DataProtector Backup

Recently, I was being roped in to troubleshoot a DataProtector backup issue at one of the customer's site. The day I went there, I was already presented with the problem, I don't even know the software well, not even a bit. This is the type of situation you would sweat (not swear!) and didn't know what to do, and people were just waiting for you, looking at you, to solve the problem.

How in earth am I doing here? I thought. If the resident Engineer couldn't even resolve the issue for weeks already, how could I? I thought, again.

Lucky enough, with the help of HP Support and Operations, we managed to resolved the problem, Cheers!!! This is what I call TEAM WORK!

Hey, if anybody out there has a copy of DataProtector Windows Clients GUI or knows where to download the software, let me know, ok?

1 Terabyte Hard Disk Drive!

Cool, the 1 Terabyte hard disk drive is out!

The hard disk drive industry is really advancing fast, 10 years back when I was still working for a hard disk drive manufacturer, the highest capacity was around 50GB, and the hard disk drive looked like a piece of brick, and as heavy as 5 (to 10 kg). A 1/2" height drive could only have about 9.1GB, as compared to now, same size, 1 Terabyte! Where most SAN and NAS implementations are still using 140GB hard disks, this monster could create a revolution to this storage industry.

I guess the demand for disk space drives the growth in this storage (i.e. SAN and NAS) sector, if you are intending to change jobs, seek one in the storage field, I heard they (storage companies) pay employees well.

Check this out....

http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/en/menuitem.b5bc67ba7b48099056fb11f0aac4f0a0

Massive Human Jam! @@

I mentioned that during the National Day Parade processing, there were massive human jam, people, people, everywhere. Here is a picture to show you how massive it is.

The bridge in the background was where my friend and me stood, facing towards the Parade ground.

Lucky thing, it was breezy on that day, and no rain, else, everyone, not just us, would have been drenched, wet, for sure.

National Celebration

Last Thursday was the country National Day (or Independence Day). I went there with a friend, primarily aim was to watch the fireworks during the parade processing, but, we had to be there early in the evening, because we knew may people will be there also.

It was a massive human traffic jam, there were police barricades everywhere! An estimate of 50 to 100k people were there, maybe? All roads, open areas and bridges were filled with people. We also couldn't get a good view, but had to settle with standing on one side of the bridge. We waited for about 2 hours plus, finally got to see the fireworks! It's worth it.

Japanese Anime

Recently, I have watched alot of K-movies, e.g. Windstruck, Blood Rain, Trace of Love, and J-Movies, e.g. Ghost train.

In the movie making, I can see that the Koreans and Japanese make a big effort in creating each scene setup, no matter whether it's a house, hut or the location. I think their production costs should be pretty high. Their artists are also very professional, especially the Koreans, heard mostly gratuates of Arts academies (Universities).

I have also watched a Japanese Anime named 'Beyond the Clouds, The Promised Place'. Check the website, http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=2324.

What's Anime?

It's a work of self-expressive art, where it transcends the realism of the world that we see it with our eyes, hear with our ears, feel by our touches, and transform it into an imaginary and dream-like sub-conscious appearance of true human behaviour moments, which are visible to the conscious ones. To me, that's Anime.