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Why have we not seen TPC-C and TPC-E benchmarks using SSD storage?

Dell recently published a TPC-H report for the PowerEdge T610, 2 x Xeon 5570, with 4 FusionIO 80GB SSD storage devices at 100GB scale factor. So why have we not seen TPC-C or TPC-E OLTP benchmark results published?

Now it is much more feasible to run the TPC-H data warehouse benchmark on SSD because the Scale Factor 100 size is still allowed, for which the Line item table is 100GB for data only, not indexes or other tables. The full SF 100 tpch database is about 170GB for all tables and indexes. Additional space is required for tempdb.

The TPC-C and TPC-E benchmarks require the database size to be scaled with performance target ranges. Consider the Fujitsu TPC-E published result for the Primergy RX300 S5 with 2 Xeon 5570. The dual-socket Xeon 5570 system scored 800 tps-E, for which the required initial database size is about 3TB. The space actually allocated for the data files is approximately 4.5TB, plus another 85GB for log space.

Fujitsu Primergy RX300 S5

2 x Intel Xeon X5570

RAID controllers

Disk enclosures

360 (192 73GB 15K + 168 146GB 15K)

Storage cost

$148K + $49K for 3 year maintenance

Raw capacity

RAID 10 Capacity

Estimated IOPS

360*200 = 72K

For the 360 15K disk drives, based on 200 IOPS per disk, the small block random IOPS capability of this storage system is 72K, excluding RAID 10 overhead. If the actual load is 10,000 IOPS (at the operating system) with a 50/50 read/write mix, then the raw IOPS to disk is 5K reads and 2x5K writes for a total of 15K IOPS to disk. So a 75K IOPS system can actually handle 50K IOPS at 50/50 read/write mix in RAID 10.

If we consider that the active database resides on only 15% of the disk space (3TB of 18TB after RAID 10 overhead), then there is some benefit from the short-stroke effect. If the average disk queue depth per disk were higher than 1, then command queuing capability would result in even high IOPS per disk. The actual IOPS per disk might be anywhere from 200-300 depending on whether the emphasis was on pure performance or balanced price/performance.

Below is a proposed SSD (+ HDD for archival space) configuration.

SSD + HDD configuration

SSD Capacity

60-day space

SSD drives

155 @ 32GB

62 @ 80GB

Cost for Intel SSD

$520 for X25E, 32GB

$340 for X25M, 80GB

HDD drives for 60-day space

20 x 1TB SATA $3200

or 42 x 450GB SAS

In additional to the above, we need disk enclosures. Ideally I would like to place no more than 4-5 SSD devices on each x4 SAS port. A x4 3Gbps SAS port can support 1GB/s, but if a HBA/RAID controller with 2 x4 SAS ports is plugged into a x8 PCI-E gen 1 slot, we can only expect 1.6GB/s total (single direction) throughput. The Intel X25 SSDs are rated at 250MB/s sequential read, 170MB/s write for the E, and 70MB/s write for the M (all sequential).

The X25-E random 4K IO characteristics are 35K IOPS read, 3.3K write. In the absence of data, let assume the 8K random read is 15.7K IOPS (probably higher), so under 8K random IO, the bandwidth requirement is only 140MB/s or much less for read/write mixes.

The data sheet also say 8K 2:1 R/W 7K IOPS for the X25-E. No random IO data is listed for the X25-M in the datasheet, so it is not clear the X25-M can meet the TPC-C/E random IO requirements for mixed R/W.

A 1U enclosure with 2 SAS ports (daisy chained enclosures not expected) and 8-10 2.5in bays seem appropriate. The 2U enclosures with 24 bays should have 6 independent SAS ports. The 20 or so 3.5in SATA drives for the 60-day space requirement could be accommodated between the internal bays and 1 or 2 external enclosures. The next generation systems and components should be PCI-E gen 2 (5Gbps per lane) and  6Gbps SAS, but we expect higher SSD bandwidths as well.

So the SSD cost structure does seem to support the TPC-E benchmark. It would probably also support the TPC-C benchmark as well, based on the HP DL370G6 result for a

The main issue above is that I have not included RAID overhead. It is my m opinion that the SSD is not fundamentally a single component device, like a disk drive with a single motor. If the SSD were built with dual controllers, and chip-kill ECC on the NAND, then the SSD would be inherently single component failure tolerant. Of course, this is not the case yet. I am just looking forward to when we can do without RAID in SSD. I am not convinced RAID controllers are going to be able to keep up with an SSD arrays anyways.

Since the IOPS capability of the X25E with SLC NAND (not sure for the X25M with MLC NAND), RAID 5 with the higher small block random write overhead is not an issue. So 190 of 32GB or 77 of the 80GB SSDs in RAID 5 would be required.

I should briefly touch on expected performance benefits of SSD over HDD. The Dell TPC-H result did seem to indicate some benefits from SSD, even though there was not a otherwise similar HDD result to compare with. The TPC-H data warehouse queries may generate many table scans for which HDD is fine, there are still loop joins and key lookups, which generate pseudo-random IO. Several TPC-H queries also dump intermediate results to tempdb.

I am expecting TPC-C and E to show reasonable benefits from SSD over HDD. Consider the main TPC-C new order transaction. A typical TPC-C published result might show an average response time 0.3-0.4sec. This procedures processing an order for upto 15 items (average of 10?) which means one update of the Stock table for each item, one insert in to the Order Line table, and one insert to the New Order table, plus a few a others. Since the TPC-C database is very large, each of the above steps might require a disk IO. On a perfectly configured disk system (for OLTP), the average latency could be as low as 5ms even when the entire system drives 200K IOPS.

Still, if you look at the New Order procedure, it is clear each item must be processed serially. The SQL Server engine might use the Scatter-Gather IO API to consolidate IO calls from multiple concurrent users, but in each step in the new order is issued sequentially, after the previous step completes. Since there are over 20 steps, if each step take 5ms, then we can see why the average duration is well over 100ms.

With SSD, the IO latency should drop to 0.08 milli-sec (80us), meaning 20 steps should in the range of 2ms. Because there are fewer transactions "in-flight" at any given point in time, the expectation is that the SQL Server engine has less to keep track of.

Consider a system supporting 600,000 tpm-C. Thats 10,000 new order transactions per second. If each new order procedure averages 0.3sec, then there are 3,300 new order transactions in-flight at any point in time (plus others).

TPC-C also has performance/size scaling requirements. A 600K transactions per minute result requires approx 50,000 warehouses, each of which requires approx 84MB, for a database size of 4.2TB. The recent 600K tpm-C results required 1000+ disk drives (no RAID requirement) meaning the IOPS load is probably 200-300K, possibly a R/W mix close to 50/50.

Since Wes say the FusionIO 640GB devices are out, lets consider what kind of system would be required. The FusionIO is built with a PCI-E interface, that is, it plugs into the PCI-E slot directly, so it probably comes with its own driver. The second generation FusionIO matches up nicely with either PCI-E gen 1 x8 or PCI-E gen 2 x4 in terms of bandwidth.

For 4TB we need 7-8 of the 640GB drives. So, ideally a system should be configured with 9 PCI-E gen 2 x4 slots, plus with embedded devices (the extra slot or two is for additional network or SATA drives). The new Intel 5500 IOH has 36 PCI-E gen 2 lanes, plus the x4 gen 1 off the ESI. So a single IOH would support 9 x4 slots, plus GE and SAS off the ESI. The HP ML/DL370G6 actually uses 2 IOHs for a mix of x16, x8 and x4 slots.

Per Grumpy below, at this point in time, SSD devices have very different characteristics, particulary with regard to writes. Writes to NAND need to be in large blocks. Depending on how the SSD controller is implemented, expect some issues. So it may not be time yet to deploy transaction processing to SSD. DW might be worth considering. Still, we should see OLTP benchmarks plus accompaning details to better understand SSD characteristics. Where are Bashful, Doc, Dopey, Happy, Sleepy and Sneezy DBAs?

Published Wednesday, July 01, 2009 1:48 PM by jchang
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Wes Brown said:

Hey Joe,

I've got two Fusion IO Duo 640's on tap now running tests on. If there is something you want to see run drop me a line.

July 1, 2009 5:35 PM

Grumpy Old DBA said:

I've been playing with 4 x 32GB SSD ( mainly bought to replace scsi disks used for video editing - wife complains PC is noisy ) what I've found is that although random io is much faster under heavy sequential load they tend to not have the throughput of the same number of 15k scsi disks, but no noise and less heat and power and I'm doubling the disks to get capacity.  With big databases ( > 1 TB ) the number of SSD required makes it very expensive, I'm not sure I'd actually want to run a critical business application on Intel SSD and those SSD touted for the enterprise are much more expensive than the intel SSD. I did talk to a couple of storage vendors about SSD for a project I was working on, I'm told the number of SSD deployed in, lets say, a typical san storage unit has to be limited to avoid overloading the backplane with io. You also remarked at one point that the sql optimiser may not work well with SSD - I had suggested placing tempdb on SSD.

July 2, 2009 3:18 AM

Gunter Zink said:

There are 2 basic problems, no suitable hardware available (yet) and cost.

The read-write ratio of TPC-E is close to 90% reads / 10% writes, perfect for SSDs.

The problem is that there are basically no SAS SSDs out there, the Intel drives are SATA and there are some technical limitations with regards to running SATA drives behind SAS expanders (usually found in external enclosures).

Another problem is that RAID cards are not fast enough to run SSDs, most RAID cards top out at 20K - 25K IOPS, given the read/write ratio of TPC-E, that's only 4 to 5 drives. TPC-E requires fault tolerant storage, no more RAID 0 so we need additional capacity.

We found that given the read-heavy nature of TPC-E, RAID5 is thepreferred RAID level for SSDs.

While it might technically be TPC-legal to use and price SSDs for the benchmark and price spinnig media for the 60-day space, it's still quite expensive.

Since there are beasically no SAS SSDs out there yet, FusionIO seems to be an interesting alternative. The problem with FusionIO is the limited capacity and some performance issue with the driver. Since the driver does a lot more work that a regular StorPort diver, we se rather high System CPU with FusionIO compared to optmizied drivers for traditional RAID cards.

Now as gfar as rge real world in s concerened, FusionIO is great for TempDB or staging tables.

Disclaimer: This is my personal opinion, not an official HP statement.

July 13, 2009 5:17 PM

jchang said:

thank Gunter,

well this explains it. Can't use SATA SSD behind SAS expanders (of course this would apply to daisy chaining SATA HDD too), RAID controllers can't handle multi-SSD IOPS, Fusion still need to work on their driver (its probably good enough for most ordinary use). You never hear this stuff from marketing material.

This is why I like to look at the components used in TPC benchmarks, it must be able to withstand heavy abuse.

Perhaps Gunter might casually mention what big iron Nehalem-EX system we might expect from a vendor that should remain nameless.

An 8-socket system is definitely expected as there is already one for Opteron.But perhaps a 16 or even 32 socket system since the nameless vendor has already built a cross-bar for the Intel QPI. The question is then whether Windows/SQL Server 2008R2 can use 32x8x2 (sockets * cores * threads) = 512. I am not sure what Microsoft means by the processor group, does it mean a single process can only use 64 processors, or is there a way to use multiple groups.

July 13, 2009 6:48 PM

GunterZ said:

Well, all I can say is that Windows Server 2008 R2 and SQL Server 2008 R2 will support more than 64 logical processors and that the largest Windows system in existence today has 256 logical processors (from the same nameless vendor I should add) and performance and scaling is good. Using new APIs, one Process can use all processors.

There are some good WinHEC presentations regarding the new APIs (google).

As for future Nehalem-based large systems, I can't comment..

July 13, 2009 8:16 PM

jchang said:

Of course you can't comment, but you could cough, once for 16, twice for 32?

I may go to the next WinHEC (spring 2010?). I will say I am disappointed Tukwila is still not out yet, even with the understanding that debugging for big systems is very complicated.

Per my Big Iron Revival blog

I am eagerly awaiting the new big iron Windows systems, In particular, I would like to take measurements on Hyper-Threading in Nehalem. I had a good set of data on both Pentium 4 generations (Northwood and Prescott) I never got the chance to evaluate HT on Montvale/Montecito

July 13, 2009 10:31 PM

Robert said:

I know this is an older thread, but I found it, via google, because I was looking for comments about using SATA SSD's behind SAS Expanders.

And I see that you say that for technical reasons its not a good idea, and I found another post at another website that simply said "=bad"

But is there any more information to add?  Is it because it doubles the latency?   I mean I was measuing about .18ms latency on seeks direct attached to an ICH10 motherboard, and measuring over .3ms when using an adaptec card and a SAS expander.

Well the adaptec 5805 has been widely reported to add latency, so that is part of the issue, but I'm trying to figure out, if, additionally, you get a lot of latency out of the SAS expander, so...just replacing the card may not be a solution.

My SSD's are doing about half the iops in the server, as they do when attached to my $700 workstation!

Anyone have any numbers or more specifics on the issue with SATA SSD's and SAS Expanders? thanks!

October 8, 2009 3:10 PM

jchang said:

I am inclined to think that the technical issues mentioned by Gunter is more than latency. The SAS protocols have greater scope than SATA, and I am inclined to guess that this might be part of the issue.

IBM just published a SPC benchmark

theregister mentions they use STEC SSDs

which does list a SAS interface. The price from IBM is $13,235 per 69GB

October 9, 2009 10:21 AM

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About vitamins and minerals act as regulators and catalysts for a variety of bodily functions. Vitamins are essential for : (1) Building body tissues such as bones, skin, glands, nerves, and blood; (2) Assisting in the metabolizing of proteins, fats, and carbohyrates so you receive energy from food; (3) Promoting healing; (4) Preventing nutritional deficiency diseases. Minerals are essential for : (1) the formation of strong bones and teeth; (2) Helping to control the nervous system; (3) Fluid balance in tissues; (4) Muscle contractions. Minerals and most vitamins must be supplied through diet since they are not made in the body.

The vitamins are a group of chemically unrelated organic compounds and are divided into two groups according to their solubility : (1) the fat soluble (i.e.liposoluble) vitamins : A,D,E and K; (2) the water soluble (i.e.hydrosoluble) vitamins : B complex and vitamin C, folic acid, panthothenic acid and niacin. They are important for the digestion and utilisation of the energy – producing elements (protein, fat and carbohydrates) and mineral present in diets. They are components or cofactors of the enzymes, which catalyse metabolic processes. Vitamins are important for growth maintenance and repair of body tissues. Vitamin deficiency results in serious and frequently fatal disorders e.g.scurvy, rickets, beri – beri and pellagra.

About undernutrition manifestation of inadequate nutrition. Common in sub – Saharan Africa : (1) 1/3 of all children < 5 years old underweight; (2) 38% of children with low weight for age. Many causes in undernutrition : (1) inadequate accessto food/nutrients; (2) improper care of mothers and children; (3) limited health services; (4) unhealthy environment.

The vitamins deficiency disorders : (1) scurvy (deficiency of Vitamin C); (2) rickets (deficiency of Vitamin D); (3) mental, adrenal disorders (deficiency of Vitamin B). The mineral deficiency : oesteporosis (deficiency of calcium). And diet related non communicable diseases : (1) Diabetes; (2) Coronary heart disease; (3) Obesity; (4) High blood pressure.

Strategies to prevent and control undernutrition is improve household food security, diversity of diet, maternal nutrition and health care, child feeding practices, ensure child health care (immunization, medical care, growth monitoring), and provide nutrition rehabilitation.

Most common type of anemia caued by malaria, hooworm, and inadequate iron and vitamin intake resulting in low hemoglobin levels. Affects mainly children < 5 years old and pregnant women. Detected by measuring blood hemoglobin levels. Effects of anemia is adults (reduced work capacity, reduced mental capacity, reduced immune competence, poor pregnancy outcomes, and increased risk of maternal death) and infants and children (reduced cognitive development, reduced immune competence, reduced work capacity). Strategic to prevent and control anemia is promote iron, folic acid, and B-12 rich foods. Treat and prevent anemia related diseases (malaria and worms). Provide iron and folic supplements to infants and pregnant and lactating women. Fortify foods and promote vitamin C rich foods with meals and discourage drinking coffee or tea with meals.

About IDD (Iodine Defiency Disorders) caused by inadequate intake of iodine, only 1 tsp. Needed over entire lifetime, iodine in food sources varies by geography : (1) less in highlands and mountain regions; and (2) leached from soil and carried to lowlands. Manifestations of IDD is goiten enlarged neck region from overactive thyroid gland, hypothyroidism : dry skin, weight gain, puffy face, lethargy from underactive thyroid, hypothyroidism rapid pulse and weight loss from overactive thyroid, cretinism : mental retardation, physical development problems, spaticity from IDD in mother during pregnancy. Strategis to control IDD is iodize salt, dairy products, and bread where iodine is dificient in local foods, provide iodine drops, inject people with iodized oil (expensive).

Causes of vitamin a deficiency is low consumption of vitamin a rich foods, dietary deficiency due to food processing, limited consumption of fats and oils, poor breastfeeding (no colostrum, insufficient, breastfeeding), diseases affecting absorption (e.g. worms, chronic diarrhea). Manifestion of VAD (Vitamin A Deficiency) is xerophthalmia (eye conditions) : (1) blindness (VAD is the leading cause of blindness in children < 5 years old); (2) bitot’s spots; (3) damage to the cornea, slowed growth and development, reduced reproductive health, increased risk of anemia. Stategis to control VAD is promote vitamin A rich foods (fruits, vegetables, red palm oil), give infants and women low dose iron supplements according to WHO protocols, improve food security, feed children property, prevent disease and treat disease early, and fortify foods.

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    Several hours later, just prior to the midnight hour, a pure black wall of energy with swirls of blood red mist materializes in the middle of the lower level of the keep. The only sound is that of a sturdy leather boot thudding heavily on the floor, followed momentarily by another, bringing with it the form of the Death Knight Rykus. Barely able to stand, Rykus's dimly glowing eyes search the room, locating his throne just steps away. Several more delibrately heavy footsteps brings the undead lord within range to collapse into the awaiting throne. After several more minutes of struggling, Rykus sits himself upright in the bleached bone seat and fixes his gaze upon the faint image of the woman standing in the middle of the room. Patiently he waits for her to speak....

    "Rykus, your time has come to do my bidding once again. The life energy collected by yourself and the previous Illuminati has served me well, but it has not been enough. There is still much to be done and the time draws near for the next phase of our work.", the woman explained calmly.

    "I have summoned a new group of men to join with you. They shall find their way to you very soon. These loyal men have been working hard to prepare more than just a fortress for our cause this time. During your time with me in the ethers, they have constructed a city in my name, and have made preparations for war. The first of these men, their leader, will arrive before the sun has risen this very morning. Go with him to inspect our new city and lay my hand and blessing upon it. Work with these men, teach them the ways of the conversion and with my guidance, show them the power I bestow upon my loyal subjects. They are your new bretheren, the new Illuminati, and together you shall bring forth a new era in my name.", Minax continues.

    "For now my loyal knight, regain your strength and adjust this corporeal form to the weight of your own body in this world of men. Your strength will come quickly this night, and your mind will clear to find it's focus once again. I will return soon, when I am able, to help guide you all into the next chapter of our saga.", the voice relays as it begins to sound more distant.

    "Before I depart, know this. There are other mortal souls who will seek you out. Embrace them and treat them as if I have summoned them personally. Test their resolve and loyalty in my name, then when you are sure of their power and desire to serve, call upon me and I shall also grasp their hearts and free them of their mortal coil. If they are sincere, you will have another whom you shall call comrade in the Illuminati. If they are not...", the voice fades out and the image of the dark woman fades entirely.

    Rykus's dull red eyes study the floor for several long minutes, as if trying to recall where he is. Pulsing brightly for a brief moment, he lifts his head and turns his attention to the far reaches of his realm. His grounds have been intruded upon by a mortal in a black robe and blood red cloak. Surging with anticipation of an encounter, Rykus rises to stand and extends his arm straight out to his side. Within an instant a bladed staff glowing with arcane energy materializes in his hand. A single word whispered into the air summons his fallen steed.

    "It is time to meet my destiny.", Rykus mutters quietly to himself, and with that urges his steed silently toward the massive yew wood doors of the Keep Necros Arcana.
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    Somewhere in a swampy region South of Trinsic, a rotten corpse's hand pushes it way through the muck. Grasping a twisted vine from a nearby blackened tree, Ru'ura'pente pulls himself from the leech-infested waters. Making his way to a nearby cache he left for himself aeons ago, he dons equipment only slightly spotted with rust. Calling to the ethereal void, his familiar, a large jet-black wolf, appears at his side. He Looks around the area only once, then begins making his way north, towards the moongate at Vesper. If one were brave enough to approach him, they might hear in the last moments of their life the cold words "Master has risen" hissed over and over...
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    WOOT!! Does this mean my favorite liches will be actively roaming Siege again?
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    Shivers run down Nay Nay's spine as she pauses in the dark of night. Rykus? Could it be?

    Mists swirl before her eyes as her memory carries her back to what seems ages ago...... Of coming to the newly found land called Seige.... Of encountering this facinating being, called Rykus.

    The memories floated on the mist, some clear, and some still vague as it all seemed like a dream back then. Visions of him appearing so suddenly, and without warning inside the door way where she had stepped into safety (or so she had thought) Terror gripped her as she realized how vunerable she was. Then as he spoke, offering words of caution and warning to a new weakling of this land, the terror was replaced by a dark facination of this being standing before her.

    He led her on a tour to his training grounds not too far away. It was hard to comprehend if this was to reinforce the warning, or some magic to temp her to the dark side. But he led, and she did follow, eager to learn more. Heart racing with a touch of fear, but more excitement, and something else.... Something was drawing her behind him, calling to some hidden place inside of her....

    It could of lasted only a few moments or it could of been hours... Time seemed to loose all meaning as he spoke of his life, or lack of...of the powers that called to him and of the 'One' that he served.....

    When reality came back, she found herself wandering once again back to her guild house, unsure if it had all been a dream, a figment of her darker side trying to call her?

    It has been many moons ago, and time has a way of erasing the finer details. She has heard his name whispered on the wind during the dark of the night, but never met the dark stranger again. She never knew what became of him, or even it he was real Till now..........

    The mists swirled a bit more as a fierce wind blew, resisting being dispelled and angry at the interruption.... Nay Nay pulled her cloak tighter around her, glancing around as if the meer thoughts of the past would call the attention of Minax down upon her.

    What was becoming of this land she called home? So many strange happenings of late have occured, and now the news of the one called Rykus returning. From where has he returned? She shuddered, not even wanting the answer to her question.

    Slowly she steps back into the shadows to wait for more whisperings on the winds.....
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    Rykus!! *pounces* the sexiest undead lich eva! hehehehe He's back!
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    The call. The irresistable call. Amon Gwynne had heard that siren song before, but always managed to resist. Powers, more arcane than he had ever sensed before, were stirring in the lands of Sosaria.

    Always waiting, always watching, he somehow knew that the call would come again. Would this be the time? Would his resolve, which had always kept him towards the Light, finally fail?

    Can one have honor, even as one of the undead? Alive or Undead, he must follow whatever his heart tells him, however cold it may be. In Amon's own words, "As in Life, so shall I be in Death"!

    And with this, he prepares himself to answer.
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    Although I doubt threaded mode is used by many, I am replying off Patty's post to make this the official LICH resurrection cheerleading subthread! [IMG]

    *pokes Chenonceau's crypt with a stick*

    Well, I suspect some of the undead will be staying dead...but it's worth a try.

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    Lady Skylark,

    Chenonceau has many powerful wards and spells of protection surrounding his tomb and phylactery. If you are inclined to help with the removal of these obstacles, Minax would surely reward you for your services.

    I would not ask just any mortal for aid, but I know your ties to Chenonceau in his mortal life were quite close. This, if anything, may help more than our arcane power alone.

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    I wish I had taken a screenshot.. the first time I laid my eyes apon a Lich. The game was not more than 2 months old when a message appeared at the bottom of my screen: A great evil has appeared in the Vesper graveyard! Wow what luck! Vesper was my home town and I knew exactly how to get there. My fighter/mage/tailor equipped his best Viking sword of ruin and headed out to see what this was all about. There must have been over 100 people in the small graveyard area. Some outside the fence, looking in.. others fighting off the spawn inside, yet others trying to loot the fallen (both players and undead corpses.) The lag was unbeleiveable. It was hard to walk even one step as so many people were packed in to the small area. Then it appeared.. the great evil we had been warned about, laughing at anyone who approached. A Lich was in the graveyard!! Many players fell.. but the newbie zerg was too much for the foul creature and it died within a minute or two. I had laid a few blows to the lesser undead and looted a few corpses but overall had a good time.
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    I loved it when Rykus would be around and have a different *Cackles* response when he'd kill somebody.. was it him or Ghost that would throw out *Snaps, Cackles & Pops* ?? I'd inevitably die as I couldn't see my screen from the beer dripping down it.. ok.. nothing to do with the beer, but it was a good excuse.. [IMG]
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    Twas indeed the venerable Ghost Knight who snapped and popped. His bones were eons older than mine. He also did nothing to keep in shape, so the stiffness set in centuries before it should.
  12. The rain poured down as Zaknafein and Sergul’zan approached the long abandoned Temple of Mondain, the temple in which Sergul’zan served as high priest in the days of the great war. But such places had been abandoned upon the breaking of the Gem of Immortality.

    For many years after the great war, Lord British kept a vigilant eye upon those places suspected of what he considered treason against Britannia; but those years were ended.

    The foolish king stepped into the void with the shards of the gem, leaving his kingdom to fend for itself, and the minions in the shadows began to stir.

    Sergul’zan, granted the gift of long life by King Mondain prior to his fall to the evil outsider of unknown origin, knew that the time drew nigh for the restoration of the temple to its past glory.

    “Hand me the key, Zaknafein” he ordered to his guard Zaknafein, whose family line had loyally guarded the high priest for the years of exile.

    “Yes m’lord” said Zaknafein, handing the large iron key to the high priest.

    The key fit into the rusty lock in the ancient iron door and turned with surprising ease. The door creaked open to reveal the main chamber of the temple, which was nothing more than crumbling stone covered with moss.

    “We have work to do, Zaknafein”

    “Indeed m’lord…”
  13. The flickering light of the torches illuminated the main chamber of the newly restored Temple of Mondain. The high priest knelt in front of the altar, chanting rituals in the ancient language of the priests of Mondain.

    The torches suddenly leapt with fury, and a great wind blew the iron door to the temple open. Zaknafein, rushing to the door with sword drawn.

    “What business do you bring to the holy temple of the king, wanderer?” he asked a cloaked figure standing in the doorway.

    “I wish to speak with the high priest immediately” stated the cloaked figure.

    “The high priest is doing his daily ritual m’lady, perhaps ye would be willing to await completion of these rituals? I am under strict orders to let none disturb him.”

    The cloaked figure threw back the hood, revealing a face of such beauty that Zaknafein was taken aback. Her eyes held him as if entranced, and he yielded to her wish, stepping out of the way.

    “Surely the high priest has time to entertain the wishes of the Queen of Sosaria.”

    “My lady, you live!” Exclaimed the astounded high priest as Lady Minax approached him, and he immediately falling to a bow of respect and loyalty.

    “Our time to rise has come, Sergul’zan, Lord British has entered the void, and has once again failed to consider the needs of his kingdom. We have much to do.”

    “What would you have me do m’lady?” inquired Sergul’zan.

    “You shall construct us a city in lands far from here, well protected by both nature and stone. I have already begun to summon the loyal back to my service, the time to prepare for war is upon us.” Lady Minax stated calmly.

    “As you wish m’lady, I shall seek out such a place.”

    “See that you do. When preparation is complete I shall call those whose very names are feared throughout this land, and once again Lord British shall regret his folly.”

    With that, the Lady Minax abruptly stepped out of the temple, and vanished from sight.

    “Zaknafein! Come quickly, there is much work to be done!”


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    She stared at the words on the parchments and in the tomes for hours until the ink blurred and the words seem to slide off the page. Maggy slammed the book shut and laid her forehead on it. The cool leather felt good against her head, and she rather liked the musty, sweet smell of the pages. Hours of studying until her eyes ached and for what? She was useless when it came to magery, better to call it quits and become a baker. No, not a baker. She pressed her eyes shut and remembered trying her hand at that....

    She had been baking a cake for Peter's birthday and when she saw that it wouldn't be finished it time she had "magicked" the rest of it. Aside from looking a little lopsided, and tasting vaguely like lemon she finally thought she'd succeeded at something. Until they ate it.

    She groaned and slowly thumped her head against the table as she recalled the whole, horrid scene. Peter made for a much prettier girl than she would have thought, and as far as boys went, she decided that she hadn't looked half bad either... but it was still bad policy to turn your friend into a girl on his birthday. Thankfully the enchantment had worn off.

    Maggy turned her head sideways on the desk. The books on the necromantic arts lay in the corner under a heap of clothes. She could feel some sort of strange energy emanating from them, like a dull heartbeat at times. She sighed and stood up, scooped the books into her arms and carried them back to the warded chest her teacher had given her. If discovered, she would be in a whole heap of trouble along with the professor. She dropped them into the chest and closed the lid.

    Necromancy. That had gone about as well as any other magery-related class she had taken at the Lycaeum. Professor Von Cross had insisted that she try her hand at this too, though of course, in secret. Maggy liked him, a lot. And though he drove her nearly to madness and to the point of exhaustion, somehow she pushed herself to find the time to practice and study with him.

    She turned, looking out the small window of her room behind the Lycaeum. It was a grey, overcast, cold and drizzly day. I wish there were more light in here she thought and immediately every candle in the room blazed up like a torch. She jumped. "And then there's that," she said aloud turning back to her books.
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Boy oh boy has the baby carrier scene evolved since the last time we reviewed the major players. Truthfully, there are more slings, wraps, and carriers than we can keep up with. Fortunately, our trusted Gear Guy, Jamie Grayson of The Baby Guy NYC, has made it his mission to know the pros and cons of every single one. “Here are five of my current favorites,” he says. “And yes, all of them are ergonomically designed to save your back some misery. Otherwise, you’d never hear about them from me.”

Boba Carrier 3G, $120-125
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Last night in Boston, individuals from all backgrounds and cultures, came together in the SEIU 32BJ on West Street in Downtown Boston to discuss the action taken against President Elect Donald Trump so far, and what is to happen next.

Originally planned to be held a couple of streets over, the meeting was relocated due to the sheer amount of attendees confirmed via a Facebook event set up by local activist group Boston Socialist Alternative (the same group responsible for Wednesday night’s massive Anti-Trump rally throughout Downtown Boston). Many smaller groups were in attendance ranging from students at Northeastern, UMass Boston, Suffolk and many more along with Bostonians of all ages, colors and sizes.

The night began with an introduction from BSA member Andy Moxley talking of where we stand and mentioning some ideas on where to go. Canvassing, Patrolling the streets in search of violence and discrimination. Putting up posters and handing out flyers. Protesting. The list of possibilities went on. “[Members of the Republican Party] were scared of a reaction to Trump and we were that reaction”, said Moxley to the packed room of attendees. “We want to create, not a border wall, but a wall of resistance, and last night was the first brick in that wall,” he continued. The compassion in the room also showed first when Moxley responded to an older attendees’ comment “If you don’t vote, don’t complain”, to which he commented “I wouldn’t necessarily agree with that.”

After wrapping up the introduction, a member of the Massachusetts Teacher Association (MTA) began to moderate a series of comments given by the crowd. She selected individuals who came up to form a line then prompting two minute statements from each individual. People spoke for over an hour on a sprawling list of concerns/civil issues including…

  • Women’s Rights.
  • LGBT+ Rights – “make sure we don’t just matter, but that were a priority” – “I’m here because I’m Trans, and I don’t wanna die,” – Both comments by different attendees, the latter was followed by a standing ovation from the whole room.
  • Getting Big Money out of Politics – Attendees were encouraged to visit for more info.
  • Fighting Against the DAPL and other Environmentally Destructive/Anti Indigenous Efforts.
  • The Importance of Art as an offensive tool – One woman suggested gluing body hair to inaccurate depictions of Women in Ads posted around the city.
  • A complete restructuring of the American Government including abolishing the Electoral College and breaking apart the Two-Party system – “It’s a system that cannot work in the interests of the people and it’s a system that doesn’t try to work in the interests of the people.”
  • The desire/need for a $15 minimum wage.
  • Efforts to assist those in Palestine.
  • Rights and Representation for Peoples with Disabilities including deaf representation and those with mental illnesses.
  • Protecting our National Parks and preventing corporations and the government stripping them.
  • The need for Intersectionality – or the interconnection of races, social classes and gender by creating overlapping and interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage.
  • The importance of “checking your privilege” – or referencing one’s inherent advantages in society due to their white skin, straight sexual preference or cis-male gender – “every time you hear the word privilege and get that little quiver, get over yourself… use it.”
  • Muslim Rights – A young woman stands at the podium, recites something in Arabic and then says, “if you feel afraid because I just spoke in Arabic, then you need to address that now.”
  • Rid the country of corporate prisons.

After the final speakers had taken the stage the moderators closed out the evening with a few remarks and plans for the future. Announcing the second meeting for some time in December, plans to hold nationwide rallies on Inauguration Day in January and giving notice of a KKK Victory Rally in March for Trump.

The night ended as the crowd spilled out onto West Street with plans to meet up after at various bars were created between friends and strangers as everyone went their separate ways, pride in their minds and love in their hearts, ready for what comes next.

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Tuesday, December 30, 2008

A Garden of Delight

Outfit Details: Cardigan - Ivory, Pin up Print Camisole- Antz Pantz, Cream Pants - by me, Shoes - Rodhe, Earrings and Bracelet - Diva, Hair Bow - Sugar Doll designs.

Boxing Day was spent in a traditional fashion here. A relaxed, sunny afternoon of extreme gastronomical delight and over indulgence. After the tinsel and sparkle of Christmas day, it was a wonderful chance to take in the Christmas beauty of a more natural fashion. I took these photos by the most amazing trumpet flower trees in my brother yard. He recently moved into an old property with a beautifully wild yet tended garden. The sort of place you might imagine pixies run wild and fairies have dance parties on their nights off.

I hope all your Christmases have been a relaxed and festive event with lots of Nana napping to

Erin said...

Oh how I love a nanna nap :).
You are so befitting of your title (Super Kawaii Mama). I gush with delight every time you post!

calamityjem said...

Wow, you look totally stunning in those pics!

Skye said...

Such pretty and elegant photos, very dreamlike. Which seems appropriate for frolicking with the datura flowers like that (google if you're not sure what I'm talking about)...

thevintageyear said...

You look wonderful and the photos have such an ethereal glow.

Lady Melbourne said...

Lovely SKM, I did something very similar. Beautiful cardigan, can't wait to see what you will be wearing NYE!

Grant said...

You look splendid SKM.

Now, as a side note because I have a nerdy Herbologist streak: If your brother has young children as you do, warn him that the flower is highly toxic, and it should be kept clear of the little-uns.

It does look rather amazing though.

WendyB said...

Beautiful photos.

Super Kawaii Mama said...

Erin: Thank you, I often wonder if people know what the name means.
Calamity Jem: Thank you. :)
Skye: Ah, so that's their proper name. I'll have to check it out some more.
The vintage year: Thanks, I try my best with the photos, I wasn't really a natural but I'm practicing.
LM: I'm still deciding between a few outfit choices at this stage with our crazy weather, but I do love the opportunities NYE presents.
Grant: Thanks for the heads up. I figured as much as it seems the most beautiful flowers always are.

Jill Sherman said...

Hey, Mama! I wanted to wish you a happy new year :) SUPER KAWAII RULES, but you already knew that ;)

Jorgelina said...

Beautiful photos.
Happy new year!

Shannon (A beautiful Dream) said...

Such lovely photos, especially the last one.

Those pants look super comfortable, but still stylish.

Happy New Year!

Anonymous said...

Hi Sis

I did some searching and I believe the plant is called "Brugmansia Arborea". I a nut shell; beautiful, wildly hallucinagenic and deadly.


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East Street Tattoo Supply is a Swedish distributor for Lucky Supply. we always try to have a wide range of tattoomachines from Aaron Cain, Jimmy Whitlock, Bert Krak, Mike Wilson, Eric Inksmith, Scott Sylvia, Juan Puente, etc
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Sunday, May 04, 2008

Concerts & Music Videos

While fashion is what drives SwaggerDap, music is a close number 2. Here's some interesting music videos and a concert clip for you to enjoy.

Nigoldeneye on Bapeheads Tour Hong Kong

Justice - Stress

The Roots ft Wale & Chrisette Michele - Rising Up

The Roots ft Patrick Stump - Birthday Girl

New Portishead - Machine Gun

Bape Heads Tour- looked crazy
Justice- Stress - forget a music video, that was an epic short film with a soundtrack
Rising Up - ill song, go cop that Roots CD asap!
Birthday Girl - creeps me out, but i love it... and Sasha Grey is great
Portishead - only been a fan for a minute now but nice to see that they got new material

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