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MARCH 31, 2014

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Storage Vmware Windows Tools 63

Scott Lowe

MARCH 15, 2024

Networking Lee Briggs (formerly of Pulumi, now with Tailscale) shows how to use the Tailscale Operator to create “free” Kubernetes load balancers (“free” as in no additional charge above and beyond what it would normally cost to operate a Kubernetes cluster). Storage Gergely Imreh discusses ZFS on a Raspberry Pi.

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Linux Vmware Load Balancer Malware 107

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. 2/07/2012 7:15 AM. 2/07/2012 11:50 AM. 4/30/2012 5:04 AM. have at it!

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Storage Network SMB Windows 48

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 20, 2012

Managing Cold Storage with Amazon Glacier. By Werner Vogels on 21 August 2012 12:01 AM. With the introduction of Amazon Glacier , IT organizations now have a solution that removes the headaches of digital archiving and provides extremely low cost storage. All Things Distributed. Expanding the Cloud â?? Comments ().

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Storage Cloud Film CTO Hire 122

Social, Agile and Transformation

JANUARY 14, 2009

I cover topics for Technologists from CIOs to Developers - agile development, agile portfolio management, leadership, business intelligence, big data, startups, social networking, SaaS, content management, media, enterprise 2.0 NAS Network Storage for the Home and Advice for Device Manufacturers. ► 2012. (17).

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Storage Network Backup Agile 100

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

This is session EDCS008, “Virtualizing the Network to Enable a Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI).” This naturally leads to a discussion of software-defined networking (SDN) as a means whereby the network can evolve to keep up the rapid pace of change and innovation in other areas of the data center.

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Virtualization Network Intel Data Center 60

SecureWorld News

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

This summer has seen an increase in attackers' use of the Deadbolt ransomware variant, which affects network-attached storage (NAS) devices. This report dives into how this growing tactic works, including how NAS boxes are vulnerable due to their "plug-and-play" nature for network attached storage.

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Company Malware Apple Google 76

Sean Daniel

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

Announcing Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. This morning, building on the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Announcement , we are announcing a new edition targeted at Small Business called Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. What is this Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials? SeanDaniel.com [tech].

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Storage Windows Small Business Backup 73

Scott Lowe

MAY 1, 2013

That was VMworld 2008, and since that time she’s had activities at VMworld 2009 , VMworld 2010 (including VMworld Europe 2010 ), VMworld 2011 (both US and Europe ), and VMworld 2012 (US and Europe). She’s also had activities at EMC World (2011 and 2012), HP Discover EMEA , and Dell Storage Forum in Boston.

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IBM Conference HP Dell 109

Network World

AUGUST 30, 2016

Dropbox’s move last week to ask users who had signed up before mid-2012 to change their account passwords followed the discovery of a large dump of email addresses and passwords related to these accounts.

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Storage Report Company 60

Network World

AUGUST 25, 2016

Dropbox is asking users who signed up before mid-2012 to change their passwords if they haven’t done so since then. The cloud storage service said it was asking users to change their passwords as a preventive measure, and not because there is any indication that their accounts were improperly accessed.

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Storage Cloud Report Security 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

In early January 2012, I posted a list of my 2012 projects. In late June 2012, my mid-year project update let you know that I was dropping the Perl efforts, but sticking it out with German, Xen/OVS/OpenStack, and CCNP. Finally, in early January 2013 I graded myself on my progress on my 2012 goals. Some Projects for 2012.

Linux 91

Linux Data Center Network Open Source 91

Cloud Musings

MAY 14, 2014

Private Digital Network Services (PDNS) and partners will provide its national, Private Digital Network (PDN) core and a suite of highly sought after services to the Interoperability Clearinghouse Agile Cloud effort. Jackson 2012 ).' Its partners include Gannett Company Inc., Grab this Headline Animator ( Thank you.

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Agile Cloud Disaster Recovery Government 167

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Networking. Justin Pietsch Has a lengthy article on why network engineers need to focus on getting the network out of the way. 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). Matt Oswalt digs into eBPF.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Study Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Networking. 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. Here’s a configuration example.

Vmware 106

Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

All Things Distributed

JULY 16, 2012

By Werner Vogels on 16 July 2012 09:00 AM. There are sessions in many different categories: Architecture, Big Data, HPC, Computer & Networking, Storage, Databases, Security, Tools & Languages, Media Sharing & Content Delivery, Managing AWS Resources, Enterprise IT, Mobile, Start-up, and more. All Things Distributed.

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Conference CTO Big Data Architecture 83

Virtualized Greek

OCTOBER 23, 2012

It’s been a common challenge to perform maintenance on a SAN or change the class of storage associated with a VM but not have anywhere to move it without downtime. Microsoft leverages the improvements in their SMB protocol in Windows Server 2012. NFS and iSCSI have been the default method for providing storage over a TCP/IP network.

Vmware 63

Vmware SMB Storage Virtualization 63

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2013

Depending on network connectivity, I may or may not be able to update this post in real-time. Next they move into a discussion of the networking side of the house. (My Kit quickly reviews how NSX works and enables the creation of logical network services that are tied to the lifecycle of the application.

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Vmware Load Balancer Storage Firewall 64

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 3, 2014

For example, I shared my 2012 project list in early January 2012, then gave myself grades on my progress in early January 2013. Reinforce data center networking fundamentals. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Some Projects for 2012.

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Report Linux Network Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Networking. —but I wonder how much cooperation Big Switch will get from the major networking vendors with regards to OpenFlow interoperability now that Big Switch is competing even more directly with them via Switch Light. Just getting started in the networking field? I hope that you find something useful! Virtualization.

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Storage Vmware WAN Virtualization 108

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Consider the use case to deliver huge numbers of applications and desktops across hundreds, thousands, or tens-of-thousands of mobile clients – Challenging for IT due to configuration, set-up, monitoring, management, network optimization and scaling. October 17, 2012 at 5:35 AM. Fountainhead.

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Cloud Data Center Mobile Virtualization 189

Phil Windley

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

Using smart contracts on a blockchain is one way to do this, but there are others, including peer-to-peer networks and InterPlanetary File System (IPFS). I started writing about this idea back in 2012 and called it the Personal Cloud Application Architecture. Since they don't host the data, they can run locally, at the edge.

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Engineering Internet Applications Architecture 52

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

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

Butler mentions S3 as potential solutions here, and points out the three tiers of object-based storage: S3 Standard, S3 Infrequent Access, and Amazon Glacier. Butler also points out that the AWS Storage Gateway has a number of uses in hybrid use cases. The Storage Gateway’s storage is backed by S3 and offers a standard iSCSI interface.

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Architecture Cloud Storage Vmware 60

Cloud Musings

MARCH 12, 2015

Privacy is gaining in importance across the globe, often involving laws and regulations, relating to the acquisition, storage, and use of personally identifiable information (PII). Jackson 2012 ) Follow me at [link].' Registration is open to the public. Grab this Headline Animator ( Thank you.

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Cloud Dell Government Architecture 70

CTOvision

DECEMBER 16, 2013

The fund will enable Dell to invest in early-to-growth-stage companies in emerging technology areas including storage, cloud computing, big data, next-generation data center, security and mobility. Invincea’s solutions include an endpoint security software suite and threat intelligence appliance.

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Dell Small Business Security Malware 249

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

This is session CLDS006, “Exploring New Intel Xeon Processor E5 Based Platform Optimizations for 10 Gb Ethernet Network Infrastructures.” The session starts with Rodriguez giving a (thankfully) brief overview of Expedient and then getting into the evolution of networking with 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE).

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Intel Virtualization Data Center Network 108

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Next, he discusses the evolution of network devices so far. The future, Verplanke believes, is fully virtualized network devices. Second, DPDK offers SR-IOV support and allows L2 switching in hardware on Intel’s network interface cards (estimated to be 5-6x more performant than the soft switch).

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Virtualization Intel Cloud Data 109

CTOvision

JULY 9, 2014

In the text below, I examine an on-premise Hadoop ecosystem as a general purpose Big Data solution in relation to alternative commercial purpose-built storage technologies (-e.g. in Big Data Now: 2012 Edition by O’Reilly Media, and touches on the three primary characteristics of data [1]: Volume: The size of your data.

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Big Data Data Analysis Fractional CTO 286

Sean Daniel

JULY 1, 2010

How to Stay Safe on Public Wi-Fi Networks. Over on Lifehacker.com , one of my favorite sites, they talk a bit about how to stay safe on Public, or even those looming “open” networks that you might discover in an apartment building. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials. at 11:51 AM.

Network 48

Network How To SMB Windows 48

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Attendees will have the opportunity to attend expert briefings, learn from and network with experienced practitioners, and ask questions to advance their agency data analytics initiatives and save their organization’s time, funding, and staff resources. Registration & Networking Breakfast. Networking Break. Register here.

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Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Big Data 150

CTOvision

JANUARY 18, 2015

Attendees will have the opportunity to attend expert briefings, learn from and network with experienced practitioners, and ask questions to advance their agency data analytics initiatives and save their organization’s time, funding, and staff resources. Registration & Networking Breakfast. Networking Break. Register here.

Program Management 150

Program Management Fractional CTO CTO Programming 150

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2013

Depending on network connectivity, this might not get published until after the keynote is finished. This leads to a talk about VMware’s 10 years of innovation, with products and features like ESX, vMotion, DRS, Storage vMotion, and more. ” This leads Pat into a discussion of VMware’s storage-focused features.

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Vmware Virtualization Data Center Storage 62

Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 3, 2017

Microsoft ReFS (Resilient File System) is part of Windows Servers 2012, 2012 R2, 2016 as well as Windows 8.1 and 10 platforms as an alternative to NTFS file system. ReFS is designed not only for resiliency, also for scaling volumes beyond 256 TBytes (NTFS) to 4.7 Zettabytes (ZB).

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Resources System Microsoft Windows 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

‘Catastrophic’ Storage Failure Slows Oregon Jobless Checks. ‘Catastrophic’ Storage Failure Slows Oregon Jobless Checks. The description of the Oregon outage suggests a hardware failure for a storage unit. Networking. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Government.

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Storage Data Center Data Disaster Recovery 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

SolidFire Gains Traction for SSD-Powered Cloud Storage. SolidFire Gains Traction for SSD-Powered Cloud Storage. A “five stack” of SolidFire’s all-SSD storage systems. ” SolidFire will supply storage for Tiers 0-3, with Guaranteed performance added to Tiers 1 and 2. By: Jason Verge July 11th, 2013.

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Storage Cloud Data Data Center 195

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Networking. 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. Here’s a configuration example.

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 60