We4IT lcty 2013 - infra-man - domino run faster We4IT Group
The document discusses optimizing performance for IBM Lotus Domino. It recommends using 64-bit hardware and operating systems to allow Domino to utilize more memory. Transaction logging and separating disks for data, transaction logs, and indexes are also advised. The document provides tips for configuring hardware, operating systems, and Domino server settings to improve performance.
CS 167 is an operating systems course that involves writing five programs of increasing difficulty in C and completing homeworks and exams. Students will build their own operating system by developing a kernel and adding features like virtual file systems and virtual memory. The course requires skills in C programming, debugging, and computer architecture. An operating system provides convenient abstractions of hardware like files instead of disks and threads instead of processors to make the underlying system easier for programmers to use while managing concerns like performance, sharing, security and reliability.
This document discusses several models for implementing threads:
1) The one-level model treats user and kernel contexts as a single thread scheduled by the kernel.
2) The variable-weight processes model shares resources between processes like threads.
3) The two-level model separates user and kernel contexts into user threads scheduled on kernel threads.
This document discusses NameNode high availability (HA) in Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). It provides an overview of the current HDFS architecture, goals of NN HA, design approaches considered including active-standby with automatic failover, key use cases, design details around failover control, client failover, shared storage, fencing, and operations/administration. It also outlines future work such as alternative methods for sharing metadata and improving client failover.
Dealing with Hardware Heterogeneity Using EmbeddedXEN, a Virtualization Frame...The Linux Foundation
EmbeddedXEN is a particularly efficient virtualization framework tailored to ARM-based core embedded systems.
While security and OS isolation are key features of conventional virtualizuation frameworks, the main concerns for EmbeddedXEN are device heterogeneity and realtime aspects, which are particularly important in the embedded world.
EmbeddedXEN mainly relies on the original XEN architecture but with major differences in the way guest OS are handled: the hypervisor has been simplified, and only two guest OS (dom0 and domU) can run simultaneously; while dom0 is used to manage the native OS with drivers (original and backend splitted drivers), a paravirtualized OS (domU) can be cross-compiled on a different ARM device, and user applications can run seamlessly on the (virtualized) host device. Another important difference is that no user space tools are required to manage the VMs; the framework produces a compact single binary image containing both dom0 and domU guests, which can be easily deployed. The Xenbus architecture has been adapted to that context.
EmbeddedXEN therefore allows the porting of an OS and its applications from an ARM embedded device to last generation ARM hardware, such as HTC Smartphone for example.
This document summarizes new file system and storage features in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and 7. It discusses enhancements to logical volume management (LVM) such as thin provisioning and snapshots. It also covers expanded file system options like XFS, improvements to NFS including parallel NFS, and general performance enhancements.
We4IT lcty 2013 - infra-man - domino run faster We4IT Group
The document discusses optimizing performance for IBM Lotus Domino. It recommends using 64-bit hardware and operating systems to allow Domino to utilize more memory. Transaction logging and separating disks for data, transaction logs, and indexes are also advised. The document provides tips for configuring hardware, operating systems, and Domino server settings to improve performance.
CS 167 is an operating systems course that involves writing five programs of increasing difficulty in C and completing homeworks and exams. Students will build their own operating system by developing a kernel and adding features like virtual file systems and virtual memory. The course requires skills in C programming, debugging, and computer architecture. An operating system provides convenient abstractions of hardware like files instead of disks and threads instead of processors to make the underlying system easier for programmers to use while managing concerns like performance, sharing, security and reliability.
This document discusses several models for implementing threads:
1) The one-level model treats user and kernel contexts as a single thread scheduled by the kernel.
2) The variable-weight processes model shares resources between processes like threads.
3) The two-level model separates user and kernel contexts into user threads scheduled on kernel threads.
This document discusses NameNode high availability (HA) in Hadoop Distributed File System (HDFS). It provides an overview of the current HDFS architecture, goals of NN HA, design approaches considered including active-standby with automatic failover, key use cases, design details around failover control, client failover, shared storage, fencing, and operations/administration. It also outlines future work such as alternative methods for sharing metadata and improving client failover.
Dealing with Hardware Heterogeneity Using EmbeddedXEN, a Virtualization Frame...The Linux Foundation
EmbeddedXEN is a particularly efficient virtualization framework tailored to ARM-based core embedded systems.
While security and OS isolation are key features of conventional virtualizuation frameworks, the main concerns for EmbeddedXEN are device heterogeneity and realtime aspects, which are particularly important in the embedded world.
EmbeddedXEN mainly relies on the original XEN architecture but with major differences in the way guest OS are handled: the hypervisor has been simplified, and only two guest OS (dom0 and domU) can run simultaneously; while dom0 is used to manage the native OS with drivers (original and backend splitted drivers), a paravirtualized OS (domU) can be cross-compiled on a different ARM device, and user applications can run seamlessly on the (virtualized) host device. Another important difference is that no user space tools are required to manage the VMs; the framework produces a compact single binary image containing both dom0 and domU guests, which can be easily deployed. The Xenbus architecture has been adapted to that context.
EmbeddedXEN therefore allows the porting of an OS and its applications from an ARM embedded device to last generation ARM hardware, such as HTC Smartphone for example.
This document summarizes new file system and storage features in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6 and 7. It discusses enhancements to logical volume management (LVM) such as thin provisioning and snapshots. It also covers expanded file system options like XFS, improvements to NFS including parallel NFS, and general performance enhancements.
Revisiting CephFS MDS and mClock QoS SchedulerYongseok Oh
This presents the CephFS performance scalability and evaluation results. Specifically, it addresses some technical issues such as multi core scalability, cache size, static pinning, recovery, and QoS.
Enhanced Embedded Linux Board Support Package Field Upgrade – A Cost Effectiv...ijesajournal
Latest technology, new features and kernel bug fixes shows a need to explore a cost-effective and quick
upgradation of Embedded Linux BSP of Embedded Controllers to replace the existing U-Boot, Linux kernel,
Dtb file, and JFFS2 File system. This field upgrade technique is designed to perform an in-the-field flash
upgrade while the Linux is running. On successful build, the current version and platform specific information
will be updated to the script file and further with this technique the file system automates the upgrade
procedure after validating for the version information from the OS-release and if the version is different it will
self-extract and gets installed into the respective partitions. This Embedded Linux BSP field upgrade invention
is more secured and will essentially enable the developers and researchers working in this field to utilize this
method which can prove to be cost-effective on the field and beneficial to the stake holder.
This document provides an overview of the AIX operating system and its logical volume manager (LVM). It discusses AIX's tool-managed configuration approach and integration with IBM hardware. The LVM uses physical volumes to create volume groups that are divided into logical partitions backing logical volumes for filesystems and logs. Management is performed through commands that manipulate these logical structures.
This document provides an overview of configuring multipath I/O in Linux to enable high availability and load balancing over redundant storage paths. It discusses two methods: using the native Linux device mapper multipath (DM multipath) tool or using EMC PowerPath software. DM multipath provides a single access point and binds multiple block devices for the same LUN, while PowerPath offers additional features like priority settings and path monitoring. The document outlines the steps to set up a multipath configuration using DM multipath, including gathering device IDs, creating the configuration file, and starting the multipath service.
This document discusses storage virtualization. It notes that by 2010 nearly 1000 exabytes of digital information will be created annually, doubling every 18 months. It describes different types of storage including direct attached storage (DAS), network attached storage (NAS), and storage area network (SAN). Virtualization provides advantages like hiding storage complexity, improving performance and scalability. Virtualization can occur at the host operating system level, switch/appliance level, or storage array level.
This document discusses IBM's virtualization technology for System p servers. It provides an overview of logical partitioning (LPAR), micro-partitioning, and dynamic LPAR capabilities. It also describes virtual I/O technologies like virtual SCSI and virtual Ethernet that allow sharing of network and storage devices between partitions. The document notes that these virtualization features help optimize resource utilization and reduce hardware costs through server consolidation.
In this presentation, Yasunori Goto and Qi fuli will talk about basis of NVDIMM, the issues of RAS of Non Volatile DIMM(NVDIMM), and what feature is made and is developing for it.
NVDIMM is expected as new age device recently. Though a cpu can read/write the NVDIMM directly like RAM, the data of NVDIMM remains after power down or reboot. So, on memory database will be one of the good example of usecase of NVDIMM.
Since many people have made great effort for Linux, NVDIMM drivers, filesystems,management command, and many libraries has been well developed for a few years,
However, Yasunori Goto found some issues about RAS(Reliabivity, Availability, and Serviceability) feature of NVDIMM, because characteristic of the NVDIMM is likely mixture of Storage and RAM. For example, NVDIMM does not have hotplug feature because it is inserted at DIMM slot like RAM, but its data must be back-upped/restored like storage.
Log structured file systems buffer writes in memory and flush them sequentially to disk to improve write performance for small files. They maintain metadata structures like inode maps to allow efficient retrieval of scattered file data. Consistency is ensured through regular check-pointing of the metadata and recovery by replaying writes from the last check-point. While LFS improved small file performance, cleaning overhead and large file writes saw better performance on traditional file systems under some workloads. Journaling file systems take a hybrid approach.
The NextServer Evo from NextComputing offers extreme performance and storage density in a small 3U rackmount form factor. It utilizes modular components that allow for flexible configurations with up to dual quad-core processors, 32GB RAM, and 16 front-access removable hard drives up to 2TB each. The system provides high-speed expansion slots, RAID support, and supports both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems, offering a powerful yet flexible data streaming solution.
Linux is a widely used open source operating system kernel that can also refer to full operating system distributions. It is commonly used in embedded systems due to its portability, modularity, and ability to run on hardware with limited resources. Device drivers can be dynamically loaded and unloaded from the Linux kernel as modules, allowing new functionality to be added without rebooting the system. This makes Linux well-suited for embedded device development.
This document provides an overview of embedded operating systems (OSes). It discusses non-real-time OSes like Palm OS and embedded Linux distributions. It also summarizes over 20 commercial and open-source real-time operating systems (RTOSs) such as VxWorks, RTX, Nucleus, FreeRTOS, and eCos. These RTOSs support a variety of processor architectures and have different features around real-time performance, memory footprint, middleware, and pricing models. The document serves as a resource for choosing an appropriate OS for an embedded system.
An Integrated Asset Management Solution For Quantel sQ ServersQuantel
Mission is an asset management system designed for Quantel's sQ servers. It provides tools for ingesting, managing, and archiving video and file-based media assets. Key features include scheduled recording, file-based ingest with transcoding, search and retrieval of online and archived assets, and output to multiple destinations. Mission is scalable and modular, allowing customers to select the workflows they need. It integrates tightly with Quantel's systems through interfaces that synchronize metadata and media.
Student guide power systems for aix - virtualization i implementing virtual...solarisyougood
The document describes key concepts of logical partitioning for IBM Power Systems, including:
1) Partitions allocate system resources to create logically separate systems within the same physical footprint managed by the PowerVM Hypervisor.
2) Resources like processors, memory, and I/O can be dynamically allocated to partitions using DLPAR.
3) Advanced features allow shared processor pools, virtual I/O, live partition mobility, and capacity on demand.
4) The Hardware Management Console (HMC) manages partition configuration and resources.
This document summarizes different types of storage drives - hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), and hybrid drives (SSHDs). It describes the basic components and workings of HDDs, including disks, read/write heads, motors, and interfaces. SSDs have no moving parts and offer faster access times than HDDs but lower capacity. SSHDs combine aspects of HDDs and SSDs. The document provides an overview of the key differences between HDDs and SSDs in terms of performance, reliability, size, and power consumption.
The document discusses storage virtualization and VDI storage. It describes the different types of storage (DAS, NAS, SAN), issues with VDI storage like boot storms and application storms, and solutions for improving VDI storage performance like SSD caching. It also discusses new developments in VDI storage like IO profiling modules, hypervisor-based IO scheduling, and algorithms for optimizing storage usage through techniques like IO merging, deduplication, and compression.
The document discusses memory management techniques in computer systems. It begins by explaining the concept of logical and physical addresses, with logical addresses being translated to physical addresses by the memory management unit (MMU). It then describes paging, where memory is divided into fixed-size pages and frames, with the MMU using a page table to map page numbers to frame addresses. An example is provided showing how a 32-byte physical memory divided into 4-byte pages would map logical addresses to physical frames using the page table. Paging allows non-contiguous allocation of memory and eliminates external fragmentation.
This document provides an overview of various data storage technologies including RAID, DAS, NAS, and SAN. It discusses RAID levels like RAID 0, 1, 5 which provide data striping and redundancy. Direct attached storage (DAS) connects directly to servers but cannot be shared, while network attached storage (NAS) uses file sharing protocols over IP networks. Storage area networks (SAN) use dedicated storage networks like Fibre Channel and iSCSI to provide block-level access to consolidated storage. The key is choosing the right solution based on capacity, performance, scalability, availability, data protection needs, and budget.
The document discusses OnApp's distributed block storage platform built on Xen. It aims to provide affordable enterprise-level storage for cloud providers using commodity hardware. The platform utilizes integrated storage drives within hypervisors managed by storage VMs. Content is replicated across drives and servers for high performance and resilience without a single point of failure. The distributed design allows for scaling of IOPS and capacity without the high costs of traditional SANs.
The document provides an overview of the Aerospike architecture, including the client, cluster, storage, primary and secondary indexes, RAM, flash storage, and cross datacenter replication (XDR). The Aerospike architecture aims to handle extremely high read/write rates over persistent data at low latency while ensuring consistency and scalability across datacenters with no downtime.
Revisiting CephFS MDS and mClock QoS SchedulerYongseok Oh
This presents the CephFS performance scalability and evaluation results. Specifically, it addresses some technical issues such as multi core scalability, cache size, static pinning, recovery, and QoS.
Enhanced Embedded Linux Board Support Package Field Upgrade – A Cost Effectiv...ijesajournal
Latest technology, new features and kernel bug fixes shows a need to explore a cost-effective and quick
upgradation of Embedded Linux BSP of Embedded Controllers to replace the existing U-Boot, Linux kernel,
Dtb file, and JFFS2 File system. This field upgrade technique is designed to perform an in-the-field flash
upgrade while the Linux is running. On successful build, the current version and platform specific information
will be updated to the script file and further with this technique the file system automates the upgrade
procedure after validating for the version information from the OS-release and if the version is different it will
self-extract and gets installed into the respective partitions. This Embedded Linux BSP field upgrade invention
is more secured and will essentially enable the developers and researchers working in this field to utilize this
method which can prove to be cost-effective on the field and beneficial to the stake holder.
This document provides an overview of the AIX operating system and its logical volume manager (LVM). It discusses AIX's tool-managed configuration approach and integration with IBM hardware. The LVM uses physical volumes to create volume groups that are divided into logical partitions backing logical volumes for filesystems and logs. Management is performed through commands that manipulate these logical structures.
This document provides an overview of configuring multipath I/O in Linux to enable high availability and load balancing over redundant storage paths. It discusses two methods: using the native Linux device mapper multipath (DM multipath) tool or using EMC PowerPath software. DM multipath provides a single access point and binds multiple block devices for the same LUN, while PowerPath offers additional features like priority settings and path monitoring. The document outlines the steps to set up a multipath configuration using DM multipath, including gathering device IDs, creating the configuration file, and starting the multipath service.
This document discusses storage virtualization. It notes that by 2010 nearly 1000 exabytes of digital information will be created annually, doubling every 18 months. It describes different types of storage including direct attached storage (DAS), network attached storage (NAS), and storage area network (SAN). Virtualization provides advantages like hiding storage complexity, improving performance and scalability. Virtualization can occur at the host operating system level, switch/appliance level, or storage array level.
This document discusses IBM's virtualization technology for System p servers. It provides an overview of logical partitioning (LPAR), micro-partitioning, and dynamic LPAR capabilities. It also describes virtual I/O technologies like virtual SCSI and virtual Ethernet that allow sharing of network and storage devices between partitions. The document notes that these virtualization features help optimize resource utilization and reduce hardware costs through server consolidation.
In this presentation, Yasunori Goto and Qi fuli will talk about basis of NVDIMM, the issues of RAS of Non Volatile DIMM(NVDIMM), and what feature is made and is developing for it.
NVDIMM is expected as new age device recently. Though a cpu can read/write the NVDIMM directly like RAM, the data of NVDIMM remains after power down or reboot. So, on memory database will be one of the good example of usecase of NVDIMM.
Since many people have made great effort for Linux, NVDIMM drivers, filesystems,management command, and many libraries has been well developed for a few years,
However, Yasunori Goto found some issues about RAS(Reliabivity, Availability, and Serviceability) feature of NVDIMM, because characteristic of the NVDIMM is likely mixture of Storage and RAM. For example, NVDIMM does not have hotplug feature because it is inserted at DIMM slot like RAM, but its data must be back-upped/restored like storage.
Log structured file systems buffer writes in memory and flush them sequentially to disk to improve write performance for small files. They maintain metadata structures like inode maps to allow efficient retrieval of scattered file data. Consistency is ensured through regular check-pointing of the metadata and recovery by replaying writes from the last check-point. While LFS improved small file performance, cleaning overhead and large file writes saw better performance on traditional file systems under some workloads. Journaling file systems take a hybrid approach.
The NextServer Evo from NextComputing offers extreme performance and storage density in a small 3U rackmount form factor. It utilizes modular components that allow for flexible configurations with up to dual quad-core processors, 32GB RAM, and 16 front-access removable hard drives up to 2TB each. The system provides high-speed expansion slots, RAID support, and supports both 32-bit and 64-bit operating systems, offering a powerful yet flexible data streaming solution.
Linux is a widely used open source operating system kernel that can also refer to full operating system distributions. It is commonly used in embedded systems due to its portability, modularity, and ability to run on hardware with limited resources. Device drivers can be dynamically loaded and unloaded from the Linux kernel as modules, allowing new functionality to be added without rebooting the system. This makes Linux well-suited for embedded device development.
This document provides an overview of embedded operating systems (OSes). It discusses non-real-time OSes like Palm OS and embedded Linux distributions. It also summarizes over 20 commercial and open-source real-time operating systems (RTOSs) such as VxWorks, RTX, Nucleus, FreeRTOS, and eCos. These RTOSs support a variety of processor architectures and have different features around real-time performance, memory footprint, middleware, and pricing models. The document serves as a resource for choosing an appropriate OS for an embedded system.
An Integrated Asset Management Solution For Quantel sQ ServersQuantel
Mission is an asset management system designed for Quantel's sQ servers. It provides tools for ingesting, managing, and archiving video and file-based media assets. Key features include scheduled recording, file-based ingest with transcoding, search and retrieval of online and archived assets, and output to multiple destinations. Mission is scalable and modular, allowing customers to select the workflows they need. It integrates tightly with Quantel's systems through interfaces that synchronize metadata and media.
Student guide power systems for aix - virtualization i implementing virtual...solarisyougood
The document describes key concepts of logical partitioning for IBM Power Systems, including:
1) Partitions allocate system resources to create logically separate systems within the same physical footprint managed by the PowerVM Hypervisor.
2) Resources like processors, memory, and I/O can be dynamically allocated to partitions using DLPAR.
3) Advanced features allow shared processor pools, virtual I/O, live partition mobility, and capacity on demand.
4) The Hardware Management Console (HMC) manages partition configuration and resources.
This document summarizes different types of storage drives - hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), and hybrid drives (SSHDs). It describes the basic components and workings of HDDs, including disks, read/write heads, motors, and interfaces. SSDs have no moving parts and offer faster access times than HDDs but lower capacity. SSHDs combine aspects of HDDs and SSDs. The document provides an overview of the key differences between HDDs and SSDs in terms of performance, reliability, size, and power consumption.
The document discusses storage virtualization and VDI storage. It describes the different types of storage (DAS, NAS, SAN), issues with VDI storage like boot storms and application storms, and solutions for improving VDI storage performance like SSD caching. It also discusses new developments in VDI storage like IO profiling modules, hypervisor-based IO scheduling, and algorithms for optimizing storage usage through techniques like IO merging, deduplication, and compression.
The document discusses memory management techniques in computer systems. It begins by explaining the concept of logical and physical addresses, with logical addresses being translated to physical addresses by the memory management unit (MMU). It then describes paging, where memory is divided into fixed-size pages and frames, with the MMU using a page table to map page numbers to frame addresses. An example is provided showing how a 32-byte physical memory divided into 4-byte pages would map logical addresses to physical frames using the page table. Paging allows non-contiguous allocation of memory and eliminates external fragmentation.
This document provides an overview of various data storage technologies including RAID, DAS, NAS, and SAN. It discusses RAID levels like RAID 0, 1, 5 which provide data striping and redundancy. Direct attached storage (DAS) connects directly to servers but cannot be shared, while network attached storage (NAS) uses file sharing protocols over IP networks. Storage area networks (SAN) use dedicated storage networks like Fibre Channel and iSCSI to provide block-level access to consolidated storage. The key is choosing the right solution based on capacity, performance, scalability, availability, data protection needs, and budget.
The document discusses OnApp's distributed block storage platform built on Xen. It aims to provide affordable enterprise-level storage for cloud providers using commodity hardware. The platform utilizes integrated storage drives within hypervisors managed by storage VMs. Content is replicated across drives and servers for high performance and resilience without a single point of failure. The distributed design allows for scaling of IOPS and capacity without the high costs of traditional SANs.
The document provides an overview of the Aerospike architecture, including the client, cluster, storage, primary and secondary indexes, RAM, flash storage, and cross datacenter replication (XDR). The Aerospike architecture aims to handle extremely high read/write rates over persistent data at low latency while ensuring consistency and scalability across datacenters with no downtime.
This document discusses IBM's Elastic Storage product. It provides an overview of Elastic Storage's key features such as extreme scalability, high performance, support for various operating systems and hardware, data lifecycle management capabilities, integration with Hadoop, and editions/pricing. It also compares Elastic Storage to alternative storage solutions and discusses how Elastic Storage can be used to build private and hybrid clouds with OpenStack.
The document discusses zoned storage and the need for new standards and interfaces to support it. Zoned storage requires sequential writes within defined storage zones. The Zoned Block Device (ZBD) interface standardizes command sets for zoned devices like SMR HDDs and ZNS SSDs. This allows host systems and applications to cooperate with devices to place data sequentially in zones, improving performance and endurance.
The document provides an overview of the Aerospike architecture, including the client, cluster, storage, indexes, RAM, flash storage, and cross datacenter replication (XDR). It describes Aerospike's goals of handling high transaction volumes at low latency while scaling linearly. The key aspects of the architecture are the smart client that routes to data in one hop, shared-nothing nodes, single row transactions, smart cluster management, and XDR for data replication across datacenters.
Hvordan administrerer og bruker du din VDI-løsning best mulig? Hva kan Microsoft tilby av VDI-drift og hvordan benyttes det i praksis? Vi ser på hvordan bl.a. System Center kan benyttes i en VDI-løsning.
This document provides best practices for implementing and operating Oracle Real Application Clusters (RAC) with Oracle 10g. It covers planning best practices such as understanding the architecture, setting expectations, defining objectives, and project planning. Implementation best practices include installation, configuration, database creation, and application considerations. Operational best practices address backup/recovery, performance monitoring, and production migrations.
Virtualization technologies allow servers to be consolidated onto fewer physical servers for improved efficiency. IBM's PowerVM allows one physical server to be divided into multiple logical partitions (LPARs), with each LPAR able to run its own operating system. Key PowerVM technologies include micro-partitioning which divides physical CPUs among LPARs, dynamic LPARs which moves resources between active partitions, and virtual I/O servers which allow partitions to share physical network and storage adapters. These technologies improve utilization, flexibility, and availability compared to using separate physical servers.
VMworld Europe 2014: Virtual SAN Architecture Deep DiveVMworld
This document provides an overview of Virtual SAN (VSAN) including:
- VSAN aggregates local flash and HDDs across ESXi hosts into a shared datastore for VMs. It provides software-defined storage that is integrated with VMware's stack.
- VSAN's goals are to provide compelling TCO through reduced CAPEX/OPEX and be the software-defined storage for all VMware products through strong integration.
- The document discusses VSAN architecture, deployment, scaling, performance, resiliency, and management.
Building High Availability Clusters with SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availabil...Novell
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server High Availability Extension provides a range of modules that can be assembled in multiple ways to build high availability clusters to host your critical business services. This session will examine some of the most common solutions and discuss best practices for setting up a new cluster.
More in detail, this session will discuss in a second step how to prepare a cluster with the SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension to make an SAP application highly available as certified by Novell and SAP. This scenario is not only from interest for companies looking into making their SAP environment highly available, but also for those that want to migrate from Unix to the SUSE Linux Enterprise platform.
This document summarizes new features in file systems and storage for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. Some key points include:
- RHEL6 introduced new LVM features like thin provisioning and snapshots that improve storage utilization and reduce administration. Ext4 and XFS were expanded file system options.
- RHEL6 also enhanced support for parallel NFS to improve scalability of NFS file systems. GFS2 and XFS saw performance improvements.
- RHEL7 is focusing on enhancing performance for high-speed devices like SSDs and new types of persistent memory. It will include block layer caching options and improved thin provisioning alerts. Btrfs support is also being expanded.
Ceph is an open-source distributed storage system that provides object storage, block storage, and file storage in a single unified cluster. It uses a RADOS distributed object store and CRUSH algorithm to distribute data across clusters for high performance, reliability, and scalability. Ceph block storage (RBD) can provide virtual block devices that allow live migration of VMs and containers across hosts in a cluster.
The document provides information about I/O systems and a case study, including details about disk structure, disk scheduling algorithms, disk management techniques, direct memory access, swap space management, RAID structure, disk attachment methods, and features of the Windows 2000 and MS-DOS operating systems. Key points covered include how disks are addressed as logical blocks, techniques for minimizing seek time and maximizing disk bandwidth, common disk scheduling algorithms like SSTF and SCAN, and how swap space is allocated and managed in different operating systems.
SAP Virtualization Week 2012 - The Lego Cloudaidanshribman
This document discusses a research project called Hecatonchire that aims to provide distributed shared memory (DSM) capabilities to cloud computing. Hecatonchire breaks down physical servers into their core components of CPU, memory, and I/O, and extends existing cloud software like KVM, QEMU, and libvirt to allow virtual machines to transparently access remote resources. Some key capabilities discussed include live migration, flash cloning for rapid auto-scaling, memory pooling to access unused memory on remote hosts, and the long term goal of implementing true DSM across the cluster. The presentation was given by researchers from SAP Research in Belfast and Israel.
Windows 2000 is a 32-bit operating system designed for compatibility, reliability, and performance. It includes several key components like the kernel, executive services, and environmental subsystems. The kernel schedules threads and handles exceptions/interrupts. Executive services include the object manager, virtual memory manager, process manager, and I/O manager. Environmental subsystems allow running applications from other operating systems. The document also discusses disk structure, file systems, networking, and other OS concepts.
The Pendulum Swings Back: Converged and Hyperconverged EnvironmentsTony Pearson
The document discusses the history of data storage technologies and how the approach is shifting back towards converged and hyperconverged systems. It provides an overview of converged infrastructure solutions like IBM's VersaStack, which combines Cisco servers and networking equipment with IBM storage systems. The document also summarizes IBM's Storwize and FlashSystem storage platforms which can be used in converged and hyperconverged environments.
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This IBM Redpaper provides a brief overview of OpenStack and a basic familiarity of its usage with the IBM XIV Storage System Gen3. The illustration scenario that is presented uses the OpenStack Folsom release implementation IaaS with Ubuntu Linux servers and the IBM Storage Driver for OpenStack. For more information on IBM Storage Systems, visit http://ibm.co/LIg7gk.
Visit http://bit.ly/KWh5Dx to 'Follow' the official Twitter handle of IBM India Smarter Computing.
Learn how all flash needs end to end Storage efficiency. For more information on IBM FlashSystem, visit http://ibm.co/10KodHl.
Visit http://bit.ly/KWh5Dx to 'Follow' the official Twitter handle of IBM India Smarter Computing.
Learn about vSphere Storage API for Array Integration on the IBM Storwize family. IBM Storwize V7000 Unified combines the block storage capabilities of Storwize V7000 with file storage capabilities into a single system for greater ease of management and efficiency. For more information on IBM Storage Systems, visit http://ibm.co/LIg7gk.
Visit http://bit.ly/KWh5Dx to 'Follow' the official Twitter handle of IBM India Smarter Computing.
Learn about IBM FlashSystem 840 and its complete product specification in this Redbook. FlashSystem 840 provides scalable performance for the most demanding enterprise class applications. IBM FlashSystem 840 accelerates response times with IBM MicroLatency to enable faster decision making. For more information on IBM FlashSystem, visit http://ibm.co/10KodHl.
Visit http://on.fb.me/LT4gdu to 'Like' the official Facebook page of IBM India Smarter Computing.
Learn about the IBM System x3250 M5,.The x3250 M5 offers the following energy-efficiency features to save energy, reduce operational costs, increase energy availability, and contribute to a green environment, energy-efficient planar components help lower operational costs. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210746104/IBM-System-x3250-M5
This Redbook talks about the product specification of IBM NeXtScale nx360 M4. The NeXtScale nx360 M4 server provides a dense, flexible solution with a low total cost of ownership (TCO). The half-wide, dual-socket NeXtScale nx360 M4 server is designed for data centers that require high performance but are constrained by floor space. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210745680/IBM-NeXtScale-nx360-M4
The IBM System x3650 M4 HD is a (1) 2-socket 2U rack-optimized server that supports up to 32 internal drives and features an innovative design for optimal performance, uptime, and dense storage. It offers (2) excellent reliability, availability, and serviceability for improved business environments. The server is (3) designed for easy deployment, integration, service, and management.
Here are the product specification for IBM System x3300 M4. This product can be managed remotely.The x3300 M4 server contains IBM IMM2, which provides advanced service-processor control, monitoring, and an alerting function. The IMM2 lights LEDs to help you diagnose the problem, records the error in the event log, and alerts you to the problem. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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Learn about IBM System x iDataPlex dx360 M4. IBM System x iDataPlex is an innovative data center solution that maximizes performance and optimizes energy and space efficiency. The iDataPlex solution provides customers with outstanding energy and cooling efficiency, multi-rack level manageability, complete flexibility in configuration, and minimal deployment effort. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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The IBM System x3500 M4 server provides powerful and scalable performance for business applications in an energy efficient tower or rack design. It features the latest Intel Xeon E5-2600 v2 or E5-2600 processors with up to 24 cores, 768GB RAM, 32 hard drives, and 8 PCIe slots. Comprehensive systems management tools and redundant components help ensure high availability, while its small footprint and 80 Plus Platinum power supplies reduce data center costs.
Learn about system specification for IBM System x3550 M4. The x3550 M4 offers numerous features to boost performance, improve scalability, and reduce costs. Improves productivity by offering superior system performance with up to 12-core processors, up to 30 MB of L3 cache, and up to two 8 GT/s QPI interconnect links. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
Learn about IBM System x3650 M4. The x3650 M4 is an outstanding 2U two-socket business-critical server, offering improved performance and pay-as-you grow flexibility along with new features that improve server management capability. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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Learn about the product specification of IBM System x3500 M3. System x3500 M3 has an energy-efficient design which works in conjunction with the IMM to govern fan rotation based on the readings that it delivers. This saves money under normal conditions because the fans do not have to spin at high speed. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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Learn about IBM System x3400 M3. The x3400 M3 offers numerous features to boost performance and reduce costs, x3400 M3 has the ability to grow with your application requirements with these features. Powerful systems management features simplify local and remote management of the x3400 M3. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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Learn about IBM System 3250 M3 which is a single-socket server that offers new levels of performance and flexibility
to help you respond quickly to changing business demands. Cost-effective and compact, it is well suited to small to mid-sized businesses, as well as large enterprises. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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Learn about IBM System x3200 M3 and its specifications. The System x3200 M3 features easy installation and management with a rich set of options for hard disk drives and memory. The efficient design helps to save energy and provide a better work environment with less heat and noise. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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Learn about the configuration of IBM PowerVC. IBM PowerVC is built on OpenStack that controls large pools of server, storage, and networking resources throughout a data center. IBM Power Virtualization Center provides security services that support a secure environment. Installation requires just 20 minutes to get a virtual machine up and running. For more information on Power Systems, visit http://ibm.co/Lx6hfc.
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Learn about Ibm POWER7 Virtualization Performance. PowerVM Lx86 is a cross-platform virtualization solution that enables the running of a wide range of x86 Linux applications on Power Systems platforms within a Linux on Power partition without modifications or recompilation of the workloads. For more information on Power Systems, visit http://ibm.co/Lx6hfc.
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This reference architecture document describes deploying the VMware vCloud Enterprise Suite on the IBM PureFlex System hardware platform. Key points:
- The vCloud Suite software provides components for managing and delivering cloud services, while the IBM PureFlex System provides an integrated hardware platform in a single chassis.
- The reference architecture focuses on installing the vCloud Suite management components as virtual machines on an ESXi host to manage consumer resources.
- The IBM PureFlex System provides servers, networking, and storage in a single chassis that can then be easily scaled out. This standardized deployment accelerates provisioning of cloud infrastructure.
- Deployment considerations cover systems management using IBM Flex System Manager, server, networking, storage configurations
Learn how x6: The sixth generation of EXA Technology is fast, agile and Resilient for Emerging Workloads from Alex Yost. Vice President, IBM PureSystems and System x
IBM Systems and Technology Group. x6 drives cloud and big data for enterprises by achieving insight faster thereby outperforming competitors. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
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