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Volume 8, Number 24 -- June 25, 2008
Four Hundred Guru is taking a hiatus next week. We will resume publishing on July 9.
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Keeping Time with NTP
by Tom Van Looy

The Network Time Protocol (NTP) is a protocol for synchronizing the clocks of computer systems over packet-switched, variable-latency data networks. NTP uses UDP port 123 as its transport layer. It is designed particularly to resist the effects of variable latency (jitter buffer). READ MORE >

What Happened to My Key?
Hey, Ted:

We use SQL's CREATE TABLE command to make each user his own copy of a file. Although the original file is keyed, the copy is not. Do you have any ideas on how to keep the key? READ MORE >



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Stopping Your System i from Starting Up
Hey, Joe:

I'm performing an i5/OS upgrade this weekend, but I first want to save my system by performing an Option 21 save (Entire system) off the GO SAVE menu. To save time, I don't want to automatically restart the system after the backup completes. How do I stop my system from automatically restarting? READ MORE >


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The Four Hundred
The AS/400's Grandfather Talks Past, Present, and Future

IBM Offers Modest Discounts on i 525 and M25 Entry Boxes

Consistent Change Offers Adjunct Services for SoftLanding Tools

As I See It: Flights of Fancy

Agilysys Hires JPMorgan for Possible Sale

The Linux Beacon
The Top 500 Super Ranking Now Counts Watts as Well as Flops

Red Hat Launches oVirt Embedded KVM Hypervisor Project

openSUSE 11.0 Out the Door and On the Street

As I See It: Flights of Fancy

HP Donates the Guts of Tru64 Unix's File System to Linux

Four Hundred Stuff
DRV Cleans Up i OS Spool Files with ReportFlex

Agilysys Introduces New Software for Hotels

Subversion SCM Tool Becomes More Robust with Version 1.5

Cast Iron Simplifies NetSuite Integration with Appliance

Virtual Servers Keep On A Rollin', Thanks to uptime software

Big Iron
HP Launches NonStop Blade to Chase Mainframes and Unix Apps

Top Mainframe Stories From Around the Web

Chats, Webinars, Seminars, Shows, and Other Happenings

System i PTF Guide
June 21, 2008: Volume 10, Number 25

June 14, 2008: Volume 10, Number 24

June 7, 2008: Volume 10, Number 23

May 31, 2008: Volume 10, Number 22

May 24, 2008: Volume 10, Number 21

May 17, 2008: Volume 10, Number 20

The Windows Observer
Windows Server 2008 Greener Than Past Releases, Microsoft Says

Unisys Pushes Virtual Windows Desktops and Exchange Servers

MicroHoo Now All But Dead

As I See It: The Programmer as Artist

AMD Offers Clock Cranks on Barcelona Opterons

The Unix Guardian
Fujitsu-Siemens Finally Does Solaris on Primergy

The Top 500 Super Ranking Now Counts Watts as Well as Flops

Sysload Delivers Fine-Grain Monitoring for Virtual Servers

Mad Dog 21/21: iPhone Home

The World Can't Get Enough Disk Array Capacity

Four Hundred Monitor
Four Hundred Monitor's
Full iSeries Events Calendar

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Keeping Time with NTP

What Happened to My Key?

Stopping Your System i from Starting Up

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