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On Network Virtualization and SDN

Scott Lowe

According to Martin, the term SDN originally referred to a change in the network architecture to include a) decoupling the distribution model of the control plane from the data plane; and b) generalized rather than fixed function forwarding hardware. What about virtualized load balancers? What about NX-OS, JUNOS, or EOS?

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Liveblog: Introduction to Managed Database Services on AWS

Scott Lowe

Challenges faced here led FanDuel to re-architect to the next-generation architecture. In 2011, FanDuel migrated entirely to AWS, but scaling issues due to application architecture persisted. In 2012, FanDuel moved the architecture toward SOA, introducing message queues to decouple services.

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Technology Short Take #25

Scott Lowe

This is an awesome overview of the OpenStack Folsom architecture , courtesy of Ken Pepple. In any case, this article by Frank Denneman on Storage DRS load balancing frequency might be useful to you. OpenStack Summit 2013: Building HA OpenStack with Puppet in 20 Minutes. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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IDF 2013: Future of SDN with the Intel ONP Switch Reference Design

Scott Lowe

Recep talks about how the predominant architecture for network virtualization involves the use of overlay networks created and managed at the edge by virtual switches in the hypervisors. Some of these services naturally should run on the top-of-rack (ToR) switch, like load balancing or security services. So how does this work?

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Fountainhead: CA's Acquisition of Cassatt - Hindsight & Foresight

Fountainhead

The instantiation of these observations was a product that put almost all of the datacenter on "autopilot" -- Servers, VMs, switches, load-balancers, even server power controllers and power strips. Does it sound like Amazons recent CloudWatch, Auto-Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing announcement? ► 2013. (10).

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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea

Data Center Knowledge

By: Bill Kleyman July 23rd, 2013. With a well-planned deployment, and a good infrastructure, companies can efficiently load-balance their IT environment between multiple active, cloud-based, sites. So, if one site should go down – users would transparently be balanced to the next nearest or most available data center. .

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Fountainhead: HPQ & CSCO: Analysis of New Blade Environments

Fountainhead

HPs BladeSystem Matrix architecture is based on VirtualConnect infrastructure, and bundled with a suite of mostly existing HP software (Insight Dynamics - VSE, Orchestration, Recovery, Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager) which itself consists of about 21 individual products. ► 2013. (10). Mobility. (2). Power Management. (37).

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