Cloud as an industrial sector

Everyone now is talking about Cloud or SAAS or AAS or xx as a service.

But what is the cloud and what is so special about it? Or is it just a hype?

Cloud is an array of computing processes or power combined together as one machine,either physically or virtually and reassign the processing cores into sub machines or virtual processes. It can do databas processing, graphics, encryption, web farms or application farms, all to your liking.

You might know of the major players such as Microsoft Azure, Amazone AWS, Google Apps / services and other smaller players such as parallels, cloud front , cloud flare and other hosted solutions. But these are just SAAS or Software as a service, or even Storage as a service. There are many more complicated AAS such as Storage, software, Cloud, Computing, Data Center (DCaaS) and lately Network as a service, where your IP Address networks are parked into a global switch and data and network are rerouted as needed according to your array.

There is private, public and hybrid cloud where you can push these as a local network (leased , rented or owned) and segregate the network according to your requirements, either by vLan, VPN , public IP Addressing or even Private over Public. It's darn complicated right? nope.

I am now into SAAS, NAAS now where I provide storage of the customers critical data, such as their accounting systems, into a grid, where it's backed up, mirrored and separated from the outside world. The users will then just map the drive just as their local drives, because they are actually accessing the service remotely, and no data is stored locally. With BYOD or Bring your own device coming to age, it is a critical point for any company, that any data loss is unacceptable. Hardware failure is not an option now and with computers getting too cheap, its the data cost that outweighs the hardware replacement. Even VOIP IPPbx is hosted outside the site even before the great Singtel Fire Fiasco.

What type of hardware am I using?

16 Xeon Quads with up to 2TB of RAM, 64TB of tiered storage with a combi of SSD and SAS drives PER SERVER (8u) connected to a multi tier hardware storage server of 2.6PB of data capacity per module loaded across multiple data enters worldwide, with Tier1 peerings.

Network speeds? 4x10gbe network per server or usually Gigabit links over ipv6.

my network cost? $70,000 per server and about $3.6million for the storage giant.

My ROI? 8 mths

Itchy fingers

Someone either have nothing better to do or have soms darn hatred against me which I strongkt feel idid not pissed anyone off except my fellow compadres.

Damage done gonna cost me about $150 or so...

Bugger

Courts Singapore - Full of Data leaks and inaccurate data

What I hated most is when U fire up the wrong guy at the wrong time of the day.. especially when my phone is roaming.

After me warning the agent that he is barking at the wrong tree, and that his actions are now facing criminal action, he still persisted and even calling me from another number, burn phone I suppose, to ask if I work at this Naval Base.

Even I am there (which I am not.. I hate the Navy other than NCIS..).... why do I need to disclose my location as it in itself is a criminal offense under Sec 294 of the Enlistment Act, read with the Official Secrets Act.

So I hate to say this.. Courts Singapore, you need to DESIST THIS ACTIVITIES. It's plain CRIMINAL!

For legal and formality sake, I will cross post what I said to CourtsSG  facebook account.
Will anyone who suffer the same fate get this giants a thistle to limp them with?

PLEASE VERIFY YOUR DATA BEFORE YOU SEND YOUR FRIGGING CREDIT / DEBT COLLECTOR TO CALL YOUR CUSTOMERS. I AM NOT YOUR CUSTOMER AND I WAS HARRASSED BY YOUR STAFF OR AGENT Ph No 98515055 WHILE I WAS OVERSEAS. DESPITE ME WARNING HIM I AM NOT THE PERSON HE IS LOOKING FOR, HE INSISTED I PAY.

UNDER DATA PROTECTION ACT, YOU ARE NOW FORMALLY WARNED THAT YOUR DATA IS NOW INACCURATE AND DUE TO THAT, MY PERSONAL DETAILS ARE LISTED AS SOME ONE ELSE, AND IN WHICH, YOU HAVE FAILED TO KEEP A PROPER RECORD. 

I WILL FILE A FORMAL POLICE REPORT ON THIS CRIMINAL INTIMIDATION , HARRASSMENT CHARGES AND ALSO DATA PROTECTION ACTS.

CONTACT ME DIRECTLY IF YOU WISH TO HAVE THIS RESOLVED.

Any Criminal Lawyers wishing to get them be named and shamed?

Of ethics, Business Values and lying to oneself

The meaning PAID POSTS is a term where the blogger or writer is being remunerated in some sort or form for the endorsement of product or services and I did that prior to me looking my Geeks Corner domain and me being branded Worst Blogger of All Time 2006, 2007 and 2008 outside the United States at par with Perez Hilton for being too honest and well, to many I am quite outspoken and that I am biting the hand that feeds me.

True enough, if the service is great, I would certainly endorse it, and I like the Mystery Shopper method where they are caught off guard and that they give the service without any readiness of inspection.

I am a partner of MyRepublic. I use their services which are good and reliable. Only that there have been many screw ups on the technical side as they get bigger, which is getting the customers to pay for their services aka Billing, and I find it quite a cumbersome thing to do if when they tried to debit my account, the service failed for some DBS bullcrap issue. I for one like NOT to delay payment as that mean I have to be hustled more. I like PAYPAL and I trust Moneybookers or SKRILL as they are called now as its a credit standing.

But then, having to do Internet banking,writing a cheque etc is a nuisance and time wastage.So does calling Hello Billing takes a long time to respond. Which company does NOT like to collect their customers money. Well, I found one.

Which only comes to show, they need to do some work on the back end to get it sorted. And not charging us for late payment fees.

Anyway, as long my internet does not screw up, I am still ok with it. U need premium support? I charge $75 an hour btw.

Effects of 20 cents

Twenty SEN is all it takes to cause an uproar in Malaysia or about 9c in Singapore. It's the fuel hike in Malaysia that is going to bring a knock on effect to many Malaysians Nationwide.

Funny part it, at the pumps, the govt placed the NON-SUBSIDIZED RON 95 price to be RM2.79 with duties etc whereas the selling price of RON97 which is NORMAL RETAIL Price is RM2.70 . Is that the Govt saying RON 95 is MORE EXPENSIVE than the better RON97?

Now for the knock on effect.

20sen is about 12% increase on the Petrol Pricing, meaning an average LOW EARNER drawing 3 liters of fuel per day on his motorcycle will see an increase of RM15 per month based on a 25 work day month. To his low wages of RM900, it is about 1.5% increase. However, the huge effect is felt when the cost of transportation is put into play.

Diesel also see a hike of 20 sen which puts at RM2.00 a liter with subsidy. In turn, this will incur approximately more than 30% increase in terms of fuel, oils, maintance et al and that will push prices up further. 

Compare to the neighbours, Brunei charges 53cents (RM1.20) per liter for fuel and that cause the Borneo residents to come over and fill up. Singapore official fuel price is at S$1.18 before discounts at the pump, usually dropping to S$0.81 (RM2.27) per liter at regular petrol stations such as Caltex or Shell inclusive of 7% GST and relevant duties. Black market fuel HSD or even BioDiesel is far cheaper from fleet refuelling points.

So why is Malaysia charging more for fuel when they export them and in the case of diesel, control the usage and implement rationing via the distribution points?

Mainly, the Ringgit is dropping against the USD or SGD. In SGD to MYR contrast, it was RM2.30 to the Singapore dollar whereas now, it's way over RM 2.54 at the money changers.

Weaker Ringgit means they have to pay more to service their debts which are in SGD or USD and that is bad for the economy but good for those working across the causeway. I just pity those living in rural areas as they have limited resources and income in Ringgit working far lesser than the RM900 minimum wage and with this, will cause a hefty strain on them.

Prudence yes, but this is not the way. 

Honesty to the employees

A self reflection of things.
This is not a Sunday Sermon but something everyone could follow and not be a wicked Jew or Shrewed Chinaman or Indian (for some)... who is always trying to cheat even their workers out of their daily bread.

A reminder to all employers and bosses who are following the Islamic Business Practices ....
that one is reminded "To pay one worker before the sweat dries up from the forehead after the work is done" which means prompt payment of dues, and that one must not cheat the worker of one own contract by substitution of a lower rate when the stipulated requirements were met.

All these are major instances of RIBA or Cheating.

A reminder to myself as I am my own employer,that I will try to pay way even the week or month is up, thus why I prefer advance weekly payments.

PAY YR CREW ON TIME.
PAY YOUR CONTRACTORS ON TIME.
DON'T SHORT CHANGE THOSE PEOPLE UNDER YOU.

DON'T CHEAT. GOD KNOWS.

Speedtest is not the real test

Yes.. Speedtest.Net is not really good now since I found out that many providers purposely CLAMP DOWN on the SPEED TEST SERVER CONNECTIONS.

Singtel played punk and restrict OUTSIDE NETWORK CONNECTIONS to 2 pipes per session.

I am now adding the IPv6 Compliant Speed Test  and for IPv4 ..try the BBQ Speedtest @
https://app.netrounds.com/speedtest/bbq/

This is more real than Singtel or SPEEDTEST.NET

Mainly because they are not allowing Gigabit connections and multiple simultaneous connections to the port at the end server side.


Test yourself.

Is it faster?

Someone said on the forums that IPv6 transition is faster to load than of IPv4 and we are putting it to test today.

BTW, to be fair, we are using MyRepublic Gamer 150Mbps link (topped off at 162mbps local) and Hurricane Electric SEA-1 Tunnel to Portland, Oregon

First test goes to Netherlands

And this is over native IPv6 and surprisingly I found out that our link is faster over ipv4 to India than iPv6.

This is to India and to Lyon France... the test shows it's faster

This is hosted by LaFibre.Info and This is on AS43142, so if you understand routing on BGP, it has to go thru the route itself, since I am HE Tunnel AS6939 via IPv6, it is the preferred way as IPv4 has to hop so many other places.









So , depending on network peers, sometimes it works fine with IPv6 and mostly on IPv4.

Hit and Miss

I have completed the IPv6 Migration.....

OK, IPv6 is not that easy especially when U have to work with terrible CPE such as HuaWei and ZTE and even some Cisco Dual Port routers are not able to load up with IPv6.

So here we go.
Each individual PC is given their own super stack, dual stack IPv6. The last octets are changed.
The router is able to broadcast /48 IPv6 address from the end side, using the ASUS N56 and AC and N66 works fine too. IPv6 is not workable over RT-N15 router. I've yet to test the netgear router Singtel uses and also of the PACE Routers they use. AZTECH 7000 from Singtel (password H3ll0t3ch ) 

Yet, there are so many devices that don't work over ipv6 including APPLE iOS Devices aka iPad, iPod, iTouch, iPhone, iSmack etc..... and it's a waiting game.

My IPv6 Address is in Portland Oregon, USA... Thanks to HE.NET

For some, in Malaysia, IPv6 is a far distance away since the ISPs have hogged down almost over a few million IP Addresses for their R&D etc and the government is no where steering into IPv6, and that their own domain registry is not IPv6 Compliant.

It's a funny thing as I am still in Singapore and I am announcing from MyRepublic Singapore. Spooky eh???


Well, Smart Routers know it, but many providers are nuts and still get conned.

Well, we go forward after this

Access to IPV6

Now, I have been a little playful and using IPV6 and guess what?
If you can come to this website : http://[2402:8d03:ffef:ff7f:a0:60bb:6400:0] then it is already working for you.

I did some testing and running with IPv6 using my ASUS N56 router and MyRepublic Fiber Broadband Service and to test if we are able to work within the IPv6 community and be certified.

How it works? Using Firmware version ending .360 on N56 (upgrade if needed to), we can directly go into the IPv6 section with ease.

You need the IP setting from your tunnel broker. I use Hurricane Electric.

In the HE Settings, you need to get your IP Settings inside and then you run the config.

Mine would look like this after the finalisation

 netsh interface ipv6 add v6v4tunnel IP6Tunnel 103.247.MY.IP 216.218.226.238
Replace the MyIP is where you add your IP Address
netsh interface teredo set state disabled
netsh interface ipv6 add address IP6Tunnel 2001:470:a:4e7::20
This is your PREFIX (64), I just add another 0 at the back to add more IP
netsh interface ipv6 add route ::/0 IP6Tunnel 2001:470:a:4e7::1
This is the Gateway Router

It works.
The IP website I tested above is the SINGAPORE GOVT WEBSITE and it's IPv6 Compliant.