Abstract: An information handling system includes a fan to cool a component of the information handling system, and a sensor device. The fan includes a first fan inlet, a second fan inlet, and a fan outlet. The fan is configured to draw air into the first and second fan inlets and to blow air out the fan outlet. The sensor device includes a sensor inlet, a sensor outlet, and a cover. The sensor is coupled to the fan with the first fan inlet collocated with the sensor outlet such that air drawn into the first fan inlet is first drawn through the sensor inlet. The cover is configured in a first position to cover the sensor inlet to permit no air flow through the sensor inlet and in a second position to uncover the sensor inlet to permit air to flow through the sensor inlet.

Abstract: A printed circuit board includes a first and second microstrip circuit traces formed on an outer surface of the printed circuit board, and a patterned dielectric material applied over a first length of the first microstrip circuit trace. The first microstrip circuit trace has a first length and carries a first signal. The second microstrip circuit trace is adjacent to the first microstrip circuit trace, has a second length longer than the first length, and carries a second signal. The patterned dielectric material is provided over a portion of the first length to delay the first signal relative to the second signal.

Abstract: An apparatus may include a heat pipe with a first portion residing in a first plane, a second portion residing in the first plane and a third portion positioned between the first portion and the second portion, the third portion residing in a second plane spaced-apart from the first plane. The apparatus further includes a base plate including an opening and a clip plate having a first region, a second region and a third region positioned between the first and the second regions. The third portion of the heat pipe is positioned within the opening, and the clip plate is coupled to the base plate such that i) the third region of the clip plate is in superimposition with the third portion of the heat pipe and ii) third region of the clip plate resides in the first plane.

Abstract: A disclosed method deploys a containerized health monitoring service that includes an embedded health monitoring service script. The containerized service generates a secure shell (SSH) key pair including an SSH public key and an SSH private key. A management account of the containerized service is registered with a centralized account service. An SSH control module of a hyper-converged infrastructure (HCI) manager retrieves from the account service the management account of the containerized service. The control module visits the containerized service to retrieve the SSH public key and stores the SSH public key to a target resource such as a host or virtual machine to enable any instance of the containerized service to remotely execute the health monitoring service script on the target resource with an SSH command.

Abstract: A computing cable comprising a trace having a first impedance and an attenuator that includes a fixed resistor having a second resistance, a variable resistor having a first resistance, and a conductor having a second impedance. The combination of the first resistance, the second resistance, and the second impedance is based on the first impedance, wherein the first resistance is varied dynamically at runtime based on a control input.

Abstract: Securing a riser cage and/or electronic components coupled thereto within an information handling system can be accomplished using a riser cage apparatus. The riser cage may be configured to removably secure the electronic components to a surface of the information handling system using one or more fasteners configured to couple the riser cage to a surface of a chassis. The one or more fasteners may comprise a protrusion configured to engage a pin coupled to the surface. The protrusion of the one or more fasteners may be movable relative to the riser cage between a first locked position in which the pin coupled to the surface is engaged by the protrusion and a second unlocked position in which the pin coupled to the surface is not engaged by the protrusion.

Abstract: A primary storage array and a remote storage array each create compressibility heat maps and periodically exchange compressibility heat maps over a remote replication facility. The primary R1 storage array also forwards an Activity Based Compression (ABC) heat map describing extent IO activity to the remote storage array. The primary and remote storage arrays use the compressibility heat maps to update per-extent compressibility forecast models to forecast compressibility values for extents during an upcoming time interval. The storage arrays use both activity-based scores and forecast compressibility scores to select extents to be stored in compressed and uncompressed form.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to detect, during execution of a video game application, a gameplay event associated with the video game application. The processor is further configured to determine a mechanical resistance setting associated with an input device of a game controller and to determine one or more positions of the input device at which the mechanical resistance setting is to be applied. The mechanical resistance setting is associated with the gameplay event. The processor is further configured to send, to the game controller, a control signal indicating a configuration of the input device. The configuration is associated with the mechanical resistance setting and the one or more positions.

Abstract: Systems and methods described herein may provide a system that enables execution of workloads within a distributed computing environment that includes one or more edge computing devices and/or one or more user computing devices. A computing device may determine a workload for execution within a distributed computing environment that includes a plurality of computing devices. The computing device may determine valid execution slots within the distributed computing environment and may select a first execution slot of the valid execution slots. A first edge computing device may be assigned to execute the workload during the first execution slot. The first execution slot may be selected based on scores computed for the valid execution slots. The scores may be determined based on at least one criteria selected from the group consisting of (i) workload durations, (ii) carbon emissions, (iii) utility costs, and (iv) a disruption penalty.

Abstract: An information handling system includes a battery, an embedded controller, and a processor. The embedded controller collects a battery charge status for the battery, and provides the battery charge status to the processor. The processor also receives data indicating a current battery discharge rate. The processor determines a second battery discharge rate based on operations to be performed during a period of time. The processor also determines a needed battery charge level at a start of the period of time. Based on the battery charge status, the current battery discharge rate, the second battery discharge rate, and the needed battery charge level, the processor sets the information handling system in a state to achieve the battery charge level.

Abstract: An apparatus comprises at least one processing device that includes a processor coupled to a memory. The processing device is configured to store configuration information, for utilization by software of a host device, in at least one file of a first database of a first type, and in conjunction with an upgrade of at least a portion of the software, to export the configuration information from the at least one file of the first database to one or more files in an intermediate format, to remove the at least one file of the first database, to export the configuration information from the one or more files in the intermediate format to at least one file of a second database of a second type different than the first type, and to configure the upgraded software to utilize the configuration information of the at least one file of the second database.

Abstract: A user input device may provide variable (e.g., adjustable and/or adaptive) feedback. Some embodiments can include a controllable magnetic system that can be configured to selectively resist rotation of a control stick about a first and second axis. The resistance applied by the magnetic system can be adjusted based on a user input, adjusted based on an input from a computer application, dynamically based on events occurring in an application (such as feedback from events in a gaming application), or a combination of these and other feedback controls. In at least one aspect, an input device includes a shaft configured to rotate about a first axis and a second axis, the shaft having a first end and a second end opposite the first end; a first magnet configured to emit a controllable magnetic field; and a second magnet interposed between the first magnet and the first end of the joystick.

Abstract: Techniques for performing test adaption and distribution for customer storage systems in accordance with a customer knowledge base. The techniques can include sending, by each customer storage system, data to the customer knowledge base. The data includes, for each customer storage system, a version of a data storage application and associated system configuration and parameters. In response to a query from a QA testing system, the data is migrated from the customer knowledge base to a QA database. The QA testing system analyzes the data to determine the most common system configuration, parameters, and data storage application version for most of the customer storage systems. The QA testing system adapts a test plan for testing the data storage application to conform with the most common system configuration and parameters and executes an application upgrade plan on QA storage appliances pre-prepared in accordance with the most common data storage application version.

Abstract: A method for trusted node election. The method includes: identifying a database cluster implemented on a node subset of a plurality of nodes forming a data center; receiving node state from each node in the node subset; and electing, for the database cluster and from the node subset, a trusted node based on the node state from each node in the node subset and a database cluster type of the database cluster.