The EQL GM Java Applet stays as blank screen for about 2 minutes and then throws an exception as shown in the picture below, simply ignore the error then group manager login screen will appear agin. This problem doesn’t occur if I launch the EQL GM in web browser, strange!
Seemed quite a few having the same problem on Dell’s EQL forum after upgrading to Java 7 Update 25, Yes, we selected to upgrade because there is a serious security hole in Java 6.
This is the warning showing in Firefox Add-On Page.
The other problem is after I clean the Java Cache, my EQL Group Manager icon on desktop has also gone, does anyone know how to recreate such icon? I don’t want to re-install HIT for Windows again just for getting the icon back for sure.
Just received an alert from Equallogic this morning regarding hard disk firmware update.
Dell has made improvements in the drive error handling routines of EqualLogic array firmware over the course of the last few years and has worked closely with its drive manufacturers to improve the error handling routines of the hard drives.
We have released the newest version of hard disk drive firmware, EC04, for the below listed 7200RPM based 1TB, and 2TB drives shipped on the PS4100E, PS6100E, PS6110E, and the PS6110E arrays
Toshiba 7200 RPM NL-SAS MK1001TRKB (1 TB)
Toshiba 7200 RPM NL-SAS MK2001TRKB (2 TB)
If you are using arrays with these drives, Dell strongly recommends that you update the hard disk drive firmware.
I recall I’ve received the same kind of alert at least 3-4 times regarding 7,200 RPM SATA/NL-SAS firmware update in the past 3 years and none for SAS. Worst many users reported frequent 7,200 RPM disks failure or false positive. In additional, past EQL’s firmware updates constantly indicate there were problems with error detection or false positive of the 7,200 RPM disks. So I think this does provide you a clear picture how reliable those slower disks can be. Now with disks moving into 4TB each, I don’t think it’s pleasant scenario to see one of these failed.
The good thing is Equallogic is always working closely with the disk vendor to improve its reliability over the years. That’s why we see Improved “hard drive monitoring intelligence with an advanced predictive reliability algorithm” has been built into it’s latest firmware again.
We have released recommended software updates for EqualLogic PS Series Arrays: Firmware versions 6.0.5 and 5.2.9, which include key maintenance fixes. Notably, the v6.0.5 release includes recent improvements to hard drive monitoring intelligence with an advanced predictive reliability algorithm. This algorithm is designed to help preserve overall system reliability and long-term performance by proactively identifying drives which are at risk for failure, copying their data, and allowing you to safely replace them. In a small percentage of storage arrays, this process will occur shortly after the array firmware is updated. More details are included in the release notes. Version 6.0.5 also removes a false error warning that appeared on some arrays following drive replacement, and includes other fixes.
We recommend that you move to the v6 firmware stream and adopt v6.0.5. However, for customers staying on the 5.x code stream, we have released v5.2.9 which includes the drive reliability algorithm mentioned above and additional fixes.
Recently, I encountered some trojan asp scripts that cannot be removed, finally found it’s related to Windows folder name restriction, clever! but how did the hacker able to create those in the first place?
The other thing is I sensed more and more DDOS and Antispam mail is sending from the hidden PHP scripts these days, it’s becoming harder to catch them.
This year’s An Evening With…’ event was hosted by Sir Stirling Moss, Rowan Atkinson and Nick Mason, celebrating ten years of Octane…Sir Stirling Moss, Rowan Atkinson and Nick Mason, all former Octane columnists, appeared at a special tenth anniversary ‘An Evening With…’ event at the Royal Automobile Club, London, on 29 May in association with EFG International and Julian Coudray.
British Cars: The “Spirit of Ecstasy” – Rolls Royce
The familiar symbol on the front of every Rolls-Royce built since 1911 — a female figure leaning forward with robes billowing out behind her — is officially known as the “Spirit of Ecstasy.” The model for this figure was a lady called Eleanor Velasco Thornton. The Rolls-Royce factory workers used to refer to the figure not as the Spirit of Ecstasy, but less poetically as “Nellie in her Nightie.”
Eleanor’s connection with Rolls-Royce led to a tragic love story. Through her work as a secretary for the Automobile Club (now the RAC), she met many motor car enthusiasts, including John Scott Montagu, second Lord Montagu of Beaulieu. Eleanor and Montagu embarked on a love affair which, surprisingly, was tolerated by Montagu’s wife. She felt that had he not met Eleanor, he might have become involved with a less discreet woman, and this would inevitably have led to scandal.
When Montagu was asked to take up an administrative post in India at the start of World War I, Lady Montagu was happy for Eleanor to accompany him, nominally acting as his secretary. Their ship, the SS Persia, was torpedoed by a U-boat in the Mediterranean. In the chaos on board as the vessel sank, the lovers were separated. Montagu was eventually rescued after spending days on a life raft; Eleanor was lost. Montagu never forgave himself, saying afterward, “I should have got a stronger grip on her.” He spent many weeks traveling around ports where survivors had been taken, hoping to hear news of her, without success.
The one car which has a different mascot than the one modeled by Eleanor belongs to the Queen. She has a mascot made of solid silver, with a representation of St. George on a horse poised victoriously over a slain dragon.