A startling map of the United States showing the number of meth lab incidents per state shows the Midwest leading the pack with Missouri, Tennessee, Indiana topping 1,000 per year each which looks to be more than all of the states west of the Rocky Mountains combined.
It is also worth noting that Vanderburgh County has more instances that most of the states.
Source for Map: Huffington Post
By Jason Dowd Vice President of Pinnacle Computer Services
www.pinncomp.com or 1-812-476-6662
In our last exciting installment https://city-countyobserver.com/2013/08/19/storage-wars-part-1-2/, we discussed RAID. Using RAID it was very common by the end of the 90’s to see servers with so much storage that the drives had to be placed in an external unit and connected to the computer via a thick, bulky, and highly length constrained SCSI cable.
If you have an external hard drive that you attach to your computer via a USB cable, that’s pretty much the idea except that your small, inexpensive external USB drive probably has more storage capacity than the disk arrays of even large database servers in the late 90’s. Mine is 2 Terabytes with transfer rates of nearly 1 Gbps, and it cost me less than $150.
Around this same time in the late 90’s, someone had the following clever idea. Instead of having every server connect to its own, separate disk array, what if we just had one big disk array to which every server connected?
That is the basic ides of a storage area network, or a “SAN†as it is known in the industry. Now, when we configure logical disks in the array, we also specify which connected server gets to use that logical disk. Also, those bulky, length constrained SCSI cables have been replaced with standard copper and optical networking cables which can be run for much greater lengths.
Currently, SAN’s are a mature technology and are pervasive in large organizations with adoption in medium-sized organizations growing at a feverish pace. However, in spite of maturity and wide adoption, the SAN space is currently brimming with innovation mostly from small and niche players scrambling for a piece of the storage pie. At the same time there are also a few large vendors who, due to questionable business practices and/or loss of technological leadership, are seeing significant loss of market share.
336TB of Storage in 5U of rack space. Just look at that baby!
As such, this is an extremely exciting space to watch. But for anyone who either owns a SAN or is thinking of investing in one, it also makes the going quite treacherous. The main thing you need to realize is that five years from now, this space is going to be littered with the smoking corpses of the vendors who didn’t make it, and when that time comes, you probably won’t want to own one of their products.
Unfortunately, just because a vendor is large and stable with a broad install base doesn’t mean they have the best product or necessarily even a very good one. And some large vendors in this space as well as others have an interesting revenue model: every few years, you have to buy all new equipment and pay for the professional services to migrate you to it. If this seems unethical, that’s because it is, but a surprising number of large companies you’ve probably heard of seem to live by precisely this model.
We can’t give you too much specific vendor guidance in this article, but we will explore several key decision points for SAN selection and implementation.
 “Fibre Channel or iSCSI? How about both!â€
How about both! When connecting a SAN to servers, these are the two basic technology choices: iSCSI and Fibre Channel. There are other options, but we don’t see much of them. iSCSI seems to have some obvious advantages as it runs over standard networking equipment while Fibre Channel requires its own, separate infrastructure which is expensive. However, when it comes to performance vs. price per port, Fibre Channel is still the king. But if you want your Fibre Channel infrastructure to be fault tolerant, it will cost you more.
One of our favorite implementation strategies is to provide primary connectivity between servers and SAN via Fibre Channel and use iSCSI as a failover. This is a configuration that works very well and is quite cost effective. However, your SAN must support Fibre Channel and iSCSI at the same time. Most do, but some don’t.
“Fibre Channel and iSCI battle it out for world dominationâ€.
Also important here: if you decide to brave the world of 10Gbps Ethernet for your iSCSI connections, make sure you get input from your SAN vendors about exactly what Ethernet switches you should be using. This technology is still finicky as well as pricey.
Firmware Upgrades
Always ask a perspective SAN vendor about their firmware upgrade process. Some vendors will require that you buy more storage than you need so you can migrate data away from disk enclosures before upgrading their firmware if you want to keep your data available during the upgrade process. The biggest issue with this is that migrating such large amounts of data can take days or even weeks, and you will have to spend that much time for each enclosure you need to upgrade. So a process that can be easily done in an hour with no downtime for some SANs can be a process that takes months on others.
Some SAN vendors’ firmware upgrade process.
NAS or File Server?
“NAS†stands for “Network Attached Storageâ€, but that isn’t really very descriptive. SANs present data to servers in a form indistinguishable from a hard drive. A NAS on the other hand presents data to clients or servers in a form indistinguishable from a file server. The two are very different and most SANs come with no NAS functionality. However, many SAN vendors offer an additional piece of equipment that serves the data on the SAN up as a NAS. That is, in a form readily digestible to users.
Our experience, however, is that this is largely a waste of money, and that you are probably better off just building a file server or two and attaching them to the SAN like any other server. Then let them take care of the presentation to users.
There is certainly more that can be said on the current and anticipated future of this space, but for that you will have to join us for “Storage Wars – Part 3†coming soon!
October 7, 2013– Springleaf Financial Services (Springleaf) announced at tonight’s EVSC School Board Meeting that it has donated $5,700 to eight local schools within the Evansville Vanderburgh School Corporation (EVSC). The donations are the result of the Springleaf Homers for Kids program in conjunction with the Evansville Otters. Since the program’s inception in 2006, Springleaf has donated nearly $45,000 to local schools.
When the Otters hit home runs at designated home games, they also earned money for each of the eight selected schools in the EVSC. Students from each school were invited as special guests of the Otters to cheer on the Otters as they “went to bat†for the school. For each home run hit during the school’s assigned games, the school received $100. Schools were guaranteed a minimum donation of $100 per assigned game regardless of whether any home runs were hit. Additionally, $500 was offered for any grand slams hit during the school’s assigned home games.
The following schools were awarded unrestricted grants from the 2013 Homers for Kids program:
Each school can use the funds as needed in their school. Among the ways schools are using the funds include, purchasing books for family use at home, family engagement events that happen during the school day, teacher appreciation type events for goals that have been accomplished, and core experiences that students may never experience without a school trip.
Springleaf has been highly involved in EVSC schools for more than two decades. Other ongoing support offered includes in-kind gifts of supplies, hosting of a high school art show for 25 years running and sponsorship of other events.
Evansville Police have arrested 21 year old Arthur Jones in connection with a shooting in the 600 block of N. 6th Ave around 9:30pm on Monday. Jones checked himself into a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the scrotum and foot several hours after the shooting on 6th Ave. He first told investigators that he had been stabbed by an unknown suspect. Using information gathered from the shooting victim and witnesses, investigators were able to prove his story was false. Police believe he shot himself while getting the gun out of or putting it back in his waistband.
The victim of the shooting, 26 year old Johnny Phillips was shot 3 times while riding his moped. He was taken to a local hopsital with non-life threatening injuries.
Investigators believe Jones and Phillips knew each other and had spoken to each other on the phone shortly before the shooting. Phillips told investigators that Jones, who is a known gang member, had tried to rob him a week ago.
On August 23 2013, Evansville police arrested Phillips on numerous drug charges after he was caught with 50 Schedule II and IV pills, 24grams of Marijuana, 348grams of Synthetic Marijuana, and 11 ecstacy pills. He was out on bond when he was shot. Investigators believe the Monday night shooting may be drug related.
Investigators also learned that Phillips was armed with a handgun when he was shot. He tried to have a witness dispose of it before police arrived at the scene. Police recovered the gun as part of their investigation.
Jones is under police guard at the hospital and will be charged with Attempted Murder and Attempted Armed Robbery when he is released.
Picture 1- Arthur Jones
Picture 2- Johnny Phillips
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STRAIGHT NO CHASER
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DEC. 20Â @ 7:30pm
Seats are only $44, $34 and $24!
Pre-sale is Monday, Oct. 7 at 10:00am through Thursday, Oct. 10 till 10:00pm.
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This is a perfect opportunity for a Dinner and Show, take your company, family, friends or organization! Gather your group of 15 or more and Relax, Eat and Enjoy! For details contact Megan at 435-5770 ext. 302
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Ghost Brothers of Darkland County – Oct. 17 @ 7:30pm
Centre’d On Kids Trick or Treat – Oct. 20 @ 12:00pm-3:00pm
An Evening with Third Day – Oct. 20 @ 7:00pmDisney Live! Three Classic Fairy Tales – Oct. 27 @ 12:00pm & 3:00pmMerle Haggard – Oct. 29 @ 7:30pmCMT On Tour: Hunter Hayes Let’s Be Crazy Tour – Nov. 8 @ 7:00pm Cesar Millan Live! – Nov. 23 @ 8:00pm
Bill Cosby – Dec. 7 @ 8:00pm
Shen Yun 2014 – Reviving 5,000 Years of Civilization – Jan. 28-29 @ 7:00pm
Junie B. Jones – Feb. 5 @ 9:00am & 12:00pmThe Monster Who Ate My Peas – March 17 @ 9:00am & 12:00pm Are You My Mother? – Apr. 22 @ 9:00am & 12:00pmÂ
BROADWAY AT THE CENTRE 2013-2014Â Â Â Mamma Mia! – December 13Â @ 7:30pm
  Straight No Chaser – December 20 @ 7:30pm
 Elvis Lives! – January 8 @ 7:30pm
 Hello Dolly! starring Sally Struthers – January 12 @ 7:00pm
 Bring It On: The Musical – February 9 @ 7:00pm
 Hair – March 10 @ 7:30pm
 Million Dollar Quartet – March 26 @ 7:30pm
   Visit www.smgevansville.com for more information.
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There were plenty of laughs to go around Saturday night as the Bob & Tom Comedy Show took over the Victory Theatre. The two-hour show included sets by Tim Bedore, Donnie Baker, and Drew Hastings, as each of the comics entertained an enthusiastic audience with their own unique take on the world, with topics ranging from squirrels to relationships to the difficulties of farming. Bob & Tom Show radio news director Kristi Lee acted as host and contributed her own unique observations from a female point of view. Fan interaction spilled from the stage to the lobby after the show, as Bedore, Baker, Hastings and Lee took time to sign autographs, take photos and swap more stories.
“The Bob & Tom Comedy Show brings in some great stand-up comedians with a range of humor that resonates with their Evansville fans,†said General Manager Ben Bolander. “Our goal is to provide a variety of comic entertainment that will appeal to all ages, and we’re looking forward to more shows like this one in the coming months.â€
The Victory Theatre continues a slate of upcoming events that include Don Williams October 17, and The Price is Right Live! stage show October 26, and the Evansville Philharmonic will present “Cirque de la Symphonie†November 2 and 3.
The Victory Theatre is managed by VenuWorks of Evansville, LLC.
IS IT TRUE October 8, 2013
IS IT TRUE that several cities across the Midwest including Dayton, Chicago, Indianapolis, St. Louis, and Detroit have embarked on a recruiting program that they hope will result in the repair of tens of thousands of dilapidated homes and jumpstarting their depressed economies?…these cities have much in common with Evansville and these recruiting efforts, especially the ones in Dayton need to be on the radar screens of the leadership of Evansville?…this recruiting program is targeting immigrants who are seeking to access the American dream through hard work and entrepreneurial spirit?…the New York Times profiled the program in Dayton yesterday that concentrated on immigrants from Turkey?…Dayton has 14,000 vacated homes and a shrinking population of 141,000?…these numbers scale so accurately with Evansville that it is scary?…perhaps it is time for Evansville to start recruiting immigrants to repair the squalor that millions of dollars of government money have not made a dent in?…the entrepreneurship and the thirst for education for their children would also improve the workforce and the economic numbers associated with the City of Evansville?…becoming a “sanctuary city†has been floated by city leadership before in the 2007 timeframe only to be scoffed at?…it seems that things like repairing the sewers and attracting immigrants to fuel a stagnating economy that were dismissed just 6 short years ago by city leaders may really have put them at the leading edge of strategies if they had only listened?
IS IT TRUE there is a renewed curiosity among the CCO readership about what is going on down at the McCurdy Hotel?…the real curiosity is about when they will see something happen down there that does not involve a can of spray paint and graffiti?…the answer has not changed since back in 2008 when former Mayor Weinzapfel proclaimed the McCurdy to be on the path to being saved when he used the ERC to buy a $603,000 parking lot, selected one of his campaign contributors to cash in on some corporate welfare by refurbishing it, and marched the old folks who lived there up the street to another building?…every one of the roughly 2,000 days since then the McCurdy has sunk further down the slippery slope of disrepair and the refurbishment budget has kept on increasing?…the answer is and has been “when the financing is all put into placeâ€?…With the cost increasing on an already under water project that time sort of stuck in la la land?…while the Kunkel Group has done many good projects in downtown Evansville, this particular project will be particularly challenging to estimate and finance as all older facilities are?…our advice to the our curious readers is not to hold your breath?…the McCurdy has become a monument to why local government should stay out of such projects?
IS IT TRUE it has been reported that several gas stations in the greater Evansville region have dropped the price for regular unleaded to below $3 per gallon?…if all it takes to get gas down to $3 is for the government to shut down then we should consider keeping them shut down?…the longer they keep up the schoolyard tactics without the people of this country feeling any real pain, the more we should all realize that we don’t need these jackals as much as they would like for us to think we need them?…it also seems as though the crew of government workers who remain can’t even tell us how many people have signed up for ObamaCare?…while it is understandable that launching a website comes with some glitches it is pretty unbelievable that there is no knowledge of how many people have actually signed up?…we suspect that number is not one that is favorable to the Obama Administrations talking points about insatiable demand and the numbers will remain undisclosed as long as they can be?…at some point the truths will come out and come January if well under half of those eligible have not signed up somebody who lives at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue will have some serious explaining to do?…in the meantime we encourage our readers to price shop the exchanges and see how those plans will work for you?…we also encourage comments of real substance with numbers attached?
Here is a list of items that are banned from the Fall Festival site:
Glass bottles/ jars/ containers
Animals/ pets of any kind– SERVICE ANIMALS are permitted and pets are permitted during the pet parade
Squirt guns/ water balloons
Bicycles/ scooters/ skateboards/ roller blades
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(Presentation of Partnership of Early College High School and Career and Technical Education
to Help Students Earn College Credits/Degree, along with Technical Certification)
When:Â Meeting begins at 5:30 p.m. tonight
Where:Â EVSC Administration Building, 951 Walnut Street
Background: Aligning itself to House Enrolled Act 1002 and Senate Enrolled Act 465, the EVSC is the first school in southwestern Indiana to create pathways for students to not only earn an Associate of Applied Science degree, but also their technical certification while STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL, through a partnership that is being created between EVSC’s Early College High School and the Southern Indiana Career and Technical Center. A presentation will be made tonight to the School Board.
Contacts at the event:Â Wendy McNamara, director of Early College High School and Dan Ulrich, director of the Southern Indiana Career & Technical Center. Many area legislators also plan to be in attendance.
