Storage IO Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

This means that the drives should be transparent to the operating systems or hypervisors on servers or storage controllers without need for special adapters, controller cards or drivers.

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Storage Vmware Architecture Operating Systems 83

Scott Lowe

MARCH 15, 2024

The vulnerability affects virtually all Linux distributions and allows attackers to bypass the secure boot protections and insert a low-level bootkit. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management Mina Abadir shares some experiences around migrating from PlanetScale to Amazon Aurora. Storage Gergely Imreh discusses ZFS on a Raspberry Pi.

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Linux Vmware Load Balancer Malware 107

Dataconomy

MAY 8, 2023

In the ever-expanding universe of technology, cloud computing has become the celestial body around which many businesses orbit. However, much like the vast expanse of space, the cloud can be a dangerous place without proper security measures in place. What is shared responsibility model in cloud computing?

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Cloud Security Resources Operating Systems 51

Dataconomy

APRIL 13, 2023

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a technology that has revolutionized the way we access and control remote computers. In this article, we will delve deeper into the world of Virtual Network Computing, exploring its history, technology, and various applications. What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?

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Virtualization Network Linux Windows 36

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 5, 2024

Networking Via this blog post , I learned that Ivan Pepelnjak has a GitHub repository of hands-on examples for learning public cloud networking (including both AWS and Azure). Cloud Computing/Cloud Management Jonathan Major shares his experience using Pulumi with Google Cloud APIs. x and ESXi 8.x.

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Cloud Network Engineering Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Tom Kravitz' article on how IBM lost the public cloud war is a fascinating look at the internals of a former technology powerhouse. AWS recently announced the Cloud Control API. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 97

GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2021

Minimum specs: Windows 11 will require, at minimum, a 1 Ghz, 64-bit processor with 4GB of RAM and at least 64GB of storage. Visual changes: The new operating system comes with a softer, translucent appearance. The new operating system is also optimized for a variety of gaming scenarios.

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Windows Microsoft Operating Systems Intel 140

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Ivan Velichko takes readers on a journey of how Kubernetes reinvented virtual machines (in a good sense). Operating Systems/Applications. For your fix of storage-related links, J Metz has relatively recently published Storage Short Take #47. Virtualization.

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Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

Cloud Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Cloud computing transitions information technology (IT) from being "systems of physically integrated hardware and software" to "systems of virtually integrated services". Being a very young industry, universally adopted cloud computing standards do not currently exists. John Thune, R-S.D.,

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Cloud Healthcare Operating Systems Industry 101

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Personal comments and insight on cloud computing related technologies and their use in the public sector to support net-centric operations. Cloud Musings on Forbes. NJVC Cloud Computing. Get "Cloud Musings" by RSS. Top 10 Transformational Impacts of the Cloud in 2013.

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Cloud Data Center Virtualization Government 162

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

network virtualization). Is the relationship between network virtualization and service mesh closer than some folks might wish to admit? Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Here’s a user’s perspective on using infracost to bring cloud spend into your Terraform worfklows. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Virtualization Storage Network Programming 79

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 9, 2022

With this announcement of Cilium support within AKS, Cilium is now available in managed Kubernetes offerings across all three major cloud providers. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. But is it really a virtual machine ? Networking. Programming.

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Devops Virtualization Engineering Storage 87

CTOvision

MAY 16, 2017

The SFN8722 OCP offers 10GbE performance, which is critical for today’s data centers where ultra scale dominates the market, supports 1000s virtual NICs and dual 10 GbE ports, and provides up to 30 million of packets per second and ultra-low latency under one microsecond. These include leading edge cloud service providers, Web 2.0

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Software Software Data Center Hardware 194

SecureWorld News

DECEMBER 28, 2020

There is no question, really, that the year 2020 was the biggest year ever for the cloud. You can make the argument then, that cloud security is more crucial than its ever been. This is why I reached out to Mark Nunnikhoven, Vice President of Cloud Research at Trend Micro, to discuss this topic. But what about cloud security?

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Cloud Security Education Storage 63

Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

” Cloud Computing/Cloud Management Laurent Leconte takes AWS CDK for spin by deploying a simple Lambda function written in Python. Operating Systems/Applications In Technology Short Take 166 , I mentioned Nick Schmidt’s article on D2. Virtualization William Lam takes a look at ESXi on the latest Intel NUC.

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Applications Comparison Cloud Operating Systems 97

CTOvision

MAY 9, 2017

Delivers 1000s Virtual NICs for Ultimate Scalability with the Lowest Possible Latency. These include leading edge cloud service providers, Web 2.0 The SFN8722 also provides the ideal link between fast NVMe storage and the network. Marty Meehan. The SFN8722 has 8 lanes of PCle 3.1 Flexible layer 2-4 flow steering.

Software 151

Software Software Data Center Hardware 151

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Tom Kravitz' article on how IBM lost the public cloud war is a fascinating look at the internals of a former technology powerhouse. AWS recently announced the Cloud Control API. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

My link of links and articles from around the Internet is a bit light on networking and virtualization this time around, but heftier in the security, cloud, and OS/application sections. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Enjoy the content! Networking.

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Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 12, 2015

I just saw the news that Citrix has acquired Sanbolic , a storage virtualization company that I’ve written about before. It will be interesting to see how this acquisition affects the virtualization industry. TechCrunch also has a quick write-up as well.) So the big question becomes, “Will the Sanbolic acquisition change things?”

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Open Source Operating Systems Storage Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Although it isn’t technically specific to storage, there are significant storage themes in this article on what might happen if you lock yourself out of your digital life. Virtualization. That’s handy. Scary stuff!

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2021

This is useful, in my opinion, because now platform operators have a “starting point” on the specific threats they need to try to mitigate. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. I found this article on NSO/Pegasus a very interesting read.

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Open Source Virtualization Applications Security 94

Virtualized Greek

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

VMware has long been the thought leader in x86 virtualization products both on the desktop and in the data center. Add to it the vSphere suite and it’s pretty difficult to find a better virtualization solution. I was already a fan of virtualization and understood the virtualization parts of AWS but I didn’t get the need for an API.

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Vmware Development Cloud Data Center 65

Linux Academy

JUNE 25, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students can develop their Linux and Cloud skills even further. Cloud Security Fundamentals. The cloud has brought about tons of innovation and features. Serverless has been gaining momentum as cloud technology continues to become more widespread.

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Course Linux Cloud Devops 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

I’ve got another collection of links to articles on networking, security, cloud, programming, and career development—hopefully you find something useful! Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code. Welcome to Technology Short Take #164! to version 8.0.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. This post is a couple months old (a lifetime in the cloud-native world): the AWS Service Operator enables users/developers to consume a select set of AWS services via Kubernetes YAML manifests. AWS Outposts is Amazon’s move into the hybrid cloud market. Virtualization.

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Vmware Authentication Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 4, 2013

systems to use the Ubuntu Cloud Archive (which allows access to packaged versions of OpenStack for use with LTS releases of Ubuntu Server, like 12.04). As you may already know, I recently acquired two off-lease Dell PowerEdge C6100 systems. Using Puppet for Ubuntu Cloud Archive Support. Getting Hiera Working.

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Cloud Linux Dell Vmware 69

CTOvision

AUGUST 16, 2013

It was great learning that early in his career he was a technologist supporting the US Navy, supporting R&D and operations and making advances in capabilities from drones to helicopters. In every other area, from servers to operating systems to applications to storage have changed. Find his presentation here.

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Video Data Center Network Big Data 222

Galido

AUGUST 27, 2019

As we all know, at the moment safe data exchange with large amount of information between different devices with various operative systems is not easy for every user. Data download via a cloud. An unseen objective intermediary of a kind, United Cloud Storage. Here is what I found on that useful service.

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How To Data Storage Operating Systems 77

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. However, I wouldn’t recommend trying to cobble together something like this for a production environment.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. 3) Join us on YouTube! Courses Free in May.

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Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been collecting articles I wanted to share with readers on major areas in technology: networking, security, storage, virtualization, cloud computing, and OSes/applications. Here’s an “initial impressions” post on TKG 2.1.

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Programming Policies Network Cloud 96

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2023

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management I shared this on Twitter recently, but I wanted to share it here as well. Operating Systems/Applications Just when you think you’re getting a handle on Git, then it all blows up in your face and you realize you have no idea how Git works. Is it performance? Flexibility?

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Disaster Recovery Security Storage Social 90

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Seth Vargo walks through how to use Terraform to setup and configure a Google Cloud Run service. Operating Systems/Applications. Continuing his focus on cloud-init , Luc Dekens has added four more articles to his site discussing this tool. Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking.

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Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

CTOvision

DECEMBER 16, 2013

By Bob Gourley Announces Acquisition of Sandboxie to Expand Global Reach, Small Business Footprint and Consolidate the Two Leading Brands in Burgeoning Virtualized Containment Solutions Market. Sandboxie is a globally deployed and widely respected competitor in the virtualized containment solutions market. About Invincea, Inc.

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Dell Small Business Security Malware 249

Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. Google Cloud Essentials (NEW).

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Course Linux Devops Big Data 104

Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

The folks at Netskope have a pair of blog posts on GCP OAuth token hijacking in Google Cloud ( part 1 , part 2 ). If you’re a Google Cloud user, this may be worth a closer examination to make sure your accounts are safe. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Linux Hardware Network Cloud 60