Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

When I joined the NSX team in early 2013, a big topic at that time was overlay protocols (VXLAN, STT, etc.). Servers/Hardware. Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. Networking.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post. Servers/Hardware. Is Cisco’s Insieme effort producing a storage product? storage enhancements. It starts here.

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Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Nothing this time around, although there may have been some hardware-related news coming out of re:Invent that I missed (such as new generations of AWS-designed chips being announced). A new VPN security flaw has been uncovered that affects a wide range of UNIX- and Linux-based systems. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Linux Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Servers/Hardware. The efficiency described by Cloud Opinion is similar to what James Watters discussed in this post from 2013 (also thanks to Massimo), which extols the benefits of using Cloud Foundry on top of “plain” IaaS offerings in order to increase utilization/efficiency. Here’s a walkthrough to install Arch Linux on VirtualBox.

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Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

When I joined the NSX team in early 2013, a big topic at that time was overlay protocols (VXLAN, STT, etc.). Servers/Hardware. Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. Networking.

Windows 60

Windows Virtualization Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

This is an older post from April 2013, but still useful, I think. Servers/Hardware. Intel announced the E5 2600 v2 series of CPUs back at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013 (you can follow my IDF 2013 coverage by looking at posts with the IDF2013 tag ). is needed in order to see broader adoption of OpenFlow.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

VMware introduced VMware NSX recently at VMworld 2013. Servers/Hardware. Chris Evans takes a took at ScaleIO , recently acquired by EMC, and speculates on where ScaleIO fits into the EMC family of products relative to the evolution of storage in the data center. x that involves booting on a Linux CD. Security.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

By: Rich Miller July 15th, 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. Posted July 15th, 2013. Posted July 16th, 2013. Posted July 16th, 2013. [.]

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Data Center Microsoft Data Disaster Recovery 276

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

I’m back home in Denver after spending a few days in San Francisco at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013, so I thought I’d take a few minutes to sit down and share a summary of the event and my thoughts. First, here are links to all the liveblogging I did while at the conference: IDF 2013 Keynote, Day 1: [link].

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Intel Network Architecture Virtualization 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

By: John Rath July 23rd, 2013. At the O’Reilly OSCON 2013 this week in Portland, Oregon, Fusion-io made the announcement that its Atomic Writes API contributed for standardization to the T10 SCSCI Storage Interfaces Technical Committee is now in use in mainstream MySQL databases MariaDB 5.5.31 and Percona Server 5.5.31.

Open Source 177

Open Source Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 177

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Recep will cover the hardware side of ONP; Gershon will cover the software side of ONP (referred to as ONS). ONP fits into this picture by performing VTEP functions in hardware (at line rate). ONS is object-oriented and compiles on every major operating system (Linux and OS X specifically called out).

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Intel Load Balancer Architecture Virtualization 61

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

By: Rich Miller July 23rd, 2013. Posted July 25th, 2013. I know that the company Linux Hosts Ltd. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

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Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 188

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. When I started writing my first book when gadgets betray us, IoT was still known as hardware hacking, or embedded security. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication.

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Internet Research Security Tools 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

In 2013, researcher Nitesh Dhanjani found that a popular brand used simple MD5 hashes of the device's MAC addresses for authentication. When I started writing my first book when gadgets betray us, IoT was still known as hardware hacking, or embedded security. Problem is, MAC addresses are not great for authentication.

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

By: Rich Miller July 24th, 2013. IBM will incorporate Cloud Foundry into its open cloud architecture, and put its full support behind Cloud Foundry as an open and collaborative platform for cloud application development, as it has done historically for key technologies such as Linux and OpenStack.”. “We July 2013 (144).

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Data Center IBM Data Cloud 197

Scott Lowe

JUNE 19, 2020

The collection seems a tad heavier than normal in the hardware and security sections, probably due to new exploits discovered in Intel’s speculative execution functionality. Servers/Hardware. This article from Carlos Fenollosa talks about his experience with a new 2020 MacBook Pro compared to his 2013-era MacBook Air.

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Linux Intel Hardware Storage 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

By: John Rath July 12th, 2013. CSL’s CSL-WAVE software enables companies to monitor and manage thei z/VM and Linux on System z environments using a powerful and easy-to-use interface. The upgraded infrastructure includes HP 3PAR StoreServ T400 Storage System and HP ProLiant DL360 Servers. Cloud Computing » IBM.

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Data Center IBM System Cloud 190

Sean Daniel

AUGUST 8, 2012

I can see Sean sitting there slack-jawed because he knows me to be a hardcore Linux/UNIX guy. 2/26/2013 4:14 AM. 3/14/2013 10:16 AM. 3/20/2013 10:30 AM. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Servers/Hardware. Cisco UCS is pretty cool in that it makes automation of compute hardware easier through such abstractions as server profiles. Speaking of Puppet and hardware, I also saw a mention on Twitter about a Puppet module that will manage the configuration of a NetApp filer. Now, you can also automate UCS with Chef.

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Vmware Storage Virtualization Network 115

Scott Lowe

APRIL 3, 2016

Alban Crequy has a post on using Linux queueing disciplines (qdiscs, for short) to help with testing application behavior under degraded network conditions. Cumulus Networks has added another hardware partner to its list of supported hardware partners; this time it’s Mellanox, as outlined in this SDx Central article.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Linux Hardware 60

Sean Daniel

JUNE 12, 2012

Why I should have this book is elementary: Not because I'm planning on getting certified like most, but because I know LINUX & OS/X intimately and SBS 2011 is neither of those. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials.

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GeekWire

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

announced the Deck in July as its latest foray into both hardware and its support of gaming on the Linux operating system. All three models also feature a slot for a microSD card for expanded storage, which is mandatory for the cheapest brand of Deck and a solid quality-of-life bonus for the 512GB.

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Hardware Linux Operating Systems Software 100

Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

To me, the leading cause of data loss is usually hardware failure, most often then not, it’s a harddrive failure. Moreover, it’s SHARED with both Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. With a plan, you can easily map out your storage needs, and growth.

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Windows Backup Storage Microsoft 87

Sean Daniel

JANUARY 6, 2011

I’ve even seen old useless Linux based laptops, that have support for RDP be instantly turned into a powerful Windows 7 workstation. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials. ► 2013. (3). Skydrive. (2).

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Windows Small Business SMB Education 69