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Azure Cache - Famous ErrorCode<ERRCA0017>:SubStatus<ES0006> frustration
for the last couple of weeks, we're struggling to fix the famous ErrorCode<ERRCA0017>:SubStatus<ES0006> cache error. We haven't changed anything related to the Azure cache in our code, yet it started to happen on all our roles and instances across two subscriptions in the South Central DC.
We're seeing huge amount of errors with the following DataCacheException:
ErrorCode<ERRCA0017>:SubStatus<ES0006>:There is a temporary failure. Please retry later. (One or more specified cache servers are unavailable, which could be caused by busy network or servers. For on-premises cache clusters, also verify the following conditions. Ensure that security permission has been granted for this client account, and check that the AppFabric Caching Service is allowed through the firewall on all cache hosts. Also the MaxBufferSize on the server must be greater than or equal to the serialized object size sent from the client.)
Stack Trace:
at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.DataCache.ThrowException(ResponseBody respBody)
at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.DataCache.InternalGet(String key, DataCacheItemVersion& version, String region, IMonitoringListener listener)
at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.DataCache.<>c__DisplayClass49.<Get>b__48()
at XShared.ServerCache.GetObjectForKey(String key) in C:\Work\Azure\X\X\ServerCache.cs:line 129Inner Exception:
Could not connect to net.tcp://x.cache.windows.net:22233/. The connection attempt lasted for a time span of 00:00:21.0300386. TCP error code 10060: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond 184.108.40.206:22233
Stack Trace:
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.SocketConnectionInitiator.Connect(Uri uri, TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.BufferedConnectionInitiator.Connect(Uri uri, TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ConnectionPoolHelper.EstablishConnection(TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.ClientFramingDuplexSessionChannel.OnOpen(TimeSpan timeout)
at System.ServiceModel.Channels.CommunicationObject.Open(TimeSpan timeout)
at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.CacheResolverChannel.Open(TimeSpan timeout)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink._PrivateProcessMessage(IntPtr md, Object[] args, Object server, Int32 methodPtr, Boolean fExecuteInContext, Object[]& outArgs)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink.PrivateProcessMessage(RuntimeMethodHandle md, Object[] args, Object server, Int32 methodPtr, Boolean fExecuteInContext, Object[]& outArgs)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging.StackBuilderSink.AsyncProcessMessage(IMessage msg, IMessageSink replySink)Exception rethrown at [0]:
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RealProxy.EndInvokeHelper(Message reqMsg, Boolean bProxyCase)
at System.Runtime.Remoting.Proxies.RemotingProxy.Invoke(Object NotUsed, MessageData& msgData)
at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.CacheResolverChannel.OpenDelegate.EndInvoke(IAsyncResult result)
at Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.ChannelContainer.Opened(IAsyncResult ar)Code & Configuration:
We initialize one instance of DataCacheFactory and one instance of DataCache per role instance, these are being retained in a singleton:
private void Init() { try { if (cacheFactory == null) { // It seems enabling local cache will clear all trace listeners so to work around it we save these listeners and restore them later List<TraceListener> tracelisteners = new List<TraceListener>(); foreach (TraceListener tracelistener in System.Diagnostics.Trace.Listeners) { tracelisteners.Add(tracelistener); } cacheFactory = new DataCacheFactory(); // restore trace listeners System.Diagnostics.Trace.Listeners.Clear(); foreach (TraceListener tracelistener in tracelisteners) { System.Diagnostics.Trace.Listeners.Add(tracelistener); } } if (cache == null) { cache = cacheFactory.GetDefaultCache(); } } catch (Exception ex) { TraceLog.Error(ex.Message, TraceLogRole.Shared, "ServerCache", "Init"); } }
web.config snippet with cache configuration below:
<dataCacheClients> <dataCacheClient name="default" maxConnectionsToServer="2"> <hosts> <host name="x.cache.windows.net" cachePort="22233" /> </hosts> <localCache isEnabled="true" sync="TimeoutBased" objectCount="1000000" ttlValue="60" /> <transportProperties receiveTimeout="45000"/> <securityProperties mode="Message"> <messageSecurity authorizationInfo="..."> </messageSecurity> </securityProperties> </dataCacheClient> </dataCacheClients>
Cache data retrieval method with primitive retry policy (one subsequent attempt only):
public object GetObjectForKey(string key) { try { object res = null; try { res = cache.Get(key); } catch (DataCacheException ex) { // Simple retry policy TraceLog.Warning("Cache returned Code " + ex.ErrorCode.ToString() + " and SubStatus " + ex.SubStatus.ToString() + ". Retrying.", TraceLogRole.Shared, "ServerCache", "GetObjectForKey"); res = cache.Get(key); } return res; } catch (DataCacheException ex) { TraceLog.Error(ex.Message + Environment.NewLine + "StackTrace:" + Environment.NewLine + ex.StackTrace, TraceLogRole.Shared, "ServerCache", "GetObjectForKey"); if (ex.InnerException != null) { TraceLog.Error("InnerException: " + ex.InnerException.Message + Environment.NewLine + "StackTrace:" + Environment.NewLine + ex.InnerException.StackTrace, TraceLogRole.Shared, "ServerCache", "GetObjectForKey"); } } return null; }
- We've tried almost everything we found online (in docs, best practices, blogposts, forums...) regarding the code and config to no avail
- Cache is at the same data center as the role instances
- We have the latest Azure SDK installed and latest libraries are being used, including those Microsoft.ApplicationServer.Caching.*.dll
- These errors happen after some short idle time only (1-5 minutes, not really the same all the time)
- Contacted Azure customer support several days ago, just to learn that "Azure cache services is working fine", according to their conclusion.
- Yes, we're aware of the Akshat Sharma's blogpost. Didn't help for us (see the web.config).Currently, we're in the development phase nearing the public beta. Having this occurred in any further phase, this would be devastating for us. As the official support struggles finding any solution for now, I'd like to ask anyone here to share any experiences, insights or opinions on this particular issue.
Thank you!
Hi Pavel,
This is one of the cases where you would use the Transient Fault Handling Application Block to implement a retry mechanism. Could you try implementing the following code?
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- Marqué comme réponse Arwind - MSFTModerator mercredi 18 avril 2012 06:05
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Hi Pavel,
This is one of the cases where you would use the Transient Fault Handling Application Block to implement a retry mechanism. Could you try implementing the following code?
Sandrino Di Mattia | Twitter: http://twitter.com/sandrinodm | Azure Blog: http://fabriccontroller.net/blog | Blog: http://sandrinodimattia.net/blog
- Marqué comme réponse Arwind - MSFTModerator mercredi 18 avril 2012 06:05
Would you like to share a test application and we will help to test it. If it can works fine, i think it's nothing serious problem with the application, it may caused by environment.
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If I were you I'd use the cache as a write-though cache, basically making two requests; one to the source and another to the cache and returning the first that comes back.
In your stack trace, it seems you have a timeout after 21 seconds; an eternity really, so you badly need a better failover that "just retry" to get any proper behaviour from your application.
Rx has a method for this called Amb - something along those lines is probably what you want.
NetFlix encapsulates the above in an executable 'command' object instance which does failover if a request takes more than the 95th percentile of time to complete.


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Humphries shot the first free throw and ball some way came to him again, he didn't give it to ref and forgot to follow the procedure and ref decided to punish him.
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Last spring, Walmart released its Avengers Augmented Reality App to tie in with the release of Marvel's "The Avengers" movie. After downloading the app from iTunes or Android Market, consumers were able to use their smartphone to lock into signage scattered throughout the store, unlocking the movie's various superheros. Think hologram. In October, Walmart extended the program, branding its MarketSize pizzas boxes with an Avengers trigger point. Scanning the trigger point releases a very "cool" 3D interactive city.
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Beyond the "ooh" and "ah" factor, printed electronics also have a more practical function—security. Beneath the label of that expensive wine you are drinking might very well be an RFID tag to ensure brand protection. In the food and beverage industry, sensors that track storage temperature or alert consumers to expirations dates are being developed.
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International digital marketing agency, Stickyeyes, has added to its roster of growing lifestyle and fashion clients with mural retailer Photowall and online fashion retailer bonprix for its Blogger Engagement service. They join a rapidly-expanding 47 clients, many of whom already work with the Creative Communications team – including Phones4U, ghd and GSK-owned Maxinutrition.
The agency, which has recently been shortlisted for seven UK Search Awards, will focus on helping to develop the brand reputation of both clients, particularly in the run up to the busy Christmas retail period.
Photowall www.photowall.co.uk, based in Sweden, offers wall murals and canvas prints from a range of Scandinavian designers, as well as giving customers the opportunity to use their own images as designs. Stickyeyes www.stickyeyes.com, will be working in partnership with online influencers in the UK who have a strong visual slant to raise awareness of the brand and their striking products.
Bradford-based bonprix www.bonprix.co.uk, sell a range of fashion and footwear for women, men and children. The agency has been tasked with improving the online presence for the brand by engaging with influential UK fashion bloggers on seasonal focussed campaigns.
The agency's 22-strong Blogger Engagement team also sees the addition of two new members of staff, who will bring additional experience and expertise to the team. Emma-Louise Trotter and Amy Richards join as Creative Executives and will be working across blogger engagement, PR and social media services.
Jessica Wilkinson, Head of Blogger Engagement at Stickyeyes, says, "The addition of these two retailers to our client list demonstrates how our service offering has transformed in recent years. Our experience tells us the very best results are achieved by assigning a multi-disciplined team to each client account and working together on long term strategy. This approach now includes blogger engagement wherever possible, and is just one of the areas our agency excels in. The team are very much looking forward to working on some great brand building campaigns for Photowall and bonprix in the coming months."
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You may know of Verizon, one of the four big mobile phone networks in the USA. The other three are Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile.
An anonymous tipster has told me that Verizon may be giving out an early upgrade to some of its customers. They are allowing their customers to upgrade to the Motorola Droid or the iPhone 5. Normally, when you go for a mobile phone contract, you are normally tied into it for 12 months(1 year), 18 months(1.5 years) or even 24 months(2 years). In the USA, you can only upgrade 20 months through your 24 month contract.
However, it seems that Verizon is showing that they like to be good to the most loyal of their customers. The way to find out if you are eligible, is to check your emails or phone up Verizon and ask them. Remember, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
On a side-note, we don't know the release date of the iPhone 5. The important thing we know is that iOS 5(The next major release of Apple's mobile operating system), will be available for download in the Autumn, which is quite soon. This means that the iPhone 5 should be available soon. Normally, Apple makes a major release of iOS at the same time as an iPhone release.


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A few weeks ago in my column, I talked about what I would be doing if I wasn't a sports writer or in the journalism field. The thought hadn't crossed my mind because this is something I love so dearly, but I may have very well found a close second passion.
One of my favorite hobbies here in the last few years has been going to the theatre. No, I'm not talking about watching plays, but rather the cinema and movies.
Sure, going to the movies isn't necessarily the cheapest thing in the world, but it is a great experience. During last weekend, I went home to visit my family in Virginia and got the chance to see two movies with two family members.
First and foremost, watching both movies with my mom and brother were great bonding experiences with two of the people I love the most who I haven't seen in a while. Secondly, it gave me the chance to escape from whatever problems or issues I am facing.
I've made it a habit to see quite a few movies while I've been here in Catawba County. So far this summer, I've seen "Fast Five," "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides," "X-Men: First Class," "The Hangover: Part II," "Kung Fu Panda 2" and "Green Lantern." As you can tell from some of the movie titles, if it involves action, a sequel or a comic book, I'm usually there in line buying a ticket.
I'm not only a viewer of what is current and new, but I love to revisit the classics. I'm a huge fan of the Star Wars trilogy and classic comedies. I'm still in the process of trying to cross a few classics off of the list of movies I haven't seen, such as "The Godfather" and "Full Metal Jacket."
One of my favorite genres of movies is definitely comedies, but recent comedies have seemed to lose their effect on me. There are a lot of great family comedy movies out now, but a lot have lost their luster. I'm a huge fan of many of Adam Sandler's early works, such as "Happy Gilmore" and "Billy Madison."
Will Ferrell also makes me laugh, whether I'm watching him in a movie or classic sketches on "Saturday Night Live." He always manages to find a way to make me crack up laughing and relieve tension at the same time.
If I ever decide to hang up the sports writing career (which I don't plan on happening ever, if possible), I'd like to get into the movie scene, such as a being a critic or even attempting to direct a movie. I feel like maybe if I can't be satisfied with the type of movies I am watching, I can try to direct one myself and get better results.
Either way, I encourage you to take a loved one, grab a bowl of popcorn and go to either the theatre or stay at home and watch a DVD. Either is a great way to enjoy the cinema, one of the true art forms that has managed to stand the test of time.
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Schools Need Not Recognize Groups That Discriminate – NYTimes.com.
The United States Supreme Court recently ruled that schools don't need to officially recognize, or give official status to, student groups that discriminate.
Hopefully this closes a case where obviousness should have prevailed from the beginning. The case was brought about by the Christian Legal Society (CLS,) a student group with a chapter at Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco after the college revoked official status of the CLS.
The school's policy is that official student groups must be inclusive and not exclude potential members based on the fairly standard list of things you can't discriminate against.
The student group "does not allow students to become voting members or to assume leadership positions unless they affirm what the group calls orthodox Christian beliefs and disavow "unrepentant participation or advocacy of a sexually immoral lifestyle."' This would include "sexual conduct outside of marriage between a man and a woman."
While I must admit that last statement is a "cute" way of hiding homophobia beneath a layer of pious prudishness, it is still unacceptable.
As a consequence, the student group cannot use the college's name or logo or use meeting rooms or communication vehicles the college provides for recognized groups. Not having official recognition also means the group is not eligible for other benefits — privileges — the college offers including special email access and limited financing. This is pretty standard stuff essentially ensuring the CLS cannot be seen as speaking on behalf of the college or its students.
In typical fundie fashion, Gregory Baylor, a lawyer for the CLS, said the ruling would require the organization "to allow atheists to lead its Bible studies." Um, no. The college isn't telling the 30 member group to change their beliefs, it is merely saying they can't promote such discrimination and bigotry using funding from the college. The CLS can continue to meet off-campus and can raise their own funding. What they can't do is pretend to be affiliated with the college.
If they so badly require funding from the college, they will have to follow the criteria for recognition meaning they will have to stop discriminating. That's a far cry from a college-appointed atheist Bible study leader.
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Lancashire hotpot
By James Martin
Cooking time
Prep: 20 mins Cook: 1 hr, 40 minsSkill level
Serves 4This famous lamb stew topped with sliced potatoes should be on the menu at every British pub
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Additional info
- Freezable
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 993
- protein
- 70g
- carbs
- 56g
- fat
- 56g
- saturates
- 26g
- fibre
- 7g
- sugar
- 12g
- salt
- 1.43g
- 100g dripping or butter
- 900g stewing lamb, cut into large chunks
- 3 lamb kidneys, sliced, fat removed
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- 4 carrots, peeled and sliced
- 25g plain flour
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 500ml lamb or chicken stock
- 2 bay leaves
- 900g potatoes, peeled and sliced
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- Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Heat some dripping or butter in a large shallow casserole dish, brown the lamb in batches, lift to a plate, then repeat with the kidneys.
- Fry the onions and carrots in the pan with a little more dripping until golden. Sprinkle over the flour, allow to cook for a couple of mins, shake over the Worcestershire sauce, pour in the stock, then bring to the boil. Stir in the meat and bay leaves, then turn off the heat. Arrange the sliced potatoes on top of the meat, then drizzle with a little more dripping. Cover, then place in the oven for about 1½ hrs until the potatoes are cooked.
- Remove the lid, brush the potatoes with a little more dripping, then turn the oven up to brown the potatoes, or finish under the grill for 5-8 mins until brown.
Recipe from Good Food magazine, February 2009
Comments, questions and tips
A lovely hotpot recipe. I didn't include the kidneys but only because I couldn't get them in time & next time I make this I will definitely include them. However, the dish was very tasty without them. Just remember that the potatoes need plenty of seasoning before it goes into the oven! I also used thin cut lamb rump steaks & they cooked lovely at 140 deg C for hour & half. Yummy indeed.
Utterly delicious recipe, we all loved it. I didn't end up using kidneys but only because the ones I'd had were past their use by date. Just out of interest I will buy them again and put them in next time, but I don't feel that the dish was missing anything by not using them. Yet again Good Food site renders my shelves of cookbooks useless!! Thank you Good Food!
Really great recipe. Exactly what you'd expect from James Martin really... plenty of butter/dripping. Although I did substitute this for regular olive oil in order to make this a bit healthier and it worked a treat. Also I cut out the kidneys simply to cut down on ingredients and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Well worth trying and super easy.
This is a good recipe but I used olive oil instead of butter to fry the lamb chops from a couple of racks - did not use stewing lamb - the olive oil is a healthier alternative and much tastier it also does not deter from the authenticity of the flavor. The lamb chops from a rack are so much more tender. No need for the carrots, Worchestershire sauce or bay leaf - make a big green salad as an accompaniment. One of our favorite dishes!
As a lancashire lad, I of course love Lancashire hotpot and this recipe is as good as it gets (though I like to add a bit of rosemary as well as the bay leaves).
A traditional New Years Eve meal in our family, and my mum often cooked it with the potato in with the meat and a pastry crust on top.
My one big tip would be to serve it with pickled red cabbage and picked beetroot. AMAZING
Sorry but this is one recipe that can`t be changed and still be called Lancashire Hotpot! Chicken, rosemary, wine? never!! I`m sure your results were great but you didn`t make a hotpot. If you don`t like kidneys, just don`t eat them but don`t leave them out as they just `make` the gravy. Neck end or neck chops were often used for this dish as economy was of the upmost importance. It was very much a working class dish which is why wine would never have been added.


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I just got my rare in MH, near to the raid entrace, it was a background pet. I'm so happy ^^
Still looking for a rare. Have found many in Hyjal around Nordrassil and in the Barrow Dens as secondaries but no rares. Never found them as primaries.
You may find it like 2d pet in twilight areas Hijal summit. Works at any time of day. Like result - you may find rare bat already 24 lvl before cap.
The Whispering Forest is found west of Deathknell and south of the lake (which doesn't seem to have a name.) If you are zoomed out too far on your map, it looks like all mountains in that area but the forest is there. Also, the few bats I found were on the western side of the forest, up against the mountains. There as so many rats in this place it gets a bit frustrating. And I didn't find anything but poors and commons. Surely my blue will drop eventually!
Woot! Found my rare in Whispering Forrest in the afternoon!
Just a hint....bats are nocturnal ;)
Like others have said, they are int he far n/w corner co-ords of the area are 14.2,61.1 I found 2 in this area but Im sure there is more
Found the lvl 2 before reading your comment. I'd pretty much given up on finding another of these rare beasts - much less a Rare one - explaining why I hadn't read your comment. FWIW: yes, !YES!, it was an actual Rare!
There's a level-2 bat in the Undercity courtyard, in the middle of the Pilgrim stuff. Maybe associated with it?
Found a rare as additional mob as of recent patch at mt hyjal. lvl 23 with critters or flying
Yes these can be found in Mount Hyjal, levels ranging from 22 to 23. They only seem to be found as secondary pets in battles, but are not that rare to get.
They are indeed available in Hyjal. I have a level 20 one tamed, albeit poor quality. :(
I just found one in Mount Hyjal near Nordrassil as an add on, but I accidentally one - shot him T_T
Pretty decent pet. Heal on a short cooldown, and able to have 3 different offensive schools in its moveset (UD, beast and flying) make it pretty versatile. Has a high natural speed and Screech, meaning it should usually be going first.
As others have said, bats in Tirisfal Glades are only in the little forest by the lake in the far NW corner of the zone. You have to fly to get there. It's worth it, though.
I adore my bat - it's my go-to flying pet. Takes less damage from beasts, hits like a truck against critters and aquatics; if you've done much wild pet collecting you know how great a combo that is. Mine has been an anchor member of my team for 18 pet levels and counting.
Hard to find in eastern plaguelands, but discovered attacking other pets makes them almost always team up. Common with an infected rat first time, uncommon with an infected fawn second time. Started going after all pets in the area to find them this way. Still looking for a rare, though.
I had an extremely hard time finding this guy ....I looked all over Undercity and Tristful Glades didn't find him, finally found him fluttering around Eastwall Tower in Eastern Plauguelands.
I also found them in Whispering Forest. (mountains by the large lake to the west)
Thanks for the comments on where to find the bats, I've been looking all over Tirisal for them and once i flew up to the far NW found them just where you said.
I didn't find any that I didn't have to fly to get to, so if you're hunting at a low level, come back here later on, or with an alt! :) Bats aplenty in the Whispering Wood.


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Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff Recipe
- 2 pounds beef top sirloin steak, cut into thin strips
- 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 cup water
- 1 envelope (1-1/2 ounces) beef Stroganoff seasoning for the slow cooker
- 1 pound sliced baby portobello mushrooms
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 1/4 cup port wine or beef broth
- 2 teaspoons ground mustard
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1-1/2 cups (12 ounces) sour cream
- Hot cooked egg noodles
- Minced fresh parsley, optional
- In a large skillet, brown meat in oil. Add water and seasoning mix, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Transfer meat and drippings to a 3-qt. slow cooker.
- In the same skillet, saute mushrooms and onion in butter until tender. Combine the wine, mustard and sugar; stir into the mushroom mixture. Add to slow cooker; stir to combine.
- Cover and cook on low for 6-8 hours or until meat is tender. Stir in sour cream. Serve with noodles. Sprinkle with parsley if desired. Yield: 7 servings.
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I've been trying to find a good Stroganoff recipe and this is definitely not it. I was very disappointed ! Unfortunately this recipe has absolutely no taste whatsoever! I'm still on the hunt for a good one!
Everyone in the family loves this recipe. The beef always comes out melt in your mouth tender.
Using the crock pot was a great way to make beef stroganoff! I thought it was a little salty, but that was the stroganoff seasoning mix I used. I really liked the flavor the port wine added, I'm glad I used it instead of the broth.
What burns me is when people rate a recipe that they have changed. Also my question to the woman who rated this recipe 1-Star...seriously ketchup and mustard in Stroganoff????!!!!!! Did you buy the right seasoning package????? This recipe was very good....I did use beef broth as opposed to Port simply because I didn't have any Port
Wonderful recipe and tastes great with mashed potatoes! I didn't care as much for it with the noodles. I would recommend adding a can of cream of mushroom to this prior to serving as it is a little on the runny side. Makes for a delicious gravy on mashed potatoes :)
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- An open and integrated metadata environment provides a single source for all of your applications. This metadata management capability can eliminate the need to replicate and manage multiple instances of metadata.
- Access the data you need – now. No matter where your data is stored – from legacy systems to Hadoop – SAS Data Management natively accesses the data you need quickly and efficiently.
- Reduce development and maintenance efforts. Create data management rules once and reuse them, giving you a standard, documented and repeatable method for cleansing and integrating data.
- Secure data as a corporate asset. From an easy-to-use interface, both business and IT will build, document and collaborate on data management activities within authorized controls specific to their role – without a significant learning curve.
- Fix data – on time and on budget. Grid technologies, load balancing, parallel processing and in-database execution gives you a high-performance way to handle even the biggest data.
- Build trust in your data. Auditing tools monitor both processing and source data lineage, giving you visibility into change management activities and effects.
- Use one technology. One strategy. A unified enterprise data management platform enables you to bring together existing piecemeal applications, keeping costs under control.
- One data integration development environment
- An easy-to-use, point-and-click, role-based GUI with an intuitive set of configurable windows for managing authorized processes. Drag-and-drop functionality eliminates the need for programming.
- Wizards access to source systems, creating target structures, import and export metadata functions, and build/execute ETL and ELT process flows.
- Customizable metadata tree views let you display, visualize and understand metadata.
- Dedicated GUI for profiling data makes it easy to repair source system issues while retaining the business rules for use in other data management processes.
- Interactive debugging and testing of jobs during development and full access to logs is supported.
- Audit history and check-in/check-out allows designers to see which jobs or tables were changed, when and by whom.
- Ability to distribute data integration tasks across any platform and to virtually connect any source or target data store.
- Integration with third-party vendors Subversion and CVS provides enhanced version and source control features such as archiving, differencing and rollback.
- Enhanced SAS code import capabilities give current SAS users an easy way to import their SAS jobs and code.
- Command-line job deployment options for deploying single and multiple jobs.
- Integrated process designer
- Build and edit data management processes with a visual, end-to-end event designer.
- Control the execution of data integration, SAS Stored Processes and data quality jobs.
- Conditionally execute jobs based on IF THEN logic and parameterization.
- Fork "jobs" and processes to execute in parallel.
- Publish job inputs and outputs for parameterized jobs.
- Listen for internal and external events as well as conditionally raise events.
- Execute external OS level commands such as call shell scripts.
- Call REST and SOAP Web services.
- List and open old versions of jobs (in read-only mode) and make historic versions current with built-in versioning.
- Provide full support for promotion/migration of jobs in support of DEV/TEST/PROD.
- Use common scripting languages to deploy data integration batch jobs in an automated manner with automated job deployment.
- Superior connectivity and data access
- Provides connectivity in batch or in real time to more data sources on more platforms than most other solutions.
- Data access engines are available for enterprise applications, non-relational databases, RDBMSs, data warehouse appliances, PC file formats and more.
- Specialized table loaders provide optimized bulk loading of Oracle, Teradata and DB2.
- File reader/writer available for Hadoop file system (HDFS) and support for Hadoop's MapReduce, Pig and Hive within flows as well as Hortonworks.
- A complete and shared metadata environment provides consistent data definition across all data sources.
- Native access methods deliver top performance, reduce data movement and reduce the need for custom coding.
- Support for message-oriented middleware, including WebSphere MQ from IBM, MSMQ from Microsoft, Java Message Service (JMS) and TIBCO Rendezvous.Support for unstructured and semistructured data to parse and process files.
- Access to static and streaming data for sending and receiving via Web services.
- Expanded support for MPP databases: Aster Data nCluster, Pivotal Greenplum and Sybase IQ, enabling more ELT pushdown and support for bulk-load utilities.
- Native support for SQL-based processing.
- Enhanced connectivity to Aster Data, Pivotal Greenplum, Hadoop and Sybase IQ databases with the ability to push down more processing to the databases.
- Consistent metadata management
- Metadata is captured and documented throughout transformations and data integration processes, and is available for immediate reuse.
- Sophisticated metadata mapping technologies quickly propagate column definitions from sources to targets, and create automated, intelligent table joins.
- Metadata search enables quick location of desired components.
- Impact analysis for assessing the scope and impact of making changes to existing objects such as columns, tables and process jobs before they occur.
- Ability to determine the path, processes and transformations taken to produce the resulting information.
- Data lineage (reverse impact analysis), critical to validate dependencies helps build user confidence in data.
- Change analysis for metadata change discovery, comparison, analysis and selective propagation.
- Multiple-user collaboration support includes object check-in and check-out.
- Promotion and replication of metadata across development, test and production environments.
- Wizard-driven metadata import and export as well as column standardization.
- Metadata-driven deployment flexibility so process jobs can be deployed for batch execution, as reusable stored processes or as Web services.
- Foundation of data quality
- Data quality is embedded into batch, near-time and real-time processes.
- Data cleansing is provided in native languages with specific language awareness and localizations for more than 38 regions worldwide.
- Data quality functions are available in both operational and reporting (transaction and batch) environments.
- An interactive GUI enables you to profile operational data to identify incomplete, inaccurate or ambiguous data.
- Customizable and reusable data quality business rules can be accessed directly within process job flows.
- Out-of-the-box standardization rules conform data to corporate standards, or you can build customized rules for special situations.
- Metadata built and shared across the entire process provides an accurate trail of actions applied to the cleansed data.
- Value can be added to existing data by generating and appending postal addresses, geocoding, demographic data or facts from other sources of information.
- Data stewards can profile operational data and monitor ongoing data activities with an interactive GUI designed specifically for their needs.
- Simple process for institutionalizing data quality business rules. Apply basic or complex rules to validate data according to the specific business requirements of a particular process, project or organization. Rules may be applied in batch mode or as a real-time transaction cleansing process.
- Data quality monitoring enables you to continuously examine data in real time and over time to discover when quality falls below acceptable limits.
- Alerts can be issued when there is a need for corrective action.
- Extraction, transformation and load (ETL) and extraction, load and transform (ELT)
- A powerful, easy-to-use transformation user interface that supports collaboration, reuse of processes and common metadata.
- Out-of-the-box SQL-based transforms deliver ELT capabilities, including create tables, join, insert rows, delete rows, update rows, merge, SQL set, extract and SQL execute.
- Single or multiple-source data acquisition, transformation, cleansing and loading enable the easy creation of data warehouses, data marts, or BI and analytic data stores.
- Metadata is captured and documented throughout the data integration and transformation processes and is available for immediate reuse.
- Transformations can run on any platform with any data source.
- More than 300 predefined table and column-level transformations.
- Ready-to-use analytical transformations, including correlations and frequencies, distribution analysis and summary statistics.
- Transformation wizard or Java plug-in design templates let you easily generate reusable and repeatable transformations that are tracked and registered in metadata.
- Transformation processes, callable through custom exits, message queues and Web services are reusable in different projects and environments.
- Transformations can be executed interactively and scheduled to run in batch at set times or based on events that trigger execution.
- Framework environment for publishing information to archives, a publishing channel, email or various message-queuing middleware.
- Easily refresh, append and update during loading.
- Optimize loading techniques with user-selectable options.
- Database-aware loading techniques include bulk-load facilities, index and key creation, and dropping and truncating of tables.
- Transformations automatically generate high-performance SAS code that is designed for rapid and efficient processing.
- Transformations include: Type 1 SCD support for merge and hash techniques, table differencing and enhancements for Type 2 SCD loaders.
- The Compare Tables transformation compares two data sources and detects changes in data.
- Provides the ability to call REST or SOAP Web services.
- Data federation
- Virtual access to database structures, enterprise applications, mainframe legacy files, text, XML, message queues and a host of other sources.
- Ability to join data across data sources for real-time access and analysis.
- Instant access to a real-time view of the data using the built-in data viewer.
- Query optimization is provided both automatically as part of DBMS requests, and manually within the advanced SQL editor, and can be used for both homogenous and heterogeneous data sources.
- Master data management
- Enhanced metadata search features enable you to search by type, name, date or other keywords, subset by folders or other options, and save searches for future use.
- Support for semantic data descriptions of input and output data sources uniquely identify each instance of a business element (customer, product, account, etc.).
- Powerful transformation tools and embedded data quality processes improve master data quality.
- Sophisticated fuzzy-matching technology and clustering methodologies enable you to validate and consolidate master records into identifiable data groups.
- Real-time data monitoring, dashboards and scorecards let you check and control data integrity over time.
- Can be used as a basis for transitioning to a full-fledged master data management offering.
- Data feeds can arrive in a single transaction or in hundreds of transactions at the same time.
- Data sets can be processed in a single pass of the source data.
- Data governance
- Enhanced, Web-based reference data management and business data environment to ease governance and semantic reference, respectively.
- Integrated business data glossary allows business terms to be organized hierarchically and related to term owners as well as technical metadata such as tables and data management processes.
- Extensive data stewardship capabilities including web-based dashboarding and business rule exception monitoring for reporting and remediation.
- Migration and synchronization
- Ability to migrate or synchronize data between database structures, enterprise applications, mainframe legacy files, text, XML, message queues and a host of other sources.
- Metadata-driven access to sources and targets.
- Extensive library of predefined transformations can be extended and shared with other integration processes.
- Embedded, reusable data quality business rules clean data as it is moved, synchronized or replicated.
- Recognizes changes to key fields and replicates or synchronizes changes across multiple databases.
- Optional, integrated scheduler allows changes made in one or more systems to be propagated to other systems on a scheduled basis.
- Delivers real-time data services for synchronization and migration projects.
- Message queuing
- Integration of asynchronous business processes via message-based connectivity.
- Interfaces to the leading message-queuing products, including Microsoft MSMQ, IBM WebSphere, Tibco Rendezvous and Java Message Service (JMS).
- Guaranteed message/transaction delivery reduces the cost of disruptions.
- Optimized access for each message-queue manager that is designed for minimal administrative effort.
- Event-based application integration so activities in one application automatically trigger actions in other applications.
- Dynamic, event-driven run streams and alerts.
- Ability to send and receive messages between distributed and disparate systems.
- Enhanced administration and monitoring
- Job status and performance reports and trending information provide the ability to track metrics such as CPU use, memory, I/O, etc. and deliver updates on how recent process runs perform relative to previous runs.
- Enables users to manage and monitor their complete integration environments, including the following types of jobs and activities:
- Data Integration Jobs.
- Data Quality Jobs.
- Federation Cache Jobs – scheduled queries to update the federation cache.
- Process Flows.
- Access log files from a central, Web-based panel for faster, easier troubleshooting.
- SAS® Stored Processes.
Managing data is easier than ever with a centralized console.
The new SAS Data Management Console provides a customizable, role-based user experience that can provide up-to-date information on data management activities in the organization – and provide alerts to problem areas so that they can be quickly addressed.
Take control of jobs and processes.
A job monitor interface allows you to see job run status, history, statistics, and logs for job runs across the enterprise from a single, centralized console. In addition to showing trending information for each job, the monitoring interface presents runtime performance details and scrapes log files for easy troubleshooting and maintenance.
See how data management jobs fit together.
This process orchestration interface allows you to visualize and manage data integration and data quality jobs, SAS code, and any other third party executable. Orchestration jobs can be built to run jobs in parallel, manage job events and notifications in the event of an error or undesired result.
The propagation of information from table to table is easily defined.
In any transformation, the Mappings panel allows you to define the propagation of information from table to table in your job. Here is an example of the default mapping rules being applied when mapping numeric to character columns, and character to numeric columns.
Integrated debugging helps ensure the results you expect.
SAS Data Integration Studio brings a new world of integrated debugging to make sure your job produces the results that you expect and that it meets design requirements. This screenshot shows a snapshot of a running job. Transformation step "Analyze" is currently running, while the "Rank variables" step has completed successfully. The "Filter results" step failed.
Runtime statistics help validate how well your code performs.
When working with large data flows, it is important to ensure that the job performs well. SAS Data Integration Studio can capture runtime statistics on jobs to help you validate how well your code performs. Saved statistics are available for each transformation step and can be viewed graphically or in a tabular report.
System Requirements
Host Platforms/Server Tier
- HP/UX on Itanium: 11iv3 (11.31)
- IBM AIX R64 on POWER architecture 7.1
- IBM z/OS: V1R11 and higher
- Linux x64 (64-bit): Novell SuSE 11 SP1; Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.1; Oracle Linux 6.1
- Microsoft Windows on x64 (64-bit):
Desktop: Windows 7* x64 SP1; Windows 8** x64
Server: Windows Server 2008 x64 SP2 Family; Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Family; Windows Server 2012 Family - Solaris on SPARC: Version 10 Update 9
- Solaris on x64 (x64-86): Version 10 Update 9; Version 11
Middle Tier
- HP/UX on Itanium
- IBM AIX on POWER
- Linux x64 (x86-64)
- Microsoft Windows x64 (x86-64)
- Solaris (SPARC and x64)
Supported Web Browsers
- Internet Explorer 9: Windows 7 (32-bit and x64 32-bit Web browsers)
- Internet Explorer 10: Windows 7 and Windows 8 (32-bit and x64 32-bit Web browsers)
- Firefox 6 and up: Windows 7 and Windows 8 (32-bit and x64 32-bit Web browsers); Linux x64: RHEL 6 and SLES 11 (32-bit Web browsers)
- Chrome 15 and up: Windows 7 and Windows 8 (32-bit and x64 32-bit Web browsers); Linux x64: RHEL 6.1 and SLES 11 SP 1 (32-bit Web browsers)
Client Tier
- Microsoft Windows (64-bit): Windows 7* x64 SP1; Windows 8** x64
* NOTE: Windows 7 supported editions are: Professional, Ultimate and Enterprise.
** NOTE: Supported editions include: Windows 8, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Enterprise.
Please consult your local SAS sales representative for your specific configuration needs or if you have questions about your platform requirements. Also, for more detailed information, please visit our support site at http://support.sas.com/resources/sysreq/
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Friends for dinner
Steve and Deneen visited last night for burgers and chat. Very enjoyable evening, even though they kept Christie and me up a little too late. Talked about the Appalachian Trail (they are "purists"), road-building (we've had too much), conspiracies and Ancient Aliens (don't believe what Giorgio tells you), and original music for my soon-to-be-launched podcast (rockin' but mysterious). You should have been there! (With apologies to Jimmy Buffett.)


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Arrgh, one of those irritating drives in this morning.
In fact, a kinda irritating morning.
In fact, Im kinda irritated.
In fact, my favorite word is irritation.
On now, to the irritating news.
Laptop Gamers gives us one of those About Damn Time items, the TRENDnet TEW-429UF 512MB USB Flash Drive Wi-Fi Finder
XYZ fits the Neuros MPEG4 Recorder 2 into casual conversation.
Pro Clockers juices up with the Coolermaster eXtreme Power Duo 650W PSU
Hi Tech Reviews basks in the glow of the Revoltec Lightboard Advanced Keyboard
Legion Hardware looks into NVIDIA GeForce 7300GT SLI Performance
Trusted Reviews does some hi speed networking with the NetGear RangeMax NEXT DG834N
Madshrimps shows off the Silverstone TJ08 Mini-TX Case
Big Bruin tries out some Nelly on the Everglide s-500 Professional Gaming Headphones
Overclockers Club keeps it cool with the Asetek Waterchill Extreme Water Cooling Kit
TechpowerUp tries to make interesting the Logitech G15 Gaming Keyboard
BIOS Magazine does one of their quicky on pagers on the Dell XPS M1210
Hardware Secrets tunes up the PowerColor Radeon X1600 Pro 512 MB
Finally, Legit Reviews talks about Building Your Own Intel Core Duo Gaming Notebook
Ok, time to go be less irritated. I suppose.
You go have a day.