Q Smart Storage

[Jodee Bouman]

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Solutions for data-at-rest encryption are now a security requirement in many market segments such as healthcare, finance, e-commerce, federal government branches and insurance. These markets constitute a significant overall percentage of the deployed storage. Data center managers face the challenge of safeguarding data while still meeting continually increasing performance demands for large-scale applications, such as web serving, file serving, databases, Online Transaction Processing (OLTP), machine learning and High-Performance Computing (HPC).

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Encryption is a must for vertical markets needing data protection. The SmartRAID 3162-8i/e RAID adapter equipped with maxCrypto controller-based encryption (CBE) provides encryption for data-at-rest in the data center with virtually no difference in read or write performance.

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I'm using up a ProLiant ML350 Gen10 server as virtual host to 2 other servers and normally I use the Array Configuration Utility which I acces remotely through the System Management Homepage. However, System Configuration Utility isn't supported by generation 10. So I went online and looked for a solution or workaround and I found out that people use the Smart Storage Administrator these days, so I downloaded and installed it, but now I'd like to actually use it, and I have no idea how I'm supposed to do that, for the SMH isn't supported anymore. The virtual host is running Hyper-V core installation, so I only have a command line to work with.

There is a command line version of the smart storage administrator here you should also be able to find the reference guide for creating/modifying arrays etc. So this could be installed on a core installation.

However, it is probably more beneficial (and practical) to use the ILO 5 and manage it out-of-band. ILO 5 now allows the use of Intelligent Provisioning (presumably including the smart storage administrator) at any time.

I'll go with the iLO solution, but then there's another problem. I can't see the disk information when I go to the iLO web interface, because 'iLO did not detect the Agentless Management System Service when this page was loaded. To view a full set of data on this page, ensure that AMS is installed and running. The SAS/SATA controller information will only be displayed when AMS is ready.' then there was a link to more information and there it said that AMS could be enabled by enabling SMA, which is some sort of package that some stuff, 1 of which is AMS. That package should be disabled by default, so it makes sense that the AMS service isn't running, but I don't know how to fix it. When I searched for this online, nothing useful came up, not even anything that is related to iLO.

Was the O/S installed via Intelligent Provisioning? installing this way would usually install all of the associated extra HPE drivers and applications in the background. If not, this can be added later by running the latest HPE SPP on the server, or HPE Smart Update. (HPE SPP can be run on any other machine and 'pointed' to your running host via the web interface.)

I started doing automation and I became interested in using smart storage, after reading the information in the game and watching the video, I realized that this is a very useless thing that can be used in very few places. In addition to the fact that it consumes 60W constantly, it does not have the ability to adjust the lower and upper thresholds, as is the case with water storage or batteries.

Here's what I suggest:

- Consume 60W only during state change (Green signal -60W, change to red -60W)

- Add lower and upper threshold. The storage will send a red signal when it has reached the maximum and will continue to do so until it reaches the minimum.

For example, I want the Duplicant to make 1t of sand and until this amount is used up, do not start producing a new one.

Or store the plastic in storage and send a signal to land the rocket when the stock reaches 0 so that the duplicates do not remain in orbit and you do not have to check how much stock is left each time

I'd like to add (and please disregard if it's just me), that my dupes like to grab items from a normal storage bin and dump things into the smart storage bin, even if both have the same priority. I'd imagine dupes would choose the bin that's closest for storing things, but to me it seems they prioritize the smart over the dumb bin.

Bin only have a "Max capacity" setting, and no "required capacity" setting. Which means that, if there is 20 kg missing from bin at one end of the map in a priority 9 bin, a dupe will go at the other end of the map, pick up 20kg from a priority 1 bin and bring it all the way back to the priority 9 bin. *facepalm*

The 2nd point is especially annoying since a dupe can carry over 1 ton and if we could tune things up to ensure transfers always occurs at max capacity, that would cause 98% less trip to achieve the same result.

I agree that the 60 W cost of powering a smart storage bin is awful. However, for the the high-low thresholds seen in reservoirs, we can simulate the behavior with a pair of smart storage bins (which costs 120 W of course). I have an example on the Discord using fridges and smart storage bins because they have the same automation behavior. Perhaps this may help.

Key Result. If a smart storage building, e.g. smart-storage-bin, offers at least a single output signal for fullness/emptiness and a configurable capacity, then we can simulate hysteresis on the supply s between a low threshold s and a high threshold s using only two copies of the storage building and a memory toggle.

Discussion. These designs solve similar problems to the designs for deep freezers, so it is worth adapting them as inspiration. It is interesting to see that the challenges of storage management (e.g. deep freezers, smart storage) yield clever designs that may not have existed if hysteresis thresholds were as simple as reservoirs.

Another implementation of dynamic storage thrown into a slightly more classic video can be found here. Note that this is before the existence of timer sensors so the actual timers were manually thrown together to achieve the needed effect. Adjust as needed.

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