Virtualized Greek

MARCH 25, 2014

The CPU, Storage and in some cases network are collapsing into tightly integrated platforms. Examples include Nutanix on the hardware side and VMware VSAN or EMC ScaleIO on the software side. These converged solutions allow for simplified infrastructures that scale by just adding additional blocks of integrated storage and compute.

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Storage Hardware Architecture Enterprise 80

The Verge

MARCH 5, 2021

Oculus released its first-generation Quest VR headset in 2019, and it quickly became a sought-after head-mounted display , if you were looking to play virtual reality games without being tethered to a gaming PC. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge. Despite this, the original Oculus Quest model is still a good VR headset to buy.

Retail 69

Retail Storage Hardware Course 69

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. Have I mentioned the ESXi Virtual Appliance ?

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Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Of course, the distinction between control plane protocols and data plane protocols isn’t always perfectly clear. Of course, I am a fan of network virtualization, since I work with/on VMware NSX.). Servers/Hardware. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Networking. Here’s a good source. Any thoughts?

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Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 16, 2023

A hybrid meeting is a modern approach to conducting meetings that blends in-person and virtual elements,” explains Jon Morgan, CEO of Venture Smarter. “It According to a 2023 Gartner report , hybrid meetings are usually significantly less productive than in-person meetings or virtual ones. What is a hybrid meeting? “A

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Meeting Conference Video Virtualization 124

Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

Courses Free in May. LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. This course covers objectives for the LPI Essentials exam version 1.5. If so, this is the course for you. 3) Join us on YouTube!

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Linux Course Big Data Devops 60

Sean Daniel

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Introducing a new line of Network Storage Servers for SMB. Only yesterday, a third product that I worked on over the past little while called Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials was announced, on hardware provided by Western Digital. The WD Sentinel DX4000 looks pretty awesome from a hardware perspective as well.

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Storage Network SMB Windows 48

Scott Lowe

MAY 9, 2014

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is a networking topic that is starting to get more and more attention (some may equate “attention” with “hype”; I’ll allow you to draw your own conclusion there). Servers/Hardware. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Networking.

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Vmware Storage HP Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Here’s a list of 35 advanced tutorials to help learn Kubernetes , courtesy of Aymen El Amri (and the authors of the various tutorials, of course). Virtualization. I recently spotted Multipass , a virtualization solution for working with Linux instances. Networking. Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2013

From there, she launches into a discussion of the “customer virtualization journey”; it’s the same 3-step journey of IT production, business production, and IT-as-a-Service that we’ve heard about for several years. ” Of course, it’s not just about today’s apps, but also next-generation apps.

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Vmware Virtualization Data Center Storage 63

Virtualized Greek

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

VMware is a large corporation but, $1 billion is a lot of money to any company and a big bet on network virtualization. VMware has looked to both storage and networking as areas of growth. Specifically, for the network VMware is not looking to add network virtualization as just another feature of their server virtualization platform.

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Vmware Virtualization Hardware Network 91

Galido

APRIL 27, 2020

For a start, it provides easy optimization of infrastructural resources since it uses hardware more effectively. Of course, this is just one part of why Kubernetes is useful and widely praised. This tool automates deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications on a cluster of servers (virtual or bare metal).

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Load Balancer Tools Applications Open Source 94

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Of course, Big Switch recently moved to “diversify,” if you will, away from just Floodlight with the introduction of Switch Light. Servers/Hardware. If you’re a real storage geek (or if you’re not but are having trouble sleeping), check out this USENIX presentation on erasure coding in Windows Azure storage.

Storage 111

Storage Vmware WAN Virtualization 111

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. Have I mentioned the ESXi Virtual Appliance ?

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2012

Derek Seaman: VMworld 2012 – Virtualizing SQL Server 2012 APP-BCA1516. Derek Seaman: VMworld 2012 – Securing the Virtual Environment, How to Defend the Enterprise OPS-CSM1209. Derek Seaman: VMworld – Architecting Storage DRS Clusters INF-STO1545. Virtualization VMware VMworld2012' Other Summary Posts.

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Vmware Virtualization Conference Hardware 107

The Verge

JULY 10, 2020

I attempted to run our routine video test (which involves exporting a five-minute, 33-second 4K video) multiple times using hardware acceleration, and Adobe Premiere Pro consistently crashed during the export. Disabling the hardware acceleration in Premiere and relying solely on software got the job done, but it took an hour and 15 minutes.

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HP Adobe Budget Video 103

Fountainhead

JANUARY 24, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The technology behind this was a combination of orchestrating physical and virtual devices, which automatically composed appropriate infrastructure stacks to keep the service SLA within pre-defined bounds. Enter Virtualization. Fountainhead.

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Cloud Data Center Virtualization Data 216

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 17, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Now I really want to see hardware security key support in the desktop and mobile apps! Readers can, of course, extrapolate from the concepts presented here to include other development environments. Virtualization. Time to get patching, folks! Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. This is kind of cool.

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Load Balancer Vmware Windows Cloud 60

The Verge

DECEMBER 23, 2020

A great gaming rig and an okay laptop If you’re looking for the absolute most powerful gaming hardware out there. Of course, those also come with a few trade-offs — and folks who might need to use their machine for tasks besides gaming should consider other options. You can turn all of the RGB stuff off, of course.

Storage 106

Storage LAN Hardware Course 106

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Servers/Hardware. I just noticed this article about using Nova flavor extra-specs to pass QoS data down to the virtualization layer. Alan Renouf shows you how to retrieve NVMe storage device details using PowerCLI. Virtualization. Thinking of virtualizing Linux on Hyper-V? What’s that? See here.). That’s handy.

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Why do we have data networks, storage networks and management networks (all distinct, I might add). Ultimately, all of this complexity gradually resulted from incremental server hardware evolution… the motherboards to be exact. Fountainhead.

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Industry Data Center Virtualization Network 100

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Of course, Linux folks have been doing things like this with Bash for quite a while… Puja Abbassi, a developer advocate at Giant Swarm, discusses the future of container image building by looking at some of the concerns with the existing “Docker way” of building images. Virtualization.

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Load Balancer Cloud Applications Vmware 60

The Verge

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

Removing the panels gives you access to a storage expansion slot, though we haven’t been able to test this out yet, as Sony says SSD expansion isn’t available. The storage situation for the console is a bit of a question mark, though you do have the ability to load PS4 games from USB storage. (In port on the back.

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Hardware Examples Video 3D 111

Scott Lowe

APRIL 27, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Your mileage may vary, of course. The Kubernetes blog has some more details on the Container Storage Interface (CSI) in Kubernetes 1.10, which has moved from alpha to beta as part of the 1.10 Virtualization. Not to worry, the nice folks over at Netronome have a post that explains it all.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Open Source Security 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

This article by Red Hat provides a reasonable overview of various networking options available in OpenStack (specifically, Red Hat’s OpenStack distribution) to support Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). Servers/Hardware. There are some good (naturally), and also some bad (of course). Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Significant increase in the number of options available for various business requirements and loads “Bare metal” servers that aren’t virtual. Containers , like Docker, that makes deploying software much easier and faster. The cloud will therefore spin up a new instance with a container-ready version of the OS at the bottom.

Cloud 70

Cloud Web Services Hardware Software 70

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

This is, of course, just one way of handling subnets within a VPC, but some of the principles outlined in Christopher’s article are definitely sound. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. Hopefully the irregular schedule is outweighed by the value found in the content I’ve collected for you. Networking.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Servers/Hardware. That’s assuming your laptop is beefy enough, of course.). Virtualization. It’s kind of funny: I was doing a bit of reading on ZeroVM , a new open source lightweight hypervisor, trying to understand where it fits in the overall virtualization space. on flow table explosion with OpenFlow.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

Bart’s view is that a full-stack engineer knows about operations, the hardware stack (compute, storage, network), the software (network, operating system [OS], management, logging), and most importantly knows how to “code” an immutable infrastructure. Docker course: [link]. AWS (10x the size of all competitors), Joyent.

Devops 60

Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Servers/Hardware. Jase McCarty talks about how to backup or recover storage policy-based management (SPBM) profiles. Virtualization. This is all unsupported stuff, of course, but that hasn’t stopped home-labbers before. Ivan Pepelnjak shares a Python script that creates Ansible inventory from Vagrant’s SSH configuration.

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Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Most significantly, the Latitude line supports Intel’s vPro, a hardware and firmware platform that includes a number of security features and makes it easier for IT departments to manage devices remotely. The base model starts at $2,039 and includes a Core i5-1135G7, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and a 14-inch 1920 x 1200 screen.

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Dell Comparison Windows Storage 60

Galido

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

How much storage for backups do they provide? The term only becomes applicable when we start looking for Virtual Private Servers (VPS) and Dedicated Servers. Virtual Private Server. All this commitment does not come cheap, of course, Liquid web is a phenomenal web host. Do you plan on doing your own backups?

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Backup Resources Security Virtualization 103

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics. Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics. Director of Field Marketing at Virident , a performance leader in flash-based storage-class memory (SCM) solutions. Storage Causes the Bottleneck. We must dispel a myth about storage costs, particularly for flash.

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Storage Data Center Disaster Recovery Enterprise 211

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Erik’s figures are just estimates, of course; actual values will be determined based on each customer’s specific environment. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. Brendan Gregg has a really good post describing the AWS virtualization journey and Nitro, their new lightweight KVM-based hypervisor. Security.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Z Fold 2 hardware. There is, of course, an entirely different way to talk about the Z Fold 2’s hardware: by discussing what Samsung has done to try to make it more rugged than the original. Of course, because it has moving parts and gaps, water will surely damage the Z Fold 2. Most of that work has gone into the hinge.

Video 119

Video System Windows Hardware 119

Sean Daniel

JANUARY 3, 2012

I have an iPad (v1), a Laptop, and of course my Windows Home Server. Over the holiday’s we had a few visitors, which of course means printing boarding passes prior to leaving for the airport. Then of course ran FingerPrint on the server. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware.

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How To Windows Small Business SMB 64

Sean Daniel

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

Using your Home Server for more than Storage, Backup and Remote Access. Of course I ran everything out of my house, why wouldn’t I? However, there are certain things that I don’t trust the cloud for, and hence I want my own cloud storage that I run and have total control over. Storage Server Essentials. (17).

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Small Business Windows SMB Backup 59