All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2012

Both of these are important as they help customer accurately gauge the economic benefits of running their applications in the cloud. The AWS Economics Center now features the TCO of Web Applications whitepaper. Total Cost of Ownership and the Return on Agility. By Werner Vogels on 16 August 2012 10:00 AM. Comments ().

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Agile Applications Comparison CTO Hire 118

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The folks over at Cilium took a look at a recent CNI benchmark comparison and unpacked it a bit. The recent announcement of their GraphQL-based Network Query Engine (NQE)—more information is available in this blog post —is also pretty interesting to me. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Network 60

Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Gabriele Gerbino has a nice write-up about Cisco’s efforts with APIs ; his article includes a brief description of YANG data models and a comparison of working with network devices via SSH or via API. Operating Systems/Applications. installation caused by duplicate NSX Manager UUIDs. Check back next time! and vSphere. Virtualization.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

Kevin Houston has an updated blade server comparison chart that might be helpful in making hardware decisions. Steve Flanders has more details in his blog post. (By You can get more details in this blog post by Jeff Barr. Operating Systems/Applications. This Docker blog post provides more details on DABs.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

This post is a bit older, but covers a challenge faced by cloud-native darling Netflix—how does one, exactly, identify which application used which IP address at a given point in time? and HashiCorp has a blog post (re-)introducing the provider. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. recently hit 1.0,

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Via the Kubernetes blog , Box announced it has open sourced a project called kube-iptables-tailer , which turns packet drops from iptables into Kubernetes events that can be logged for easier troubleshooting. Diógenes Rettori has a comparison of Istio and Linkerd as solutions for service mesh. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Fortunately, Gal Sagie is sharing information via his blog; for example, here’s a post on Kuryr support for Docker Networking’s pluggable IPAM (IP address management). This is a fascinating (to me, at least) paper on the implications of non-volatile storage on today’s data centers (and data center hardware). Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

The Investing Edge

DECEMBER 16, 2014

In our last blog post , we referenced an IDG study suggesting that in the past two years, the percentage of enterprises with either applications or infrastructure running in the cloud has gone from just 12 percent to an enormous 69 percent. This post will discuss why. In cloud computing, this is being called the “ the race to zero.”

Cloud 87

Cloud IBM Resources Storage 87

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

In addition, the Data Center Knowledge blog pointed out: The new goal is to develop a simple indicator, or proxy, rather than a full metric. One may be within a Tier-I data center with a relatively low response rate requirement and allowing users only 500MB of storage per mailbox. Subscribe to this blog. Blog Archive.

Data Center 113

Data Center Disaster Recovery Energy Data 113

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The Pivotal Engineering blog has an article that shows how to use BOSH with the vSphere CPI to automate adding servers to an NSX load balancing pool. Operating Systems/Applications. Cormac Hogan has a brief update on storage options for containers on VMware. How about a new Clarity -based interface for vRA 7.2? Check this out.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Speaking of Pulumi, Kyle Galbraith wrote up a comparison of Pulumi and Terraform for infrastructure as code. The CNCF blog has a great article written by an Alibaba software engineer (Xingyu Chen) on some performance optimizations for etcd that have been contributed back to the open source community. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Fortunately, Gal Sagie is sharing information via his blog; for example, here’s a post on Kuryr support for Docker Networking’s pluggable IPAM (IP address management). This is a fascinating (to me, at least) paper on the implications of non-volatile storage on today’s data centers (and data center hardware). Servers/Hardware.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Looks like PKS, the joint Kubernetes effort from VMware and Pivotal, has gone GA (see this VMware blog post ) with initial support for vSphere and GCP. Courtesy of Corey Quinn, here’s an awesome AWS versus Azure comparison , comic book style. Operating Systems/Applications. This is a pretty interesting use case for Docker.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Cumulus Networks recently shifted their pricing and licensing model toward perpetual licenses; this article has more information and a comparison of the old vs. new models. I’m sure there are tons of blog posts out there; here’s one. I plan to give it a try soon, so look for a blog post (at least) about it. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. Check out the GitHub repository. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. Check out the GitHub repository. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Check out Mark Russinovich’s blog post on SONiC , then pop over to Kamala Subramaniam’s more in-depth SONiC post. Marcos Hernandez (a colleague on the NSX team at VMware) recently pointed out this Heat template for a multi-tier application with dynamic routing (via Quagga). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Kevin Houston’s March 2015 blade server comparisons might be a useful place to start. Having an application that automatically grows to accommodate demand is somewhat of a “Holy Grail” for cloud-based applications and cloud management platforms. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

This is an older post (more than 2 years old), but as far as I can tell the concepts are still quite applicable. Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison. Operating Systems/Applications. Eben Freeman shows how to integrate Istio, Envoy, and Honeycomb for detailed application statistics. Also see this VentureBeat article.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

That might be a good blog post topic right there!). Operating Systems/Applications. Need a comparison of CloudFormation versus Terraform? Cody De Arkland is one, having recently migrated his blog from WordPress to Hugo. Do I need to talk about how understanding a service mesh is a good thing for networking professionals?

Hardware 60

Hardware Devops Network Vmware 60

Sean Daniel

MAY 25, 2012

Technology Tips, Tricks & News Home | Technical Blog |. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. and I thought it would be great to do a little bit of a comparison now that I’ve played with it for a bit. So let’s get down to business, my impressions and comparisons between the iPad (3rd generation) and the Playbook 2.0.

Apple 53

Apple Comparison Windows SMB 53

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. Check out the GitHub repository. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Open Source 60

Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 22, 2014

Given that Docker is targeted at application deployment, then I felt that using Heat was a more appropriate way of leveraging Docker in an OpenStack environment as opposed to treating Docker as a form of a hypervisor. See the blog posts I provided earlier.). However, I was unable to make it work with the port_specs attribute included.

Virtualization 71

Virtualization Linux Network Fashion 71

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

James (Just James), author at The Technical Blog of James, shared his thoughts —both good and bad—on Cumulus Networks and treating the switch as a standard GNU/Linux server. Operating Systems/Applications. I found this post comparing Ansible and Salt to be quite helpful, particularly given some of the comparisons with Puppet.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Kitaboo

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

But, in this blog, let’s understand how you can execute content versioning and updates and what tools and techniques could be helpful for that. Helps Track Changes Fosters Content Restoration Makes Comparison Easy III. It offers storage and restoration facilities to creators and editors. Table of Contents: I.

Tools 78

Tools eBook Comparison Software 78

Victus pro Scientia Opus -- Food for the Knowledge

MARCH 7, 2008

" Also notable was Bills expectation-setting about Microsofts "Software + Services" vision, how we were naive in the late 1990s with our expectations about SaaS, and the fact that it has turned out to be hard work in software ( my thought: "especially when your legacy is in desktop user productivity applications" ).

Conference 40

Conference Microsoft Applications Enterprise 40

Galido

JANUARY 22, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - Thinnest Laptops and Ultrabooks for 2019 - Information Technology Blog. Storage space, RAM, processor and other technical specifications then, as for any other computer, are factors that affect the processing speed and how many files you can save on your device. Storage : HDD, 256 GB PCIe SSD.

Intel 84

Intel Storage HP Dell 84

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

If any enterprise Puppet experts want to give it a go, I’d be happy to publish a guest blog post for you with full details on how it’s done. Operating Systems/Applications. This VMware blog post helps explain the link between Puppet and vFabric Application Director, and why organizations may want to use both.

Vmware 109

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

Also, if you’re looking for some additional context to the TCAM considerations that Brent discusses in his OpenFlow series, check out this Packet Pushers blog post on OpenFlow switching performance. BTW, Nick’s writing some pretty good content, so if you’re not subscribed to his blog I’d reconsider.

Virtualization 102

Virtualization Storage Vmware Network 102

Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

Bob McCouch has a post over at Network Computing (where I’ve recently started blogging as well—see my first post ) discussing his view on how software-defined networking (SDN) will trickle down to small and mid-sized businesses. More details are available in the Puppet Labs blog post. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Virtualization 60

Cloud Musings

AUGUST 12, 2012

The cloudMatrix software helped to normalize the multiple services available, creating an “apples-to-apples” comparison in pricing and functionality as much as possible. I have been reading blog posts on cloud services all morning because I have heard so much about it lately on TV and online. Jackson 2012 ). at 7:50 AM.

Cloud 165

Cloud Government Comparison Groups 165

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Here’s hoping I’ve managed to find something of value and interest to you in this latest collection of links and articles from around the web on networking, storage, virtualization, security, and other data center-related technologies. A follow-up blog post talks about how to use OVS on Hyper-V outside of an OpenStack context.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Guidelines Network 60