Patch 125202-01 wrongly recommended for Sparc4u architectures

Patch 125202-01 will not apply to a V480 host running Solaris 10 (08/2007). I ran it manually and it complained that it was for the sparc.v4 architectures.
It should not have been recommended.

bug 6617847 was opened for this issue on 2007-10-17

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X86 Patch 124939-03 recommended for Solaris 10 SPARC

Patch 124939-03 (SunOS 5.10_x86: JDMK 5.1 patch) was recommended today by Sun Update Manager on my Solaris 10 u3 SPARC machine. Is this normal? Doesn't look like it. Should I try to install it?

As Ethan says, this is a multi-platform patch. That's kind of unusual, and the patch markings are a bit unclear; I can understand why you were confused. If you look carefully at the README you can see that it says that it is for all architectures.
However, that's not the only interesting thing about this patch.
You might wonder why a patch originally released in March 2007 is only now being recommended by smpatch/Update Manager.
The answer is that it was not being properly handled before this point, and the new analysis techniques introduced by the recently announced maintenance are for the first time handling it properly. Not that our old analysis techniques were awful, but they were not as accurate as we'd like; we believe that the new techniques will yield better results (like this one), with faster execution, with less work and opportunity for error on our side. It should be a win all around.

Note 830576 - Parameter recommendations for Oracle 10g

hi all DBA experts.
I am not good familiar with Oracle database while i read a Note 830576 - Parameter recommendations for Oracle 10g. in which SAP General Recommendation:
You should delete obsolete initialization parameters from the profile.
To determine which obsolete parameters are currently set, proceed as follows:
SQL> SELECT NAME FROM V$OBSOLETE_PARAMETER WHERE ISSPECIFIED = 'TRUE';
when i execute above command then result is no rows selected
while there are many parameters in above SAP Note which are already obsolete and not set in initSID.ora file.
for exp. the parameter OPTIMIZER_INDEX_COST_ADJ is showing
#### OPTIMIZER MODE
#optimizer_index_cost_adj = 10
as you know that this parameter is very important regarding System Performance.
now please guide me . I have to set these parameter or no need while there is not showing any parameters against obsolete command.
waiting you valuable reply.
Regards,

hi both,
thanks for knowledge sharing with me other SDN users,
Dear Orkun,
Ok. At this stage, I can recommend you that apply what they have suggested,
in the message. So, you already did a part of it by configuring
Oracle parameters, already.
SAP support sent me this file (PRD_Parameters)
*** INFORMATION 1 ***
*** INFORMATION 2 ***
*** INFORMATION 3 ***
*** INFORMATION 4 ***
*** INFORMATION 5 ***
*** INFORMATION 6 ***
*** INFORMATION 7 ***
*** INFORMATION 8 ***
*** INFORMATION 9 ***
*** INFORMATION 10 ***
*** INFORMATION 11 ***
_b_tree_bitmap_plans
_fix_control (4728348)
event (10753)
event (38087)
event (10183)
optimizer_index_cost_adj
star_transformation_enabled
event (10027)
event (10028)
event (10411)
event (10629)
event (14532)
_fix_control (5705630)
_fix_control (5765456)
_optimizer_mjc_enabled
_sort_elimination_cost_ratio
event (10091)
event (10142)
event (38068)
event (38085)
event (44951)
parallel_execution_message_size
parallel_threads_per_cpu
query_rewrite_enabled
log_archive_dest_1
log_archive_format
max_dump_file_size
optimizer_features_enable
log_archive_dest
_push_join_union_view
_cursor_features_enabled
_first_spare_parameter
event (10049)
db_writer_processes
parallel_max_servers
db_cache_size
pga_aggregate_target
processes
sessions
dml_locks
job_queue_processes
log_checkpoint_interval
remote_login_passwordfile
sga_max_size
shared_pool_reserved_size
sort_area_retained_size
sort_area_size
statistics_level
workarea_size_policy
they only highlighted these following parameters from above
**** INFORMATION 8 *** DB Patchset: 10.2.0.4.0
**** INFORMATION 9 *** DB Mergefix: 0 (released before 2008-07-11)
FYI... recently, i applied the Oracle Patches 10.2.0.4 in this sequence
MS Windows x86-64 (64-bit)
Patchset_10204_MSWIN-x86-64aa.bin
Patchset_10204_MSWIN-x86-64ab.bin
Patchset_10204_MSWIN-x86-64ac.bin
OPatch
OPatch_10205_Generic_v0.zip
Generic (32-bit / 64-bit)
p8350262_10204_Generic.zip
p7592030_10204_WIN_GENERIC.zip
p9254968_10204_WIN_GENERIC.zip
10204_Patch44_MSWIN-x86-64.zip
p9584028_102040_Generic.zip
p9843740_10204_Generic.zip
and please tell me , still i have to apply highlighted parameters or now no need.
Regards,

SAP Note 830576 - Parameter recommendations for Oracle 10g

As per SAP Note 830576 - Parameter recommendations for Oracle 10g, I have tried to change the value for
parameter "db_file_multiblock_read_count".
In sql prompt it shows:
SQL> show parameter DB_FILE_MULTIBLOCK_READ_COUNT
NAME                                 TYPE        VALUE
db_file_multiblock_read_count        integer     128
and in brtools it shows:
58 - db_file_multiblock_read_count      both     no      *       yes   128
But I got the following error, when i tried to set it null
1 * Parameter description (desc) ..... [db block to be read each IO]
2 * Parameter type (type) ............ [integer]
3 * Current parameter value (parval) . [128]
4 * Value in spfile (spfval) ......... []
5 # New parameter value (value) ...... [null]
6 - Scope for new value (scope) ...... [both]
7 # Database instance (instance) ..... []
8 ~ Comment on update (comment) ...... []
9 - SQL command (command) ............ [alter system reset db_file_multiblock_read_count scope = spfile sid = '*'; alter system reset db_file_multiblock_read_count scope = memory sid = 'MBD']
BR0662I Enter your choice:
c
BR0280I BRSPACE time stamp: 2008-08-14 18.19.22
BR0663I Your choice: 'c'
BR0259I Program execution will be continued...
BR0280I BRSPACE time stamp: 2008-08-14 18.19.23
BR0301E SQL error -32010 at location BrSqlExecute-1, SQL statement:
'/* BRSPACE / alter system reset db_file_multiblock_read_count scope = spfile sid = '''
ORA-32010: cannot find entry to delete in SPFILE
BR1017E Execution of SQL statement 'alter system reset db_file_multiblock_read_count scope = spfile sid = '*'; alter system reset db_file_multiblock_read_count scope = memory sid = 'MBD'' failed
BR0669I Cannot continue due to previous warnings or errors - you can go back to repeat the last action
BR0280I BRSPACE time stamp: 2008-08-14 18.19.23
BR0671I Enter 'b[ack]' to go back, 's[top]' to abort:
Kinldy let me know, what could me wrong.

Hi Markus,
As per your suggestion we have downloaded the files from UCLIB_3-20000978.SAR. But now getting the error as
sapccmsr -DCCMS -j2ee pf=profile value
INFO: use SAPLOCALHOST hostname
INFO: CCMS agent sapccmsr working directory is /usr/sap/ccms/XX1_00/sapccmsr
INFO: CCMS agent sapccmsr config file is /usr/sap/ccms/XX1_00/sapccmsr/csmconf
INFO: Central Monitoring System is [XX1]. (found in config file)
INFO: additional Central Monitoring System is [AS2]. (found in config file)
ERROR: Cannot open Monitoring Segment 0 rtc = 245
Last reported error: [249] CCMS monitoring segment has wrong EYE CATCH. It seems to be created as non-unicode segment.
This program runs as unicode. Please use non-unicode version
Please suggest
Thanks,
Anu

Semi-automatic update/upgrade; is Arch wrong distro for these boxen?

I wanted to post here a semi-automatic update/upgrade solution I--with a lot of help from someone more knowledgeable--came up with in case it might be of benefit to anyone else. It's been working pretty well for me over the course of the last couple of weeks and should aid me in becoming a better Archer. I also want to ask in this thread for confirmation on whether installing Arch on a couple of machines I have that see fairly intermittent use is inadvisable: if so, I'll look into installing some other distro. First the semi-automatic update solution.
To begin with, what do I mean by "semi-automatic?" Mainly I mean something that's only partially automatic. See, I've come to understand that automating updates/upgrades is a bad idea©™. And I think I understand why. Still, I apparently lack the discipline to be a good Archer, upgrading/updating frequently so as to conform with the philosophy. So I thought I should use my computer to help me be more disciplined: that's partly what they're for, after all, isn't it?
I decided I might make the computer help me be more disciplined, first of all, by making it issue reminders at frequent, regular intervals, that it is time to update/upgrade. Of course cron came immediatelty to mind as part of the solution, though I ended up using the remind program instead. In any case, it seemed like a solution that, not only would remind me at regular, frequent intervals would be desireable, but one that would at the same time initiate the process, would be even better. I thought it must be possible to, for example, cause a terminal to open with a message and corresponding menu that would say something like "System update/upgrade needed: proceed now? 1. Yes 2. No"
This latter would be one of the elements that makes the solution semi-automatic (as opposed to automatic). Answering 2. in that terminal would cause the terminal to simply exit. Answering 1., on the other hand, runs the command sudo pacman -Syu. There is a further level of semi-automation at this stage: you are then prompted to enter the root password before pacman -Syu will run. So, no updating/upgrading happens without input at these two stages.
I should mention as I wrap up this description of my solution that there is yet another important element to it that, while independent of it, is nonetheless related: I subscribed some weeks ago to the Arch news RSS feed. I check that daily, so an even further level of semi-automation is in play here.
This seems to me like it will be a very good solution to bringing my behavior into better conformity with the Arch philosophy. It's worked well so far. That said, I'm certainly open to criticisms. I'm also very open to any improvements that might be suggested. Without further ado, here is the script I run every other day from the remind daemon:
#!/bin/bash
PS3='Begin full system upgrade? '
options=("Yes" "No")
select opt in "${options[@]}"
do
case $opt in
"Yes")
echo "Beginning full system upgrade..."
sudo pacman -Syu
exit
"No")
exit
echo "Please choose the corresponding number"
esac
done
Now, to my question about my other machines as possible Arch install targets. The above applies to the desktop machine in my apt. which is almost always powered on and connected to the 'net: what follows applies to two different machines.
One is a laptop that I use primarily when I travel. It often sits powered off for 1-2 months between uses. The other is an alternate desktop machine in my apt. that is also infrequently used: essentially, when both the wife and I want to work on-line separately--which is not all that frequently (she prefers knitting to computing during her time at home)--it gets fired up. Again, it often sits for 1-2 months without being used.
Now, it seems to me these machines are poor targets for an Arch install because they are far more frequently off-line than on-line, powered down than powered up. Thus they are very unlikely to be updated/upgraded on any kind of regular basis, and certainly never regularly and frequently, as seems to be recommended for Arch machines.
Am I correct in assuming I should be looking for some other distro to install on these infrequently-used machines?
Thanks,
James
Last edited by jamtat (2013-02-11 22:50:09)

I like pacmatic (as suggested at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … _pacmatic). What is supposed to be wrong with it?
It doesn't ignore updates, by the way. It does two things. First, it checks the news and tells you about important news items as soon as you run e.g. pacmatic -Syu. Then it runs the upgrade in the normal way. For example, a news item today concerned lvm2, dev-mapper and linux being upgraded together. It gave me the news item. Then it did the usual paman upgrade routine and upgraded everything, including those packages. Second, every time you run it, it reminds you of any *.pacnew files you haven't dealt with and asks if you want to deal with them now. At least, it asks about most. It never mentions kdmrc.pacnew for some reason.
It's just a wrapper for pacman. From the script:
Pacmatic is a pacman wrapper that takes care of menial but critial tasks.
These include
Checking the archlinux.org news
Summarizing the arch-general mailing list
Reminding if it has been a while since the last sync
Reporting pacnew files
Editing pacnew files
Personally, I've installed an alternative distro on machines which I'm not sure I will be using very regularly. (Also, I like having distinct distros just in case something goes wrong in one case - even if it is a bit of a faff sometimes.)
Last edited by cfr (2013-02-13 01:49:24)

Recommendations for Oracle Lite

I am new to Oracle. Please post recommendations for
1. Oracle Lite on line help sites
2. Oracle Lite on line tutorials
3. Oracle Lite on line hosting company with JSP
(possibly a free host for trial)
4. Do you recommend this product for Windows XP?
5. Do I need any patches to make it work on Windows XP?

Try the Start Here guide:
[http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E10530_01/doc/epm.931/hsys9_install_start_here.pdf]
Regards,
Imran

Recommendations for Analog to Digital conversion

I am seeking the help of all the Pros out there. I am moving my extensive analog music collection (LP/Cassette) to the digital world. Are there any recommendations for creating a CD-quality sound/volume level. I am currently using the standards (click/pop/hiss reduction, compressor and/or hard limiting). I am recording at 44.1/16 Bit and saving files in mp3 PRO-320 kbps for sake of storage. I welcome any assistance in regard to Plug-ins, equalization or other suggestions.
Thank you in advance
Paddy 41
Pentium 4/3.2 GHz, 2.0 MB Ram, Soundblaster X-Fi Elite Pro, Windows XP PRO SP3, Adobe Audition 3.0, Sony PS-LX250H Turntable, Denon DRM-600 Cassette.

>I am recording at 44.1/16 Bit and saving files in mp3 PRO-320 kbps for sake of storage. I welcome any assistance in regard to Plug-ins, equalization or other suggestions.
You shouldn't save files as MP3s until all the processing you want to do has been done - this is a lossy format, and every time you open a file saved like this it gets re-decoded, and then re-encoded when you do a save. And the quality degeneration is progressive. And unfortunately, recording your files as 16-bit is also not going to be quite the thing to do if you are going to do any sort of amplitude processing at all, either, especially if you are recording at a lower-than-optimum amplitude, which is usually the case. 44.1k is fine, though!
So, to get over the potential problems, the thing to do is to digitise your files as 44.1k 32-bit floating point, and until all processing is done, store them as Windows PCM wav files in this format, because that is uncompressed, which is what you need.
If you want to reduce noise on cassette recordings, it's worth using a fairly high FFT setting, even though it takes longer to do the processing. Since most of the noise is not LF, this tends to work better, although there is also a case for doing the NR twice, once with a lower FFT setting and once with a higher one, but not trying to take out too much in one go.
As for click reduction - well, you have to experiment. But letting the software determine all of the levels tends to give you a pretty good starting point. Another trick that's sometimes worth it is to transform your files temporarily to M-S stereo instead of L-R, and treat each channel separately - you generally get different levels of clicks in each, usually more in the S signal, whilst the M cancels out quite a few. And in general, the less clicks you can get away with processing, the better.
Hard limiting? Never used it on a conversion like that at all, and wouldn't even consider it - transients are already likely to be distorted, and hard limiting them further seems like a
very strange thing to do...
Other tools that are useful, especially on cassettes are iZotope's Ozone (some of which is already in Audition) and HarBal. You can restore usually distorted frequency responses with the latter, and get a good average value automatically and easily. And judicious use of Ozone's enhancer can make them seem a lot less like the results came from a cassette...
One of the useful things you can do with Ozone is to selectively widen parts of the spectrum. Since most records of music tend (for reasons of tracking) to have had the bass forced to be virtually mono, with subsequent similar consequences for other instruments with substantial LF content, it's worth expanding just about everything under about 250Hz, possibly by more than you might think.
Generally, 'normal' EQ doesn't have a lot of use when processing vinyl, if it's relatively recent. And that generally means anything from the 60's onwards. If you think things are seriously wrong, the chances are that it's your monitors and environment that are misleading you. Just bear in mind that when this stuff was produced, it was all monitored in a professional environment - more so than it might be today, even.
No doubt there will be a few other responses - I don't think that the foregoing is anything like complete, but is at least a start.

Current recommendation for a hosting partner?

I found a good convo here from 2013 that yielded one recommendation, and a few stay-away-froms. But that was two years ago. Much can change! Who would you recommend for a good hosting partner today?
My husband's small business is besieged by what is likely a routing or peering issue at Cogent. Regardless, neither our host, Newtek (previously Crystaltech), nor our service provider are willing to help -- not that these situations can be solved, from what I've heard from networking pros and others on the 'net complaining about similar problems. (And by help, I mean having someone in their network ops group call someone down the line in hopes of getting the attention necessary to solve the problem.)
We don't have a choice in service providers due to his location. So, it looks like my best bet in solving the problem is going to be switching hosts. I don't want to -- we've been with them for like 15 years, no kidding! But... this problem has grown from something that popped up briefly once or twice in the morning to a more often than not we can't get to our services and trace routes die MOST of the time.
Vivio Technologies (viviotech.net) got the nod in the last thread. Any additional recommendations? Or, nightmares to avoid?
Thanks!

For some sites I host on the side I use Hostek and I cannot say enough good things about them. Uptime has been great. Support on a few issues I did have has been even better.
Avoid Intermedia.net -- their CF support is CF8 (maybe 9) and I don't get any indication that they intent to upgrade. I would also avoid HostMySite.com if your site requires any security -- specifically keeping up with O/S patches.

Recommendations for configuring DSEE 6.3.1 to run as a Windows service?

Hi All, I need some recommendations for configuring DSEE to run as a Windows service. Currently I have CACAO, DSCC, and the Web Console configured and running as Windows services and this works fine. I would like to configure the directory itself to run as a Windows service so that it will restart automatically if the server reboots for any reason. Using dsadm enable-service --type WIN_SERVICE I configured this but initial testing indicated that the service will fail to start automatically on reboot. I can start it manually once the server is rebooted. This appears to indicate a dependancy of some sort with one of the other services like CACAO or DSCC but I did not see any documentation on this. Does anyone know the appropriate way to configure the directory to run as a Windows service? Thanks.

There is an entry in the application-management-common-agent-container log
[ Apr 22 09:17:52 Executing start method ("/opt/test/dsee6/cacao_2/usr/lib/cacao/lib/tools/scripts/cacao_smf start default") ]
Error: Exception thrown by the agent : java.net.MalformedURLException: Local host name unknown: java.net.UnknownHostException:
zone1: zone1
Which was the problem. The zone was picking up a stale NIS map with the wrong hosname for its IP address.

I just purchased MBP and it is my first Apple computer. How concerned should I be about virus software and what do you recommend for security software?

I just purchased MBP and it is my first Apple computer. How concerned should I be about virus software and what do you recommend for security software?

1. This comment applies to malicious software ("malware") that's installed unwittingly by the victim of a network attack. It does not apply to software, such as keystroke loggers, that may be installed deliberately by an intruder who has hands-on access to the victim's computer. That threat is in a different category, and there's no easy way to defend against it. If you have reason to suspect that you're the target of such an attack, you need expert help.
2. All versions of OS X since 10.6.7 have been able to detect known Mac malware in downloaded files, and to block insecure web plugins. This feature is transparent to the user, but internally Apple calls it "XProtect." The malware recognition database is automatically checked for updates once a day; however, you shouldn't rely on it, because the attackers are always at least a day ahead of the defenders.
The following caveats apply to XProtect:
It can be bypassed by some third-party networking software, such as BitTorrent clients and Java applets (see below.)
It only applies to software downloaded from the network. Software installed from a CD or other media is not checked.
3. Starting with OS X 10.7.5, there has been another layer of built-in malware protection, designated "Gatekeeper" by Apple. By default, applications and Installer packages downloaded from the network will only run if they're digitally signed by a developer with a certificate issued by Apple. Software certified in this way hasn't actually been tested by Apple (unless it comes from the Mac App Store), but you can be reasonably sure that it hasn't been modified by anyone other than the developer. His identity is known to Apple, so he could be held legally responsible if he distributed malware. For most practical purposes, applications recognized by Gatekeeper as signed can be considered safe.
Gatekeeper has, however, the same limitations as XProtect, and in addition the following:
It can easily be disabled or overridden by the user.
A malware attacker could get control of a code-signing certificate under false pretenses, or could find some other way to evade Apple's controls.
For more information about Gatekeeper, see this Apple Support article.
4. Beyond XProtect and Gatekeeper, there’s no benefit, in most cases, from any other automated protection against malware. The first and best line of defense is always your own intelligence. All known malware circulating on the Internet that affects a fully-updated installation of OS X 10.6 or later takes the form of so-called "trojan horses," which can only have an effect if the victim is duped into running them. The threat therefore amounts to a battle of wits between you and the malware attacker. If you're smarter than he thinks you are, you'll win.
That means, in practice, that you never use software that comes from an untrustworthy source. How do you know whether a source is trustworthy?
Any website that prompts you to install a “codec,” “plug-in,” "player," "extractor," or “certificate” that comes from that same site, or an unknown one, is untrustworthy.
A web operator who tells you that you have a “virus,” or that anything else is wrong with your computer, or that you have won a prize in a contest you never entered, is trying to commit a crime with you as the victim. (Some reputable websites did legitimately warn visitors who were infected with the "DNSChanger" malware. That exception to this rule no longer applies.)
Pirated copies or "cracks" of commercial software, no matter where they come from, are unsafe.
Software of any kind downloaded from a BitTorrent or from a Usenet binary newsgroup is unsafe.
Software with a corporate brand, such as Adobe Flash Player, must be downloaded directly from the developer’s website. If it comes from any other source, it's unsafe.
5. Java on the Web (not to be confused with JavaScript, to which it's not related, despite the similarity of the names) is a weak point in the security of any system. Java is, among other things, a platform for running complex applications in a web page, on the client. That was never a good idea, and Java's developers have had a lot of trouble implementing it without also creating a portal for malware to enter. Past Java exploits are the closest thing there has ever been to a Windows-style "virus" affecting OS X. Merely loading a page with malicious Java content could be harmful. Fortunately, Java on the Web is mostly extinct. Only a few outmoded sites still use it. Try to hasten the process of extinction by avoiding those sites, if you have a choice.
Java is not included in OS X 10.7 and later. Discrete Java installers are distributed by Apple and by Oracle (the developer of Java.) Don't use either one unless you need it. Most people don't. If Java is installed, disable it — not JavaScript — in your browsers. In Safari, this is done by unchecking the box marked Enable Java in the Security tab of the preferences dialog.
Regardless of version, experience has shown that Java on the Web can't be trusted. If you must use a Java applet for a specific task, enable Java only when needed for the task and disable it immediately when done. Close all other browser windows and tabs, and don't visit any other sites while Java is active. Never enable Java on a public web page that carries third-party advertising. Use it only on well-known, password-protected, secure websites without ads. In Safari 6 or later, you'll see a lock icon in the address bar with the abbreviation "https" when visiting a secure site.
Follow these guidelines, and you’ll be practically as safe from malware as you can be.
6. Never install any commercial "anti-virus" or "Internet security" products for the Mac, as they all do more harm than good, if they do any good at all. If you need to be able to detect Windows malware in your files, use the free software ClamXav — nothing else.
Why shouldn't you use commercial "anti-virus" products?
Their design is predicated on the nonexistent threat that malware may be injected at any time, anywhere in the file system. Malware is downloaded from the network; it doesn't materialize from nowhere.
In order to meet that nonexistent threat, the software modifies or duplicates low-level functions of the operating system, which is a waste of resources and a common cause of instability, bugs, and poor performance.
By modifying the operating system, the software itself may create weaknesses that could be exploited by malware attackers.
7. ClamXav doesn't have these drawbacks. That doesn't mean it's entirely safe. It may report email messages that have "phishing" links in the body, or Windows malware in attachments, as infected files, and offer to delete or move them. Doing so will corrupt the Mail database. The messages should be deleted from within the Mail application.
ClamXav is not needed, and should not be relied upon, for protection against OS X malware. It's useful only for detecting Windows malware. Windows malware can't harm you directly (unless, of course, you use Windows.) Just don't pass it on to anyone else.
A Windows malware attachment in email is usually easy to recognize. The file name will often be targeted at people who aren't very bright; for example:
♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥!!!!!!!H0TBABEZ4U!!!!!!!.AVI♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.exe
ClamXav may be able to tell you which particular virus or trojan it is, but do you care? In practice, there's seldom a reason to use ClamXav unless a network administrator requires you to run an anti-virus application.
8. The greatest harm done by anti-virus software, in my opinion, is in its effect on human behavior. It does little or nothing to protect people from emerging threats, but they get a false sense of security from it, and then they may behave in ways that expose them to higher risk. Nothing can lessen the need for safe computing practices.
9. It seems to be a common belief that the built-in Application Firewall acts as a barrier to infection, or prevents malware from functioning. It does neither. It blocks inbound connections to certain network services you're running, such as file sharing. It's disabled by default and you should leave it that way if you're behind a router on a private home or office network. Activate it only when you're on an untrusted network, for instance a public Wi-Fi hotspot, where you don't want to provide services. Disable any services you don't use in the Sharing preference pane. All are disabled by default.

Recommendations for Dry String Samples

anyone have any recommendations for dry string samples, something kind of low budget? seems most strings sound too lush to my ears- maybe I am missing something in Logic to get this sound?
Message was edited by: Weslie

Dry vs lush implies questions of reverb and room size, the size of the ensemble, the amount of vibrato the players are using to be expressive. Many string patches use slow attack and release times and are intended for pads (remember the 80's?) which you would consider too lush for authentic string writing. Solo strings, which combined would create the sound of a quartet, are an altogether different sound and can also be either dry, lush, and everything in between. Or you might like string ensemble sounds that use fewer players, aren't too reverberent, have reasonable quick attacks and not too much vib. Even if you don't need big and lush, there's still a very wide assortment of string sounds you'd need if you want to incorporate strings into your music.
For $400-500 consider the Vienna Special Edition, which includes all orchestral instruments, and can be expanded incrementally with more sounds and articulations. LASS is indeed great, but any small subset of their library is liable to be (very) hit or (very) miss, depending on the music at hand. For the same $$$, Kontakt is your best bet. Comes with a wide variety of good string sounds and articulations, as well as a wide variety of everything else. And it's a very flexible sampler/sound mangler, reading Akai and Giga collections you might have laying around.

Recommendation for fast Mac for databases or way to make Mac faster?

I've currently got a Mac mini 1.83 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 1 GB RAM running OS 10.6.8. I'm on a quest to either make my current Mac faster or find the ideal mac for databases. I upgraded recently from 10.5.8 to 10.6.8 in the hopes of making my computer more stable and faster, but things are running slower. No wonder, Activity Monitor hardly shows any green memory. Apple doesn't seem to sell memory for this Mac anymore. So I'm wondering whether it's time to just get a new Mac.
What Mac would you recommend for someone not using videos, music, images on a regular basis? Would you consider any of them to be overkill for mostly running database programs? Or would any particular one be insufficient?
Thanks!

Well, almost correct. This computer is used primarily for work, which typically involves FMP or Excel, a browser, less frequently page layout software, Acrobat, emulators of older Mac OSs, and very rarely videos, graphics or audio files. The original problem that led to this post was with a large Excel file that started going haywire. Troubleshooting that led me to repair permissions, repair disk (nothing wrong), reset all sorts of prefs, and eventually install 10.6. After that install, Excel became extremely slow, and other apps also took much longer to open. So I cleaned up Font Book, got rid of unnecessary widgets, emptied caches, and otherwise tried to streamline things. The only startup item I have is for the printer. The other day I realized that Firefox is guzzling any memory that looks free to it, even if I don't have 50 tabs open. Followed steps recommended by Mozilla to solve that, but it seems to guzzle even more now (over 450 MB with 2 tabs open). I don't have Cocktail or Onyx, but maybe that would be the place to look next. I'll try resetting PRAM & SMP next.
I do want to start backing up the files I'm currently working on on an hourly/weekly basis, if not the whole HD. I've been lazy about that. Since that will involve buying an external HD, I've been putting it off to see whether it's worth it to stick with this computer (and get an HD with Firewire 400) or wait & get an HD with Thunderbolt. I dropped in at the Apple store yesterday to look at the new Macs, and they seem to be running fine without any memory guzzlers (even on those with just 2 GB), though the app startup time was a bit slow.
OWC looks great; I'd just have to either find a Swiss equivalent or wait till my next trip back to the U.S., which isn't around the corner.

Recommendations for purchasing an analog converter?

Looking for recommendations for purchasing an analog converter to transport Hi8 movies to IMovieHD 5.0.02. I have found Datavideo DAC-100 and Pinnacle Studio MovieBox DV version 9...which purport to work. Suggestions much appreciated.
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Hi WWG3
Just bought and used a Canopus ADVC-300. Fills my need though it seems
to have an internal timecode that fills gaps from dorp-outs. MY GUESSING.
Anyhow the result was to my satisfaction. The box also had many video and
audio enhansing (destroying) functions which in my case gave a very plesant
result.
There are more versions to consider:
Canopus ADVC-55
Canopus ADVC-110
Pyro AV link
DAC-100
Director's Cut Take 2
ForeMac Studio
(Hollywood bridge - if it still is manufactured) - Had one and accidentally
killed it by turning the FW-connector 180 deg wrong. (I think it was rather
unreliably)
Yours Bengt W

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After i wrote the wrong password for a few times my icloud account got disabled even after reseting my password.help

Hi and Welcome to the Community!
Failure of the BBID credentials will never wipe a BB. What actually happened was you incorrectly entered your user-created device-lock password too many times, and it then proceeded with wiping the device, as per the requirements of the security level accepted when enabling that feature. There is no way to stop it.
Sorry.
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Hardware recommendations for Planning & HFM

We currently have Hyperion Planning 11.1.1.3 running on three servers (one dedicated for RDBMS, one dedicate for Essbase, and another that is running everything else (EPMA, Planning, Financial Reporting, Shared Services, Workspace, Calc Manager, etc).
We are going to implementing HFM and upgrading to 11.1.2 for our current components and I have reviewed the server sizing for 500 users (175 active) for Planning and HFM. I was wondering if anyone had any experience running both Planning and HFM together and if I need to bump up the server specs for anything to run both smoothly?
The EPMA Installation Start Here recommends the following for Planning for Windows Servers:
Web Server: 4 x 3 GHZ+ 16 GB RAM
Essbase Server: 4 x 3 GHZ+ 8 GB RAM
Other Services Server: 4 x 3 GHZ+ 16 GB RAM
RDBMS Server: 4 x 3 GHZ+ 16 GB RAM
And recommends for HFM:
Web Server: 4 x 3 GHZ+ 16 GB RAM
Financial Management Server: 8 x 3 GHZ + 16 GB RAM
Other Services Server: 2 x 3 GHZ + 8 GB RAM
RDBMS: 4 x 3 GHZ+ 16 GB RAM
The Essbase server for Planning will be dedicated, and the Financial Management Server for HFM will be dedicated, but if we wanted to share the Web Server and Other Services Server for both Planning and HFM, do you think we need to size these servers a bit more robustly to handle both HFM and Planning?
We are looking at 8 x 2.66 GHZ with 32 GB of memory for our Web Server, Other Services Server and Financial Management Server (essbase and RDBMS are sized fine for now), so I just wanted to get some input from the community before we make the recommendation to go ahead with that hardware.
Thanks!

Depending upon your Essbase/Planning Application you might need to increase the Ram. Remember you plan the architecture for 3 - 5 years in mind. Its a good practice to have variable like number of users increase per year, new applications, evolving data-set etc into consideration.
In one of the post, one of the expert suggested to have 2Gb per essbase application.
HTH
MN

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