Traditional tape backup is pulling apart at the seams. Tape requires manual intervention to manage which leaves backup data wide open to human error. Transporting tape also exposes data to the risk of loss and off-site storage facilities are costly. Testing disaster recovery (DR) plans in this manual environment is an exercise in futility, and even when the process works restoring data from tape is painfully slow.
How an Enterprise Data Fabric (EDF) can improve resiliency and performancegojkoadzic
From the Gaming Scalability event, June 2009 in London (http://gamingscalability.org).
Mike Stolz outlines three relevant use cases for the GemFire Data Caching Technologies that clearly demonstrate a reduction in the Total Cost of Ownership, increased reliability, increased scalability, increased throughput and a reduction in overall system latency. The use cases include
* HA, DR and BCP is a pure caching play
* How EDF can improve your Affiliate Banner Advertising capability
* Advantages of global data consistency and regional edge caching
The IBMSystem Storage®TS7680 ProtecTIER®Deduplication Gateway for System z®combines a virtual tape library solution, with IBM’s unique and patented Hyper Factor®deduplication technology and integrated native replication technology to provide users an optimum solution
How an Enterprise Data Fabric (EDF) can improve resiliency and performancegojkoadzic
From the Gaming Scalability event, June 2009 in London (http://gamingscalability.org).
Mike Stolz outlines three relevant use cases for the GemFire Data Caching Technologies that clearly demonstrate a reduction in the Total Cost of Ownership, increased reliability, increased scalability, increased throughput and a reduction in overall system latency. The use cases include
* HA, DR and BCP is a pure caching play
* How EDF can improve your Affiliate Banner Advertising capability
* Advantages of global data consistency and regional edge caching
The IBMSystem Storage®TS7680 ProtecTIER®Deduplication Gateway for System z®combines a virtual tape library solution, with IBM’s unique and patented Hyper Factor®deduplication technology and integrated native replication technology to provide users an optimum solution
The era of smarter computing is here and is being driven by the need for more data with faster data access. Low-latency application performance in applications such as life sciences, real-time analytics, rich media, seismic processing, weather forecasting, telecommunications and financial markets require high-performance storage architectures.
This is a paper was written by David Reine, an IT analyst for The Clipper Group, and highlights IBM’s SAN Volume Controller new features, capabilities and benefits. These new capabilities were announced on October 20, 2009 If you have a heterogeneous storage architecture in your data center that is under-utilized and costing the enterprise on the bottom line, IBM SVC 5 may be the solution that you have
Unique hybrid design integrates Mainframe, POWER7®andIBM System x®technologies in a single unified, centrallymanaged system.●Designed and right-sized as an entry level mainframe serverand on-ramp for any growing business looking to exploitmainframe technologies, now starting under $75K USD2●Industry-leading virtualization, security, resiliency, and connec-tivity technologies cost-effectively packaged as a midrangeenterprise solution●Up to 18 percent performance improvement per core and upto 12 percent more capacity within the same energy footprintas the z10 BC●Consolidate an average of 30 distributed servers or more on asingle core, or an average of 300 in a single footprint, deliver-ing a virtual Linux server for under $1.45 day
SAP is a business-critical application for enterprise and mid-range business. SAP products generate huge volumes of critical data that must be fully protected, the majority of it stored in databases like DB2, Oracle and SQL. These databases are fully backed up once a day or more, which makes for a huge load on traditional tape-based backup infrastructures.
Dedupe-Centric Storage for General Applications EMC
Proliferation and preservation of many versions and copies of data drives much of the tremendous data growth most companies are experiencing. IT administrators are left to deal with the consequences. Because deduplication addresses one of the key elements of data growth, it should be at the heart of any data management strategy. This paper demonstrates how storage systems can be built with a deduplication engine powerful enough to become a platform that general applications can leverage.
Ever since their acquisition of Diligent in 2008, IBM has been a top player in the enterprise-level deduplication market. The ProtecTIER deduplication product line, which includes both easy-to-deploy appliances and highly scalable gateway options, proved to be a good acquisition for both companies and allowed IBM to supplement their strong tape backup business
Compare Array vs Host vs Hypervisor vs Network-Based ReplicationMaryJWilliams2
Network-based replication is a data replication technique that operates at the network layer. It involves replicating data between source and target systems over a network infrastructure. Unlike array-based or host-based replication, network-based replication is not tightly coupled to storage arrays or hosts but focuses on replicating data at the network level.
In network-based replication, data is captured and replicated at the application or file system level. It intercepts the input/output (I/O) operations at the network layer, captures the changes made to data, and replicates them to the target system. This replication method allows for the replication of specific files, folders, or even individual application transactions.
For more information visit : https://stonefly.com/blog/network-attached-storage-appliance-practicality-and-usage
When it comes to backup and recovery, backup performance numbers rule the roost. It’s understandable really: far more data gets backed up than ever gets restored, and backup length is one of most difficult problems facing administrators today. But a reliance on backup numbers alone is dangerous. Recovery may not happen as frequently as daily backup but recovery is the entire reason for backup. Backing up because everyone does it isn’t good enough.
Data Protection and Disaster Recovery Solutions: Ensuring Business ContinuityMaryJWilliams2
In today's digital landscape, data protection and disaster recovery are critical components of any robust IT strategy. This article delves into various solutions designed to safeguard your data against loss, corruption, and cyber threats. Explore the latest technologies and best practices for effective data protection, from backup strategies to comprehensive disaster recovery plans. To know more: https://stonefly.com/white-papers/data-protection-disaster-recovery-solution/
Shielding Data Assets: Exploring Data Protection and Disaster Recovery Strate...MaryJWilliams2
Delve into comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery strategies with our detailed PDF submission. Discover best practices, methodologies, and technologies to safeguard critical data and ensure operational continuity in the face of unforeseen events. Gain insights into designing resilient backup plans, implementing disaster recovery solutions, and mitigating risks effectively. Equip yourself with the knowledge needed to protect your organization's data assets and maintain business continuity. To Know more: https://stonefly.com/white-papers/data-protection-disaster-recovery-solution/
The era of smarter computing is here and is being driven by the need for more data with faster data access. Low-latency application performance in applications such as life sciences, real-time analytics, rich media, seismic processing, weather forecasting, telecommunications and financial markets require high-performance storage architectures.
This is a paper was written by David Reine, an IT analyst for The Clipper Group, and highlights IBM’s SAN Volume Controller new features, capabilities and benefits. These new capabilities were announced on October 20, 2009 If you have a heterogeneous storage architecture in your data center that is under-utilized and costing the enterprise on the bottom line, IBM SVC 5 may be the solution that you have
Unique hybrid design integrates Mainframe, POWER7®andIBM System x®technologies in a single unified, centrallymanaged system.●Designed and right-sized as an entry level mainframe serverand on-ramp for any growing business looking to exploitmainframe technologies, now starting under $75K USD2●Industry-leading virtualization, security, resiliency, and connec-tivity technologies cost-effectively packaged as a midrangeenterprise solution●Up to 18 percent performance improvement per core and upto 12 percent more capacity within the same energy footprintas the z10 BC●Consolidate an average of 30 distributed servers or more on asingle core, or an average of 300 in a single footprint, deliver-ing a virtual Linux server for under $1.45 day
SAP is a business-critical application for enterprise and mid-range business. SAP products generate huge volumes of critical data that must be fully protected, the majority of it stored in databases like DB2, Oracle and SQL. These databases are fully backed up once a day or more, which makes for a huge load on traditional tape-based backup infrastructures.
Dedupe-Centric Storage for General Applications EMC
Proliferation and preservation of many versions and copies of data drives much of the tremendous data growth most companies are experiencing. IT administrators are left to deal with the consequences. Because deduplication addresses one of the key elements of data growth, it should be at the heart of any data management strategy. This paper demonstrates how storage systems can be built with a deduplication engine powerful enough to become a platform that general applications can leverage.
Ever since their acquisition of Diligent in 2008, IBM has been a top player in the enterprise-level deduplication market. The ProtecTIER deduplication product line, which includes both easy-to-deploy appliances and highly scalable gateway options, proved to be a good acquisition for both companies and allowed IBM to supplement their strong tape backup business
Compare Array vs Host vs Hypervisor vs Network-Based ReplicationMaryJWilliams2
Network-based replication is a data replication technique that operates at the network layer. It involves replicating data between source and target systems over a network infrastructure. Unlike array-based or host-based replication, network-based replication is not tightly coupled to storage arrays or hosts but focuses on replicating data at the network level.
In network-based replication, data is captured and replicated at the application or file system level. It intercepts the input/output (I/O) operations at the network layer, captures the changes made to data, and replicates them to the target system. This replication method allows for the replication of specific files, folders, or even individual application transactions.
For more information visit : https://stonefly.com/blog/network-attached-storage-appliance-practicality-and-usage
When it comes to backup and recovery, backup performance numbers rule the roost. It’s understandable really: far more data gets backed up than ever gets restored, and backup length is one of most difficult problems facing administrators today. But a reliance on backup numbers alone is dangerous. Recovery may not happen as frequently as daily backup but recovery is the entire reason for backup. Backing up because everyone does it isn’t good enough.
Data Protection and Disaster Recovery Solutions: Ensuring Business ContinuityMaryJWilliams2
In today's digital landscape, data protection and disaster recovery are critical components of any robust IT strategy. This article delves into various solutions designed to safeguard your data against loss, corruption, and cyber threats. Explore the latest technologies and best practices for effective data protection, from backup strategies to comprehensive disaster recovery plans. To know more: https://stonefly.com/white-papers/data-protection-disaster-recovery-solution/
Shielding Data Assets: Exploring Data Protection and Disaster Recovery Strate...MaryJWilliams2
Delve into comprehensive data protection and disaster recovery strategies with our detailed PDF submission. Discover best practices, methodologies, and technologies to safeguard critical data and ensure operational continuity in the face of unforeseen events. Gain insights into designing resilient backup plans, implementing disaster recovery solutions, and mitigating risks effectively. Equip yourself with the knowledge needed to protect your organization's data assets and maintain business continuity. To Know more: https://stonefly.com/white-papers/data-protection-disaster-recovery-solution/
Face it, disasters really suck! Worse, is facing a disaster scenario, without a master plan! Disaster recovery is more than, backups, antivirus, and intrusion detection software to name a few.
Get Your NO Cost, HIGH Value Disaster Recovery Plan Here!
https://www.decisionforward.com/disaster-recovery-plan
S de2784 footprint-reduction-edge2015-v2Tony Pearson
Data footprint reduction is the umbrella term for technologies like Thin Provisioning, Space-efficient snapshots, Data deduplication, and Real-time Compression.
Streamlining Backup: Enhancing Data Protection with Backup AppliancesMaryJWilliams2
Explore the efficiency and reliability of backup appliances in safeguarding critical data with our informative PDF submission. Discover how organizations can leverage backup appliances to streamline backup processes, improve data resilience, and enhance disaster recovery capabilities. Gain insights into the features, benefits, and best practices for deploying backup appliances in diverse IT environments to ensure data availability and continuity. To Know more: https://stonefly.com/white-papers/data-availability-a-guide-to-backup-appliances-and-data-availability/
Learn the facts about replication in mainframe storage webinarHitachi Vantara
Business continuity is essential for today's enterprise computing environments, and protecting your data and information is key. However, the many myths associated with data replication can be confusing. How do you sort truth from fiction. Join Hitachi solution architect Joe Amato to learn about in-system replication as well as replication to remote locations, both synchronously and asynchronously. You'll come away equipped with valuable insight into the business continuity solutions available for mainframe storage.
The 5 Keys to Virtual Backup ExcellenceBill Hobbib
ExaGrid and Veeam present the 5 Keys to Virtual Server Backup Excellence. Includes an overview of ExaGrid disk backup with deduplication and Veeam Backup & Replicaiton software, and customer case studies.
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
Learn about IBM System x3650 M4 HD which is a 2-socket 2U rack-optimized server. This powerful system is designed for your most important business applications and cloud
deployments. Outstanding RAS and high-efficiency design improve your business environment and help save operational costs. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
Visit http://bit.ly/KWh5Dx to 'Follow' the official Twitter handle of IBM India Smarter Computing.
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.
Visit http://on.fb.me/LT4gdu to 'Like' the official Facebook page of IBM India Smarter Computing.
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.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210744055/IBM-System-x-iDataPlex-dx360-M4
This Redbook talks through the benefits and product specification of IBM System x3500 M4. The x3500 M4 offers a flexible, scalable design and simple upgrade path to 32 HDDs, with up to eight PCIe 3.0 slots and up to 768 GB of memory. A high-performance dual-socket tower server, the IBM System x3500 M4, can deliver the scalability, reliable performance, and optimized efficiency for your business-critical applications. For more information on System x, visit http://ibm.co/Q7m3iQ.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210742768/IBM-System-x3500-M4
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.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210741926/IBM-System-x3650-M4
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.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210741626/IBM-System-x3500-M3
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.
Visit http://on.fb.me/LT4gdu to 'Like' the official Facebook page of IBM India Smarter Computing.
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.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210740347/IBM-System-x3250-M3
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.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210739508/IBM-System-x3200-M3
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.
Visit http://on.fb.me/LT4gdu to 'Like' the official Facebook page of IBM India Smarter Computing.
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.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210734237/A-Comparison-of-PowerVM-and-Vmware-Virtualization-Performance
Learn about IBM PureFlex Sytem and VMware vCloud Enterprise Suite. The IBM PureFlex System platform has been used to meet the hardware requirements in support of this reference architecture. All the components required to support vCloud Suite (including computing, networking, storage, and management interfaces). For more information on Pure Systems, visit http://ibm.co/J7Zb1v.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210719868/IBM-pureflex-system-and-vmware-vcloud-enterprise-suite-reference-architecture
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.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/210715795/X6-The-sixth-generation-of-EXA-Technology
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.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
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.
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/
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
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
Let's dive deeper into the world of ODC! Ricardo Alves (OutSystems) will join us to tell all about the new Data Fabric. After that, Sezen de Bruijn (OutSystems) will get into the details on how to best design a sturdy architecture within ODC.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
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/
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical FuturesBhaskar Mitra
The field of Information retrieval (IR) is currently undergoing a transformative shift, at least partly due to the emerging applications of generative AI to information access. In this talk, we will deliberate on the sociotechnical implications of generative AI for information access. We will argue that there is both a critical necessity and an exciting opportunity for the IR community to re-center our research agendas on societal needs while dismantling the artificial separation between the work on fairness, accountability, transparency, and ethics in IR and the rest of IR research. Instead of adopting a reactionary strategy of trying to mitigate potential social harms from emerging technologies, the community should aim to proactively set the research agenda for the kinds of systems we should build inspired by diverse explicitly stated sociotechnical imaginaries. The sociotechnical imaginaries that underpin the design and development of information access technologies needs to be explicitly articulated, and we need to develop theories of change in context of these diverse perspectives. Our guiding future imaginaries must be informed by other academic fields, such as democratic theory and critical theory, and should be co-developed with social science scholars, legal scholars, civil rights and social justice activists, and artists, among others.
Search and Society: Reimagining Information Access for Radical Futures
IBM PROTECTIER REPLICATION FOR OUTSTANDING DATA PROTECTION
1. SOLUTION PROFILE
IBM PROTECTIER REPLICATION FOR OUTSTANDING DATA
PROTECTION
OCTOBER 2011
Traditional tape backup is pulling apart at the seams. Tape requires manual
intervention to manage which leaves backup data wide open to human error.
Transporting tape also exposes data to the risk of loss and off-site storage facilities
are costly. Testing disaster recovery (DR) plans in this manual environment is an
exercise in futility, and even when the process works restoring data from tape is
painfully slow.
The basic answer is disk-based backup with replication. However, this very basic scenario is no
miracle cure. Storing straight backup data on disk can quickly overwhelm disk storage resources, at
which point IT sets up large-scale copy-to-tape – and ends up with the same tape problem they
started with. Replication too can be very expensive in terms of bandwidth, and even a single set-and-
forget unidirectional copy can be quite costly. It also lacks flexible replication features that today’s
backup environments require for their Tier 1 and even Tier 2 applications.
Modern backup and recovery needs much
robust business continuity (BC) and DR than
garden variety approaches can provide.
Organizations require a trifecta of data
protection operations: high-performance
deduplicated backup; simultaneous replication
that is bandwidth-efficient, flexible and offers
100% data integrity; and high-speed restore
with failover and failback options.
This is why IBM ProtecTIER with advanced
replication is a vital piece of backup and
recovery. ProtecTIER deduplicates incoming
backup streams for extremely efficient disk-
based storage and simultaneously replicates
data. ProtecTIER has offered native
unidirectional replication for years but IBM has
now developed far beyond that to include many-
to-one and many-to-many replication options.
Fig. 1: The Data Protection Trifecta
Replicating only deduplicated, new and unique
data makes it extremely bandwidth-efficient.
This Solution Profile makes the case for replication as a data protection cornerstone, positions
replication in the context of customer DR environments, and explores how IBM ProtecTIER’s
powerful replication dramatically enhances BC and DR across mid-tier business and the enterprise.
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Replication: Beyond the Basics
Replication is hardly new to data protection. Once backup administrators have set up a replication
pair then they are inclined to do a set-and-forget. And indeed, one-to-one replication will serve
simple environments and companies that are new to replication. In these cases one-to-one will work
just fine if you only need basic replication to protect a single backup site, or if you don’t mind setting
up and managing multiple replication pairs for multiple backup sites or if you do not need to replicate
mission-critical information to multiple secondary sites.
Because if these conditions are not true – if you do need to protect multiple backup sites; to
consolidate replication management; to replicate to multiple secondary sites – then you need to go
beyond basic one-to-one. For you, the set-and-forget plan is playing with fire. Here are some
considerations that will help you decide what level of replication you actually need:
Replication Direction Considerations
You just have one backup site that needs to be replicated and
do not plan on adding more
You have additional sites that need to be replicated but you
One-to-one
don’t mind managing separate replication pairs
DR strategy is not mission-critical and does not require
multiple replication sites
You want to easily extend replication to more backup sites
You want to send replication from multiple backup sites to a
Many-to-one single secondary site for ease in recovery
You want to centrally manage replication instead of managing
separate pairs
You have mission-critical data that has to be protected on more
than one secondary site
You need bidirectional replication among multiple sites with all
Many-to-many
the advantages of many-to-one
You want the option to centrally manage replication between
multiple sites
WHAT REPLICATION SHOULD OFFER NOW
Many-to-one and many-to-many options. Replication should offer dramatic improvements in
data protection, data integrity and recovery times. Achieving this goal takes flexible replication
architecture to optimize the backup infrastructure. Simple environments can use unidirectional
replication but critical data and complex backup environments need more. Many-to-one
replication copies data from multiple source repositories to a single destination repository. Many-
to-many replication enables bi-directional replication between multiple systems. Both
approaches allow IT to optimize backup data protection between data centers, DR sites and
remote offices.
Serious cost savings. Effective replication generates immediate cost savings and lowers risk by
replacing physical tape transport and vaulting. The solution should also save on bandwidth costs
which are the largest price tag associated with replication. The process should only copy
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deduplicated, new and unique data to achieve cost savings. Adopting this approach instead of
copying uncompressed incremental backup over the WAN results in very significant bandwidth
cost savings.
100% data integrity. Replicated data must maintain 100% data integrity for correctly restoring
lost or corrupted data. The replication operation should assure 100% data consistency at write
time on the replication storage target. Asynchronous copy is best for this level of data verification
when working with virtual cartridges.
Simplified management. Managing complex replication operations requires policy-driven
automation. Management tools that simplify policies and replication settings are enormously
useful to backup administrators and a smooth replication process, and a central console should
be a given.
Maximize recovery point objectives (RPO). RPO governs the frequency of replication to a
secondary site depending on an application’s RPO service level agreement. The replication
solution should serve RPOs that vary according to data criticality and needs. Administrators
should be able to set varying replication schedules to suite different RPOs. (Shorter RPOs
represent greater loads on the host and bandwidth, so settings must match the value of the data
being replicated.)
Optimize recovery time objectives (RTO). RTO is the length of acceptable time until a given
application or data set is available to users. Electronically restoring replicated data sets is much
faster than restoring from physical tape but IT still needs to assign replication and restore
priority to different applications. Acceptable RTOs vary according to the business value of
applications and data.
Failover and fast data recovery. If a primary site is compromised then the solution should allow
for a failover to the replication target systems and give the user the opportunity to immediately
restore the replicated data sets for fast recovery. Failback to a restored primary system should be
equally efficient with the secondary system restoring data from replicated virtual cartridges.
IBM ProtecTIER® and Replication
IBM ProtecTIER is a virtual tape system that replaces physical tape with deduplicated backup.
ProtecTIER combines high performance deduplication with integrated IP-based replication for
powerful data protection. ProtecTIER appliances and gateways simultaneously replicate deduplicated
backup in a variety of options including one-to-one, many-to-one and many-to-one. ProtecTIER only
copies deduplicated, new and unique metadata and customer data for dramatic bandwidth savings
and fast restores.
More and more organizations are adopting disk-based deduplication and replication to protect their
critical application data. ProtecTIER replicates deduplicated data between multiple sites including
data centers, remote and branch offices, and offsite DR systems. This is a massive improvement over
physical tape backup and long-term vaulting. By replacing physical cartridges with virtual cartridges,
backup and recovery become faster, more efficient, less expensive, and more secure.
HOW IT WORKS
ProtecTIER’s replication is native to the appliances and gateways. The initial set up of the replication
grid is done through the ProtecTIER Replication Manager (RM) module. Replication may be
scheduled using policies or may be manually launched. Normally ProtecTIER works on policy-driven
schedules where it identifies data status and priority and places the data in priority order in the
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queue. ProtecTIER can simultaneously replicate up to 128 cartridges and each cartridge will have up
to 32 concurrent data streams, which makes for very fast and efficient replication even on large
amounts of data. ProtecTIER users may choose either scheduled replication that occurs at preset
times or that runs concurrent to backup and deduplication. Retries are automatic up to seven days
and users may clone virtual tape cartridges to physical tape libraries if desired. Asynchronous
ProtecTIER replication verifies each virtual cartridge for 100% data integrity on the fly, only marking
it complete after the data finishes replicating and is fully validated.
Bandwidth costs for remote replication can be very expensive. ProtecTIER offers sound bandwidth
management so it can keep costs under control and data transfer rates high. ProtecTIER preserves
bandwidth by only replicating deduplicated data that is new and unique. This approach returns a
bandwidth reduction of 90% or more over uncompressed data transfer, which optimizes throughput
and dramatically reduces the cost of backup replication. ProtecTIER also provides optional
bandwidth management features that allows IT to support the maximum replication transfer rate
allowed for a specific repository. Replication Rate Control for example enables users to set limits on
replication performance to protect host throughput and bandwidth transfer rates.
The same bandwidth reduction also results in fast recovery rates. Following a disaster or corrupted
data event, the source destination ProtecTIER can immediately begin restore operations to the
primary ProtecTIER system. If the primary is unavailable then this secondary system can failback and
internally restore the virtual cartridges as the new primary system. When the primary system comes
back online, the secondary system fails back and fast data restoration begins. The systems then
resume regular replication operations.
IT uses the ProtecTIER Manager and Replication Manager interface to maintain full access to the
affected ProtecTIER systems during the disaster. Best practices strongly suggest that users install
ProtecTIER Replication Manager at the secondary site for just this purpose.
MANY-TO-ONE REPLICATION
ProtecTIER many-to-one replication enables IT to replicate ProtecTIER data from remote sites to a
centralized ProtecTIER destination. Many-to-one replication creates topology groups containing up to
12 source repositories (spokes) and a single destination repository (hub). Spokes backup data
directly at their locations and may
replicate some or their entire repository
to the hub. The Hub can perform local
backups and receive replication data
from all or any of the spokes (ProtecTIER
provides capacity monitoring tools and
the user can enforce capacity limits so
replication activity cannot use space
allocated for the hub local backup data.)
The hub acts as the disaster recovery site
for any of the spokes. Spokes cannot be
replication targets and the hub cannot
replicate outside of failback. The spokes
need not be physically connected with
each other but spokes and hubs must be
connected over the network to the Fig. 2: ProtecTIER many-to-one replication
Replication Manager node.
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When a ProtecTIER customer upgrades to many-to-one from ProtecTIER’s one-to-one replication, the
RM will automatically upgrade the grid’s database to set all replication pairs as hubs and spokes.
ProtecTIER’s many-to-one replication supports both single node and dual-node clustered
configurations.
MANY-TO-MANY REPLICATION
ProtecTIER has introduced many-to-
many bidirectional replication. Up to four
ProtecTIER systems may participate in a
many-to-many topology group with each
system acting as both a source and hub
(destination repository). Each hub can
receive local backups directly and may
also replicate to and receive replication
from other hubs within the replication
group. Users may choose to replicate
different backups within the hub group.
The groups are not restricted to pairs;
each ProtecTIER system with the group
may replicate to one another. For
example, IT may replicate SAP DB2 data
from backup target Hub #1 to Hub #2,
replicate Exchange backup from Hub #2
to Hub #1, and replicate both hubs to the
DR site’s Hub #3, which is set to failover Fig. 3: ProtecTIER many-to-many replication
in the event of primary hub failure.
PROTECTIER RM AND REPLICATION GRIDS
The ProtecTIER Replication Manager coordinates ProtecTIER replication throughout the
organization. ProtecTIER Manager allows users to manage and monitor replication grids, policies,
cartridge replication and priorities, centralized replication schedules, cartridge visibility and virtual
locations, and additional operations.
IBM ProtecTIER RM enables IT to manage multiple many-to-one and many-to-many configurations
within centrally managed replication grids. RM software may be deployed on a dedicated host or on a
ProtecTIER node. The RM manages all assigned ProtecTIER members and replication activity over
individual replication subnets. The RM uses agents installed on each ProtecTIER node to interact with
systems belonging to specific grids.
POLICY MANAGEMENT
ProtecTIER provides a Policy Manager that administers replication policies across replication groups
and grids. Very flexible policies range from granular to global, and may be set at a number of different
levels such as individual virtual cartridge level, grouped cartridges, topology groups, or full
replication grids.
Examples include setting policies around failover operations, timeframes in support of service level
agreements, replication rate limits, storage capacity, and bandwidth control for optimizing
throughput.
A replication policy defines a set of objects within its range, such as virtual cartridges storing
database data from the SAP ERP, for example. The policy directs action on these objects including
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replication priority, schedules and destination repositories. Once set the policy runs automatically
according to its trigger event.
Sample Scenarios
CUSTOMER SCENARIO #1: MANY-TO-ONE REPLICATION
A mid-tier manufacturing company has a ProtecTIER gateway in their compact data center and
deploys ProtecTIER appliances in three remote offices. The largest of the offices has a ProtecTIER
cluster and the others have single node configurations. Three of the offices backup locally and
replicate deduplicated backup to the data center. Another small office backs up remotely to the data
center ProtecTIER, which maintains protected storage capacity for direct backup.
Before they purchased the ProtecTIER systems the company looked at some third party replication
products that would have required them to upgrade their WAN connections. ProtecTIER’s native
replication and bandwidth reduction let them easily leverage existing connections.
IT set up many-to-one replication between three remote office spokes and a data center hub. If the
smallest office needs to add replication then it can easily be added to the group. The customer also
plans on adding ProtecTIER systems to several of their factories. The existing data center ProtecTIER
hub can take up to 12 spokes, which will be adequate for some time. If the company grows its
ProtecTIER deployments past that point they may create another replication grid while retaining
centralized management capabilities.
CUSTOMER SCENARIO #2: MANY-TO-MANY REPLICATION
A major office products retailer has two regional data centers that act as secondary DR sites for one
another. IT also wants to add backup replication from some of larger regional stores. The company
owns a replication product that works with their backup application but bandwidth costs are scaling
sharply up.
The customer keeps their backup application but replaces the replication product with ProtecTIER
deduplication and replication systems at both data centers. The company starts with a pilot project
that replicates from the stores to one of the data centers and then replicates Tier 1 data to the second
data center. Once they realize that ProtecTIER has reduced bandwidth requirements by 85% they
create a many-to-many replication group between the two data centers. Each ProtecTIER system
replicates back and forth to each other.
They are also building a compact DR site where a third ProtecTIER system will serve as another
repository within the many-to-many group.
Benefits of ProtecTIER Replication
ProtecTIER replication offers exceptionally strong benefits to customers who need to significantly
improve data protection at a reasonable cost.
1. High performance replication and recovery. Fast and flexible replication protects data and
enforces service level agreements. Replication happens concurrently with backup and inline
deduplication, which decreases backup windows and meet service level agreements. Data
recovers from high speed disk across fast bandwidth connections, which enables ProtecTIER’s
enviable recovery speeds.
2. Save on bandwidth costs. Replication in general vastly improves on tape-based backup and
restore but it can also raise bandwidth prices through the roof. ProtecTIER replicates only new
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and unique deduplicated data, which take just a fraction of WAN bandwidth compared to
incremental backup replication. For example, a replication customer who switches to ProtecTIER
can replace its OC48 WAN connections with OC12 for an annual cost savings of over half a million
dollars. Companies can choose to take the hard cost savings or keep their existing connections
and replicate more application data for even better data protection.
3. Strong DR and business continuity. ProtecTIER replication is optimized for DR and business
continuity. Failover and failback options between primary and remote sites ensure continuity
during disaster recovery. ProtecTIER’s compact bandwidth usage also enables more frequent
testing of DR plans, while many-to-many and many-to-one configurations optimize ProtecTIER
replication for individual customers.
4. New level of application support. Traditionally high replication costs and overhead limit
replication to Tier 1 applications. ProtecTIER continually grows its replication support of
production applications and associated data, which increases data protection for many types of
additional data and applications. This improves DR and business continuity down the line.
5. Meeting SLAs. ProtecTIER cost-efficiently replicates deduplicated data to remote sites, which
enables customers to improve data protection SLAs for many applications. Enabling rapid
restores is even more critical to service levels. Fast disk-based recovery lets IT restore application
data well within Recovery Time Objectives. ProtecTIER’s policy engine also aids with meeting
SLAs by automating replication actions around timeframes, capacity, and throughput.
Taneja Group Opinion
Replication is a basic data protection technology but IBM ProtecTIER replication has become
anything but basic. Bandwidth reduction, powerful policies, many-to-one and many-to-many options,
as well as centrally-managed replication grids have all made a huge difference in ProtecTIER’s ability
to optimize data protection.
Ever since ProtecTIER’s launch, even before the advent of advanced replication, we liked and
endorsed ProtecTIER for its superior deduplication algorithm, high capacity, scalability and high
performance backup and recovery operations. Then IBM introduced a native replication option that
was perfectly adequate for most ProtecTIER customer environments. But IBM was already a
replication leader in its other product lines and they set out to vastly improve replication options for
ProtecTIER. They have succeeded, and the latest powerful many-to-many, bidirectional, replication
capabilities have helped to cement ProtecTIER’s place as a data protection market leader.
This document was developed with IBM funding. Although the document may utilize publicly available material from
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