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	<title>Stewie`s Blog &#187; i3D.net</title>
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		<title>Testing the Dell R620 with dual Intel E5-2660</title>
		<link>http://stewie.biz/2011/11/30/testing-the-dell-r620-with-dual-intel-e5-2660/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>i3D.net has been invited by Dell to test the 12th generation Dell servers. As we are rapidly adding new capacity to our hosting environment we always try to add servers based on the latest generation of CPUs. We have recently installed 2250 Dell R210 &#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>i3D.net has been invited by Dell to test the 12th generation Dell servers. As we are rapidly adding new capacity to our hosting environment we always try to add servers based on the latest generation of CPUs. We have recently installed 2250 Dell R210 II servers with Intel E3-1230 and another 500 Dell R410 servers with dual Intel L5645 (2&#215;6 cores).</p>
<p><strong>Background</strong><br />
i3D.net is a hosting provider operating a global network of 7000 servers in Rotterdam, Frankfurt, London, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Tokyo and Sydney. Bundled with our proprietary software we provide the hosted environment for many game titles on Microsoft Xbox360, Sony Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii, PC, Apple iOS and Android and we provide deployment and management software to our clients. Our server footprint grows with an average of 70% per year.</p>
<p>Dell offered us the opportunity to test the Dell R620 hardware in preparation of the launch of our private cloud offering. i3D.net is creating a customer setup on the Openstack software, with Dell hardware and adapted to hosting game environments such as scalable Facebook games and rich media Xbox Live (Arcade) titles.</p>
<p><strong>Dell R620 Hardware<br />
</strong>The Dell R620 has impressive hardware features compared to the 11th generation Dell server (Dell R610).</p>
<p><a href="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-front.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1520" title="Dell R620 front" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-front-1024x764.jpg" alt="Dell R620 front" width="717" height="535" /></a></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-top.jpg"><img title="Dell R620 top view" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-top-1024x764.jpg" alt="Dell R620 top view" width="717" height="535" /></a></strong></p>
<p><strong><a href="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-back.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1523" title="Dell R620 back" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-back-1024x764.jpg" alt="Dell R620 back" width="717" height="535" /></a></strong></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p><em>Hardware specs</em><br />
Dual Socket Intel E5 offers increased performance, more cache, a multiple of cores. We tested the dual Intel E5-2660 setup with 20 MB L3 cache and 8 CPU cores per socket.</p>
<p>A total of 768 GB DDR3 memory is supported, running on 1666 MHz. Our test setup has 8x8GB = 64 GB DDR3 memory.</p>
<p><a href="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-processor-settings-3.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1519" title="Dell R620 CPU" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-processor-settings-3-764x1024.jpg" alt="Dell R620 CPU" width="535" height="717" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-dimm-cpu.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1517" title="Dell R620 CPU and Memory" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-dimm-cpu-764x1024.jpg" alt="Dell R620 CPU and Memory" width="535" height="717" /></a><br />
<a href="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-processor-settings.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1524" title="Dell R620 CPU settings" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-processor-settings-764x1024.jpg" alt="Dell R620 CPU settings" width="535" height="717" /></a><br />
<em>Chassis<br />
</em>The chassis will be available as 2.5&#8243; hot swap configuration supporting 10 disks for a total of 20 TB disk space. This configuration has front VGA, no optic drive, no diagnostic front LED and does not support the SD card reader with front slot.</p>
<p>Other configuration options include a 4 disk 2.5&#8243; system that supports all options including VGA port and optic drive. There is also a 6 disk and 8 disk chassis. For data center operations the front VGA port and diagnostic LED are only used to resolve hardware failures, where on-site staff is faster to respond than the external Dell 4 hour 24&#215;7 support. The benefit is minimal thus our choice is the 10 drive chassis.</p>
<p><a href="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-hard-drive-layout.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1516" title="Dell R620 Hard Drive layout" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-hard-drive-layout-1024x764.jpg" alt="Dell R620 Hard Drive layout" width="717" height="535" /></a></p>
<p><em>Network</em><br />
The Dell R620 features an incredibly flexible network setup: the choice is between &#8220;on-board&#8221; Intel, Broadcom and another 3rd party network chips. The default configuration has 4 copper ports with 1 GbE. The network uses a click-on system so you are able to swap two ports to 10 GbE over copper. There is a fifth port for the iDrac 7 Enterprise card.</p>
<p><a href="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-device-setup.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1521" title="Dell R620 swap NIC settings" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-device-setup-1024x764.jpg" alt="Dell R620 swap NIC settings" width="717" height="535" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-swappable-NIC1.jpg"><img title="Dell R620 swappable NIC" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-swappable-NIC1-764x1024.jpg" alt="Dell R620 swappable NIC" width="696" height="932" /></a></p>
<p><em>Dell Lifecycle Management</em><br />
The Dell Lifecycle management is updated and now supports automatic plug and play driver and firmware configuration. If the controller detects new or changed hardware it will be able to recognize this hardware and update the firmware on demand. This is useful for motherboard updates if a new CPU generation is installed, if a PCI-E card is added, if a new SSD disk is installed or if one of the &#8220;on-board&#8221; NIC cards are swapped.</p>
<p><em>SD cards</em><br />
The Dell R620 can boot from internal SD cards. One main card is installed and a secondary mirror card can be used for redundancy. This will make the Dell R620 a powerful disk-less server system in advanced cloud environments &#8211; where servers will be shutdown if not used, saving in energy consumption and data center cooling overhead costs. There is a third SD card installed near the back-plane and depending on the chassis you can insert a fourth SD card in the front bay.</p>
<p>The server also supports Fusion IO type of swappable cards, to improve the available system IO for specific tasks, such as databases.</p>
<p><a href="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-integrated-devices.jpg"><img title="Dell R620 device settings" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-integrated-devices-1024x764.jpg" alt="Dell R620 device settings" width="717" height="535" /></a></p>
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<p><a href="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-dell-tag.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-large wp-image-1522" title="Dell R620 - 1 month old" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/i3d-r620-dell-tag-764x1024.jpg" alt="Dell R620 - 1 month old" width="535" height="717" /></a></p>
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		<title>i3D says &#8220;FireDaemon is the heart of all our software&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://stewie.biz/2011/07/04/i3d-says-firedaemon-is-the-heart-of-all-our-software/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2011 16:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>Europe’s Premier Co-location and Game Service Provider i3D says &#8220;FireDaemon is the heart of all our software&#8221;</em></strong><br />
<strong>Overview </strong><br />
Interactive 3D (i3D.net) is the largest game hoster in Europe with a 36,000 sq. ft. datacenter in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. They have &#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong><em>Europe’s Premier Co-location and Game Service Provider i3D says &#8220;FireDaemon is the heart of all our software&#8221;</em></strong><br />
<strong>Overview </strong><br />
Interactive 3D (i3D.net) is the largest game hoster in Europe with a 36,000 sq. ft. datacenter in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. They have 4000 servers in Rotterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, London, Tokyo, Sydney and Washington DC. i3D is an Electronic Arts Trusted Partner and hosts various game-community websites and events. Next to gaming services, they also offer dedicated servers and co-location in their Rotterdam facility.</p>
<p>Over 1,000,000 gamers log on daily on i3D game servers. They own over 4,000 latest generation Intel Xeon servers and use both Windows 2008 and Linux. i3D hosts over 15,000 game and voice servers and are expanding rapidly. i3D reported 844% growth over the past years.</p>
<p><strong>The Challenge </strong><br />
This new world arose from a basic desire, to control costs and ensure security and dependability. With the exponential growth of i3D, they needed to handle more and more clients and servers every day. The expansion meant an increase in customer support. With the high number of users, the greatest challenge for Stijn Koster, i3D’s CEO, was keeping up with the ever increasing number of resource issues and administration costs.</p>
<p>i3D uses an in-house developed Control Panel for total control on all their game, voice and web servers. &#8220;The challenge was to automate this process in order to lower and minimize our maintenance costs&#8221; said Stijn. &#8220;Network stability and uptime is foremost to our business&#8221;.</p>
<p><strong>The Solution </strong><br />
The most important selling point of FireDaemon was its individuality and ease of use. &#8220;FireDaemon made it possible to automate a lot of work and is the direct result of a lower load on our support team&#8221;.<br />
FireDaemon is a quick start for their in-house developed Control Panel Software. i3D have saved on a lot of development time and cost by implementing FireDaemon in January 2006, instead of building their own in-house solution. &#8220;FireDaemon is stable, fast and uses almost no resources. FireDaemon is unique and we are unable to find one single product with the same capabilities&#8221;.<br />
Read more on: : i3D.net Game Forums i3D says &#8220;FireDaemon is the heart of all our software&#8221;</p>
<p><em>&#8220;FireDaemon is the heart of all of our software&#8221;<br />
</em><br />
<strong>Results</strong></p>
<p>With FireDaemon, i3D are able to automate a lot of standard jobs. They have tripled their completed support work with the same support staff in the last few months of installation. This accomplishment has helped i3D concentrate on what it does best: providing a cost effective, secure, stable and resilient network services to their clients.</p>
<p>About FireDaemon Technologies Limited FireDaemon Technologies Limited, based in Cambridge, UK is the world leader in service management solutions for Microsoft Windows and has been providing software solutions to the industry since 1996. FireDaemon Technologies Limited, a privately held corporation, has been successful in identifying market needs and providing tools to meet those needs including commercial and FOSS products such as FireDaemon Lite, FireDaemon Pro, FireDaemon Fusion, PanelDaemon and daeMON. More information on FireDaemon Technologies Limited is available at FireDaemon.com.</p>
<p>Source: <a href="http://www.firedaemon.com/pdf/i3d-case-study.pdf">http://www.firedaemon.com/pdf/i3d-case-study.pdf</a></p>
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		<title>i3D.net completes second CDSA audit</title>
		<link>http://stewie.biz/2011/05/24/i3d-net-completes-second-cdsa-audit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 May 2011 06:45:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewie</dc:creator>
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<p>Thanks to great work by Rick, Mirjam and the datacenter technicians, we passed the second audit, May 2011.&#8230;</p>]]></description>
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<p>Thanks to great work by Rick, Mirjam and the datacenter technicians, we passed the second audit, May 2011.</p>
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		<title>New servers in Sydney, Australia</title>
		<link>http://stewie.biz/2011/03/28/new-servers-in-sydney-australia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Mar 2011 18:00:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Stefan returned from his trip to Sydney; he doubled our local presence and setup network for a new game launch:&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Stefan returned from his trip to Sydney; he doubled our local presence and setup network for a new game launch:</p>

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		<title>New suite, new racks, new servers</title>
		<link>http://stewie.biz/2011/02/08/new-suite-new-racks-new-servers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Feb 2011 15:50:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>The datacenter technicians are racking new HP servers in our newest suite at the <a href="http://www.smartdc.net" target="_blank">SmartDC datacenter in Rotterdam</a>. This new high density suite houses 32 racks each with 44 1u servers, totalling 1408 servers. All racks have 96 switch &#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The datacenter technicians are racking new HP servers in our newest suite at the <a href="http://www.smartdc.net" target="_blank">SmartDC datacenter in Rotterdam</a>. This new high density suite houses 32 racks each with 44 1u servers, totalling 1408 servers. All racks have 96 switch ports available and custom made PDUs to allow this many servers to be used in every rack. A truly amazing sight.</p>

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		<title>Fast50: i3D.net reports 844% growth</title>
		<link>http://stewie.biz/2011/01/13/fast50/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2011 16:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Deloitte presented us with this Fast50 plaque. <a href="http://stewie.biz/2010/10/08/interactive-3d-i3d-net-bereikt-24ste-plaats-in-deloitte-technology-fast50/">i3D.net ranked 24th in the Dutch Fast50</a> ranking of fastest growing technology companies. i3D.net ranked 204th in the EMEA Fast 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe, The Middle East and Africa. i3D.net &#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Deloitte presented us with this Fast50 plaque. <a href="http://stewie.biz/2010/10/08/interactive-3d-i3d-net-bereikt-24ste-plaats-in-deloitte-technology-fast50/">i3D.net ranked 24th in the Dutch Fast50</a> ranking of fastest growing technology companies. i3D.net ranked 204th in the EMEA Fast 500 fastest growing technology companies in Europe, The Middle East and Africa. i3D.net has a growth rate of 844%.</p>
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		<title>GDC 2010 San Francisco</title>
		<link>http://stewie.biz/2010/01/15/gdc-2010-san-francisco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 12:58:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>I will be attending the Game Developers Conference (GDC), which this year will be held in San Francisco in early March. The Dutch game industry will be present with the <a href="http://www.evd.nl/zoeken/showbouwsteen.asp?bstnum=256229&#38;location=/evenementen/agenda/" target="_blank">Holland Pavilion</a> on the <a href="http://www.gdconf.com/expo/index.html">GDC EXPO</a>.</p>
<p>If you are &#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I will be attending the Game Developers Conference (GDC), which this year will be held in San Francisco in early March. The Dutch game industry will be present with the <a href="http://www.evd.nl/zoeken/showbouwsteen.asp?bstnum=256229&amp;location=/evenementen/agenda/" target="_blank">Holland Pavilion</a> on the <a href="http://www.gdconf.com/expo/index.html">GDC EXPO</a>.</p>
<p>If you are attending the GDC and would like to meet, drop me an email or contact me at <a href="http://nl.linkedin.com/in/skoster" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>.</p>
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		<title>Office update</title>
		<link>http://stewie.biz/2009/01/19/office-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 16:08:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Our office has a lot of rooms and one of these rooms had our drum kit in it. With our growing team we needed more office space so the drum kit was moved last week to a more suitable position &#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our office has a lot of rooms and one of these rooms had our drum kit in it. With our growing team we needed more office space so the drum kit was moved last week to a more suitable position in the center of the office.</p>
<p>Anyway, this is the result:</p>

<a href='http://stewie.biz/2009/01/19/office-update/user1552_pic919_1232375683/' title='Welcome to our office'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/user1552_pic919_1232375683-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Welcome to our office" title="Welcome to our office" /></a>
<a href='http://stewie.biz/2009/01/19/office-update/img_0884/' title='Office entrance'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/img_0884-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Office entrance" title="Office entrance" /></a>
<a href='http://stewie.biz/2009/01/19/office-update/user1552_pic922_1232375922/' title='Sonor Force drums'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/user1552_pic922_1232375922-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Sonor Force drums" title="Sonor Force drums" /></a>
<a href='http://stewie.biz/2009/01/19/office-update/img_0860/' title='Relax and game room with game consoles, food &amp; drinks and one of the 5 large paintings.'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/img_0860-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Relax and game room with game consoles, food &amp; drinks and one of the 5 large paintings." title="Relax and game room with game consoles, food &amp; drinks and one of the 5 large paintings." /></a>
<a href='http://stewie.biz/2009/01/19/office-update/user1552_pic921_1232375683/' title='With proud we host Frontlines: Fuel of War'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/user1552_pic921_1232375683-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="With proud we host Frontlines: Fuel of War" title="With proud we host Frontlines: Fuel of War" /></a>
<a href='http://stewie.biz/2009/01/19/office-update/user1552_pic923_1232375922/' title='i3D.net powered by Coca-Cola'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/user1552_pic923_1232375922-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="i3D.net powered by Coca-Cola" title="i3D.net powered by Coca-Cola" /></a>
<a href='http://stewie.biz/2009/01/19/office-update/img_0878/' title='Additional firecracker 10&quot; steel snare drum'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/img_0878-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Additional firecracker 10&quot; steel snare drum" title="Additional firecracker 10&quot; steel snare drum" /></a>
<a href='http://stewie.biz/2009/01/19/office-update/user1552_pic920_1232375683/' title='Our office drum kit'><img width="150" height="150" src="http://stewie.biz/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/user1552_pic920_1232375683-150x150.jpg" class="attachment-thumbnail" alt="Our office drum kit" title="Our office drum kit" /></a>

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		<title>Visit the EA Community Lounge in Leipzig for i3D.net/Heroes posters!</title>
		<link>http://stewie.biz/2008/08/10/visit-the-ea-community-lounge-in-leipzig-for-i3dnetheroes-posters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Aug 2008 22:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<div class="mceTemp">See <a href="http://forum.i3d.net/game-blog-news-announcements/30292-visit-ea-community-lounge-leipzig-i3d-net-net-heroes-posters.html">this</a> forum topic for the full announcement on the new <a href="http://forum.i3d.net/game-blog-news-announcements/30292-visit-ea-community-lounge-leipzig-i3d-net-net-heroes-posters.html">i3D.net posters</a>! This years design is done by Dice and i3d&#8217;s Ramon! Check the forum for the high res version of this unique poster. We intend to print a &#8230;</div>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="mceTemp">See <a href="http://forum.i3d.net/game-blog-news-announcements/30292-visit-ea-community-lounge-leipzig-i3d-net-net-heroes-posters.html">this</a> forum topic for the full announcement on the new <a href="http://forum.i3d.net/game-blog-news-announcements/30292-visit-ea-community-lounge-leipzig-i3d-net-net-heroes-posters.html">i3D.net posters</a>! This years design is done by Dice and i3d&#8217;s Ramon! Check the forum for the high res version of this unique poster. We intend to print a limited edition of both posters.</div>
<div class="mceTemp">At the gamers convention in Leipzig you&#8217;ll be able to grab them for free!</div>
<p style="text-align: center;"><img title="i3d Heroes poster 1" src="http://forum.i3d.net/attachments/game-blog-news-announcements/943144577d1218033068t-visit-ea-community-lounge-leipzig-i3d-net-net-heroes-posters-bfh1_small.jpg" alt="i3d Heroes poster 1" width="210" height="300" /> <img title="i3d Heroes poster 2" src="http://forum.i3d.net/attachments/game-blog-news-announcements/943144578d1218033068t-visit-ea-community-lounge-leipzig-i3d-net-net-heroes-posters-bfh2_small.jpg" alt="i3d Heroes poster 2" width="210" height="300" /></p>
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		<title>Brein op bezoek</title>
		<link>http://stewie.biz/2008/05/08/brein-op-bezoek/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stewie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p>Naar aanleiding van het <a href="http://stewie.biz/2008/04/25/brein-sluit-indiase-websites/">eerdere contact</a> met Stichting Brein, is vandaag Tim Kuik en collega Okke op bezoek geweest bij i3d. Een interessante discussie volgde op het terrasje bij Dudok (een dag eerder nog de plek voor de WHT modmeet/beerfest).&#8230;</p>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Naar aanleiding van het <a href="http://stewie.biz/2008/04/25/brein-sluit-indiase-websites/">eerdere contact</a> met Stichting Brein, is vandaag Tim Kuik en collega Okke op bezoek geweest bij i3d. Een interessante discussie volgde op het terrasje bij Dudok (een dag eerder nog de plek voor de WHT modmeet/beerfest).</p>
<p>Het standpunt van i3d is helder: als ISP kan je onmogelijk de content van je klanten filteren op illegaal aangeboden bestanden als films en muziek. Dit is zelfs niet gewenst en niet acceptabel: de privacy van je klanten moet gewaardborgd blijven.</p>
<p>Brein gaat hierin in grote lijnen mee, echter wijzen zij erop dat hun doel de eigenaar van de betreffende illegale website is. Daarvoor is echter medewerking van de hoster nodig, via de rechter of via goodwill, gezien de personen in de wereld van dit soort sites er veel  aan doen om zelf onbekend te blijven.  Het privacy standpunt van de ISP is volgens Brein niet correct gezien het vaak om professionele websites gaat, die draaien als een bedrijf. Privacy wetgeving is verschillend voor personen en bedrijven.</p>
<p>Waar zit nu het probleem: de eigenaren van de sites willen anoniem blijven en de ISP&#8217;s werken liever niet mee (want dit jaagt klanten weg). Vandaag hebben wij een oplossing geintroduceerd aan Brein: i3d heeft een &#8216;mediation&#8217; website gestart. Hierop kan een copyright houder of vertegenwoordiger contact opnemen met de betreffende i3d klant die een copyright zou schenden. De privacy van onze klanten is maximaal gewaarborgd. Het systeem werkt als volgt:</p>
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<li>Anti-piracy organisatie dient een initieel verzoek in</li>
<li>i3d beoordeeelt dit verzoek en koppelt dit als een mediation ticket aan de klant.</li>
<li>De verzoekende partij kan via het mediation portaal direct met de klant communiceren maar ziet niet wie de klant is noch enige informatie die direct naar deze klant kan leiden</li>
<li>Onze klant ziet dit als een ticket in ons controlpanel en kan reageren en communiceren met de verzoekende partij</li>
<li>De twee partijen hebben nu de mogelijkheid om er samen uit te komen, de klant heeft echter geen plichten om hieraan mee te werken noch om zijn contactgegevens bekend te maken</li>
<li>De verzoekende partij kan het ticket laten &#8216;escaleren&#8217; waarna i3d zal proberen te bemiddelen, mocht dat niet lukken, dan kan de verzoekende partij een gerechterlijke procedure starten</li>
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<p>Dit systeem is vandaag voorgelegd aan Brein en een eerste case zal morgen worden ingevoerd. Ik ben benieuwd welke i3d klant de primeur krijgt <img src='http://stewie.biz/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><strong>Internationale samenwerking</strong></p>
<p>Het internationale karakter van dit soort websites speelt ook mee: de sites zijn vaak eigendom van mensen of bedrijven uit het buitenland. Dat er tegenwoordig goed wordt samengewerkt tussen Brein en vergelijkbare instanties uit het buitenland blijkt wel uit het feit dat een van onze klanten bezoek kreeg van de anti-piracy unit in India. Volgens deze klant, ook een ISP, ging de zoektocht daarna weer verder naar Hongkong. Het spoor naar de website eigenaar is soms eindeloos.</p>
<p>Op de vraag waarom ze niet de geldstroom afsnijden van illegale sites (advertentie inkomsten) kwam het antwoord dat dit soort sites vaak deels eigendom zijn van de organisaties die veel adverteren op de site. Een voorbeeld is een torrenttracker met veel webcam-girl advertenties.</p>
<p>Het gesprek is daarna verder gegaan op p2p en usenet, beide bekende plaatsen voor uitwisseling van minder legale content. Hoe Brein juridisch het usenet wilt aanpakken is voor mij onduidelijk. Mijn grote vraag is: wie beheert usenet en wie moet je verantwoordelijk maken voor deze content? Misschien is usenet te vergelijken met een site als YouTube. Een automatische filter zal dadelijk het vuile werk moeten doen, maar of dat in de praktijk haalbaar is moet nog blijken. NFO sites en usenet indexeerders lijken in ieder geval wel veilig.</p>
<p>Bij torrenttrackers is het weer anders: hier kan je makkelijk een centraal punt afsluiten om de bron te pakken. Nu doet Brein dit regelmatig met succes in Nederland, maar in hoeverre werken buitenlandse organisaties hieraan mee? Nederland is een tijd lang een hotspot geweest van torrent sites, zal dit niet naar Oost-Europa en later naar Azië verschuiven?</p>
<p><strong>Notice and Take Down</strong></p>
<p>Tot slot is er nog gepraat over de NTD gedragscode die binnenkort wordt gepubliceerd. Voor ISP&#8217;s is het zeer fijn als er op juridisch gebied snel meer duidelijkheid komt. In de begleidende brief van het NICC wordt al aangegeven dat de gedragscode op zich niet voldoende bestaansrecht heeft. De gedragscode moet worden nageleefd en onderhouden worden waarbij het NICC aangeeft uit te gaan van &#8220;<em>de verantwoordelijkheid van partijen die zich uitspreken tegen illegaliteit op internet</em>&#8220;. Ik vrees echter dat er enkele rechtszaken nodig zijn om voldoende jurisprudentie te creëeren voordat hosting-Nederland hier serieus mee aan de slag gaat. Ook kan DHPA en ISPConnect hier een inhaal slag maken door de gedragscode verplicht te stellen aan haar leden.</p>
<p>Het was in ieder geval een geslaagd gesprek en de discussies waren pittig en interessant.</p>
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