Is Computer Data Storage Complex? It Depends
Storage IO Blog
OCTOBER 28, 2014
I often get asked, or, told that computer data storage is complex with so many options to choose from, apples to oranges comparison among other things.
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Scott Lowe
MAY 27, 2022
Isovalent—the company behind the Cilium project—has been talking a lot about how the use of eBPF will transform things, including the architecture of a service mesh. network virtualization). Is the relationship between network virtualization and service mesh closer than some folks might wish to admit? Virtualization.
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Scott Lowe
AUGUST 27, 2021
I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq. This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture.
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Scott Lowe
AUGUST 27, 2021
I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq along the way. Virtualization. I hope you find something useful! Networking. A severity score of 9.9
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Technology Short Take #67
Scott Lowe
JUNE 2, 2016
Dmitri Kalintsev examines some options for addressing storage-related connectivity in NSX environments. I’m not yet convinced that running something like the AWS CLI in a Docker container is worth the extra effort (a Python virtual environment may be more appropriate here). Virtualization. Servers/Hardware.
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Technology Short Take #63
Scott Lowe
MARCH 17, 2016
Personally, I think it’s an apples-to-oranges comparison, since Kubernetes is more than just a scheduler (think about replication controllers and services and such), but to each his own. Finally, you might find the VMware Virtual SAN 6.2 Virtualization. Here’s the Docker blog post talking about the performance study.
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VMworld 2013 – Directions in VMware EUC – My notes
Virtualized Greek
AUGUST 26, 2013
This is your traditional VDI solution that allows you to deliver Windows application to any device via virtualized desktops residing in the data center. Stateless images allow you to save a great deal of storage but limits the user’s ability to customize their environment. This increases the storage and management overhead.
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Fountainhead: Infrastructure Orchestration in use within SPs.
Fountainhead
MAY 5, 2009
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. With the explosive growth of virtualization, this segment of technology is hotter than ever. In the way virtualization abstracts & configures the software world (O/S, applications, etc.), skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead.
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Unlocking the Power of AI with a Real-Time Data Strategy
CIO Business Intelligence
FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Augmented or virtual reality, gaming, and the combination of gamification with social media leverages AI for personalization and enhancing online dynamics. From architectures and databases to feature stores and feature engineering, a myriad of variables must work in sync for this to be accomplished.
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Technology Short Take #77
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 2, 2017
Michael Kashin has a great article on how Open Virtual Network (OVN, part of the Open vSwitch project) implements virtual networks in OpenStack. There was a fair amount of wailing and gnashing of teeth when Apple updated the MacBook Pro line with the Touch Bar. Virtualization. Good advice. Servers/Hardware.
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60 Technology Short Take #68
Scott Lowe
JUNE 29, 2016
Andrew Beekhof tackles some issues around the evolving OpenStack HA architecture ; in particular, how and when Pacemaker should be used as more and more OpenStack services become able to operate in active/active configurations. I enjoyed Adam Leventhal’s evaluation of APFS , the new file system announced at the most recent Apple WWDC.
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SolidFire Gains Traction for SSD-Powered Cloud Storage » Data.
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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EMC Refreshes Data Protection Portfolio » Data Center Knowledge
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 11, 2013
Cloud Computing » Services » Storage. At a Backup to the Future event this week EMC announced a broad array of new hardware and software products that enable customers to deploy new Protection Storage Architectures. Storage News: Hitachi, EMC, nScaled, NetApp. EMC World: New Scale-out Storage and Software.
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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 23, 2013
Cloud Computing » Storage. Remote backup and storage. Storage systems have become more efficient and can now do offsite, cloud-based backup and replication. This is where cloud storage can really help. Utility Storage for Virtual and Cloud Computing. Overview: When to Use Cloud Computing to Replicate.
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How Slack changed Apple’s employee culture, with Zoë Schiffer
The Verge
SEPTEMBER 7, 2021
Remote work has made organizing easier Apple has had a lot going on lately: we did a whole episode about the controversial child protection photo-scanning features, which have now been delayed. You have done a lot of reporting on Apple over the past month. They’re saying they’re “disappointed that Apple made this hire.
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Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services » Data Center.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 24, 2013
With software defined infrastructure as the strategic foundation, Bryant explained plans for how Intel will invest in rack scale architecture, big data and high performance computing (HPC) technologies. “Across network, storage and servers we continue to see significant opportunities for growth. Modular Data Centers. Networking.
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Order management at the heart of modern service operations
TM Forum
JUNE 30, 2021
This changed during the initial rollouts of network functions virtualization (NFV) and software-defined networking (SDN), which created new service orchestration possibilities, raising the question of how the next generation of OM functions will support them. Based on standards. Customer expectation has only recently shifted.
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130 A closer look at data center high availability and service delivery
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 23, 2013
His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Currently, Bill works as a cloud and virtualization architect at MTM Technologies, a Stamford, CT based consulting firm. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Virtualization.
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Hybrid Cloud Means Slower Sales Growth for Equinix » Data Center.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 26, 2013
Colocation centers are key components of many hybrid architectures, providing third-party space to securely host corporate infrastructure, as well as ultra-fast connections to public clouds like Amazon Web Services. “These customers are taking time to sort through what exactly hybrid architectures mean to them,” Myers continued.
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Learn to unlock the full business value of DCIM
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 11, 2013
His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Currently, Bill works as a cloud and virtualization architect at MTM Technologies, a Stamford, CT based consulting firm. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Virtualization.
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195 DreamWorks "Turbo" Accelerated By HP » Data Center Knowledge
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 19, 2013
Hewlett-Packard » Storage. DreamWorks animators use HP Z800 and Z820 workstations with Intel Xeon E5 processors, a HP FlexNetwork architecture, and HP networking to simplify collaboration among artists. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Virtualization. By: John Rath July 19th, 2013.
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SolidFire Raises $31 Million, Says Its SSD is Now Cheaper Than Disk
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 25, 2013
The company also unveiled the SF9010 a huge, fast, all-SSD storage platform that the company says is the largest and fastest in the market today. They have demonstrated clear technological leadership with their patent pending QoS capabilities, and true scale-out architecture. SolidFire Rolls Out High-Performance SSD Cloud Storage.
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226 7 technologies that CIOs can’t ignore in 2019
mrc's Cup of Joe Blog
DECEMBER 12, 2018
AR/VR : Augmented and Virtual reality has been around for a while now, but hasn’t really exploded yet. Vendors are redesigning the software architectures to support this change, enabling customers to build out from the core using loosely coupled microservices so employees can create service-enhancing ERP extensions in their own image.
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Department of Veterans Affairs Cancels $36 Million Cloud Contract
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 18, 2013
As FCW points out, the VA’s Deputy CIO for Architecture, Strategy and Design, Paul Tibbits, told an audience at 1105 Media’s Enterprise Architecture Conference that he questioned the cost-effectiveness of moving to the cloud. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Virtualization.
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190 IBM, Pivotal Team to Boost CloudFoundry » Data Center Knowledge
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 24, 2013
IBM said today that it will make CloudFoundry a component of its open cloud architecture and work with Pivotal on further development of the CloudFoundry open source project and establishing an open governance model for the community. Storage Failures Hamper Cloud Foundry. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.
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Bay Area Internet Acquired by Private Equity Firm » Data Center.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 16, 2013
This is a fully redundant, Tier IV datacenter facility constructed with environmentally friendly products and systems, utilizing the newest energy efficient technology and architectural design methodologies. The site won the Silicon Valley Power Energy Innovator Award for its energy efficient technologies and architecture. Networking.
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178 Digital Realty Acquires Amsterdam Site » Data Center Knowledge
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 23, 2013
architecture, a modular approach to building mechanical and electrical systems. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Many organizations are leveraging larger, more comprehensive storage arrays and the cloud that help them distribute their environment. Virtualization. Modular Data Centers.
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202 Deliver unparalleled business advantage with bring your own device
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 23, 2013
Convergence » Virtualization » White Papers. His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Currently, Bill works as a cloud and virtualization architect at MTM Technologies, a Stamford, CT based consulting firm. Virtualization.
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VMworld 2014 Day 2 Keynote
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 26, 2014
Fathi re-emphasizes that VMware’s SDDC vision is an architecture, one built on the “power of AND.” ” vCloud Suite (and vCloud Air) is a manifestation of the SDDC vision/architecture. VMware’s SDDC vision/architecture delivers the power of “AND.” betas of vSphere and VSAN).
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IBM Acquires CSL to Advance the Cloud on System z » Data Center.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 12, 2013
Privately held CSL is a leading provider of virtualization management technology for IBM’s zEnterprise system. With the acquisition of CSL International, IBM expands its cloud virtualization capabilities, making it even easier for clients to take advantage of Linux on System z.” Modular Data Centers. Networking. Government.
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Peak Hosting is Anchor for Digital Realty Project » Data Center.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 12, 2013
” The San Francisco-based comnpany provides dedicated, cloud, and hybrid enterprise-class architectures, promising to manage “everything but your code.” Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Virtualization. “It just becomes a distraction. Modular Data Centers. Networking.
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Looking beyond linpack: new supercomputing benchmark in the works
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 24, 2013
Among many other performance metrics, memory, storage and interconnect advances, vendor changes and other things, the evolution of gigaflops to teraflops and then petaflops has led many to speculate on what it will take to achieve exaflop levels of performance. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Networking.
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204 Geographic and Risk Mitigation Factors in Selecting a Datacenter Site
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 10, 2013
His architecture work includes virtualization and cloud deployments as well as business network design and implementation. Currently, Bill works as a cloud and virtualization architect at MTM Technologies, a Stamford, CT based consulting firm. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Virtualization.
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Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 10, 2015
A lot of people think tools like Consul are only valuable in “next-generation” microservices-based architectures, but Benny’s article shows how it can add a lot of value in “traditional” architectures. Virtualization. on an Apple Xserve 3,1. I highly recommend this article.
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Scott Lowe
APRIL 21, 2016
GitHub recently changed their storage architecture, using a Git-based solution called DGit. Virtualization. This one isn’t quite virtualization, but isn’t quite hardware either, so we’ll throw it in here. The more things change, the more they stay the same. Here’s an article I found interesting. multipathing with KVM.
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60 Best of the Data Center Blogs for July 25th » Data Center Knowledge
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 25, 2013
“SoftLayer’s hosting platform features an innovative, three-tier network architecture: Every server in a SoftLayer data center is physically connected to public, private and out-of-band management networks. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Virtualization. Modular Data Centers. Networking.
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7 Software Defined Networking Considerations » Data Center.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 26, 2013
What we’re seeing from vendors: We can expect upstart vendors to produce commercial versions of open reference architectures, and hopefully, more standardization from established vendors as SDN matures. This is especially true if the majority of those addresses are assigned to virtual machines. Keep Grains of Salt Handy.
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207 Fountainhead: "California" is deja vu all over again
Fountainhead
FEBRUARY 13, 2009
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. This reminds me of the famous spoof of Bill Gates announcement of Vista , as well as a more highly-polished roasting by Apple of Vistas well-publicized, but trailing, technology. Instead, the blades would talk directly to the storage servers.
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Should the OpenStack Community Embrace Amazon & Google?
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 24, 2013
Architectural compatibility means that apps can move freely from private to public and back, when needed. “We Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Many organizations are leveraging larger, more comprehensive storage arrays and the cloud that help them distribute their environment. Virtualization.
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Cloud Musings by Kevin L. Jackson: Texas Cloud Computing.
Cloud Musings
AUGUST 12, 2012
This project was designed to allow a small group of agencies to choose a virtual private cloud-based infrastructure as a service from a marketplace of service providers made available by a cloud broker. Gravitant also provided extensive architecture and solution support.
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165 IDF 2014 Day 1 Keynote
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
One would assume that Apple is #1.) Next Skaugen announces Skylake, the code name for the next-generation processor architecture that is anticipated for arrival in the second half of next year. Dell also makes mention of new PowerEdge servers, including the R720XD, a 2U box with 36 cores, up to 1.5TB of RAM, and up to 100TB of storage.
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