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- The Bi-Mesh Survivable Network - Fast Recovery From Node Failure in MPLS Enabled Networks
- Today's converged networks are increasingly based on MPLS technology. To provide reliable carrier-grade service, MPLS-based recovery procedures must be able to quickly address any link or node failure. Current standardized MPLS fast recovery mechanisms cannot cope with egress node failure. This paper presents a dual plane core network architecture, a...
- Tags: Recovery, MPLS, Network, University Of Adelaide, Node Failure, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2006-09-14
- Load Balancing in the Presence of Random Node Failure and Recovery
- In many distributed computing systems that are prone to either induced or spontaneous node failures, the number of available computing resources is dynamically changing in a random fashion. A Load-Balancing LB policy for such systems should therefore be robust, in terms of workload re-allocation and effectiveness in task completion, with...
- Tags: Recovery, Load Balancing, Policy, University Of New Mexico, Node Failure, Network Technology, Cloud Computing, Networking
- White papers 2005-10-13
- STAR: An Efficient Coding Scheme for Correcting Triple Storage Node Failures
- Proper data placement schemes based on erasure correcting code is one of the most important components for a highly available data storage system. For such schemes, low decoding complexity for correcting or recovering storage node failures is essential for practical systems. This paper describes a new coding scheme, which it...
- Tags: Data Storage, Node Failure, Storage, Hardware
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- What the fight against cancer really needs
- What the fight against cancer really needsSadly this is where a problem existsCuring cancer would be great on the human level. But it doesn't make good business sense for doctors and pharmaceutical companies that rely on patients to make money. Much like many other diseases, it's more profitable to keep...
- Tags: cure, pharmaceutical company, patient, government
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparency
- Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparencyProbably was Worse than ThoughtThe lack of transparency is probably due to how much of a failure their disaster prepardness really is. It probably failed on many levels. No doubt Netflix doesn't want anyone to know just how ill prepared they really...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., transparency, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparency
- Massive shipping delays last month at Netflix were caused by hardware failure. Netflix gets the dunce award for lack of transparency in the face of disaster. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Hardware, Customs, Stacksafe, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Dell repair adventure, conclusion
- Well, our hero's story had a happy ending. The service tech came out to my office and replaced both the motherboard and the screen on my Dell laptop. After than magic was performed, the system booted up and ran just as it did before. I appreciate the help provided by...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Supplier, Digital Equipment Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Martin jabs back at Comcast over suit
- FCC chairman Kevin J. Martin responded to Comcast's lawsuit challenging the agency's authority to sanction the company. "Given Comcast's past failure to disclose its network management practices to its customers, it is important Comcast respond to the many still-unanswered questions about its new management techniques," Martin...
- Tags: Comcast Corp., Federal Government, Advertising & Promotion, Productivity, Networking, Government, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA
- Microsoft finally earns a passing grade barely for WGAReal LifeUnless you realy have a bootleg or keygened cd ke. pretty mush any XP sticker from any manufacturer can be "recycled" into any other PC. Just tell the right thing to the automated phone system: Did you change your motherboard: YES...And...
- Tags: deactivation option, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA
- Microsoft launched its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy program in early summer 2006. Its first year was, to put it charitably, a disaster. An epic fail. A big fat F on the year's report card. Things didn't get much better in 2007, either, as a server failure and other outages...
- Tags: Report, Activation, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Forum, Product ID Number, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- The power of standard protocols
- I've spent the past few months as the primary developer at a very small company. An important technology to this company is Instant Messaging, as it plays an essential part in our approach to unified messaging. This has meant that I have had to build, in-house, our...
- Tags: IM, Jabber, Protocol, XMPP, Instant Messaging, Internet, Online Communications, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- My first Linux laptop is the Asus EeePC netbook
- My first Linux laptop is the Asus EeePC netbookTotally different machines.A netbook is a full laptop. Yes, the industry is trying to keep the impression that it is only for casual use, etc, but there is little only constrained by ram these netbooks can't do (well, with Linux). ...
- Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, UNIX, Operating systems, laptop computer, keyboard, netbook, Linux, ASUS, Linux laptop
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?
- Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?Jesper AndersonUh-oh PeopleSoft customers! Get ready for Fusion apps with no PTools, PCode, etc....RE: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays?As a former leader among the Fusion Applications technology group I can assure you that Jesper...
- Tags: Leadership, vertical play, Andersen, Oracle Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Dell repair adventure, day 5
- Dell repair adventure, day 5No Backup!I find it hard to believe that a IT consultant, one that finds it necessary to attend conferences does not have a backup options in place. A) Is the writer a independent contractor? I guess that I need more information about the writers...
- Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Where WiFi succeeds
- Where WiFi succeedsAll Good PointsMost important is your point that the cities' failures result from the failure of their business models. Just because the city council votes it to be true, and then commands, "Make it so", doesn't make it so.Your last point, that WIFI can work well on any...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, WIRELESS, Wi-Fi
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burn
- Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burnRE: Five reasons why Chrome will crash and burnThe key reason they developed their own browser was for mobile browsing, which is expected to be more and more dominant in coming years. Chrome would be a good browser for the Google Android...
- Tags: Web browsers, Web browser, Chrome, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Google Chrome ... the day after
- Google Chrome ... the day afterGoogle Chrome ... the day afterGoogle Chrome had its initial spike from people trying it then realizing how broken it is. So they went back to their default browsers leaving Google out in the cold. The countdown begins now for them to cut...
- Tags: Web browsers, Scripting languages, countdown, FF3, Google Chrome, Google Inc., Chrome, IE8
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Parts of a system: beyond the e-voting case
- Parts of a system: beyond the e-voting caseGreater than what...."Server virtualization (in the PC/IBM sense of hosting multiple equivalent OS instances on one machine), for example, is extraordinarily popular right now and can definitely reduce data center cost - but almost always does so at greater cost to the business...
- Tags: Data centers, Virtualization, Murph, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., IT IS, e-voting
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policy
- FAA outage due to 'fix-on-fail' policyThis is a surprise???Is anyone surprised that the government holds itself to a lower standard than anyone it regulates? Congress routinely exempts itself from laws that everyone else has to follow. Can you imagine the airlines being allowed to use such a policy on aircraft?...
- Tags: Government, Manufacturing, Aerospace & Defense, Recruitment & Selection, Forcast, FAA
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- VMware's R&D chief quits after 9 months
- VMware said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development has resigned after nine months on the job. In a terse statement, VMware said that Richard Sarwal quit to go back to Oracle. Sarwal joined VMware in December 2007. VMware CEO Paul...
- Tags: Stock Option, Security, Amount, R&D, Stock, Employment, Agreement, VMware Inc., Company, RSU, Control, Change, Cause, Person, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
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