Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

The interior of a container packed with servers at a Microsoft data center in Chicago. “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. . “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. 12 Million SF of New Microsoft Data Centers?

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I don’t track or get involved in the consumer space; my focus is on the data center. There were no major data center-centric announcements yesterday (day 1), but I suspect there will be some today (day 2) in a mega-session with Diane Bryant (SVP and GM of the Data Center Group at Intel).

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Intel Hardware Linux Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #34, my latest collection of links, articles, thoughts, and ideas from around the web, centered on key data center technologies. Operating Systems/Applications. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Networking.

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 8, 2014

Welcome to Technology Short Take #43, another episode in my irregularly-published series of articles, links, and thoughts from around the web, focusing on data center technologies like networking, virtualization, storage, and cloud computing. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s hoping you find something useful.

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Vmware Linux Virtualization Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #34, my latest collection of links, articles, thoughts, and ideas from around the web, centered on key data center technologies. Operating Systems/Applications. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Networking.

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

I try to keep things related to the key technology areas you’ll see in today’s data centers, though I do stray from time to time. Operating Systems/Applications. See this post by Ben Armstrong on faster live migration in Hyper-V on Windows Server 2012 R2 (which is now generally available ). Networking.

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Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

This is my usual collection of links, thoughts, rants, and ideas about data center-related technologies. Operating Systems/Applications. I found this article on imperative vs. declarative system configuration is quite helpful in understanding Puppet’s declarative model. Welcome to Technology Short Take #27!

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Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109