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From the Editor:
Are you keeping your cool? |
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Featured Topic:
Top 10 iSeries books |
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Expert Technical Advice:
* Featured Expert: Paul Holm, Web development
* In the Forums: How to get the command line on the menu screen
* Programmer Tip: Fun with TCP/IP
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Site Highlights:
* Vendor Webcast: Total tape protection across all platforms
* Vendor Webcast: Discover MIMIX ha Lite
* New iSeries Word Scramble: Game #3 |
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by Kate Evans-Correia, senior news editor
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Are you keeping your cool?
Attendees at the Data Center Decisions 2004 conference, held earlier this month in Chicago, confirmed something we have long suspected -- cooling has become a real issue within data centers. (Read the full story.)
Here's the problem: Vendors are developing smaller, more energy-efficient servers, but data centers are using more of them. In some cases, two small servers can generate as much heat as a mainframe. Put 250 of those servers in one data center, and you've got a major cooling problem.
The situation is compounded by poor design of the data center. Consolidation is a great remedy for server sprawl, as it reduces the number of systems to manage. But depending on the type of servers that are installed and how they're stacked, you can still have several servers stuffed in a room that was probably designed for only one or two large servers.
One data center manager told me that about 30% of his job is spent managing cooling issues, and he only expects the problem to get worse, as his company has plans to consolidate onto blade servers within the next several months.
Is this a big problem for iSeries shops? Do you find yourself taking a Band-Aid approach to cooling the data center? What are you doing to address the issue? Let us know how you're keeping your cool -- or not. E-mail me, and take our poll.
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Top 10 iSeries books
by Michelle Davidson, editor
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Looking to sharpen your skills? Need a handy resource to help when you're in a jam? Search400.com can help. Here are the 10 most popular iSeries books -- get book descriptions, download excerpts or make a purchase.
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Featured Expert: Paul Holm, senior Web architect, PlanetJ Corp.
Category: Web Development
Looking for Web development tips? Each month Paul's WebSphere Strategies tips are packed with helpful info.
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This Week: In the forums
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How to get the command line on the menu screen
How can you get the command line (ex. press F21 to get system command line) on the menu screen created by SDA? "Scrffy32" and "nicasas" have a couple ideas.
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What NIC card model and type is on my system?
"400admin" was trying to find the NIC card model and type in his AS/400 system. He looked in all his documentation and was unable to find anything. "Skitch210" said he was just looking in the wrong place.
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Changing QDLS time
Is there a way to change the time on the IFS QDLS? "Sherrym" says theirs is about eight hours behind their system time. Does this affect all of the IFS? Click over if you have an answer. |
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The Lazy Coder: Fun with TCP/IP
by Andrew Borts
I'm going to go over some REALLY COOL time-saving ideas so you can put your feet up and, well, be lazy like me. What do you think about securing your local network and setting the clock automatically? Sound good? OK, let's go!
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Vendor Webcast: Total tape protection across all platforms
When: Wednesday, June 23 at 2 p.m. EDT (18:00 GMT)
Total tape protection across all platforms has been dream -- until now. Use the iSeries to manage and protect all backups and restores across all platforms to assure complete tape protection for the enterprise.
Register to attend webcast
Sponsored By: LXI Corp.
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Vendor Webcast: High availability -- Why settle for less when you can afford the best?
When: Thursday, June 24 at 11 a.m. EDT (15:00 GMT)
Discover MIMIX ha Lite -- RJ-based high availability at the right size and price for small and medium business . . . without compromising your data integrity or ease of use.
Register to attend webcast
Sponsored By: Lakeview Technology
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New iSeries Word Scramble:
Try your hand at Game #3
Test you iSeries smarts with our iSeries word scramble. This scramble is the third, and last, scramble of the month. Unscramble these 24 iSeries-related words for a chance to receive a $25 Amazon gift certificate. Make sure you submit your completed jumbles for a chance to win.
The jumble answers will be provided in next week's news e-mails. Make sure you're signed up to receive the Today's News e-newsletters.
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