Darren Duke Blog Zone Random rambling about technology, BlackBerry, Lotus Domino, accents and the pursuit of happiness. http://blog.darrenduke.net/Darren/DDBZ.nsf/ en-us Thu, 4 Feb 2010 15:38:18 -0400 Some more rambling thoughts on LS10 Thu, 4 Feb 2010 15:38:18 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/some-more-rambling-thoughts-on-ls10.htm lotusphere Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/some-more-rambling-thoughts-on-ls10.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/some-more-rambling-thoughts-on-ls10.htm initial LS10 thoughts but over the past couple of days these have percolated some more.

The most interesting thing I kept hearing (over and over again) was Cognos. At first I thought this was a bit strange being an IM (Information Management) product, but over the course of several days the amount of times I heard "Cognos" I was beginning to thing I was attending Cognosphere. Indeed someone tweeted "Cog-knows" several times during the OGS. All this Cognos speak was around "Social Analytics". This phrase was only surpassed by "Lotus Knows" and "Collaboration Agenda" during the week. I expect social analytics to be a cornerstone of both Connections and Vulcan over the coming months. Hopefully social analytics encompasses search. It would be nice to find stuff ;)

Upon reflection, I guess the argument could be made that Cognos *could* be a Lotus product as it is on the glass. Additionally over on Ed's blog I have often posted that Lotus really does need some type of reporting tool to go toe to toe with $harePoint. You heard it here first!

The other phrase that rang with abandon was "Collaboration Agenda". I like this. It gets out of the weeds of "my product is better because x". Lotus always has marketed products and it is good to see them selling the "vision". Here's my attempt.....
Lotus Knows Your Collaboration Agenda

Or maybe
Lotus Knows You NEED A Collaboration Agenda

I think the phrase forces people to think. When I first saw it on screen during BDD it made me question myself, "What is *my* collaboration agenda" and I started having the conversation with myself (I find I get the answers I want when I talk with myself).

Finally, it is good to see the Lotus Knows campaign being continued and expanded. Germany is the next roll out. I still think we need some wider penetration to tier 2 and 3 cities as PoT attendees have not yet heard of it. Still, kudos for Lotus (and in particular the executives who made/make it happen). ]]> http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/some-more-rambling-thoughts-on-ls10.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/some-more-rambling-thoughts-on-ls10.htm?opendocument&comments Presenting on Domino on VMware at ATLUG Thu, 4 Feb 2010 15:28:11 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/presenting-on-domino-on-vmware-at-atlug.htm atlug Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/presenting-on-domino-on-vmware-at-atlug.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/presenting-on-domino-on-vmware-at-atlug.htm
Anyway, if you are in (or near) Atlanta on March 11th why not come to the "Atlanta Lotus User Group" (ATLUG). If your organization is thinking about Domino on VMware (or a SAN, most of this is the same) then head on over and find out the difference between a successful Domino virtualization project and an (all too common) unsuccessful one.

And even if I am crap you can still get lunch from IBM for free ;)

It will be held at the IBM Lakeside/Riverside building in NW Atlanta from 11:30am to 1:30pm. Contact Randy Davison to register. ]]> http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/presenting-on-domino-on-vmware-at-atlug.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/presenting-on-domino-on-vmware-at-atlug.htm?opendocument&comments Quickr Connectors 8.2 HF 6 available Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:18:15 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-connectors-8.2-hf-6-available.htm quickr Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-connectors-8.2-hf-6-available.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-connectors-8.2-hf-6-available.htm IBM Fix Central.

Fixes include:

December 4, 2009 251215    


252245    



250937     		8.2.0.183 Save password policy not being respected in all contexts

Remove outdate Office automation from the uninstall which could causes prompts about normal.dot during uninstall

Remove the "send link" option in Notes in contexts where it doesn't apply

We also fixed an issue for dragging and dropping documents out of the Notes sideshelf into emails

]]> http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/quickr-connectors-8.2-hf-6-available.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-connectors-8.2-hf-6-available.htm?opendocument&comments Quickr Domino 8.2 Fix Pack 9 is available Tue, 2 Feb 2010 09:17:32 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-9-is-available.htm quickr Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-9-is-available.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-9-is-available.htm Rob Novak blogged about the other day. The issue addressed a bug in FP8.  Get it from IBM Fix Central.


Fixes include

FP 8.2.0.9
Via the Rest API, using the pagesize parameter without using the page parameter may crash the Domino Server.
The Notify context menu option does not work for documents in a workflow.
After adding a local group to a room’s security, clicking the Member Profile of the group gives an invalid Member Profile.
Usage Statistics page does not show all places for a user logged in as a Super User.
Mail not sent to next approver when using a Workflow form from Connectors.

]]> http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-9-is-available.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-9-is-available.htm?opendocument&comments 2010 is here, LS10 is over and DAOS keeps on rocking. Yes another one Thu, 28 Jan 2010 10:27:50 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/2010-is-here-ls10-is-over-and-daos-keeps-on-rocking.-yes-another-one.htm daos Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/2010-is-here-ls10-is-over-and-daos-keeps-on-rocking.-yes-another-one.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/2010-is-here-ls10-is-over-and-daos-keeps-on-rocking.-yes-another-one.htm
So, some stats....

Pre DAOS
Mail files : 110GB
Archives : 50GB
Total : 160GB

As I said we enabled SCT on the mail templates and let the design task run. After that we ran:
load compact -c -i -v -n -ZU -daos on

On both mail and archives. Remember DAOS minimum size is 1MB as this is an iSeries.

Post DAOS
Mail files : 47.5GB
Archives : 21.2GB
DAOS 18.7GB
Total 87.3GB

Overall savings of approx 45%, even with a 1MB limit on DAOS.

For more DAOS goodness, check out the Real World DAOS Results page. ]]> http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/2010-is-here-ls10-is-over-and-daos-keeps-on-rocking.-yes-another-one.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/2010-is-here-ls10-is-over-and-daos-keeps-on-rocking.-yes-another-one.htm?opendocument&comments Quickr Domino 8.2 Fix Pack 8 (FP8) available Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:53:59 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-8-fp8-available.htm quickr Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-8-fp8-available.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-8-fp8-available.htm IBM Fix Central. It was not yet available for the AS400 as the time of writing.

Fixes included:

FP 8.2.0.8
After upgrading from older version of QuickPlace to Quickr 8.1 and then to Quickr 8.2, folders that contain a document that is an imported HTML pages may continue showing the Loading… icon when rendering the folder.
Mail not sent to next approver when using a Workflow form from Connectors.
When importing a Word Document containing Word graphic objects (square, line, circle), the graphic objects do not render correctly on the imported page.
Drag and Drop applet fails to upload file if default page is of type Workflow and that Workflow is set to Multiple Editors or Simple Submit's workflow Option has changed.
When deleting an attachment from a virtual folder within connectors, that delete is not replicated to other cluster members.
Forward slash character no longer available as a title or folder name
Grant Access To Everyone screen does not reflect what happens if you select to Allow non-members to access.  
Can not insert a new image in Rich Text Editor if the Index folder's sort order is set.
Cannot edit a Member’s Profile if the member’s DN contains a plus sign (+).
Under certain circumstances, the Domino server may crash using the XSS White List option.
Missing Cancel and Submit button in “New Image” dialog when accessed via WebSeal.
Fix a Quickr Server crash on AIX during “qptool report -policyexecute”.
In Internet Explorer When a place contains a large number of members, going into Member Management and clicking to display 100 or All causing the browser to become unresponsive temporarily.
Rest API updates to support 3rd party applications.
When modifying a document through connectors that was an imported document in Quickr, the document says you need to edit and check-in to re-import the document, but an error appears that doesn’t allow you to complete the import.

This update allows you to refresh the imported document in Quickr web by pressing the Refresh button near the Upload control

]]> http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-8-fp8-available.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-8-fp8-available.htm?opendocument&comments LS10, Vulcan and being on the inside Tue, 26 Jan 2010 06:09:17 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/ls10-vulcan-and-being-on-the-inside.htm ls10 Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/ls10-vulcan-and-being-on-the-inside.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/ls10-vulcan-and-being-on-the-inside.htm
With LS10 in the bag, it is time to be reflective on the conference.

OGS
With GM, Zurich and Panasonic all being highlighted it is good to see Lotus is saying out of the Google and MS, "we moved 150 seats to xxxx". These are big numbers, both on-premise Domino (GM) and LotusLive (Panasonic). Zurich were actually looking to ditch Lotus until they looked at the impressive feature set and overall cost. Now, if only more organizations would do this. It think Zurich mentioned the phrase "Lotus is a strategic asset" a few times.

From the demo point of view we got to see a re-run of the Sametime 8.5 stuff from LS09 but also Project Vulcan, the next-gen "workspace" (not Workplace, although that may be debatable). I saw some of Vulcan back in October at LoLA, but there were stringent NDAs around anything said, see and done during it. While Vulcan is not new to me, I did glean something I find really interesting......IBM let Mary-Beth Raven's User Experience (UX) team build it, not the engineering team. It is a mixture of Notes, email, Connections and file sharing. Cool stuff came out and now they are moving it forward.

Being on the inside
For this Lotusphere I was honored enough to be given "blogger" and "press" access. This allowed me to access portions of the conference that you can only drool over. First up was the blogger couch at the OGS. Except I didn't get a seat on the couch. IBM swore there were enough seats but "security" was somewhat lacking. Some non-bloggers from Ascendent took the spaces. I expect to see Ascendent start to blog soon because of this ;) For retribution, I went to the Ascendant party later in the week and drank lots. We are now equal.

From my spot behind the bloggers couch sat on the floor, I could see the conference staff fighting to keep the bloggers online. While everyone else had crappy wireless, people on the couch had a hard wired connection to maximize their happy-tude.

After the OGS I attended the post-OGS press conference. Here the press (and eventually the bloggers) got to ask Alistair R, Bob P, and he GM and RIM dudes questions. Apparently the format is stand at the mic, say your name and publication you work for. Well, I was the first blogger up to the mic so I said the following:
Hello, Darren Duke. Blogger and all round nice guy

At least ten times during the week I was introduced as "all round nice guy". Nice! My actual question was around the increase in business partners that was mentioned in the OGS. Alistair answered that the majority were "social software based" and some "Foundations". I was sat next to Stuart McIntyre and he actually registered a few domain names I'd suggested for Vulcan. No, really he did!

Next up was "Fireside chat with Alistair Rennie" for the bloggers. Alistair, Bob P, Mike R and Sean Poulley were all in attendance. Nathan live blogged this, here so head over there if you want to read it all. The things I picked up were:
  • Vulcan is already being used in-house, which is way ahead of Hanover when that was initially released (that was a paint shop mock up...brave!)
  • Bob P said that the "Social" conversation with CxOs has swung significantly during his tenure. Now they are starting the "social" talk, not IBM
  • Don't expect Traveler to be a developer tool any time soon (if ever)

Next on the "inside" track was "Nachos and News", here the bloggers got to ask Charlie Hill and others about Vulcan. I basically asked for a single point of search. All of these tools are great, but I can't find it all in one unified search. IBM are still working on this. No one mentioned the 10,000 lb gorilla in the room and we ran out of time before I could get it in.....what is the back-end of Vulcan?

I'd also had some blogger interviews with IBM execs, but the dates and times kept changing so I actually missed them. I really wanted to talk to Kristen Lauria but, alas, it was not to be.

Vulcan (I have no knowledge beyond the screen shot)
It looks sexy, it is getting great press and if anyone can pull it off, IBM can (Notes in Eclipse was a paint shop mock up). The conspiracy theorist in me thinks that we are being slowly but surely Workplace'd and I think anyone who believes this will all be NSF based maybe in for a rude awakening. Eclipse and XPages are ways to move Domino development out of form and view. As XPages is just JSF, and JSF can run in any servlet container....well....you do the math.

On the flip side, I feel IBM Lotus has out Googled Google, out Facebooked Facebook and will take a crowbar to the knees of SalesForce.com. If they can indeed get Vulcan to be a lightweight app or even fully browser based all the performance issues of Eclipse goes away.  I just hope Vulcan doesn't take its namesake literally......the Notes client needs to emotion.

To see "the" screen shot, see Ed Brill's now famous screen shot. Notice the OneUI design? Seem familiar? Just saying..... ]]> http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/ls10-vulcan-and-being-on-the-inside.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/ls10-vulcan-and-being-on-the-inside.htm?opendocument&comments SAN, SAN, SAN, Gurupalooza and Domino Mon, 25 Jan 2010 11:01:48 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/san-san-san-gurupalooza-and-domino.htm domino Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/san-san-san-gurupalooza-and-domino.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/san-san-san-gurupalooza-and-domino.htm
Most of the "performance" issues I encounter with Domino are to do with mis-configured storage, SANs being the major culprit lately, mainly, as with VMware, it is they way enterprise IT is moving. This is not due to SANs being any more or less bad than any other storage, but due to the fact that most organizations do not treat Domino as a true enterprise application. They neglect to design, manage and implement storage that can, and usually will, be beneficial to Domino in a production environment.

For Domino to be successful and for it to give you the performance you expect you need to really work on the storage layer. Domino is no different to MS-SQL or Oracle in this respect, but rarely does it get more then a nod from a storage administrator. Time and time again, we are given pre-configured servers and storage and asked to install on, or migrate to, Domino as-is. Any issues with storage on stand-alone servers that are re-created on a SAN will likely have the same issues. For some reason every SAN I see is configured with huge RAID 5 arrays. For the love of all things right, stop doing this! Then several key business applications, like Domino, SQL, etc, are then set up to use the exact same storage (aka LUN). Performance will be atrocious. Period. "Domino sucks" comments ensure. No, your storage admin or SAN reseller suck, not Domino.

The main reason I dislike SANs is because I have no visibility into them, so I am at the whim of the SAN administrator (or more likely the person who originally set up the SAN). Trying to get the SAN LUNs changed is difficult at best, and all but impossible most of the time. Now, I'm not saying anyone lies on purpose, but there have been a number of times I have been told that I have one or more dedicated LUNs only to later find out that was not the case.

So, regardless of SAN, VMware or stand-alone servers, your storage needs to be configured correctly so that Domino will be allowed to perform at the best possible level. You can do this in a number of ways:
If all of this is too much reading then depending on the number of drives you have available then this is a general rule of thumb:

12 Drives (12 2.5 SAS bays are available on an IBM x-Series 3650M2)
Drive 1 and 2, OS and applications - 146GB each - RAID 1
Drive 3 and 4, Domino TX Logs, - 146GB each - RAID 1 *
Drive 5 and 6, OS Page file - 73GB each - RAID 1
Drive 7 and 8, Domino view rebuild drive - 146GB each -RAID 1
Drive 9 thru 12, Domino Data - As large as possible - RAID 10

* - usually IBM likes to recommend housing TX Logs on their own RAID controller, good luck on getting a spec for that can be cabled.

You can, should you wish, reduce the number of mirrored drives and expand the Domino Data drives out for more space. As usual YMMV and this can be considered risky. Even if you use a SAN, the above drive configurations still hold true. The exception with a SAN is transaction logs, as I would pull these local to the server (blade or otherwise). Each of the above should really be on its own LUN. Yes, I know, the SAN administrator will have a fit, but so will your CEO when the Domino server is slow. Who has more power?

Another possible option with 12 drives (and this layout is far less fault tolerant):

Drive 1, OS - 146GB
Drive 2, Applications - 146GB
Drive 3 and 4, Domino TX Logs, - 146GB each - RAID 1 *
Drive 5, OS Page file - 73GB each
Drive 6, Domino view rebuild drive - 146GB
Drive 7 thru 12, Domino Data - As large as possible - RAID 10, RAID 5 (if you must) or RAID 50

Remember, most OS page files (on Windows) is 2 x RAM, so if you have 16GB RAM your page file could be as high as 32GB. Make sure you take that into account when ordering the drives.

Other SAN recommendations are to make sure your blade to SAN connectivity can handle the throughput (again, I would not put TX logs on a SAN if I had a choice). Will a 1Gbps iSCSI connection work? Depends on your throughput. Fiber Channel is usually best, as fast as you can afford.

For further VMware recommendations see my GLUG presentation : VMware on Domino

Other than that, use 64 bit Windows servers with 64 bit Domino if you can. With x64 16GB of RAM can make quite the difference too. ]]> http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/san-san-san-gurupalooza-and-domino.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/san-san-san-gurupalooza-and-domino.htm?opendocument&comments The last DAOS results of 2009 Sun, 24 Jan 2010 20:56:03 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/the-last-daos-results-of-2009.htm daos Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/the-last-daos-results-of-2009.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/the-last-daos-results-of-2009.htm
Pre DAOS
179GB

Post DAOS
44GB NSF
37GB DAOS
81GB Total

This makes for a 51% reduction in overall storage. Again, this is even though the customer is using MailExtender to provide similar functionality.

Incidentally, I have added a static web page to track DAOS size reductions as I blog about them (I don't blog about them all), available on the right side bar under "Real World DAOS Results". ]]> http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/the-last-daos-results-of-2009.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/the-last-daos-results-of-2009.htm?opendocument&comments My SHOW102 - Using IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 Policies to Manage Your Clients - Download Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:39:53 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/my-show102-using-ibm-lotus-domino-8.5-policies-to-manage-your-clients.htm ls10 Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/my-show102-using-ibm-lotus-domino-8.5-policies-to-manage-your-clients.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/my-show102-using-ibm-lotus-domino-8.5-policies-to-manage-your-clients.htm
  • Hard work
  • Great fun
  • Nerve wracking
    Additionally, a huge, huge thank you too all that turned up. Hopefully it was useful, informative and funny. As promised during the presentation here are the slides. For those of you not able to attend, you should still be able to utilize the presentation as it was a  "SnT" which means it documents, in screen shots and text, the process of enabling policies.

    If you have any issues either post here (preferred as everyone benefits) or drop me an email.

    ]]> http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/my-show102-using-ibm-lotus-domino-8.5-policies-to-manage-your-clients.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/my-show102-using-ibm-lotus-domino-8.5-policies-to-manage-your-clients.htm?opendocument&comments LS10 SHOW102 - Using IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 Policies to Manage Your Clients (or show your boss LS10 was worth the money) Thu, 14 Jan 2010 07:26:34 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/show102-using-ibm-lotus-domino-8.5-policies-to-manage-your-clients.htm ls10 Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/show102-using-ibm-lotus-domino-8.5-policies-to-manage-your-clients.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/show102-using-ibm-lotus-domino-8.5-policies-to-manage-your-clients.htm and even show you how to win the lottery and know the true meaning of life.

    On Sunday at 4pm in the SW Osprey I will be hosting a "Show and Tell" session which will show attendees, start to finish, how to set up and use policies in your organization. It even covers things like archiving, enforcement and inheritance (you know, those check boxes on the right that everyone ignores). Being a SnT session you can take the content of the presentation right back to your office and implement it on Monday 25th (no one goes back on the Friday, right?). This means you can show your boss some real-world value from the cash that they just spent for sending you to the event!

    I showed a STS customer some of the policy stuff covered in the session and their quote was "Man, I feel like I have just been baptized". I think he meant it had uncovered the light and showed him the way ;)

    More info on the session https://www-950.ibm.com/events/wwe/lotus/lsph2010.nsf/sessionabstract?openform&sessionid=SHOW102.

    Hope to see you there!
    ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/show102-using-ibm-lotus-domino-8.5-policies-to-manage-your-clients.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/show102-using-ibm-lotus-domino-8.5-policies-to-manage-your-clients.htm?opendocument&comments     VMware 4.0 and options for TX Logs Fri, 8 Jan 2010 15:52:55 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/vmware-4.0-and-options-for-tx-logs.htm domino Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/vmware-4.0-and-options-for-tx-logs.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/vmware-4.0-and-options-for-tx-logs.htm
    1) You need to use transaction logging (and it's not just for DAOS, like fiber and exercise it has always been beneficial)
    or
    2) Your Domino server is running poorly now you have virtualized it

    it is too late to change the datastore layouts (either locally or SAN) as all the space has already been allocated. Bummer.
    I know, I'll just slip it on the OS drive. That won't hurt anything, right?


    Hummm.

    One of the worst things you can do to a Domino server is put the transaction logs on a shared drive hurting performance by up to 60%. By shared drive I mean any of the following:
    • On the OS drive
    • On the Domino application drive
    • On the Domino data drive
    • On a drive with any other data on it

    All of the above locations can, and usually will, pretty much toast your Domino server performance.

    Now, with vSphere 4.0 and the free ESXi 4.0 you are now able to use local SATA connections for storage. That means you can now place your Domino transaction logs on a separate drive (provided you have a bay) on pretty much any server you can run ESX or ESXi on. And you can do this without needing to change those rabbit infested datastores. Even SAN attached Domino servers. How cool is that?

    Now, IBM's official recommendation is to put transaction logs to the fastest possible drive (i.e, SAS or SSD drives), and I don't disagree with this, but moving transactions logs to their own, dedicated drive will help considerably even with plain old SATA. If you really want speed as well, you can get 30GB 2.5" SATA Solid State Drives (SSDs) for under $100 now and these drives has amazing seek, write and read speeds. Get a 2.5 to 3.5 SATA conversion cable and you get the best of both worlds. Obviously if you are using archived transaction logging you may want to RAID 1 this, but for circular, a single drive could suffice.

    Remember, if you use local drives for transaction logs in VMware and you are using HA or DRS the Domino server will no longer fail over (the TX Logs are static, remember). In these circumstances use Domino clustering for fail over, not v-motion.

    Lastly, to avoid a lengthy consistency check when you move logs to a different drive (Domino will re-create them if you are not careful), follow these instructions (for this example I'm assuming you are storing transaction logs on the E: drive):
    1.        Stop Domino and stop the service for restarting should a reboot be necessary
    2.        Add the new drive to the VMware guest (you can do this while it is running, trust me!)
    3.        In Windows Disk Management, assign it as the J: drive and format it
    4.        Assign you existing E: a new letter, for example K:
    5.        Copy all the tx logs (and any folders) to the newly added J: drive
    6.        Go back to disk manager and re-assign J: as E: (you may have to reboot here, so remember where you get to)
    7.        Once the new (SSD) E: drive is recognized by Windows, start Domino
    8.        Reset the Domino service back to automatic

    This is for ESX and ESXi 4.x, not VMware Server. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/vmware-4.0-and-options-for-tx-logs.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/vmware-4.0-and-options-for-tx-logs.htm?opendocument&comments     Quickr Domino 8.2 Fix Pack 7 (FP7) is available Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:36:03 -0500 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-7-fp7-is-available.htm quickr Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-7-fp7-is-available.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-7-fp7-is-available.htm IBM Fix Central.

    Fixes included:

    FP 8.2.0.7
    12/17/2009 ESEO7YFN8Z Under certain circumstances, a specific security issue acts differently depending on the user’s access level.
    12/17/2009 RTIN7YANTU Place name is missing within an email sent from Place Administration.
    12/17/2009 XNXN7Y5DBS When sending notifications, if the user is a member of a local group which includes both internal and external users or groups, the user’s email address may be incorrect.
    12/17/2009 BTLW7YHA8M In certain circumstances, the Domino server may crash with a buffer overrun when assigning a Task to a user.
    12/16/2009 TMEN5WAE9E Under certain circumstances, a document based on a custom form with a notify field will give an error "Quickplace Exception, Buffer Overflow Exception".
    12/16/2009 NXLE7X46JC User login issues when a Quickr server has been configured to share SSO with Websphere Portal.
    12/16/2009 TJOR7Y3T8F When changing the order of documents in an Ordered List folder the entries may not appear in the order set.
    12/16/2009 CLOH7Y4FKB Notification email not set to a user that has the same first/last name as a different person, but in a different organizational unit.
    12/16/2009 HMON7XJSCS When sending a member invitation, the login password for the user is not sent if that user is a Local user.
    12/16/2009 No SPR Domino server on AIX may crash when running “qptool register -install”  if that place allows anonymous users.
    12/09/2009 HMON7YBNJG Moving a room in the web client where the room’s title contains an apostrophe (‘), the move fails.
    12/09/2009 ESEO7YHPPW Headline Folder doesn't show folder navigator when that headline folder contains only folders.
    12/09/2009 GALI7XJEWN The What's New Component is not available to Anonymous users.
    12/08/2009 CWIR7WNN9Z Place manager's id as shown in place invitation should be configurable to use cn instead of displayName.
    (see fix CWIR7WNN9Z in “Additional Information for special fixes” section)
    12/08/2009 PNOT7XYQUZ Enhancement:  Optional hyperlink at bottom of place invitation to allow adding the place to the new member's connectors.
    (see fix PNOT7XYQUZ in “Additional Information for special fixes” section)
    12/08/2009 KABS7XNP56 Under certain circumstances, a Folder may become unreachable in a room.
    12/08/2009 XZSU7WY874 Sometimes clicking on “Usage Statistics” will bring you to “My Places”.
    12/08/2009 SSHD74UNAF Integrated Sametime chat over port 80 or via reverse proxy fails.
    12/08/2009 AHEL76KUHT Uploading a file through connectors that is larger than the maximum allowed will appear as if the upload was successful, but then appear as a 0k file
    (It is important to follow the instructions defined for fix ESEO7PUUTQ in “Additional Information for special fixes” section)
    12/08/2009 MMOI7XW54P Cannot use qptool’s changemember command to convert Active Directory names.
    12/08/2009 RTIN7Y3U4K Notifications sent from Place Administration send text double spaced.
    12/01/2009 CSTS7WYMP8 In certain circumstances, the Domino server may crash when running the command  "qptool report -policyexecute”
    12/01/2009 CSTS7WKKBW In certain circumstances, the Domino server may crash on AIX during a move folder operation in Connectors
    12/01/2009 CWIR7XUV8C Using Domino Native Authentication, cannot search for member based on last name.
    (see fix  CWIR7XUV8C  in “Additional Information for special fixes” section)
    12/01/2009 RALF7XUJRH When selecting the number of places to display in My Places, that preferences is not saved the next time My Places is visited.

    ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-7-fp7-is-available.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/quickr-domino-8.2-fix-pack-7-fp7-is-available.htm?opendocument&comments     Where do these years go? The yellow bubble review of 2009 Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:45:00 -0500 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/where-do-these-years-go-the-yellow-bubble-review-of-2009.htm misc Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/where-do-these-years-go-the-yellow-bubble-review-of-2009.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/where-do-these-years-go-the-yellow-bubble-review-of-2009.htm After 8.5 came:
    • Connections 2.5
    • Quickr 8.2
    • Domino 8.5.1
    • Sametime 8.5
    • Free Domino Designer
    • LotusLive

    Lotusphere 2009 was attended. It was cold. But that conductor dude, well, he was almost as hot good as the violinist. And I can now sing in German. I'm pretty sure Lisa is sick of my shower singing by now......*fredung, tredung, flay-de-de-de, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah-dy, blah....*

    There was, and still is, a recession. Banker always has rhymed with wan.....well, you know.

    Lotus Knows was launched. Lucky too, as not many knew Lotus. They have also found a (real) use for Twitter, with that spinny globe thing. Maybe this is be the much vaunted Lotus Websphere Twitter Spinny Globe Integrator I've been hearing about......

    Lotus Knows IdeaJam was a huge success. Lots of ideas. Didn't see any about jam. I guess there are not too many people thinking about jam. *Damn, now I want some Jammy Dodgers*

    OpenNTF was open, then not so open, then somewhat open, then fully open (kind of). People came, people went. There are a lot more words on the site now. I guess that is better.

    With all the travel this year doing 8.5 upgrades, I finally figured out that DAOS means "Darren Absent, On-Site"

    More blog postings from Bruce Elgort, Steve Castledine and Niklas Heidloff than three normal people would ever be able to handle! And they were all good! *shakes head*

    LoLA was attended. It was warm. Met with some dude named Bob. Bob claimed he "ran" Lotus. Has he heard of Ed Brill? He has a blog so *he* must run Lotus. Well read it is too. Or so they tell me. *shakes head*  

    The intern arrived. She shocked us. She can keep 28 different conversations going, with 28 different UI's and devices, and still remember which guy she is talking to. Glad I don't have to date anymore. My carpel tunnel couldn't take it. From typing. Get your mind out of the gutter.

    IBM rebranded Blue House into LotusLive. SametimeUnyte was rebranded into LotusLive. iNotes LotusLive was not actually iNotes. *Is "Live" the next "Jam"?*

    I became a US citizen. It is so expensive that next time I'm swimming the Rio Grand. *No Gitmo for me!*

    Someone told me Wikipedia is not always correct. *Earth shakes, God grumbles*

    Ed Brill didn't even have to lift a keyboard finger to protect the virtue of our favorite maiden, such is the power of the yellow submarine! Much discord about the writer too. *note to self, must check facts*

    I'm pretty sure Chris Toohey is trying to be the new Bruce Elgort. He is posting way more than a single person can. And with apps and examples. When do these people sleep?

    Notes In Nine was released. I figured this was a German screen cast series, but was proved wrong. David Leedy opened a can of whoop-ass on the world that many have ripped off (yours truly included).

    Elguji released at least one *.jam product every week. Those guys must be rolling in it. Jam, that is. *ummm, Jammy Dodgers, I did already mention them?*

    I have more podcasts to listen to than there are hours in the day. I guess I need another intern to crib-note them for me. I *have to look* like I listen to then all for LS10. It would be bad form not to.

    Stuart McIntyre was cited by ICANN for breaking their system. A single person or entity can only register 500,000 domain names. Go on, count them, you'll see their point.

    Lotus "simplified" the Lotus Notes licensing model. Based on the confusion, they may wish to "complicate" it next time.

    Google invented everything worth advertising on. They are in talks to remove missing kids from milk cartons in order to add Google-graphic, real-time, milk oriented ads. These will further advertise the coffee/tea/cereal that you are the pouring milk on. *Do no evil indeed*

    Less "twits" and more useful people are now using Twitter for "tons" of suitable uses (or so they tell me).

    Did a Domino PoT in TN in which Ben's iPhone almost got us mugged looking for Mexican food. I'll not carry an iPhone, but next time maybe a gun. *Note to Apple, iGun is mine, keep off it! On second thoughts how can you reload a gun with no discernible parts for you to remove and that is sealed from all human interaction? Via a 3.5mm head phone socket? I guess every time I need to reload I would send it back to Apple with $75 and some ammo*

    Tips In Two was launched. In hindsight, we should have called it Tip-Jam. *shakes head*

    My SnT session was accepted for LS10.

    My SnT session for LS10 was blessed by Mooney and it was submitted. With 8 hours to spare. I was about to move to Hawaii so I could get some more time.  Or do the Superman, spin the world back in time thing.

    Keeping my statuses updated in so many social networking sites is like painting the Forth Road Bridge, by the time I finish updating it is time to start updating again.

    There are some real, practical uses for the side bar in Notes. Who knew?

    And there are still 2 weeks left in 2009, what else can happen?

    Questions to be answered in 2010.....
    1. Were Ed Brill, Bruce Elgort and Matt White separated at birth?
    2. Who is this "Bob" dude?
    3. Whatever happened to "Workplace". Is that what Connections really is?
    4. Two Quickr's enter, how many will leave (in 2010)?
    5. Will England or the USA win?
    6. Will anyone turn up to my LS10 session (Ernie and Lisa notwithstanding)
    ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/where-do-these-years-go-the-yellow-bubble-review-of-2009.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/where-do-these-years-go-the-yellow-bubble-review-of-2009.htm?opendocument&comments     If I were interested in Domino admin sessions at LS10, what would I attend? Thu, 17 Dec 2009 11:14:13 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/if-i-were-interested-in-domino-admin-sessions-at-ls10-what-would-i-attend.htm ls10 Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/if-i-were-interested-in-domino-admin-sessions-at-ls10-what-would-i-attend.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/if-i-were-interested-in-domino-admin-sessions-at-ls10-what-would-i-attend.htm
    Seriously, if you are a Domino admin there are some sessions you should be interested in. This is not an exhaustive list and just my personal list. There will be a couple of time slots that are make from some difficult decisions, but the quality of all should be unsurpassed.

    Anyway here is a starter list

    BOOT101        IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 Administration               K. McGivney   S. Bulloch
    BOOT103       Running with Scissors: Sharpen Your Skills for a Pain-free IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 Upgrade                M. Scott         F. Tanner
    SHOW105       From SSO to Managing Multiple Sites: Everything You Need to Know....         A. Pedisich     R. Axelrod  
    BOOT102       The A-Z of Domino Security       (           A. Pollack      G. Davis
    SHOW102      Using IBM Lotus Domino 8.5 Policies to Manage Your Clients         D. Duke
    BP108            Worst Practices 4.0:  “Orlando, We Have a Problem”        (R1)             P. Mooney      B. Buchan
    KEY104           IBM Lotus Notes and Domino: Strategy and Future Directions                          K. Cavanaugh
    ID107            What's New in IBM Lotus Notes PIM 8.5.1-- and Beyond           R.Krishnamurthy                M. Hurvitz
    SHOW101      Step by Step: Install, Manage and Configure DAOS and ID Vault             G. Davis        P. Mooney  
    BP103            “Top Chefs” Share Recipes for Avoiding Everyday Server Disasters       M. Scott         F. Tanner
    ID105            What's New in IBM Lotus Notes Client Security      (R1)           S. Kolaparthi  J. Banks-Binici
    BP102           Adminblast 2010: Over 60 Tips in 60 Minutes!          (R1)             P. Mooney
    ID204            Getting the Most from IBM Lotus Domino Security         J. Marcus       D. Kern
    BP106           The Top 11 Tips for Keeping Your Servers Healthy         (R1)            K. Greene
    ID205            The Latest IBM Lotus Domino 8.5.1 Performance Data, Server Resource....  (R1)            R. Stephen      J. Powers
    ID101           Deploying IBM Lotus Notes Traveler       (R2)              L. Griffin        B. Wimer
    BP204            “CSI Domino” - Diagnostic Collection and Analysis  D. Nashed  
    ID615            Best Practices for Upgrading to IBM Lotus Notes and Domino 8.5x   J. Paganetti    J. Champlin
    ID617     Ensure IBM Lotus Domino Availability via Lotus and Tivoli Monitoring  Peebles  Vaidya
    SHOW106      Configuring the Tivoli Directory Integrator for IBM Lotus Domino and Active Directory        T. Duff            M. Scott
    BP201           Meet “The Grumpies”: Eschew Obfuscation!   B. Balaban     P. Mooney
    BP105           Running Your IBM Lotus Domino Server on Linux             A. Pollack
    ID202            Dramatically Lower Your IBM Lotus Domino TCO using DAOS and Compression Technologies in IBM Lotus Domino 8.5    G. Rheaume   P. Mancuso
    ID203            Exchange to IBM Lotus Domino:  Migration Success Story          T. Speed        J. McElhaney
    BP109           The Advanced Low-Down on LDAP Infrastructure C. Miller        W. Elsemore
    BP115           Performing Your Own IBM Lotus Domino Security Review         )            A. Pollack
    SHOW103      Roaming in IBM Domino 8.5: Configure the Best Choice for You         A. Pedisich     R. Axelrod
    ID105            What's New in IBM Lotus Notes Client Security                 S. Kolaparthi  J. Banks-Binici








    ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/if-i-were-interested-in-domino-admin-sessions-at-ls10-what-would-i-attend.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/if-i-were-interested-in-domino-admin-sessions-at-ls10-what-would-i-attend.htm?opendocument&comments     Lotus Notes and Dinosaurs - the comparison I hear all the time Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:30:00 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-and-dinosaurs-the-comparisson-i-hear-all-the-time.htm lotus notes Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-and-dinosaurs-the-comparisson-i-hear-all-the-time.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-and-dinosaurs-the-comparisson-i-hear-all-the-time.htm STS training session the inside sales rep was asked to outline the major objections she encounters when trying to call into organizations to outline the outstanding benefits that the Notes platform has over any other collaboration platform.

    Apparently one of the most popular retorts by the uneducated folk at the end of the phone is something along the lines of this:
    Lotus Notes? Is that dinosaur still around?

    That got me thinking, not about the poor education these so called IT professionals have, as hopefully the Lotus Knows campaign will go some way to alleviating that, but about the word dinosaur and it's use in context with Lotus Notes.

    I guess the connotation is that Lotus Notes is old and extinct? Well it is 20 years old and I guess that is old in comparison to almost every other computer application in use today on an Intel desktop computer. Except for a few key ones that users, everyday, without fail fire up: I guess we could always call back those potential clients with something like this:
    We're interested in taking out your "dinosaur" products, such as Windows and Office and replacing them with different products. You know they are old, right? Real old!

    I guess IT professionals forget that longevity does not equal obsolescence. To look at Windows 1, or even 2000 and compare it to Windows 7 is, well, insane. As is comparing anything to Lotus Notes 8.x.

    Anyway, I digress. Once the objections were noted I started to outline the potential positive connotations of being a dinosaur. If you can't change the words people use, at least change the associations they have with said word, right? That is consulting 101. So if Lotus Notes is a dinosaur what does that mean? What were the dinosaurs? Well, here is a starter list, feel free to leave your ideas as a comment.

    1.        It took a cataclysmic event to displace the dinosaur as the prominent animal on the planet
    2.        Dinosaurs adapted to many, varied environments
    3.        They were the most powerful and wondrous creatures ever to walk the earth
    4.        They were the top of the food chain
    5.        It took a fair while for "mere humans" to understand what a dinosaur was (about 150 years or so from finding the first fossil to making the overall connection)

    As you can see, if you look at what an actual Dinosaur is, as opposed to it's connotation in modern vernacular, you can see there are indeed some similarities. Just not what you'd intitially think. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/lotus-notes-and-dinosaurs-the-comparisson-i-hear-all-the-time.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/lotus-notes-and-dinosaurs-the-comparisson-i-hear-all-the-time.htm?opendocument&comments     How to add the new Open Office or Symphony formats to BES 5.x Fri, 11 Dec 2009 18:10:26 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/how-to-add-the-new-open-office-or-symphony-formats-to-bes-5.x.htm bes Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/how-to-add-the-new-open-office-or-symphony-formats-to-bes-5.x.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/how-to-add-the-new-open-office-or-symphony-formats-to-bes-5.x.htm posted about the availability of SP1 for BES 5.0. One of my reasons to now recommend BES 5.0 (with SP1) is the new attachments formats it now supports. However, these are disabled by default. Gee, thanks RIM.

    To enable them simply follow these instructions on the RIM site. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/how-to-add-the-new-open-office-or-symphony-formats-to-bes-5.x.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/how-to-add-the-new-open-office-or-symphony-formats-to-bes-5.x.htm?opendocument&comments     So, you want the fastest possible Notes client start up - SSD Tue, 8 Dec 2009 07:13:21 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/so-you-want-the-fastest-possible-notes-client-ssd.htm ssd Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/so-you-want-the-fastest-possible-notes-client-ssd.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/so-you-want-the-fastest-possible-notes-client-ssd.htm
    Anyway I decided to replace it with a solid state drive (SSD). Specifically, after a modicum of research, I replace the faulty drive with a 128GB Torqx SSD from Patriot Memory. It was available at the local Micro Center so off I toddled to boldly go where I had never been before, credit card in hand.

    So I replace the 160GB SATA drive with the 128GB SSD SATA drive and reinstalled Windows XP. I was going to go to 64 bit Windows 7, but the lack of Quickr Connectors prevented that.

    Windows installed pretty fast (I think) but I was far from blown away. Hopefully this was due the the CDROM being the bottleneck. This drive ain't cheap!

    Once Windows XP was up I really got to test this puppy out:
    • Windows XP SP3 upgrade (full exe, not the crappy Windows Update bootstrap version) took 4 minutes flat
    • Notes 8.5.1 with designer and admin took a smidge over 5 mins to install
    • Windows boots incredibly fast

    Not too shabby!

    Next, Lotus Notes cold start time. As outlined in a previous blog post 8.0.2 Lotus Notes Relative Performance I can take up to 40 or so seconds to start Notes from a cold start. Admittedly this is a slightly different laptop running 8.5.1 but it is close enough for comparison. With the SSD Lotus Notes started in less than 4 seconds.

    Yes, a Lotus Notes 8.5.1 Standard client (the Eclipse one) from cold in just 4 seconds!

    The future looks rosy, the future is SSD and Lotus Notes.

    If anyone wants to donate a few of these I can test out server performance too :)

    Note, I purchased this drive and Patriot in no way paid, gave or otherwise even know about this "almost" review. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/so-you-want-the-fastest-possible-notes-client-ssd.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/so-you-want-the-fastest-possible-notes-client-ssd.htm?opendocument&comments     16 new updates for Lotus Connections 2.5 since 11/29/2009 Sat, 5 Dec 2009 09:10:44 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/16-updates-for-lotus-cnnections-2.5-sice-11292009.htm connections Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/16-updates-for-lotus-cnnections-2.5-sice-11292009.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/16-updates-for-lotus-cnnections-2.5-sice-11292009.htm
    Anyway since 11/29 there have been 16 new updates released for Lotus Connections 2.5 including the one mentioned by Stuart for the TDI fix.

    Go get them from IBM Fix Central. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/16-updates-for-lotus-cnnections-2.5-sice-11292009.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/16-updates-for-lotus-cnnections-2.5-sice-11292009.htm?opendocument&comments     And they say Notes is a memory hog Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:11:31 -0400 http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/and-they-say-notes-is-a-memory-hog.htm misc Darren Duke http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/and-they-say-notes-is-a-memory-hog.htm?opendocument&comments http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/and-they-say-notes-is-a-memory-hog.htm
    Image:And they say Notes is a memory hog

    Seems like Firefox and TweetDeck are almost as RAM hungry as Lotus Notes. And this with only 3 tabs open in Firefox. ]]>     http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dxcomments/and-they-say-notes-is-a-memory-hog.htm http://blog.darrenduke.net/darren/ddbz.nsf/dx/and-they-say-notes-is-a-memory-hog.htm?opendocument&comments