Scott Lowe

JANUARY 17, 2020

Eric Sloof mentions the NSX-T load balancing encyclopedia (found here ), which intends to be an authoritative resource to NSX-T load balancing configuration and management. Servers/Hardware. Now I really want to see hardware security key support in the desktop and mobile apps! Operating Systems/Applications.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Windows Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Xavier Avrillier walks readers through using Antrea (a Kubernetes CNI built on top of Open vSwitch—a topic I’ve touched on a time or two) to provide on-premise load balancing in Kubernetes. Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

All Things Distributed

MAY 8, 2012

Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers. Using the AWS Toolkit for Visual Studio , you can now deploy your.NET applications to AWS Elastic Beanstalk directly from your Visual Studio environment without changing any code. All Things Distributed. Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Comments ().

Development 116

Development Windows Disaster Recovery Licensing 116

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Romain Decker has an “under the hood” look at the VMware NSX load balancer. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Joe’s comment—“the merging of CDNs and cloud continues”—is pretty spot on, in my opinion. Operating Systems/Applications.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

As usual, I’ve collected some articles and links from around the Internet pertaining to various data center- and cloud-related topics. I saw this headline , and immediately thought it was just “cloud native”-washing (i.e., tagging everything as “cloud native”). Servers/Hardware.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Cloud Applications Vmware 60

Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

The network industry has focused on protocols for a long time because of the need interoperate hardware devices between vendors. The Second are is the higher level layers such as load balancing. Martin’s argument is that all the added functionality is already happening at the application level. Operations.

Virtualization 68

Virtualization Network Load Balancer Vmware 68

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. Servers/Hardware. I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

Kamal Kyrala discusses a method for accessing Kubernetes Services without Ingress, NodePort, or load balancers. Servers/Hardware. What I found interesting is that the local NVMe storage is also hardware encrypted. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Good stuff here.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Storage Intel 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Rudi Martinsen has an article on changing the Avi load balancer license tier (this is in the context of using it with vSphere with Tanzu). I thought it was useful, so now I’m sharing it with you. Plastic microchips ?

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

David Holder walks through removing unused load balancer IP allocations in NSX-T when used with PKS. Servers/Hardware. Software company Agile Bits recently announced support for U2F-compatible hardware security keys in their 1Password product. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Network 60

Network Load Balancer Storage Applications 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 17, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Check out these articles talking about IPVS-based in-cluster load balancing , CoreDNS , dynamic kubelet configuration , and resizing persistent volumes in Kubernetes. Operating Systems/Applications. Nothing this time around, sorry! Virtualization.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Storage Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Continuing on that Envoy theme, you may find this article by Matt Klein—one of the primary authors of Envoy—helpful in understanding some of the concepts behind modern load balancing and proxying. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Good stuff!

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Rudi Martinsen has an article on changing the Avi load balancer license tier (this is in the context of using it with vSphere with Tanzu). I thought it was useful, so now I’m sharing it with you. Plastic microchips ?

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

VPCs, or Virtual Private Clouds, are Amazon’s software-defined networking mechanism for workloads running on AWS.). Viktor van den Berg writes on deploying NSX load balancers with vRA. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Check this out.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. The folks over at Cloudify recently did a survey on the state of “enterprise multi-cloud”; the report is available here (doesn’t appear to be behind a paywall/regwall). Operating Systems/Applications. Anyway, you may find the report interesting.

Storage 60

Storage Vmware Load Balancer Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

If you’d like to play around with Cumulus Linux but don’t have a compatible hardware switch, Cumulus VX is the answer. It says the the JET (Juniper Extension Toolkit) uses “open application programming interfaces”, but fails to provide any specifics. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a Windows-centric walkthrough to using Nginx to load balance across a Docker Swarm cluster. Yves Fauser discusses NSX integration with Kubernetes in this blog post. Intel NUC or SuperMicro E200-8D?

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Servers/Hardware. Sean Collins has an article on building a cheap, compact, and multinode DevStack environment for a home lab that lays out some server hardware decisions and the tools he uses to manage them. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. More on Clair from TechCrunch here.).

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Load Balancer Linux 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Cloud Computing » Storage. Overview: When to Use Cloud Computing to Replicate. Overview: When to Use Cloud Computing to Replicate. In deploying a cloud computing model, organizations have many options. With flexible “pay-as-you-grow” models, cloud computing can evolve with the needs of your business.

Cloud 250

Cloud Disaster Recovery Data Center Backup 250

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

I think this three-part series on new network models for cloud computing ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ), while almost a year old, is quite good. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Definitely worth reading, in my view.

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Cloud Computing » Latisys. Fishbowl Finds the Right Fit for Hybrid Cloud With Latisys. Fishbowl Finds the Right Fit for Hybrid Cloud With Latisys. “Hybrid” has replaced “cloud” as the hot buzzword, and from a customer perspective, there’s even more confusion around exactly what it means. .

Cloud 189

Cloud Data Data Center Firewall 189

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Managing What Matters In the Cloud: The Apps. Managing What Matters In the Cloud: The Apps. Paul Speciale is Chief Marketing Officer at Appcara , which is a provider of a model-based cloud application platform. Cloud Management. Industry Perspectives. By: Industry Perspectives July 17th, 2013. PAUL SPECIALE.

Data Center 203

Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

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). Some of these services naturally should run on the top-of-rack (ToR) switch, like load balancing or security services.

Intel 61

Intel Load Balancer Architecture Virtualization 61

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

First up is Brent Salisbury’s how to build an SDN lab without needing OpenFlow hardware. Another good resource is Dan Hersey’s guide to building an SDN-based private cloud in an hour. Not unsurprisingly, one of the key advantages of STT that’s highlighted is its improved performance due to TSO support in NIC hardware.

Vmware 109

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

This time around, the content is a bit heavier on cloud management and applications/operating systems, but still lots of good content all the way around (I hope, anyway). Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Hats off to Massimo for writing this up.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

VMware is talking about the business of IT and how they enable their own business to deliver applications. Kit and Carl went through a pretty corny but effective scripted demo of provisioning an application from the business users perspective. The process is very similar to other demo’s I’ve seen from other Cloud Management vendors.

Vmware 58

Vmware Load Balancer Data Center Virtualization 58

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Although automation of software (such as provisioning & manipulation of VMs/applications) usually captures attention, remember that there is a whole set of physical datacenter infrastructure layers that IT Ops has to deal with as well. Fountainhead.

Load Balancer 100

Load Balancer Virtualization Data Center Network 100

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Expanding the Cloud - Adding the Incredible Power of the Amazon EC2 Cluster GPU Instances. From financial processing and traditional oil & gas exploration HPC applications to integrating complex 3D graphics into online and mobile applications, the applications of GPU processing appear to be limitless. Comments ().

Architecture 136

Architecture Programming Web Services Applications 136

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Existing physical IO but with address hardware-based mapping/virtualization (e.g. And what’s more, a hypervisor is not required for IOV, so you can use IOV with native applications too. Cloud Computing. (55). Fountainhead. Syndications.

Virtualization 157

Virtualization Data Center Network Storage 157

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Lots of talk about cloud computing, IT operations, virtualization and more. This is very much analogous to how OS virtualization componentizes and abstracts OS and application software stacks. Cloud Computing. (55). Tuesday, December 8, 2009.

Data Center 113

Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer Network 113

Fountainhead

MAY 6, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Converged Infrastructure and Unified Computing are both terms referring to technology where the complete server profile, including I/O (NICs, HBAs, KVM), networking (VLANs, IP load balancing, etc.), Cloud Computing. (55). Cloud Computing.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Storage Network 100