Google and their 100,000 servers!

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Inter-Way Networks announces migration
to Hosting Controller. As part of the
agreement, Inter-Way will deploy Hosting
Controller on 400 existing servers and
offer Windows servers pre installed with
the product.

Inter-Way Networks announces migration
to Hosting Controller. As part of the
agreement, Inter-Way will deploy Hosting
Controller on 400 existing servers and
offer Windows servers pre installed with
the product. 08/05/2004 03:40 AM
Inter-Way Networks, a prominent provider of dedicated hosting and collocation services in Latin America, deploys Hosting Controller (hostingcontroller.com), the company announced on Wednesday. As part of the agreement, Inter-Way will offer Windows servers pre installed with Hosting Controller and it will also deploy the products on 400 existing hosting servers. [PRWEB Aug 5, 2004]

Servers fly in Q4

Servers fly in Q4 01/29/2004 01:59 PM
IBM and Sun surge

HP servers holed twice

HP servers holed twice 04/14/2004 09:18 AM
Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) has been hit by two security holes -- one in its Internet Express, used with Tru64 servers, and a second in its authentication system OpenView.

The servers are on overdrive...

The servers are on overdrive... 06/05/2005 10:48 PM

I'm getting a bit of an influx of people coming to plasticbag.org right now because they've just watched the (really rather good) Boom Town episode of Doctor Who and for the first time they've heard the words "Bad Wolf" uttered out loud. And quite reasonably, they now all want to know what the hell is going on... For some reason this little post of mine is high on search results for Bad Wolf. So to try and be helpful, I've added some resources for people looking for a next step. If you know anything that people should know about (or if you have any theories of your own), then you should go and post some comments so that everyone gets to see them.

While I'm on the subject - What an episode! It was well-directed, had lots of intrigue and lots of plot arc advancement. A real character piece which - not for the first time - contained a good bit of flirting and dubious sexual intrigue. Very classy. Very cool. Just a little bit slutty.

Automounting Servers In Mac OS X

Automounting Servers In Mac OS X 06/22/2004 06:45 PM
By Richard Dyce, PC Pro (via MyAppleMenu)

Four sub $1000 US servers

Four sub $1000 US servers 05/28/2004 03:14 AM
?For this roundup, we set out with a strict budget of $1,000 to see what we could offer these nascent workgroups, small departments or remote offices in the way of a server.?

LMS introduced for Mac OS X servers

LMS introduced for Mac OS X servers 06/02/2004 01:13 PM
Trivantis Corp. has unveiled CourseMill 3.5, which the company says is the first learning management system (LMS) for Mac OS X servers...

New Servers are Up and All is Good

New Servers are Up and All is Good 03/21/2003 09:12 AM

New Servers are Up and All is Good

Just a quick note to let you know that the new servers are up and all seems to be good.  We haven't added that hardware into the current mix yet -- we'll do it over the weekend / next week.  Thanks to Apokalyptik andfor giving me such confidence in their abilities to handle the move that I passed out last night before it was even done.  Not a bad tribute to a great SysAdmin.

Just to clarify, I wasn't slacking off or anything, I was adding another new feature to Feedster before the boxes went offline.  Still testing it.

Mac Mini Servers

Mac Mini Servers 02/01/2005 10:00 PM
Robert X. Cringely’s latest column is out and he offers some interesting speculation about Apple products this week. Wil Shipley of Delicious Monster Software wrote him: “I bought two Mac minis this week — both will be servers. One is going to run my company’s store. Our new product is a runaway success — we’ve sold $350,000 worth of software in the first two months. I say this not to brag, but to make a…

Direct and Related Links for 'Mac Mini Servers'

Laptops and Servers

Laptops and Servers 02/01/2005 09:44 PM
It just dawned on me that in a desk-side box, heat is not a major problem because it’s got a room to cool it off, usually without too many other computers in it. Laptops, however, are like back-room “mainframe” servers in that heat is a big deal. In the one case you’re worried about your users’ gonads and in the other your HVAC budget, but the problem is the same. Right now, the heat budget is a big concern for the guys at Sun who design our biggest servers. It’s no secret that our throughput computing initiative is partly about this: lower clock speeds, more cores, thread-level parallelism. Am I predicting that laptops with SPARC processors will be leaping off the shelves next quarter? I wouldn’t go that far. But I am smelling converging design spaces.

IRCscanner for P10 irc servers

IRCscanner for P10 irc servers 01/05/2004 09:53 AM
Planning Started

Home Servers - here we come

Home Servers - here we come 01/22/2004 02:31 AM
The Home Server.

The Home Server

Martin Geddes of Telecopalypse (gotta love that name) saw yesterday's item about home servers and was move to comment.

The key word he adds to the discussion is database. Home PCs will become personal database servers.

This makes sense from an Always-On perspective. After all, what are medical, personal inventory, and security applications doing other than building databases, often huge databases?

But this brings up a key impediment (today) to Always-On, which is the price of software.

As hardware is mass-produced its price declines with Moore's Law. That's not true with software. In fact, complexity (or the ability to handle complexity) increases the price of software.

Look at the price of a Windows server license, for instance, next to the price of a Windows client license. Or look at the price of an Oracle license against that of any client program.

Martin notes in his piece that he's putting his databases onto a Linux PC, and that's a key point.

I've been noodling over the question of whether Windows or Linux will drive Always-On applications for some months. (Windows does have some advantages.) It's the question of price that is determinative. It's not so much that Linux is free as that the cost of Linux solutions move toward free, without the corporate overhead of Windows applications.

What are software companies delivering, after all, once you get the software? They are delivering support. Linux separates the cost of support from the cost of the software, so the initial cost can drive toward zero (especially in volume). That's a key Clue.

An ISP, or telco (is there any difference), or some other company, can earn itself monthly maintenance fees from the Always-On software in your home server, which they can maintain remotely.

I think that's the model for the future. And you won't get it through Windows.

Dana Blankenhorn

[Corante: Moore's Lore]

Marc's comment.....

If I was a betting man - that Linux home server will be running java with struts and Itabis or Turbine, with some coolio basicPortal frameworks - all wrapped inside a social software and personal publishing embrella.  All open source.

All designed for talking XML and serving up one's digital lifestyle.

OK - so I was off by 10 years.  Maybe building the MediaBar back in 95-96 was too early.  maybe spending all my money on research was EXACTLY the right thing to do.

I guess we get to find out now.

PeopleAggregator is back on it's feet and it's sister - WebOutliner - now has accounts.  Various pieces of the puzzle - from the Laszlo rich media front-ends, to JahShaka high-end editing tools, to pre-built jukeboxes and photo albums Portal software or knowledge management utilities - are all falling into place.  Open standards - like ATOM and FOAF - are taking off.  This train is leaving the station.

Other News: IBM Servers

Other News: IBM Servers 09/10/2004 10:39 AM
IBM plans to debut low-cost Linux servers on the Power architecture next week.

Use different DNS servers for different
domains

Use different DNS servers for different
domains 06/30/2004 11:32 AM
This hint is about DNS routing, i.e. redirecting requests to different DNS servers based on domain name. Sometimes it's good to have separate DNS servers for different domains. For example, you may want to have a local defau...

HP puts AMD in servers

HP puts AMD in servers 01/27/2004 05:26 AM
ZDNet UK Jan 27 2004 9:57AM GMT

Dell Servers Up Against HP, Sun

Dell Servers Up Against HP, Sun 03/26/2005 04:12 PM
Computer Reseller News Mar 26 2005 7:09PM GMT

HCL Criteria for Datacenter Servers

HCL Criteria for Datacenter Servers 06/06/2004 09:54 PM
This download document provides the authoritative source for information about requirements for server systems that run the Microsoft® Windows Server™ 2003, Datacenter Edition operating system and that are listed on the Windows Datacenter Hardware Compatibility List (DC HCL) or the Windows Enterprise Catalog published by Microsoft Corporation.

Monitoring Your Network Servers

Monitoring Your Network Servers 04/09/2004 04:08 PM

HP looks to use 2.5-in. drives in
servers, arrays

HP looks to use 2.5-in. drives in
servers, arrays 12/16/2003 05:17 PM
Hewlett-Packard has started testing 2.5-in. disk drives that support the Serial Attached SCSI interconnect and expects to begin using the technology in its ProLiant server line during the second half of 2004.

Open Source ad servers

Open Source ad servers 04/09/2004 04:11 PM
new advertising tools?.

new advertising tools?

There is news that SeaChange International's "Ad Placement System" (no link on purpose) will allow cable companies to serve more relevant TV advertising based on location and time of day (for video-on-demand content.) There is a part of me that would welcome more relevant ads in general, but the privacy issues are more prominent. How much data does my cable company share with advertisers currently? How much more will they be giving away in the future?

"We are addressing this issue in on-demand television... -- allowing advertising to become customized on a household by household basis to maximize relevance and impact. We want to enable the best possible experience for both the viewer and the advertiser."

Additionally, using "zip code plus four" precision, cable operators can theoretically craft ads that cater to regions and even neighborhoods, SeaChange said. The company offered the example of serving ads for a compact car to "downtown demos," while wealthier "uptown" neighborhoods see an ad for luxury car.

Somehow, I don't think that SeaChange has the best possible experience of the viewer ahead of the advertiser.

Fighting PVRs with Online Ad Techniques [clickz.com] [PVRblog]

OK - so where are the open source ad servers?

BEA, Sun advance Java app servers

BEA, Sun advance Java app servers 04/16/2004 06:25 PM
BEA systems and Sun Microsystems advanced their Java application servers last week, while Oracle pushed its Java development environment for grid enablement.

Sun Lights Up U.K. Servers, Desktops

Sun Lights Up U.K. Servers, Desktops 12/08/2003 10:33 AM
Systems vendor's low-cost office software line makes more headway against rivals as the company signs Britain's Office of Government Commerce to a five-year deal.

Servers tune in to 64 bits

Servers tune in to 64 bits 08/02/2004 03:24 PM
Computer makers unveil the first servers to carry Intel's bulked-up Xeons. Also: Going to an 'extreme' in chip development.

BEA, Sun advance their Java app servers

BEA, Sun advance their Java app servers 04/12/2004 08:50 AM
BEA Systems Inc. and Sun Microsystems Inc. each advanced their Java application servers Monday. BEA offered customers a path to utility computing through a partnership with Veritas Software Corp., while Sun released a low-end version of its application server that supports the latest enterprise Java standard.

IBM Blade Servers to Come With VMware

IBM Blade Servers to Come With VMware 03/28/2005 03:45 PM
Technocrat.net Mar 28 2005 8:18PM GMT

Gateway looks to blade servers

Gateway looks to blade servers 12/02/2003 02:35 PM
ZDNet Dec 2 2003 2:10PM ET

Servers carry IBM to solid Q1

Servers carry IBM to solid Q1 04/15/2004 10:24 PM
A little currency love too

Exchange servers still seeing Code Red

Exchange servers still seeing Code Red 11/14/2003 07:32 PM
CNET Nov 14 2003 7:02PM ET

Contribute hammering FTP servers?

Contribute hammering FTP servers? 11/17/2003 06:40 PM

We're having a problem at work with Macromedia Contribute. We host sites for a number of local companies, and one of them wants to use Contribute to update its site. The problem is that whenever Contribute tries to connect to our FTP server, it opens up 30 simultaneous connections, effectively running a denial of service that prevents other clients from logging in during peak times. I've searched the 'net and haven't found any references to this problem; does anyone know anything about the issue? We're running ProFTPD 1.2.9 and the client is using Macromedia Contribute 2.

Too Much Demand for Too Few Patching
Servers

Too Much Demand for Too Few Patching
Servers 04/15/2004 06:17 AM

Sun to Use AMD Processors in High-End
Servers

Sun to Use AMD Processors in High-End
Servers 11/18/2003 12:12 AM
Boston Globe Nov 17 2003 10:45PM ET

Libweb - Library Servers via WWW

Libweb - Library Servers via WWW 04/02/2005 07:30 AM
Libweb - Library Servers via WWW
http://lists.webjunction.o rg/libweb/

Library Servers via WWW - Updated daily at midnight, Pacific Time. Libweb currently lists over 7200 pages from libraries in over 125 countries. This has been added to Research Resources Subject Tracer™ Information Blog.

HP adds 2.5-in drives to servers

HP adds 2.5-in drives to servers 12/17/2003 07:20 AM
Computer Weekly Dec 17 2003 6:22AM ET

HP nips and tucks low-end servers

HP nips and tucks low-end servers 03/08/2004 11:03 PM
Blade play

Patch Management for Servers

Patch Management for Servers 04/07/2005 09:31 PM
TechWorld Apr 8 2005 1:38AM GMT

Integrity for Mac OS X servers previewed

Integrity for Mac OS X servers previewed 06/28/2004 02:42 PM
Avail Solutions, a provider of innovative data protection software, introduced the Integrity backup and recovery software solution for Mac OS X today at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference...

Lightweight XML Search Servers

Lightweight XML Search Servers 01/22/2004 03:18 AM
Jon Udell creates a lightweight XML search server using Python and the libxml/libxslt libraries.

Asking Mail Servers About Spam?

Asking Mail Servers About Spam? 11/25/2002 10:11 AM
Asking Mail Servers About Spam? I see that Dave's looking for this: A feature for a mail server? What if every mail server supported a new feature.An XML-RPC interface with one entry point. It takes one parameter, a user name and returns a struct containing a boolean. The boolean is true if there is such a user on that machine. It's a struct so more info can be returned later.My email program could send a message to the server each piece of mail came from. Hey you got someone with this name, and do they send out spam? If the answer is no, filter it to the bit bucket.Maybe I'm missing something or it's too early in the morning, but couldn't we ask the servers if they know about this person sending me the spam. I have a feeling that most of the spam I get comes from made-up people. [ Go ] This actually exists already in the SMTP / POP3 spec although it isn't XML-RPC'd of course. One approach to do this is to simulate an SMTP session to the server and then use the RCPT TO smtp command to see if the mail server will accept email for this user. Please note that this idea isn't mine, I got it from Mastering PHP 4.1 which is a pretty kicking book (and where I pretty much stole this sentence from). [ Code ] I don't think that implementing this is all that hard and an XML-RPC interface could be wrapped around it easily enough. It is a damn intriguing idea and one that would be easy enough to implement in a webmail client. One problem with it though is that a lot of email address names aren't true accounts but contain metadata for bounce processing i.e. 23232 @ company.com is generally handled by a bounce routine so any replies to it trigger unsubscribe or something else. Note: This isn't really a problem since if there isn't an account then it's probably spam but it would blow up a lot of list serve like processes. Also there isn't anything to stop spammers from setting up their own mail servers. What it would address is header forging which is a huge problem.

Some old Dell servers die after smoking

Some old Dell servers die after smoking 01/22/2004 03:24 PM
ZDNet Jan 22 2004 7:03PM GMT
Grok Description matches for Google and their 100,000 servers!
GrokA matches for Google and their 100,000 servers!

Let Her Dance, Let Her Dance, Ket Her
Dance All Night Long....

Let Her Dance, Let Her Dance, Ket Her
Dance All Night Long.... 05/07/2004 11:27 PM
Bobby Fuller< /a> was a Texas based rock and roll singer best known for the immortal rebel anthem &quot;I Fought The Law,&quot;. Considered by many to be the heir to Buddy Holly as the king of Texas Rock, he built on Holly's style with songs like the aforementioned &quot;...Law,&quot; &quot;Jenny Lee,&quot; &quot;Love's Made A Fool Of You,&quot; and the 2 1/2 minute masterpiece &quot;Let Her Dance.&quot; And then it ended, at age 22, in very weird circumstances. Over the years, interest in Fuller and his work has ebbed and flowed, and plenty of archival material surfaced, but the mystery of his death remains unsolved, although many have speculated. Ann odd end for a footnote character in rick history, but who was bound for more

The Google Dance

The Google Dance 06/12/2002 06:22 AM
What is the Google Dance? LinkTree says: Once in a month Google calculates the pagerank of each page and changes the serp (search enigne result pages) for all keywords. The Google Dance is called the time between the start and the end of an update. In that time you get different results on www.google.com, www2.google.com and www3.google.com. Normally the Google Dance took about 4 days. The best time to put new pages online is during the Google-Dance. If you let too much time lapse between the completion of the update, and the publication of new content, you may reduce the amount of new content that will be included in the next update. Woz at WebmasterWorld offers this alternate explanation: They put some pages in, They take some pages out, They calculate the PageRank, Then they shake it all about, They wait until the full moon Then they mix the servers up, Thats what its all about. If you're really interested, WebmasterWorld keeps a chart of Google Update History.

The Real Google Dance

The Real Google Dance 11/27/2002 02:41 PM
Dance, dance, dance, dance... Google Dance 2002 (with pictures!). (Thanks, Matthias!)...

Google Dance Tool

Google Dance Tool 08/06/2002 04:13 PM
Ride out the end of the July 2002 update with this neat Google Dance Tool which shows you the results from various Google servers in a nice clean interface. I love the dancing Google animation....

Google Dance Case Studies

Google Dance Case Studies 12/08/2003 02:21 AM
Search Engine Report Dec 8 2003 1:12AM ET

The Google Backlink Dance Resumes

The Google Backlink Dance Resumes 09/01/2004 01:16 PM
WebProNews Sep 1 2004 5:27PM GMT

Health insurers to fat kids: Go play
Dance Dance Revolution

Health insurers to fat kids: Go play
Dance Dance Revolution 04/04/2005 01:18 PM
Cory Doctorow: American health insurers are working with obesity researchers to encourage children to play Dance Dance Revolution on home consoles with dance-mats as a way of reversing childhood obesity and the concomitant health costs later in life.

Jones is one of 85 children in an at-home study trying the popular Dance Dance Revolution video game to boost their activity. The study is being done by West Virginia's public employees insurance group in hopes it will lead to better health and lower costs.

Jones lost about 10 pounds by changing his diet. Now, after two weeks playing the game, he has lost another 10.

Link

Kickass Kung Fu: Like Dance Dance
Revolution for martial artists

Kickass Kung Fu: Like Dance Dance
Revolution for martial artists 06/24/2005 06:25 PM
Cory Doctorow: Kickass Kung Fu is a video-game in which you use real martial-arts moves to control an on-screen kung-fu fighter in order to best both human and AI opponents.

The game takes place on a 5 meter cushioned playfield suitable for martial arts and acrobatics training. Using custom computer vision technology, you are taken inside an artificial reality where the normal laws of physics no longer apply. Your movements are exaggerated so that you can easily dodge your opponent's bullets by jumping five meters in the air and landing behind his back. Using the dual projected screens, one at each end of the playfield, you can also continue by counter-attacking your stupefied enemy from the behind.

Link

Update on 'Brandy' (the current Google
Dance)

Update on 'Brandy' (the current Google
Dance) 02/16/2004 12:08 PM
Search Engine Journal Feb 16 2004 3:47PM GMT

How To Stay One Step Ahead of the Google
Dance

How To Stay One Step Ahead of the Google
Dance 07/08/2004 11:45 PM
WebDevInfo Jul 9 2004 3:49AM GMT

Play Dance Dance Revolution... Save On
Insurance

Play Dance Dance Revolution... Save On
Insurance 04/04/2005 01:54 PM
There have been discussions over the past few years about the problem of childhood obesity and how video games that force kids to be active may be at least part of the solution. While going outside and doing something is probably better, if they must be staring at a screen, they might as well be active about it. It appears that one insurance company has decided to test this out and is running a study by giving Dance, Dance Revolution to kids in an effort to make them lose some weight. While others have noted the aerobic nature of the game (and the game apparently has a calorie burning counter as an option), this appears to be the first insurance company promoting the game. Next thing you know, your car insurance rates will rise if you play Grand Theft Auto...

Latest Google dance leave vendors crying
foul

Latest Google dance leave vendors crying
foul 12/02/2003 01:22 PM
Computer Shopper Dec 2 2003 12:23PM ET

Dance Dance Revolution as teen
weightloss aid

Dance Dance Revolution as teen
weightloss aid 05/24/2004 06:59 PM
This CNN piece follows the tales of formerly supersized boy and girl geeks who shed *lots* of unwanted weight playing the wacky Japanese electronic game "Dance Dance Revolution." In DDR, players stomp around on a grid of brightly lit squares while hyperfast techno music blares at them from a video display unit. There's also a home version, which sells for under US$50.

As she cooled herself in front of a fan at a video arcade, two teenage boys danced on a machine nearby. Their sneakers pounded out a staccato rhythm at a pace so fast that "Lord of the Dance"'s Michael Flatley would be envious.

Not everyone sees dramatic results. Seventeen-year-old Justin Meeks says his body is more toned, but his weight hasn't changed. He's pleased to point out, though, that his dancing skills have helped him get girls. "Two. I'm guilty of that," Justin said with a grin as he watched friends play DDR.

Link

DJ Format meets Dance Dance Revolution

DJ Format meets Dance Dance Revolution 04/03/2005 07:50 PM
DJ Format meets Dance Dance Revolution Director Keith Schofield turns out a blazing video for British DJ Format and his top notch crew of pasty Canadian rappers, turning their song "3 Feet Deep" into a high adrenaline arcade hi-score smashing rampage.

Life on the pro Dance Dance Revolution
circuit

Life on the pro Dance Dance Revolution
circuit 01/25/2004 04:09 AM
Yoz has posted a great account of his encounter with a touring clade of pan-European Dance Dance Revolution obsessives:

"We're a group of DDR players in Norway." Do they play other bemani games? "No, just DDR." He points to the guy he was playing with, now off the machine and chatting to his girlfriend. "He's from Sweden, he has a DDR group there too." The machine is now in the control of the third chap, a large-ish bloke with shoulder-length hair. "He has a group in France, but they play all kinds of music games." Do you guys play competitively? "Sometimes... like tomorrow. It's why we're all here - there's a big contest at the Namco arcade in Westminster. There'll be players from four different countries. It's pretty big."

Link

Dance, White Boy, Dance (glumbert.com)

Dance, White Boy, Dance (glumbert.com) 04/08/2005 05:05 AM
born

glumbert.com/media/dancewhiteboy.html
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Dance Voldo Dance

Dance Voldo Dance 07/18/2004 03:34 PM
Dance, Voldo, Dance (embedded quicktime .mov) Two people controlling two Voldos (the #1 freak from Soul Caliber). Quite possibly the most amazing synchronized video game dancing you'll ever see.

Dance, Voldo, Dance

Dance, Voldo, Dance 07/19/2004 04:26 AM
Soul Calibur's Voldo choreographed to music .. 11.2 MB Quicktime Link .. Dance, Voldo, Dance

bainst.com/madness/voldo.html
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Dance, familiar. Dance...

Dance, familiar. Dance... 12/11/2003 02:34 PM

An interesting line about the selves manufactured by spies (that seems to me to have currency for all people who have cause to narrativise their lives in one way or another) from John Le Carré's rather blandly-titled (but also rather good) new novel Absolute Friends:

But who is Mundy Three, when Mundys One and Two have gone to bed? Who is this third person who is neither one of the other two, who lies awake while they sleep, and listens for the chimes of country bells he doesn't hear? He is the silent spectator. he is the one member of the audience who doesn't applaud the performances of his two familiars. He is made up of all the odd bits of his life that are left over after he has given the rest away.

Dance Dance Resurrection

Dance Dance Resurrection 05/28/2004 04:51 PM
Jesus-themed variant of DDR (shut up, don't go pointing me to snopes -- of *course* it's a hoax).
Link; other recent BoingBoing posts on DDR 1, 2, 3. (millegrazie, mi piccolo snoodilio, also on SmartyPants 1.5 is out.

Update: Version 1.5.1 is now out, with one small bug fix for Movable Type users.

the safety dance

the safety dance 11/18/2003 11:36 AM
Anne and I were listening to Fred while we were driving home from Burbank the other day. That stupid "Safety...

Another Song and Dance

Another Song and Dance 05/20/2004 11:34 AM
Who says nice guys always finish last?

*does the happy kid dance*

*does the happy kid dance* 06/30/2004 11:31 AM
One phone call, can make your day....

Dance Fever

Dance Fever 04/02/2005 04:03 PM
I'm tired of getting deleted every time I mention what a disgrace the USA has become. So lets forget our silly differences, how you illegally invaded a sovereign country and are torturing and murdering it's people, and DANCE!!!!!!! via b3ta

The Antitrust Tap Dance

The Antitrust Tap Dance 04/20/2004 04:46 PM
Dealerscope Apr 20 2004 7:54PM GMT

Google and their 100,000 servers!