The document provides instructions for installing and configuring Spectrum Scale 4.1. Key steps include: installing Spectrum Scale software on nodes; creating a cluster using mmcrcluster and designating primary/secondary servers; verifying the cluster status with mmlscluster; creating Network Shared Disks (NSDs); and creating a file system. The document also covers licensing, system requirements, and IBM and client responsibilities for installation and maintenance.
Tutorial: Using GoBGP as an IXP connecting routerShu Sugimoto
- Show you how GoBGP can be used as a software router in conjunction with quagga
- (Tutorial) Walk through the setup of IXP connecting router using GoBGP
The Network File System (NFS) Version 4 is a distributed file system similar to previous versions of NFS in its straightforward design, simplified error recovery, and independence of transport protocols and operating systems for file access in a heterogeneous network.
NFS, was developed by Sun Microsystems to provide distributed transparent file access in a heterogeneous network. It achieves this by being relatively simple in design and not relying too heavily on any particular file system model.
This presentation is based on the paper of “The NFS Version 4 Protocol” written by Brian Pawlowski, Spencer Shepler, Carl Beame, Brent Callaghan, Michael Eisler, David Noveck, David Robinson and Robert Thurlow.
IBM Spectrum Scale Best Practices for Genomics Medicine WorkloadsUlf Troppens
Genomics medicine requires physicians, data scientists and researchers to analyze huge amounts of genomics data quickly. The IBM Spectrum Scale Best Practices for Genomics Medicine Workload provides composable infrastructure that enables IT architects to customize deployments for varying functional and performance needs. The described scale-out architecture is capable to store, access and manage genomics data from a few 100 TB to tens of PB. The solution integrates compute resources and an easy-to-use Web User Interface to submit high-throughput batch jobs to analyze genomics data sets. While the best practices are optimized for genomics medicine workloads, most of the settings are generic and applicable to other workloads and industries.
DNS High-Availability Tools - Open-Source Load Balancing SolutionsMen and Mice
The DNS protocol has built-in high availability for authoritative DNS servers (this will be better explained in the webinar!), but client machines can see a degraded DNS service if a DNS resolver (caching DNS server) is failing.
In this webinar, we will look into how the DNS clients in popular operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS/iOS) choose the DNS resolver among a list of available servers, and how a DNS resolver service can be made failure-tolerant with open-source solutions such as “dnsdist” from PowerDNS and “relayd” from OpenBSD.
These charts provide a high-level overview of IIB HA topologies:
• Comparison of active/active and active/passive HA
• Solutions for active/passive HA failover with IBM Integration Bus
• Solutions for active/active processing with IBM Integration Bus
• Adding Global Cache to active/active processing
• Combining all of the above
Only HTTP and JMS (MQ) workloads are shown
Boosting I/O Performance with KVM io_uringShapeBlue
Storage performance is becoming much more important. KVM io_uring attempts to bring the I/O performance of a virtual machine on almost the same level of bare metal. Apache CloudStack has support for io_uring since version 4.16. Wido will show the difference in performance io_uring brings to the table.
Wido den Hollander is the CTO of CLouDinfra, an infrastructure company offering total Webhosting solutions. CLDIN provides datacenter, IP and virtualization services for the companies within TWS. Wido den Hollander is a PMC member of the Apache CloudStack Project and a Ceph expert. He started with CloudStack 9 years ago. What attracted his attention is the simplicity of CloudStack and the fact that it is an open-source solution. During the years Wido became a contributor, a PMC member and he was a VP of the project for a year. He is one of our most active members, who puts a lot of efforts to keep the project active and transform it into a turnkey solution for cloud builders.
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The CloudStack European User Group 2022 took place on 7th April. The day saw a virtual get together for the European CloudStack Community, hosting 265 attendees from 25 countries. The event hosted 10 sessions with from leading CloudStack experts, users and skilful engineers from the open-source world, which included: technical talks, user stories, new features and integrations presentations and more.
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About CloudStack: https://cloudstack.apache.org/
2689 - Exploring IBM PureApplication System and IBM Workload Deployer Best Pr...Hendrik van Run
IBM IMPACT 2013 presentation
This lecture will provide an overview of a combination of design, development, configuration and deployment best practices for IBM PureApplication System and IBM Workload Deployer captured from customer engagement experiences.
Provisioning server high_availability_considerations2Nuno Alves
The purpose of this document is to give the target audience an overview about the critical components of a Citrix
Provisioning Server infrastructure with regards to a high availability implementation. These considerations focus on the
following areas:
• Virtual Disk (vDisk) Storage
• Write Cache Placement
• SQL Database
• TFTP Service
• DHCP Service
Tutorial: Using GoBGP as an IXP connecting routerShu Sugimoto
- Show you how GoBGP can be used as a software router in conjunction with quagga
- (Tutorial) Walk through the setup of IXP connecting router using GoBGP
The Network File System (NFS) Version 4 is a distributed file system similar to previous versions of NFS in its straightforward design, simplified error recovery, and independence of transport protocols and operating systems for file access in a heterogeneous network.
NFS, was developed by Sun Microsystems to provide distributed transparent file access in a heterogeneous network. It achieves this by being relatively simple in design and not relying too heavily on any particular file system model.
This presentation is based on the paper of “The NFS Version 4 Protocol” written by Brian Pawlowski, Spencer Shepler, Carl Beame, Brent Callaghan, Michael Eisler, David Noveck, David Robinson and Robert Thurlow.
IBM Spectrum Scale Best Practices for Genomics Medicine WorkloadsUlf Troppens
Genomics medicine requires physicians, data scientists and researchers to analyze huge amounts of genomics data quickly. The IBM Spectrum Scale Best Practices for Genomics Medicine Workload provides composable infrastructure that enables IT architects to customize deployments for varying functional and performance needs. The described scale-out architecture is capable to store, access and manage genomics data from a few 100 TB to tens of PB. The solution integrates compute resources and an easy-to-use Web User Interface to submit high-throughput batch jobs to analyze genomics data sets. While the best practices are optimized for genomics medicine workloads, most of the settings are generic and applicable to other workloads and industries.
DNS High-Availability Tools - Open-Source Load Balancing SolutionsMen and Mice
The DNS protocol has built-in high availability for authoritative DNS servers (this will be better explained in the webinar!), but client machines can see a degraded DNS service if a DNS resolver (caching DNS server) is failing.
In this webinar, we will look into how the DNS clients in popular operating systems (Windows, Linux, macOS/iOS) choose the DNS resolver among a list of available servers, and how a DNS resolver service can be made failure-tolerant with open-source solutions such as “dnsdist” from PowerDNS and “relayd” from OpenBSD.
These charts provide a high-level overview of IIB HA topologies:
• Comparison of active/active and active/passive HA
• Solutions for active/passive HA failover with IBM Integration Bus
• Solutions for active/active processing with IBM Integration Bus
• Adding Global Cache to active/active processing
• Combining all of the above
Only HTTP and JMS (MQ) workloads are shown
Boosting I/O Performance with KVM io_uringShapeBlue
Storage performance is becoming much more important. KVM io_uring attempts to bring the I/O performance of a virtual machine on almost the same level of bare metal. Apache CloudStack has support for io_uring since version 4.16. Wido will show the difference in performance io_uring brings to the table.
Wido den Hollander is the CTO of CLouDinfra, an infrastructure company offering total Webhosting solutions. CLDIN provides datacenter, IP and virtualization services for the companies within TWS. Wido den Hollander is a PMC member of the Apache CloudStack Project and a Ceph expert. He started with CloudStack 9 years ago. What attracted his attention is the simplicity of CloudStack and the fact that it is an open-source solution. During the years Wido became a contributor, a PMC member and he was a VP of the project for a year. He is one of our most active members, who puts a lot of efforts to keep the project active and transform it into a turnkey solution for cloud builders.
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The CloudStack European User Group 2022 took place on 7th April. The day saw a virtual get together for the European CloudStack Community, hosting 265 attendees from 25 countries. The event hosted 10 sessions with from leading CloudStack experts, users and skilful engineers from the open-source world, which included: technical talks, user stories, new features and integrations presentations and more.
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About CloudStack: https://cloudstack.apache.org/
2689 - Exploring IBM PureApplication System and IBM Workload Deployer Best Pr...Hendrik van Run
IBM IMPACT 2013 presentation
This lecture will provide an overview of a combination of design, development, configuration and deployment best practices for IBM PureApplication System and IBM Workload Deployer captured from customer engagement experiences.
Provisioning server high_availability_considerations2Nuno Alves
The purpose of this document is to give the target audience an overview about the critical components of a Citrix
Provisioning Server infrastructure with regards to a high availability implementation. These considerations focus on the
following areas:
• Virtual Disk (vDisk) Storage
• Write Cache Placement
• SQL Database
• TFTP Service
• DHCP Service
Planning Optimal Lotus Quickr services for Portal (J2EE) DeploymentsStuart McIntyre
As per the Quickr Wiki ( http://www-10.lotus.com/ldd/lqwiki.nsf/dx/20052009045545WEBCGW.htm ):
"This document contains the presentation from Quickr masterclass covering planning optimal deployments – crawl/walk/run.
Discussing simplistic deployment architectures which can be linearily scaled over time (e.g. from POC to simple-non-clustered to clustered)
Sharing of key tips/recommendations from SVT and Perf - so as to help avoid expensive crit-sits in the field
Tuning for performance, stability and reliability"
Please note, I do not claim any ownership of this presentation, just am uploading to allow sharing via the Quickr Blog. Any questions/comments/issues, just let me know!
Best Practices for Deploying Enterprise Applications on UNIXNoel McKeown
Gain some insight to a UNIX based operating system and the types of tasks a build team or vendors perform. How to prepare a UNIX server for typical enterprise deployments.
The best practices applied to a UNIX platform in a telco environment. Some hints, tips, troubleshooting and practical knowledge.
VMware End-User-Computing Best Practices PosterVMware Academy
The End-User-Computing Best Practices poster gives you up-to-date tips and guidelines for configuring and sizing the wide range of EUC products. Enlarge and print!
Tips to deploy a production grade Kubernetes cluster using SUSE CaaS Platfrom v3.
Created joinly with my colleague Martin Weiss to be used on SUSECON 2019
An overview of Converged and Hyperconverged Systems, including VersaStack and IBM Hyperconverged Systems. Presented in Orlando, FL IBM Technical University.
VMworld 2013: IBM Solutions for VMware Virtual SAN VMworld
VMworld 2013
Eric Deadwyler, IBM
Joseph Russell, VMware
Learn more about VMworld and register at http://www.vmworld.com/index.jspa?src=socmed-vmworld-slideshare
Updates to Apache CloudStack and LINBIT SDSShapeBlue
In this session, speakers Giles Sirett and Philipp Reisner shared insights into CloudStack and LINBIT. Giles detailed Apache CloudStack’s scalability, multi-tenancy, and compatibility with various hypervisors. He also discusses CloudStack’s integrated, easy-to-use nature, rapid time-to-value, and its active community. Following this, Giles delves into different use cases, such as IaaS/Cloud Provisioning, Disaster recovery, Sovereign Clouds, and the list goes on. CloudStack’s features, including its support for Kubernetes clusters, its scalable architecture, high availability and other features were also discussed.
Following this, Philipp highlighted the 4 key ways in which LINBIT can help an organisation: ‘Protecting data, Always Keeping Your Services On, Shaping Your Destiny and Exceeding with Best Performance”. Philipp also delved into the different reasons why LINBIT SDS is so fast, and what the next steps are for DRBD, LINSTOR and the LINSTOR Driver for CloudStack.
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On October 10th 2023, ShapeBlue, Ampere Computing and LINBIT held a joint virtual event – Building Next-Generation IaaS. The event explored how the synergy between ARM, Apache CloudStack and LINBIT’s storage solutions can achieve a formidable price-to-performance ratio. There were a total of 3 sessions held by speakers from all 3 organisations.
EMC VSPEX BLUE is an all-in-one Hyper-Converged Infrastructure Appliance powered by Intel processor technology and VMware EVO:RAIL software.
It simplifies and automates deployment, provides and intuitive management dashboard that embeds the VSPEX BLUE Manager to simplify operations, upgrades and patches.
With a software designed building block approach, capacity and performance scale linearly – eliminating the need for pre-planned infrastructure purchases and reducing your upfront investments.
All wrapped with a single point of global support from EMC for both hardware and software
MySQL Day Paris 2018 - MySQL InnoDB Cluster; A complete High Availability sol...Olivier DASINI
MySQL InnoDB Cluster delivers an integrated, native, HA solution for your databases. MySQL InnoDB Cluster consists of:
MySQL Servers with Group Replication to replicate data to all members of the cluster while providing fault tolerance, automated failover, and elasticity.
MySQL Router to ensure client requests are load balanced and routed to the correct servers in case of any database failures.
MySQL Shell to create and administer InnoDB Clusters using the built-in AdminAPI.
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
Essentials of Automations: Optimizing FME Workflows with ParametersSafe Software
Are you looking to streamline your workflows and boost your projects’ efficiency? Do you find yourself searching for ways to add flexibility and control over your FME workflows? If so, you’re in the right place.
Join us for an insightful dive into the world of FME parameters, a critical element in optimizing workflow efficiency. This webinar marks the beginning of our three-part “Essentials of Automation” series. This first webinar is designed to equip you with the knowledge and skills to utilize parameters effectively: enhancing the flexibility, maintainability, and user control of your FME projects.
Here’s what you’ll gain:
- Essentials of FME Parameters: Understand the pivotal role of parameters, including Reader/Writer, Transformer, User, and FME Flow categories. Discover how they are the key to unlocking automation and optimization within your workflows.
- Practical Applications in FME Form: Delve into key user parameter types including choice, connections, and file URLs. Allow users to control how a workflow runs, making your workflows more reusable. Learn to import values and deliver the best user experience for your workflows while enhancing accuracy.
- Optimization Strategies in FME Flow: Explore the creation and strategic deployment of parameters in FME Flow, including the use of deployment and geometry parameters, to maximize workflow efficiency.
- Pro Tips for Success: Gain insights on parameterizing connections and leveraging new features like Conditional Visibility for clarity and simplicity.
We’ll wrap up with a glimpse into future webinars, followed by a Q&A session to address your specific questions surrounding this topic.
Don’t miss this opportunity to elevate your FME expertise and drive your projects to new heights of efficiency.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 3DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 3. In this session, we will cover desktop automation along with UI automation.
Topics covered:
UI automation Introduction,
UI automation Sample
Desktop automation flow
Pradeep Chinnala, Senior Consultant Automation Developer @WonderBotz and UiPath MVP
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Accelerate your Kubernetes clusters with Varnish CachingThijs Feryn
A presentation about the usage and availability of Varnish on Kubernetes. This talk explores the capabilities of Varnish caching and shows how to use the Varnish Helm chart to deploy it to Kubernetes.
This presentation was delivered at K8SUG Singapore. See https://feryn.eu/presentations/accelerate-your-kubernetes-clusters-with-varnish-caching-k8sug-singapore-28-2024 for more details.
6. Software Defined Storage means
• Spectrum Scale (GPFS 4.1) is
a Software product
• It provides flexibility to choose
the right server & storage
technology
• It allows you to mix and match
storage to support a wide
variety of application
workloads.
• It supports virtually any
Network Architecture allowing
Use of Fibre Channel SAN,
SAS, TCP/IP and InfiniBand
RDMA to transfer data.
IBM and Business Partner Use Only
Storage
Storage Storage
TCP/IP or Infinband RDMA Network
Storage Network
TCP/IP or Infiniband Network
TCP/IP or Infinband Network
NSD
Servers
Application
Nodes
Application
Nodes
Describe Common Spectrum Scale Architectures
13. Explain IBM and Client Responsibilities
IBM and Business Partner Use Only
IBM Provides the solution to integrate with your Network Requirements
IBM Lab Services provides the install and base file system creation
IBM Lab Services provides Initial Knowledge transfer & documentation
IBM Pre Sales provides guidance on new workload integration sizing and solution consult
IBM Provides Support and maintenance
The Client Responsibilities:
- Red Hat Updates and peripheral management and updates
- 3rd Party Software Integration, Management and Maintenance
- 3rd Party Hardware Integration, Management and Maintenance
- Spectrum Scale Client License management and ongoing Spectrum Scale Cluster Management
Common Maintenance Practices:
- Red Hat Updates
- File System or File Set creation
- Export Management
- File System Replication
- Solution feature management
- Capacity Monitoring
- Support engagement
- Cluster Upgrade Scheduling
- Authentication Service Management
IBM will remain accessible as your trusted solution advisor
