and text data at a central hub or node for efficient dissemination to a plurality of ground stations,
processing said image data and said text data at said central hub into the frames of TCP formatted data,
inserting conversion flags into some of said TCP formatted data,
passing said TCP formatted data through a bandwidth flow control system,
converting said TCP formatted data having conversion flags into UDP formatted data, and
broadcasting multi-broadcast UDP formatted data to said ground stations subject to flow control prioritization.
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monitoring the maximum data rate of reception at said ground stations,
transmitting said maximum data rate of reception to said central hub, and
dynamically programming said flow control system.
[0001] This application is designed to make use of information supplied by ground stations as taught in our copending U.S. application Ser. No. 08/854,104 filed May 11, 2001 for a Dual Mode of Operation Multiple Access System for Data Link Communication which is incorporated by reference herein.
[0002] 1. Field of the Invention
[0003] The present invention relates to communication networks of the type employed between airborne platforms and ground stations. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method and system for controlling the bandwidth of data transmitted by airborne transmitters to multiple ground station receivers.
[0004] 2. Description of the Prior Art
[0005] Heretofore, point-to-point networks have been employed as intranets in businesses and as internets in the worldwide web. Point-to-point communications relate to a message or data sent to a particular receiver or user from a single source. When there are a number of receivers, the same message must be sent to each of the receivers which increases the bandwidth proportional to the number of receivers. U.S. Pat. Nos. 6,038,216 and 6,046,980, and references cited therein, have suggested a method and system for managing bandwidth in point-to-point networks by assigning priorities to the type of data and to the individual receivers or users. There are no known systems or apparatus for prioritizing messages and data in multi-broadcast or point-to-multipoint network systems.
[0006] It would be highly desirable to provide a method and a system for managing bandwidth in a point-to-multipoint central node airborne broadcasting system.
[0007] It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a system and method for managing bandwidth in User Datagram Protocol (UDP) systems.
[0008] It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a system and method for simultaneously managing bandwidth in both point-to-point and point-to-multipoint broadcast networking systems.
[0009] It is a principal object of the present invention to provide a system and method for simultaneously managing bandwidth in Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) and UDP systems.
[0010] It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a system and method for converting TCP data to UDP data.
[0011] It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a dedicated controller or personal computer (PC) for reading fields of a TCP header and determining whether or not it will be converted into a UDP format data and header.
[0012] It is a principal object of the present invention to provide a dedicated controller or PC for assimilating data from a plurality of TCP headers and converting the TCP data into UDP headers and data for multipoint broadcasting of data.
[0013] It is a primary object of the present invention to provide a method and system for broadcasting TCP headers and data and UDP headers and data randomly intersperced.
[0014] According to these and other objects of the present invention there is provided a communications network between an airborne platform and a plurality of ground stations (or a central node and a plurality of internet stations or nodes). A bandwidth flow control system is interposed between the stations and the central hub or platform which manages flow bandwidth of data in both TCP and UDP format simultaneously.
[0015]FIG. 1 is a table showing the seven protocol layers or levels of information used in Open Systems Interface (OSI) standard protocols;
[0016]FIG. 2 is a schematic representation or arrangement of data in an Internet Protocol Header (IP Header) layer shown in FIG. 1;
[0017]FIG. 3 is a schematic representation of a UDP Header which resides in the data field of the IP Header;
[0018]FIG. 4 is a schematic representation of a TCP Header which resides in the data field of the IP Header; and
[0019]FIG. 5 is a block diagram of the preferred embodiment of the present invention showing a computer in a central hub or airborne station connected to both a conventional internet network and to an airborne communications network.
[0020] Before referring to a detailed description, the applicants will use in this application the terms central node or central hub to mean any transmitting station that transmits to and receives from a plurality of stations various types of data. Thus, typical systems that would be employed in the present invention would be a system on the internet, a segment of the internet and/or a military airborne platform that disseminates surveillance data over wireless communication means to a plurality of ground stations.
[0021] Refer now to FIG. l showing a table 10 having seven layers of protocol information as used in an OSI standard protocol system. The purpose of the OSI layers and the different layers within the OSI protocol is to provide a set of services at each of the layers which allows the layers to communicate with each other and allows computers or other devices to communicate with each other. The known layers are numbered L1 to L7.
[0022] Refer now to FIG. 2 showing a schematic representation of the arrangement of data in the L3 network layer (IP Header) layer shown in FIG. 1. The IP Header format 12 is shown comprising rows of 32 bits numbered 0 to 31. The first five of the rows comprises 20 bytes and form the IP Header as part of the total length of the IP Header format. The field 13 is used to identify the version of IP Header being used. The field 14 is used to identify the number of 32 bit rows in the IP Header format. The field 15 is used to identify the type of service which was formerly a quality of service (QoS) and is now used for various uses. The field 16 is employed to denote the total length of the complete IP Header format as shown in the right margin. Since the data field 18 may comprise a variable number of rows R7 to RX, the total length of the IP Header format is needed. The only other field of importance to this invention is the field 11 which is used to designate the destination IP address. The remaining fields which have not been specifically discussed are standards fields and are found in textbooks and do not require additional explanation herein.
[0023] Refer now to FIG. 3 showing a schematic representation of a UPD Header format which comprises two rows of 32 bits each comprising eight bytes and a data field which may comprise a variable length of data as will now be explained. The UPD Header format 20 is shown comprising a source port number field 19 and a destination port number field 21. In order to identify the length of data there is a field 22 which defines the total number of bytes in the header and data field 24. A 16 bit check sum is provided in field 23.
[0024] Refer now to FIG. 4 showing a schematic representation of a TCP Header format which resides in the data field 18 of the IP Header. The TCP Header format 25 is shown having a field 19′ which identifies the sender port number similar to that described in FIG. 3. The field 21′ defines the destination port number of the receiver and is similar to the field 21 in FIG. 3. The 32 bit sequence number 26 identifies the first sequence number for the data being sent in this particular TCP Header. The remaining fields of the TCP Header format shown in FIG. 4 are standard and are well known in this industry and do not require a detailed description.
[0025] Refer now to FIG. 5 showing a block diagram of the preferred embodiment of the present invention system 27 comprising a central hub or airborne platform computer 28 connected to a conventional internet network and also connected in a broadcast configuration showing an airborne communications network. The central processing unit 28 is shown having protocol levels L1 and L2 at the ethernet level, having level L3 at the internet protocol level and having a transport control protocol level L4 at the transport level as described hereinbefore with reference to FIG. 1. The information formatted at the ethernet level is outputted as a TCP protocol data format package on line 29 and is inputted to a flow control system 31. In the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the flow control system has been implemented in Packeteer™ software similar to QoS software packages provided by such firms as Cisco, Starburst, Sitara and Checkpoint Systems. The TCP data on line 29 also appears at the output of the flow control system on line 32 and is input into the PC or controller 33 at the TCP input port. The PC or controller 33 is shown comprising a logic portion 34 and a memory portion 35. The memory and logic of the controller 33 determines by examining the flag data in the TCP format header whether or not the data should be converted to UDP format or should continue its journey in its TCP format at the output port 33P.
[0026] The UDP or TCP data and its header is coupled to a transmitter/receiver 36 which is provided with an antenna 37. The information is broadcast to a plurality of ground stations 39 each comprising a transmitter/receiver and an antenna 38. The ground stations 39 are capable of determining their maximum rate of data input or reception and may transmit this information from antenna 38 to antenna 37 which in turn is transmitted via line 43 to the CPU 28. The CPU 28 uses this information to reprogram the flow control system 31 via line 45.
[0027] In a similar manner, the system described hereinbefore also may operate on an internet or a LAN or a WAN. In this event, the output information from port 33P is supplied to the interface 41 which may be an internet interface and to line 42 which may be a local area network (LAN) line or wide area network (WAN) line 42. The information on the network 42 is supplied to the plurality of stations 39′ or to individual stations as the case may be if it is a point-to-point network system. Similarly, the plural stations 39′ may transmit on network 42 to the interface 41 their ability to receive information from the computer 28 and this information is supplied via line 44 as shown.
[0028] Having explained the preferred embodiment system FIG. 5 and an equivalent alternative system in the same drawing, it will be appreciated that both systems may not be operated together at the same time because one is airborne and the other one is basically a ground system. However, the computer or controller 33 which performs the conversion of TCP input data to UDP input data is the same and may be explained as follows with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4. In FIG. 4 there is shown a field number 21′ for the destination port number. When a predetermined number appears in the field 21′ of the TCP header the controller knows that the data in this header should be converted into a UDP header format. This predetermined number is also used by the controller 33 to modify the destination IP address 11 of IP header format 12 into a network destination IP address or a subnet destination IP address which may be read by all ground stations or a subset of the ground stations, respectively. The information shown in FIG. 4 is transferable directly from fields 19′, and 21′ directly into fields 19 and 21. The controller 23 has to calculate the other fields and insert them in the proper place in the UDP header format. It will be understood that the data field 24 in the UPD header is usually much larger than the data field 24′ in the TCP header. To overcome this problem, the length of the field is sent over first and as subsequent TCP headers arrive they are assimilated and sent over to complete a UDP header. Stated differently, a plurality of TCP headers may be employed to generate one UPD header.
[0029] Having explained a preferred embodiment of using a portion of the field 21 to flag or designate a TCP header for conversion to a UDP header, it will be understood and appreciated that the same flag or a similar flag could have been inserted in the data field 24′ and accomplish the same results. The fact that the field can vary from one of the fields 21 to one of the other unnumbered fields does not affect the result achieved by the controller 33.
[0030] A typical example of the utility of the present invention is a system which employs in an airborne platform the computer 28 which has assimilated from numerous other sources surveillance radar images, moving target indicator (MTI) images and all types of data which accompanies this information in textual form. As many as a thousand ground stations may be able to implement this information. However, it would be impossible to take particular information and send it by a point-to-point communication mode to each of the receiving stations and have sufficient bandwidth to disseminate the information in a reasonable length of time in which it could be utilized. In order to overcome this problem, the present invention not only prioritizes the information which is assimilated in point-to-point information format, but converts the information which may be disseminated in a point-to-multipoint format so that many or virtually all of the receiving stations may receive the most important information simultaneously and from time to time individual stations may receive point-to-point information which is not needed or should not be disseminated to all of the ground stations.
[0031] Another example which is yet to be implemented is a food chain or department store or retail store that has a large number of outlets and desires to change the prices on a number of individual items throughout all of the outlets. Thus, the outlets will be treated as the ground stations and the central hub is the central headquarters CPU which disseminates the information to the retail outlets. The present system will allow the headquarters store to simultaneously change the price in the computers of the ground stations or outlets by equating a new price to the bar code scanned without changing the marked designated price on counter or display unit.
[0032] Another example is a corporation or other entity that desires to send out meeting notices to all required attendees. The computer 28 can program the TCP data so that it is converted to UDP data and disseminated to the desired plural stations 39′ simultaneously.
[0033] Since CPU 28 has updated information from its ground stations, it can dynamically change or prioritize the transmission of types of data to the individual stations in a point-to-multipoint mode.
[0034] Having explained a preferred embodiment in which the IP destination address 11 and TCP formatted data may be converted to network destination IP addresses and UDP formatted data, respectively, it will be understood that other formats and fields may be employed to accomplish the same desired result.
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Newton completed only 11 of his 21 throws Sunday, but with Newton you have to go behind the numbers to determine where he fits in the draft.
Like last year, this is considered a defensive-line dominated draft, but Newton showed enough potential to be considered at No. 1. If Newton does well in his interviews with the top teams ...
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A method and apparatus for directly connecting very large data streams from an archive command into a backup data system using an "intelligent process." An output stream is piped into an intelligent pipe-reading process and distributed over a set of temporary data stores built from raw storage resources. A pipe interface process supervises backup of each filled data store, while the remaining output stream continues to be piped into another available data store. The backup system completes archiving of the datastream, keeping a catalog of the datastream storage locations. To retrieve the data, the intelligent process is run in reverse as a pipe-writing process, requesting data from the backup system. Retrieved data traverses the data stores from the backup system and are pumped into the pipe-writing process for delivery to the pipe output file identified by the retrieve or import command.
1. A method of connecting a computer process to a storage device comprising the steps of:
creating a FIFO pipe fed by said computer process;
selecting a member of a set of FIFO data stores, writing data from said FIFO pipe to said member, and writing said data from said member to said storage device;
if said selected member is full then selecting a next member of said set of FIFO data stores, writing data from said FIFO pipe to said next member, and writing said data from said next member to said storage device said selecting step further comprising:
reading a list of available data stores; wherein
if said data has ended, then
signaling a data manager to empty a final data store;
waiting for said data manager to signal completion; and
recording a response code for said FIFO pipe; and
if said data has not ended and if said current data store is full, then
signaling the data manager to empty the current data store; and
marking the current data store as busy;
repeating said selecting and testing a current data store until a data store is found to be not full and not busy and then proceeding as if not full; and if said current data store is not full, then
repeating said steps of reading data, detecting the end, selecting, testing, and writing, until said end of data is detected.
2. The method according to
3. The method according to
marking a member of said set of FIFO data stores as busy when writing data to said member.
4. The method according to
5. The method according to
managing a list of available FIFO data stores as a round robin list in which each FIFO data store identified as busy is omitted from the round robin list, and each data store that becomes not busy is added to the end of the round robin list.
This is a continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/467,355 filed Dec. 20, 1999 and issued as U.S. Pat. No. 6,651,074 on Nov. 18, 2003.
This invention relates generally to storage and retrieval of large databases, and more particularly to the use of temporary storage for moving large files.
As large computing enterprises continue their migration from centralized mainframes and volumes of data on direct access storage devices (DASD) and serial tape drives, the reliance upon open systems database technology has increased. The ability to quickly adapt mass storage systems to new platforms, while retaining high performance and reliability will remain key elements for system integrators.
In earlier times, rooms full of DASD and tape drives were maintained by legions of storage operators who physically mounted and unmounted tapes and disk packs and moved them to and from libraries according to daily schedules and batch job instructions. Technology improvements allowed the use of self-contained "mass storage" units, using robotic arms to move archived storage media to and from the drive mechanisms in a matter of seconds. Further developments of storage media have enabled a cache model in which large masses of data are held in offline resources and smaller portions can be uploaded to the high-speed cache as necessary. Data availability has also been increased through the use of arrays of mirrored databases, either single or multi-threaded, for multiple simultaneous access capabilities.
Even with mirrored systems, operational concerns often require that the magnetic or other storage media be archived or "backed up." There are also occasional system re-organizations or restructuring during which a database may be converted by copying it out in one format ("export") and copying it back in ("import") with a different format, or into a different structure. Back-up issues will also arise when converting from one database management system (DBMS) to another, or sharing databases. Application programs themselves may also request the operating system to make a large "save" of data files, usually after a modification is made to the file. Backing up of large volumes of data can be a time consuming and resource intensive operation. Mass storage systems, disadvantageously may be unavailable while large back-up operations are performed.
Many of the major DBMS companies also provide a more generalized facility in which the data is exported as a standardized file, such as in ASCII format, as part of a so-called "logical backup." The ASCII format permits the file to be imported into most other systems, without insurmountable compatibility problems. However, presently DMBS companies generally do not provide the API necessary for a customer to properly handle the data stream generated by the logical backup. The result is that many of the DBMSs generate very large backup files that have to be stored locally until they can be written to an archive device.
To overcome this disadvantage, some customers create their own primitive solution by attaching a physical tape drive to the machine. The logical backup data stream is then directed into a process that Unix calls a "pipe," buffered, and then directed ("piped") by another Unix command such as one that writes the data to the local tape drive 16, a DASD, or other demountable, writable media. A Unix pipe can be thought of as a FIFO (first-in first-out) data file having one process writing data into it serially and another process serially reading data out. When the pipe is "empty," the reading process simply waits for more data to be written by the other process. Other non-Unix operating systems such as DOS and Windows NT emulate the Unix pipe in various ways with similar results. Logical data streams are thus directed from a database export into another process that disposes of the data to the physical storage media, thus freeing up storage resources.
This primitive solution has several disadvantages. For one thing, it requires a physical tape drive 16 to be attached to the computer host 10 generating the backup. Alternatively, the logical backup could be piped to a command that writes the data onto disk or equivalent. However, this solution would require each such machine to have huge amounts of excess storage capacity. In either case, additional operations personnel must be assigned to handling the tapes and disks, and maintaining the drives. Extra storage devices, media libraries, and personnel also take up extra space in the facility. Another alternative would be to pipe the logical backup data stream into the network interface and send it to a different machine having a DASD or tape. When dealing with very large databases, these solutions could break down entirely, due to the operational difficulties of maintaining the necessary physical media, or open network connections.
The named pipe provides a standard mechanism that can be used by processes that do not have to share a common process origin for process-to-process-to-device transfers of large amounts of data. The data sent to the named pipe can be read by any authorized process that knows the name of the named pipe. In particular, named pipes are used in conjunction with the Oracle DBMS import/export utility to perform the logical backup/restores necessary to restructure or reorganize very large data bases (VLDBs). Typically, the user creates a named pipe and runs an export utility specifying the named pipe as the output device. The DBMS sees the pipe as a regular file. Another process, including for example Oracle DBMS commands such as dd (convert and copy a file), cpio (copy files in and out), rsh (execute command on a remote system), etc., then reads from the other end of the pipe and writes the data to actual media or the network. This technique is used to write export data to local disk/tape or over the network to available disk/tape on another machine.
As mentioned, a disadvantage of the existing methods is the large amount of time it takes to perform backups, during which the database may be partially or completely offline due to read/write interlocks. Some of this delay can be reduced by segmenting export/backup files, and running several processes in parallel. Even though the logical backup process can be segmented into parallel streams by some DBMSs, the implementations may be proprietary and not necessarily adaptable for import to another DBMS. Also, disadvantageously, a dedicated disk or dedicated tape is required. Further, in known implementations, there is an inability to catalog multiple versions.
VLDB reorganization and restructuring are major operations for which there is no known highly efficient solution. Current solutions do not use the data management services of an Enterprise Data Management Tool (such as EDM). A VLDB administrator has the ability to divide large tables into separate physical partitions. The partitions can be backed up, stored, exported and imported separately from the rest of the table. Customers consider this a critical feature that should be heavily used. Existing backup systems and APIs do not have the ability to export or import partitions in parallel using all available tape drives. Any API solution would be necessarily proprietary to the DBMS vendor, and not generalizable to other systems.
The present invention, provides a method and apparatus for directly connecting very large data streams from an archive command into a backup data system using an "intelligent process."
According to the invention, a pipe interface process supervises backup of each filled data store, while the remaining output stream continues to be piped into another available data store. The backup system completes archiving of the datastream, keeping a catalog of the datastream storage locations. To retrieve the data, the intelligent process is run in reverse as a pipe-writing process, requesting data from the backup system. Retrieved data traverses the data stores from the backup system and are pumped into the pipe-writing process for delivery to the pipe output file identified by the retrieve or import command.
An intelligent pipe process according to the present invention is a configurable client process that runs on each system that requires the enhanced backup or export services. The intelligent pipe is configured to manage the distribution of the piped data stream to and from pre-selected data stores, and to trigger the backup system for further data handling on output. The receiving process in the backup system is also configured to wait for storage requests from the intelligent pipe, schedule the storage, update the catalog, and report completion status back to the intelligent pipe.
In an alternative embodiment of the invention, many of the data-store management tasks and backup scheduling can be handled by a self-contained backup system adapted for the purpose, leaving less activity for the intelligent pipe process, thus freeing up additional resources in the host computer.
Features of the invention include a method and apparatus wherein temporary storage, communication, and archiving for output of a generic database export command pipe is managed in a manner transparent to the customer operating the host computer. The customer is relieved of the need to maintain additional large local storage devices for physical or logical backups. The customer does not have to construct and maintain specialized pipes or scripts for network backups, or for different physical tape devices or DASDs.
Implementing a pipe process rather than a specific export/import function reduces the number of proprietary restrictions and configuration difficulties that depend upon choice of database implementation. The backup and archive methodology remains independent of the database structure or selected DBMS. Similarly, there is no need to work with a different API from each DBMS vendor, nor any customization of the Unix operating system.
A plurality parallel pipes according to the invention can be implemented for faster transfers of segmented database backups, where that feature is implemented in the DBMS. Furthermore, the invention enables any output-generating Unix-like process (application save, non-Oracle backup/restore) to have its results sent to the existing backup system, thus freeing up local resources automatically. Similarly, the same invention can be operated in reverse, enabling any Unix-like input-receiving process to obtain its data directly from a mass storage backup system. The temporary disk space needed to implement the data stores can also be designed as part of a backup system rather than the host computer, freeing up computer resources.
The foregoing and other features and advantages of the present invention will be more fully understood from the following detailed description of an illustrative embodiment, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing in which:
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for directly connecting very large data streams from a DBMS into a backup system. As illustrated in
To activate the intelligent process according to an embodiment of the invention, a named pipe is created using the Unix command mknod. The next command issued is eb_dc_pipe if=named_pipe. This command executes a process that will wait until data is written to the pipe. The eb_dc_pipe is an intelligent pipe reading command. Then a database command is issued, such as the Oracle command exp file=named_pipe, with specified options. These commands can be encapsulated within a single command. In the event that the backup is initiated from the EDM graphical user interface (GUI), these commands will be encapsulated into a single command which will be placed onto the host and executed at backup time. This command starts the DBMS writing the data to the pipe and could also be any application program, including non-Oracle logical backups. For example, the Oracle export command causes the DBMS to write an ASCII-encoded file, using normal Unix primitives. In this case, the DBMS output is sent to the named pipe which is read by an intelligent process, although it is read and written as a normal file.
During configuration of the eb_dc_pipe software, a set of data stores on the host computer is identified and listed. The list is also provided to the backup system for linkage between the client and the backup system. Appropriate steps must be taken to translate the storage references to conform to the view of the disk space from the backup system that may be different from the client's view of the same disk space.
A sufficient size and number of data stores are preferably defined so that export processing is never waiting for a data store to become available. Factors known to influence these calculations include the transmission delay, average queuing delays for each component in the process, storage access time in the data stores and mass storage, logical and physical arrangement of the data storage, etc. One embodiment of the data stores could be implemented on a mirrored disk, although a non-mirrored approach is likely to have less overhead and device conflict.
A typical archive operation in accord with an embodiment of the present invention is illustrated in
The selected data store is tested to see if it is already in use 48 or full 50. If it is in use, then the next data store in the list is selected 46 and tested again. A data store that is not busy and not full is written 52 with data from the pipe, and the next data is read 42 from the pipe. This process loops as long as there is data, selecting the same data store, until the data store fills up. When the data store is tested 50 as full, the intelligent process signals 54 the data manager in the backup system to retrieve and archive the data in the current data store. Since the data store is full, it will be marked 56 with a "backup pending" flag until such time as the data manager completes the storage process and resets the flag.
One system that can be adapted to carry out many of the data stores functions is the EMC Data Manager (EDM) from EMC Corporation of Hopkinton, Mass. A description of this enterprise-wide client-server backup solution can be found in U.S. patent application Ser. No. 09/052,208 filed Mar. 31, 1998, and incorporated herein by reference. In some implementations it may not be necessary to manage the set of data stores as part of the intelligent process running in the host computer, since the backup system could do this transparently, making the transfer appear more like a TCP transfer across a network. Additional EMC documentation can be found at the EMC web site or requested from the manufacturer regarding these commercially available products.
Operational connection between the data stores and the backup system can be implemented according to known methods for moving data from a disk in one system to a disk in another, via direct channel such as a Small Computer System Interface (SCSI) bus, or via a network, such as by using TCP. By directly writing to Symmetrix API Socket as known in the art, the network can be bypassed with a logical backup. This configuration would permit a customer to perform both a physical and a logical backup using the same configuration.
In any event, a direct connect backup technology would also be sufficient for the purpose of removing the data from the data stores and placing it into an archive file. The data in each data store must also be tied to a single logical backup. Control information about the data, so-called "meta-data," must also be conveyed to the backup system. In a conventional API, the vendor supplies useful cataloging information such as the application name, and version, etc. In this case, since the pipe is merely a data structure into which a preceding process pumps data, there is little meta-data available. However, the process can be configured to recognize the name of the program sending it the data, the date and time, the machine name, the socket identification, and other information. Other programs can be created that will determine who is sending the data.
Once the end of the data is read 44, i.e., the last DBMS output buffer is flushed, the named pipe signals 58 the data manager of the backup system to complete the archiving process. This may include operations such as writing the backup tapes with their appropriate catalogs. It is important for proper processing that the named pipe wait 60 for the backup system to complete its operations, as signaled by the data manager. Only then should the named pipe terminate with the proper return code to the user (i.e., complete or failed). In some cases a Unix command process may take a branch depending upon pipe process return codes when a process terminates.
To retrieve the data from an archive tape 18A, an operator executes the appropriate command to import a file, or restore a database. The input to the command is generated by a named pipe running in the reverse order from the export mode. The pipe direction could be set by an optional command switch, for example, such that the eb_dc_pipe intelligent process is producing data from the archive rather than archiving data. In effect, data is then pumped out of the archive tapes in the backup system, through the data stores, and into the import file established by the retrieve command.
According to the flow chart of
The backup system is notified 82 which logical backup to restore from. This is typically a date and time of a specific backup instance of this configuration. The selection may be determined by browsing the backup catalogs 37 with the backup system GUI, or by direct user specification. The intelligent pipe process will request that the backup system restore the backup files into the data stores in the same sequence as they were backed up in. There is no requirement that there be the same number of data stores at restore time that were used for the backup. As each data store is filled, it will be written to the named pipe in sequence, presenting the DBMS application with a single logical stream of data.
The selected data store 84 is checked to see if it is in an upload pending state 86. This means that a backup file has been completely restored into the data store, but the data has not yet been written to the named pipe. If it is in upload pending state, it is then checked to see if it contains the next backup in logical restore sequence 88. If it is, and there are no data stores currently being written to the pipe 90, then the contents of the data store are written to the pipe 92. Subsequently, the data store is now made available for new data 94. The actual pipe writing process may go on asynchronously from the restoration of data into data stores. This will help ensure that the pipe writing process spends little time waiting for data to be available. If the data store is either not the next in logical restore sequence or there are any data stores already being written to the pipe, then another data store is selected.
Given a data store that is not in an upload pending state, it is then checked to see if it is currently being restored into 96. In this case, it cannot be touched until the backup system completes its restore 98. If, however, a check of the backup system reveals that the restore for this data store has completed 98, then the restore pending designation is removed, and the data store is marked as being ready to be written to the pipe 100.
If the data store was in neither upload pending 86 or restore pending 96 status, the backup system is checked to see if there are any more restores left to be scheduled for this logical restore 102. If more restores need to be done 102, the backup system is notified to begin restore of the next backup file into this data store 104. The data store is marked as being the next one in the sequence 106.
This process continues iteratively until there are no more restores to be done 102, and all data stores have been written in sequence to the pipe 108.
Although the present invention has been described according to an illustrative embodiment, it would be apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art that a more sophisticated implementation could make beneficial use of a cache system in which the backup system cache would match the speed of the DBMS and the network, thus minimizing the delay attributable to the backup system internals. Additional optimization may be achieved based upon additional details of a particularized implementation and configuration of the DBMS and the backup system, such as the known buffer sizes, physical disk sizes, channel speeds, type and number of physical devices, formats for meta-data, etc.
As another alternative, it should be apparent that known buffer management methods other than the described "round robin" method can be applied without changing the underlying invention. Furthermore, the data stores themselves may be implemented as pipe processes using logical rather than particular physical storage facilities.
One skilled in the art should also recognize that the described invention has numerous applications in addition to streamlining the export/import file process, since the invention provides a generalized facility for using named pipes to move large amounts of data between a host computer and a backup system.
Furthermore, although particular divisions of functions are provided among the various components identified herein, it should be appreciated that functions attributed to one device or process may be beneficially incorporated into a different or separate device or process. Similarly, the functional steps described herein may be modified with other suitable algorithms or processes that accomplish functions similar to those of the method and apparatus described without significant deviation from the invention.
Although the invention has been described and shown with respect to an illustrative embodiment thereof, it should be appreciated that the foregoing and other various changes, omissions, and additions in the form and detail thereof could be implemented without changing the underlying invention.
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Nearly 80,000 might be able to squeeze into Lambeau Field, and T-shirts and towels may urge the vocal cords to tear, to "get loud." But Lambeau isn't Century Link Field in Seattle. Seismic waves will never emanate from 1265 Lombardi Ave. What the Green Bay Packers do have, what they can emulate, is their own version of "Beast Mode."


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I found this fan film about a Golden Age hero who has for all intents and purposes outlived his usefulness. This speaks volumes to me about how disgraceful DC's current Earth 2 book is being to the heroes of the Golden Age. They're missing the entire point of Golden Age characters. They're simply the good guys and that's that. Urban champions that despite their immense powers are still for the little guy at heart. That's how they were made and that's how it should be. Now they feel like they're just like every new character that came out of the 90's.
@Jorgevy: If you were ever a fan of the JSA then you would.
@Jorgevy: not really....lots of people who loved JSA really like Earth 2
@danhimself: I don't. It makes them completely unrecognizable save for their real names, yet leaves Superman, Batman, and Wonder Woman alone. It's just PAINFUL to read as they have basically destroyed a team I love to appeal to new fans.
@Smart_Dork_Dude: I completely understand what you're saying....I enjoy Earth 2....but I feel the same way about a lot of my favorite characters from DC as well....mostly Superboy and Superman...both imo are completely different from their preFlashpoint counterparts
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I really really really like Earth 2. I dont get the hate.
@OutlawRenegade: If you were ever a fan of the JSA then you would.
@Smart_Dork_Dude: I am/was, so...? Earth 2 rocks. Good story and good art. New ideas. I don't get the hate.
@OutlawRenegade: They completely make JSA unrecognizable aside from their real names, made very bland versions of their origins, made Jay Garrick's origin WORSE in my honest opinion by basically making him five gods short of a Captain Marvel instead of IMPROVING upon his original origin, totally removed the Starheart from Alan Scott's origin and made him a second rate Swamp-Thing, and made Alan Scott gay for the sole reason to hype up the book.
Making Alan gay was a line they should not have crossed all in the name of promotion. There are gay people complaining over this!!! My cousin is a lesbian and she said that making a character that had never been homosexual in the first place is and I quote "Disgusting and DISTASTEFUL". They are making Alan's sexual orientation more important than his character. Now instead of being known as the first Green Lantern, the ORIGINAL Green Lantern without whom the Green Lantern Corps would not exist in comics, he's known as the "That Gay Green Lantern" and nothing else. That is insulting to someone who has always been an Alan Scott fan! It's insulting that people are putting more of an emphasis on the fact Alan is gay than his history as a character or the fact he was already interesting BEFORE the reboot.
I wonder if its canon?
@whitewings1234: What's canon?
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@whitewings1234: What's canon?
something official by a studio. I still have a hard time understanding it, but its only used on this website. People in real life never use it. This site too is the first time I ever heard of
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4) Follow the instructions on the package to cook the Brussels sprouts. Do not use salt.
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The Journal Sentinel sports staff brings Milwaukee Bucks fans the latest news, notes and analysis
Butch, Mbenga added to summer league roster
The Bucks will open a four-day camp for their summer league team on Thursday at the Cousins Center in St. Francis.
Late additions to the roster include former Wisconsin center Brian Butch and NBA veteran DJ Mbenga, who last played for the New Orleans Hornets.
The team is scheduled to conduct two-a-day workouts on the first three days of the camp and one workout Sunday before leaving for Las Vegas.
The Bucks open NBA Summer League play on Monday against New Orleans. Milwaukee will play five summer league games.
It's not clear if the Bucks will face No. 1 overall draft pick Anthony Davis, sidelined with a sprained left ankle. Davis has been with the U.S. national team, which is training in Las Vegas this week. He was named as an alternate to the U.S. squad which will compete in the London Olympics.
The 31-year-old Mbenga, who has dual citizenship in the Congo and Belgium, started his NBA career with Dallas in 2004 and also has played for Golden State, the Los Angeles Lakers and the Hornets.
The 27-year-old Butch was signed as a free agent by New Orleans during training camp last December but waived a few weeks later.
He played for the Bakersfield Jam in the NBA Development League during the 2011-'12 season and averaged 15.3 points and 9.8 rebounds in 17 games.
The 6-11 Butch is an Appleton native, a former Wisconsin prep player of the year at Appleton West and played for the Badgers from 2004-'08.
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Watching the video of Win8 (working title, apparently), it's clearly targeted at tablets. I can't see anything that makes it look like a productive desktop environment.
They're obviously designing a media-consumption-oriented OS, which is fine, but it doesn't like like it's got the featureset to replace Win7.
I can't see me upgrading my home PCs from Win7, unless they include some kind of "force", like DX10+.


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And if the Obamas feel out of place among the Hollywood elite, fear not, there are plenty of Washington, D.C., regulars on the island, too.
Former President Clinton was spotted golfing last weekend, and the rest of his family is rumored to be in tow.
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi is also expected to visit this summer.
"The people who come here are very accomplished in whatever they decide to pursue," said Bellante-Holand of the eclectic mix of people who travel to the island. "That makes for some great chance meetings."
So what does the Vineyard offer these celebrities who remain loyal to the island year after year?
Despite the opportunity to stalk your favorite celebrity, locals on the island really respect the stars' space, said Bellante-Holand.
"Everyone here tries to value the privacy of the people who visit here, and that's one of the reasons it's such a popular vacation spot for stars," she said. "It makes it very easy to enjoy themselves and enjoy their friends or family who come with them."
Nancy Gardella, the executive director of the Martha's Vineyard Chamber of Commerce, says that it's the escape from the lens of intrusive photographers that makes Martha's Vineyard so appealing.
"They can move around and be themselves and people are pretty laid back," she said. "They can have a real family vacation without having to worry about being chased down by paparazzi."
As for the stars that Malia and Sasha Obama might like to see, there's no word yet on the chance of a Jonas Brothers sighting.


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