Author: ProHoster

200TB+ Elasticsearch Cluster

Elasticsearch is faced by many people. But what happens when you want to use it to store logs "in an especially large volume"? Yes, and painlessly survive the failure of any of several data centers? What kind of architecture should be done, and what pitfalls will you stumble upon? We at Odnoklassniki decided to solve the issue of log management with the help of elasticsearch, and now we are sharing our experience with […]

Internet History: The Age of Fragmentation; part 1: load factor

By the early 1980s, the foundation was laid for what we know today as the “Internet”—its core protocols were developed and field-tested—but the system remained closed and under almost complete control of a single entity, the US Department of Defense. Soon this will have to change - there will be an expansion of the system to all departments of computer science of […]

What do LVM and matryoshka have in common?

Good day. I want to share with the community my practical experience in building a storage system for KVM using md RAID + LVM. The program will include: Build md RAID 1 from NVMe SSD. Building md RAID 6 from SATA SSD and regular drives. Features of TRIM/DISCARD on SSD RAID 1/6. Creating a bootable md RAID 1/6 array on […]

Video: technologies and perks of the online role-playing action Population Zero

Moscow studio Enplex Games in a new video talked about the technology and perk trees for the characters in the upcoming multiplayer role-playing action game Population Zero. Traveling through the world of Population Zero, you will visit its various areas, study the terrain, flora, fauna and resources, for which the hero receives scientific points: geology, botany, zoology and geodesy. All this together represents a technology tree [...]

Microsoft to stop investing in facial recognition firms after Israeli AnyVision scandal

Microsoft said it will no longer invest in third-party facial recognition technology companies following the scandal surrounding its investment in Israeli startup AnyVision. According to critics and human rights activists, AnyVision actively used its software to spy on Palestinians in the West Bank for the benefit of the Israeli government. Now Microsoft has said that an independent investigation conducted by former CEO […]

WHO to launch Android and iOS app with Covid-19 advice

In the current pandemic, one of the key areas of protection in addition to quarantine measures is the fight against misinformation. It is for this purpose that the World Health Organization (WHO) is preparing to launch an official application for Android and iOS, which will contain news, tips, warnings and much other useful information designed to keep people informed of events during the Covid-19 pandemic. […]

PS4 Banana Thriller My Friend Pedro Coming Next Week

Publisher Devolver Digital has announced that DeadToast Entertainment's action thriller My Friend Pedro will be released on the PS4 console on April 2. The action game premiered on PC and Nintendo Switch in June last year. Later, in December 2019, the release took place on the Xbox One console. On PlayStation 4, buyers will receive not only the base game, but also an additional […]

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative donates $25 million to a fund that researches treatments for Covid-19

The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's philanthropic organization, has awarded $25 million to a research fund to help identify and develop treatments for the disease caused by the new coronavirus. CZI, run by Mr Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan, has invested in the Covid-19 Therapeutics Accelerator, which is helping coordinate research efforts to identify […]

New Xiaomi Redmi K30 5G may soon replace Redmi K30 4G

According to Chinese sources, big changes are coming to the Redmi lineup. The source, whose information has been repeatedly confirmed, reports that the main reason for the changes is Xiaomi’s high hopes for the development of 5G networks. According to Digital Chat Station, Xiaomi is soon going to discontinue the 4G version of the Redmi K30 smartphone, introduced in December 2019. Information about [...]

New consequences of coronavirus: Hot Chips 32 conference can be held online

Another major event in the IT field may be affected by the coronavirus pandemic: the organizers of Hot Chips announced that the next conference could be held in a virtual or online format. At the moment, the organizers note that the format of the event has not been finalized, but they have already begun preparations for the virtual conference. I am glad that at the moment the Hot Chips 32 conference […]

AMD stole source codes for future GPUs, including Xbox Series X

In an official press release, AMD announced that at the end of last year, certain intellectual property related to current and future graphics developments was stolen from it. Shortly after this, the Torrentfreak resource specified that the source code for the Big Navi and Arden GPUs was stolen from AMD, and now the attacker is trying to find a buyer for this data. It is reported that the company […]

The court ordered to pay 300 thousand dollars to Bruce Perens following the results of the proceedings with Grsecurity

After the appeal was rejected at the final hearing on Friday, all parties agreed to end the proceedings. The company Open Source Security Inc, which is developing the Grsecurity project, decided not to file a request for a rehearing with the participation of an expanded judicial panel, and also not to escalate the proceedings with the involvement of a higher court. The judge ordered Bruce Perens to pay $300 […]