Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Servers/Hardware. I recently mentioned on Twitter that I was considering building out a new Linux PC to replace my aging Mac Pro (it’s a 2012 model, so going on 9 years old). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Here’s a post on OpenZFS Fusion Pool.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

The networking “old guard” likes to talk about how x86 servers and virtualization create network bottlenecks due to performance concerns, but as Ivan points out in this post , it’s rapidly becoming—or has already become—a non-issue. (By Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. This post is from 2012, but is—to me—still as applicable today as ever. Virtualization. Here’s a great post with more details on concerns over randomness in virtual machines. Here’s a good article on packets-per-second limits in EC2.

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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. Ivan Pepelnjak asks the question, “Is OpenFlow the best tool for overlay virtual networks?”

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Servers/Hardware. He describes cloud as the synthesis of many different forms of innovation within IT , pulling together things like open source, virtualization, distributed programming, NoSQL, DevOps/NoOps, distributed teams, dynamic languages, and Big Data (among others). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

The networking “old guard” likes to talk about how x86 servers and virtualization create network bottlenecks due to performance concerns, but as Ivan points out in this post , it’s rapidly becoming—or has already become—a non-issue. (By Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. 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. What makes up a hybrid cloud?

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Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 4, 2011

In fact, it’s the *only* server operating system that can be backed up by the SBS 2011 Essentials backup engine. The more users you configure to connect, the better the hardware you should configure. Link explaining the HyperV virtualization rights for MultiPoint Premium: [link]. 1/16/2012 7:10 AM.

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Sean Daniel

JANUARY 4, 2012

Wednesday, January 04, 2012. Be sure to choose the version you need based on what operating system you’re running on. 1/04/2012 9:08 PM. 1/13/2012 4:55 AM. 1/13/2012 12:36 PM. 1/19/2012 2:03 AM. 8/19/2012 2:46 AM. Virtualization. SeanDaniel.com [tech]. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

The data centers are so sprawling that it’s hard to get a figure, as DCK noted late 2012. Federal agencies have closed 484 data centers as of May 2013, up from 381 closures last time DCK checked in, last November, 2012. Agency must have sufficient information to calculate a cost of operating system per hour (COSH) score.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Even Facebook, which has open sourced much of its designs for its data center hardware but remains vague about its server count, saying only that it operates “hundreds of thousands” of machines. Microsoft’s ‘Cloud Operating System’ 218,000 Servers in Microsoft Data Centers? August 2012 (166).

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Sean Daniel

MAY 25, 2012

Friday, May 25, 2012. Note that the Playbook hardware was not updated for Playbook 2.0, so technically I should compare it to the iPad2 hardware wise, for it to be fair, although I’m not going to focus in on the hardware all that much, there are plenty of other sites that do hardware comparisons, like this one at PC Magazine.

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Apple Comparison Windows SMB 53

Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

To install these you’ll need both the 32-bit drivers for your printer (usually downloaded or on a DVD), and a 32-bit disk of the operating system. (If 2/05/2012 5:21 PM. 2/06/2012 12:05 PM. 3/20/2012 3:18 AM. 3/27/2012 9:51 AM. 4/12/2012 11:04 PM. Virtualization. Sean Daniel. Sean Daniel.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

Panos Panay introduces the Microsoft Surface tablet at a launch event in 2012. Yet the company needed top hardware engineers to devote themselves to the project. .” billion, and Devices revenue, including the Microsoft Surface hardware lineup, was down 24% to $5.5 Windows revenue fell 13% to $24.7

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

CloudVelocity says more than 100 enterprise trials have conducted trials since the company emerged from stealth in December 2012. CloudVelocity detects an existing environment, discovering the constituent hosts and blueprinting system components and configuration. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). July 2012 (134).

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Sean Daniel

JANUARY 5, 2011

SBS 2011 Standard offers small businesses a completely on premise solution to run their business, including the new Exchange Server 2010 with SP1, SharePoint Foundation Services 2010, and the coveted Server 2008 R2 base operating system, bringing security to a new level. Virtualization. ► 2012. (23). Office 365.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

First up is Brent Salisbury’s how to build an SDN lab without needing OpenFlow hardware. Not unsurprisingly, one of the key advantages of STT that’s highlighted is its improved performance due to TSO support in NIC hardware. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

The Intel Open Network Platform (ONP) Switch is the official name for Seacliff Trail, which I talked about last year at IDF 2012. Recep will cover the hardware side of ONP; Gershon will cover the software side of ONP (referred to as ONS). The first concept that Recep discusses is network virtualization. So how does this work?

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Brad Hedlund (who will be my co-worker starting on 2/11) created a great explanation of network virtualization that clearly breaks down the components and explains their purpose and function. Servers/Hardware. Cisco UCS is pretty cool in that it makes automation of compute hardware easier through such abstractions as server profiles.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

Microsoft: It’s the Era of the Cloud Operating System. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2012 (151). November 2012 (152). October 2012 (182). September 2012 (134).

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Sean Daniel

OCTOBER 12, 2012

Friday, October 12, 2012. With Windows 7 I was running it in production far before it even reached Alpha stage (which makes Windows 7 the operating system I’ve run the longest, ever). It was the XP Bliss days all over again, but on a faster, more secure, more compatible, more more more system. Yes and no.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

Ben Cherian, Chief Strategy Officer for Midokura, helps make a case for network virtualization. Note: Midokura makes a network virtualization solution.) If you’re wondering about network virtualization and why there is a focus on it, this post might help shed some light. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2014

Servers/Hardware. I have a related item below under Virtualization, but I wanted to point this out here: work is being done on a VIF driver to connect Docker containers to Open vSwitch (and thus to OpenStack Neutron). Operating Systems/Applications. Did you see that EMC released a virtual edition of VPLEX?

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Virtualizing the Network to Enable a Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI): [link]. Enabling Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networking with the Intel Open Network Platform Server Reference Architecture Design: [link]. Similar Posts: IDF 2012 Day 1 Summary and Thoughts. IDF 2012 Day 2 Summary and Thoughts.

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Sean Daniel

APRIL 4, 2011

How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Well, I’m positive this is something that HP will not support, so don’t even think of calling them if you go down this road, but I figured it’d be fun if you wanted to continue to use the same hardware. Power on the server. ConfigDisk=1.

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ForAllSecure

AUGUST 10, 2021

You know with modern vehicles, they're actually becoming like they're running on bluetooth, they're running the Android operating system. Vamosi: What unites these microcontrollers is not an operating system, rather it's a bus. A bus is a communication system that transfers data between components. What's that?

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Skaugen reinforces that Intel is committed to all operating systems, all form factors, and all use cases. He shows off a demo of Skylake as well as a hardware reference platform for Skylake playing full 4K video. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

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The Verge

MAY 4, 2021

And then around 2012 or so, we started realizing that a lot of our merchants wanted to also sell offline. And so around 2012, we began thinking about this idea of really moving from single-point solution e-commerce to being an omni-channel solution where you can use us to sell anywhere you want. But basically, it’s always the same.

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