The Verge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The company also announced a new entry-level iPad during its recent “California Streaming” event , which comes outfitted with a new front-facing camera, a faster processor, and double the base storage. Greater storage capacity, with base storage starting at 64GB. It even offers double the storage for the same price.

Storage 56

Storage Apple Video Sports 56

Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

I didn’t do so well on storage links; apologies to my storage-focused friends! Here’s Chip Zoller’s comparison of Gatekeper and Kyverno. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #138. However, there should be something for most everyone else. Networking.

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IPv6 Network Storage Policies 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2023

As more organizations rely on HPC to speed time to results, especially for their data-intensive applications, the $40B market [1] faces challenges and opportunities. It’s important to note that more research and benchmark comparisons are needed to help customers make the best decisions. And in HPC, community is important.

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Dell Data Center Intel Artificial Intelligence 58

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

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.

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Dataconomy

JUNE 9, 2023

As software applications become increasingly complex, it becomes imperative to adopt effective techniques that can uncover potential issues and enhance the overall quality of the codebase. Dynamic code analysis plays a crucial role in ensuring the quality, reliability, and performance of software applications.

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Analysis Software Development Applications Tools 65

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The folks over at Cilium took a look at a recent CNI benchmark comparison and unpacked it a bit. Operating Systems/Applications. Megan O’Keefe shares a Kubernetes developer workflow for macOS that includes a list of applications, themes, tools, and shortcuts. There’s some good information in their article.

Network 60

Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Diógenes Rettori has a comparison of Istio and Linkerd as solutions for service mesh. Keybase discusses some challenges with encrypted chat applications and how their architecture avoids some of those challenges. Operating Systems/Applications. This post is from 2012, but is—to me—still as applicable today as ever.

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Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Linux Academy

JUNE 17, 2019

Whether you’re building an application, or you’re running complex infrastructure for a large corporation, you’ll eventually encounter repetitive tasks that need to be completed again and again. Configure your application to connect to your newly created database. Managing Your Applications and Infrastructure with Terraform.

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Linux Course Load Balancer Google 60

The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

The base model starts at $2,039 and includes a Core i5-1135G7, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and a 14-inch 1920 x 1200 screen. that includes a Core i7-1185G7, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, and a 2560 x 1600 touch display. You can go all the way up to a $3,309 model with the same processor and screen but 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage.

Dell 60

Dell Comparison Windows Storage 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Cormac Hogan has a brief update on storage options for containers on VMware. Check out Aaron Patten’s article on vRA + SPBM (storage policy-based management) with VVols. Adrian Roberts shares a walkthrough of running Photon OS and VMware Admiral in a vCloud Air Network environment. Check this out.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

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). Operating Systems/Applications. Perhaps you feel a little bit like Kev Gorman, and are wondering what in the heck is CNA (cloud-native applications), anyway? Servers/Hardware.

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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.”

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Cloud IBM Resources Storage 87

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? Jorge Salamero Sanz (on behalf of Sysdig) provides a similar comparison, this time looking at ECS, Fargate, and EKS. Servers/Hardware.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

Kevin Houston has an updated blade server comparison chart that might be helpful in making hardware decisions. Operating Systems/Applications. One of the announcements at DockerCon ‘16 was the Distributed Application Bundle (DAB), a way to package up multiple containers. Want to get geeky with storage protocol stacks ?

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Vmware Linux Storage Hardware 60

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

For example, LG imagines using the secondary panel for camera controls while using the camera application, freeing up the main display as an uncluttered viewfinder. Video applications can use the second display for media and volume controls. The rest of the hardware for the LG Wing is fairly ordinary. The Wing measures in at 9.17

Course 66

Course Mobile Hardware Applications 66

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Speaking of Pulumi, Kyle Galbraith wrote up a comparison of Pulumi and Terraform for infrastructure as code. Operating Systems/Applications. The article explains a few orchestration concepts (like liveness probes and readiness probes in Kubernetes), but mostly focuses on the need for fine-grained health checks in applications.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

The Verge

JULY 19, 2021

The Aero model I have is $2,099 and includes Intel’s Core i7-11800H, 32GB of RAM, and 1TB of storage, in addition to the RTX 3070 and the 15.6-inch 2 storage slots. The laptop comes preloaded with a new proprietary Control Center application, which is powered by Microsoft’s Azure AI. based on the application you’re using.

Dell 81

Dell Video Storage Apple 81

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

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). Operating Systems/Applications. Perhaps you feel a little bit like Kev Gorman, and are wondering what in the heck is CNA (cloud-native applications), anyway? Servers/Hardware.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

The model I tested, which costs $629, has a Core i5-10210U processor, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of storage. You can configure it with an i3 or an i7, and can jump up to 16GB of RAM and 256GB of storage as well.). The 3:2 panel is a game-changer, and the extra storage, standout keyboard, and HDMI port are icing on the cake.

Storage 82

Storage System Windows Examples 82

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). Operating Systems/Applications. Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko). Check out the GitHub repository.

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). Operating Systems/Applications. Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko). Check out the GitHub repository.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 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. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 17, 2013

Florian makes the “dreaded Linux-OpenStack comparison,” combining it with models and charts from Moore’s “Crossing the Chasm.” ” Florian goes to another quote from Moore stating that applications have an advantage over platforms when it comes to crossing the chasm.

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Enterprise Enterprise HP Linux 99

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

Courtesy of Corey Quinn, here’s an awesome AWS versus Azure comparison , comic book style. Most folks have probably heard about 12 Factor Applications (see here if you haven’t or if you need a refresher); this article talks about 12 basic rules and good practices for using Kubernetes optimally.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Vox

AUGUST 7, 2023

But the science of why it matters is, by comparison, relatively simple. Superconductors are already employed in certain limited applications for storing energy. Right now, though, the huge energy required to keep such systems at a low enough temperature that superconducting happens makes their applications limited.

Energy 81

Energy Training System Research 81

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

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. Operating Systems/Applications. Roie Ben Haim has an article on how to improve the NSX GUI user experience. I guess all I can really say about this is…oops.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Operating Systems/Applications. Lightroom is one of only a few applications that I keep around for macOS; this article gives me some alternatives. Shahidh Muhammad has a review/comparison of various tools aimed at helping developers build and deploy their apps on Kubernetes.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Virtualization Authentication Tools 60

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

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. The approach is somewhat analogous to the Green Grids proxy #1 ("Self-assessment reporting"), coupled with peer-reporting/comparison of data as is done with the DOEs DC-Pro tool.

Data Center 113

Data Center Disaster Recovery Energy Data 113

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). Operating Systems/Applications. Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko). Check out the GitHub repository.

Open Source 60

Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60

The Verge

JULY 8, 2021

Unsurprisingly, it’s lacking in the gaming department by comparison, but it’s practically bursting with other niceties you’d usually find in other high-end productivity laptops, like a Windows Hello IR webcam, Thunderbolt 4, USB-C charging, long battery life, and a touchscreen.

Intel 57

Intel Windows Storage Dell 57

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

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. Until such time as Neutron adds native dynamic routing support, this may be an option for some OpenStack deployments to consider.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Steven Acreman shares a brief, high-level comparison of the major Kubernetes ingress solutions. Operating Systems/Applications. I enjoy Michael Hausenblas’ “appops reloaded” posts, which are similar to my Tech Short Takes but more tightly focused on cloud-native stuff. He recently hit post number 100 in the series.

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Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Cloud Musings

JUNE 8, 2015

Traditional IT solutions are often architected from the viewpoint of horizontal specialists, separately focusing on compute infrastructure, storage infrastructure, datacenters and networks. Figure 2 - Interactive solution design comparisons ( This content is being syndicated through multiple channels.

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Cloud Tools Software Software 70

Cloud Musings

JUNE 8, 2015

Traditional IT solutions are often architected from the viewpoint of horizontal specialists, separately focusing on compute infrastructure, storage infrastructure, datacenters and networks. Figure 2 - Interactive solution design comparisons ( This content is being syndicated through multiple channels.

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Cloud Tools Software Software 70

Virtualized Greek

APRIL 11, 2013

OpenStack is a platform that’s designed from the ground up to provide and infrastructure to software developers to build Cloud aware applications. I believe OpenStack see’s application developer’s as the ultimate customer. Developer’s build applications and don’t manage the data center. This is an important observation.

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Vmware Data Center Cloud Virtualization 69