CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 5, 2024

IDC predicts that the amount of commercial data in storage will be 12.8 A slight majority of data already lives outside of the data center, and the day is not long off when it won’t even store the largest share of enterprise information. Data volumes continue to grow exponentially, and there’s no end in sight. ZB by 2026.

Disaster Recovery 113

Disaster Recovery Cloud Data Business Continuity 113

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The enterprise data storage marketplace is poised to become a battlefield. No longer the quiet backwater of cloud computing services, the focus of this global transition is now going from compute to storage. An overview of recent storage market history is needed to understand why this transition is important.

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Storage Cloud Media Operating Systems 79

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In December 2016, I kicked off a migration from macOS to Linux as my primary laptop OS. In this post, I’d like to recap where things stand as of December 2018, after 8 months of full-time use of Linux as my primary laptop OS. Linux Distribution. Applications.

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Linux Report Vmware Google 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 11, 2017

In December 2016, I kicked off a migration to Linux (from OS X) as my primary laptop OS. I thought that these “along the way” posts would be sufficient to keep readers informed, but I’ve had a couple of requests in the last week about how the migration is going. Linux Distribution. Applications. LTS (“Xenial Xerus”).

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Linux Report Vmware Travel 60

Galido

JUNE 22, 2016

QDirStat (Linux). QDirStat is a graphical application to show where your disk space has gone and to help you to clean it up. It runs on every X11-based desktop on Linux, BSD and other Unix-like systems. GrandPerspective is a small utility application for Mac that graphically shows the disk usage within a file system.

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Linux Windows Applications System 94

Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

There are different reasons for benchmarking, such as, you might be asked or want to know how many IOPs per disk, Solid State Device (SSD), device or storage system such as for a 15K RPM (revolutions per minute) 146GB SAS Hard Disk Drive (HDD).

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Storage Vmware Devops Backup 40

Linux Academy

JUNE 10, 2019

All are handled safely inside the Linux Academy platform. . Companies rely heavily on databases to power their applications. But, at the same time, t hey also use a relational database to help organize their customers ’ billing information. For billing information . Building a Docker Application Stack.

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Linux SOA Course Examples 76

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. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux. Networking. So useful.).

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

APRIL 29, 2022

My link of links and articles from around the Internet is a bit light on networking and virtualization this time around, but heftier in the security, cloud, and OS/application sections. a shares a trick for bypassing the macOS TCC protection using older applications. Operating Systems/Applications. Enjoy the content! Networking.

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Linux Storage Programming Applications 74

Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

BPFDoor, as it is known, is a passive backdoor that allows threat actors to remotely connect to a Linux shell. I also recently discovered Anaïs Urlichs’ weekly-but-not-so-weekly Seven-Day DevOps newsletter , which—like the rest of her site—has some great information. Operating Systems/Applications. Think again.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

This article contains some good information on IPv6 for those who are just starting to get more familiar with it, although toward the end it turns into a bit of an advertisement. Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Networking.

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Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

This article is chock-full of useful information that, typically, can only be gathered from direct experience (like the note on using istioctl instead of the Istio Operator to avoid an issue when upgrading from 1.6 I wasn’t aware of Cloudflare Argo Tunnel, so this article was informative for that reason alone. Good stuff!

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Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2024

Financial institutions must ensure the protection of sensitive personal information, most commonly payment card data, to maintain, trust and meet various regulatory requirements. Having segmentation between infrastructure providing data processing and data storage is an example of a broad IT security architectural pattern.

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Financial Architecture Resources Security 100

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 27, 2023

Back in October of last year, Tom Hollingsworth weighed in on Hedgehog , the networking company that has set out to commercialize SONiC, a Linux-based NOS used extensively in Azure. Operating Systems/Applications Dewan Ahmed has a great run-down on options for documentation-as-code. Well worth reading, in my opinion.

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 1, 2014

CoreOS, in case you haven’t heard of it, is a highly streamlined Linux distribution designed with containers, massive server deployments, and distributed systems/applications in mind. All applications run in containers. In fact, all applications on CoreOS run in containers. Linux Docker OpenStack'

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Linux Applications Open Source System 89

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. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux.

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

Over the last few weeks, I’ve been collecting articles I wanted to share with readers on major areas in technology: networking, security, storage, virtualization, cloud computing, and OSes/applications. There is a ton of information here! There’s quite a bit of good information there.

Programming 96

Programming Policies Network Cloud 96

Linux Academy

JULY 30, 2019

Our free cloud training allows students to begin developing their Linux and Cloud skills. Visit the Linux Academy Booth at Black Hat or find Ell at any of the other Hacker Summer Camp events! Kali Linux Deep Dive – In this course, you will learn how to find the vulnerabilities in frameworks like Metasploit, BeEF, SET, etc.

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Course Linux Devops Cloud 25

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Apparently Dell’s new docking stations support firmware updates via Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. This article has good information on safely using /tmp and /var/tmp on systemd-powered Linux distributions.

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Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Linux Academy

AUGUST 29, 2019

To continually support you in your mission to learn and grow we are always adding new courses and free resources to begin developing your Linux and Cloud skills. Courses Free in September: Microsoft SQL Server On Linux Quick Start. Linux Networking and Trouble Shooting. How to Get a Linux Job. Git Quick Start.

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Linux Course Devops Big Data 18

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. I use OTR with Adium on OS X, and OTR with Pidgin on my Fedora Linux laptop.). There’s lots of good information here.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

For network engineers just getting started with network automation, I suspect that the information shared here may prove quite useful. Redpill Linpro talks to readers about their new routers running Cumulus Linux. Operating Systems/Applications. I need to move it back to Windows from Linux. Networking. That’s cool.

Linux 60

Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. I’m a fan of Cumulus, but I’m admittedly a Linux guy (see here ) so you might say I’m a bit biased. Jeremy is a “hard-core” networking professional, and so hearing his feedback on Cumulus Linux was, in my opinion, useful.

Vmware 69

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Andrey Khomyakov shares some information on automating the setup of whitebox switches running Cumulus Linux in part 2 of this series on learning network automation. James Green shares some information on Docker Bench , a tool designed to help secure Docker environments. Operating Systems/Applications. Alpine Linux 3.5

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Yes, the article is slightly OpenStack-centric, but it still remains a very informative look at the different components of OVN and how OVN works. Operating Systems/Applications. Flatpak is a (relatively) new application packaging/sandboxing mechanism for Linux applications. Not sure what a bastion host is?

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Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Linux Academy

MAY 15, 2019

I aim to convince you that adding this to every pod definition is a great idea that offers you peace of mind that will add value to your application running on Kubernetes. Setting the requests and limits becomes very important when considering the JVM heap size for Java applications. Requests and Limits. Kubernetes Cheat Sheet.

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Resources Linux Course Applications 88

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

There’s some additional information on the Quantum release on Folsom here. 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. Operating Systems/Applications. storage enhancements.

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Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 21, 2020

gNMI, by the way, stands for gRPC Network Management Interface (more information on gNMI can be found here ). ” Want to use a Yubikey to automatically lock and unlock your Linux system? Mike Krieger shares some information on how rt.live (a site sharing updates of the COVID-19 R t ) handles their daily runs to update data.

Handbook 60

Handbook Linux Storage Windows 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This is a live blog of session DATS004, titled “Bare-Metal, Docker Containers, and Virtualization: The Growing Choices for Cloud Applications.” This includes cgroups (the ability to control resource allocation/utilization), which is built into the Linux kernel. A Brief Introduction to Linux Containers with LXC.

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Virtualization Linux Intel Construction 100

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. Requires the execution of the code to observe its behavior and collect runtime information.

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Analysis Software Development Applications Tools 65

Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

I didn’t do so well on storage links; apologies to my storage-focused friends! If you work with TextFSM templates (see here for more information), then you might also like this post on writing a vim syntax plugin for TextFSM templates. Katie Gamanji shares some information on passing the CKAD. Networking.

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IPv6 Network Storage Policies 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Cumulus Networks recently introduced the Cumulus Linux Network Command Line Utility (NCLU) , which provides a more unified front-end to configuring switches running Cumulus Linux. Kevin Houston discusses workload acceleration options—specifically, storage acceleration via NVMe or PCIe SSDs—for blade servers. Servers/Hardware.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Check out part 1 ( general introduction ) and part 2 ( distributed services ) for more information. Want some additional information on layer 2 and layer 3 services in VMware NSX? Operating Systems/Applications. While written for OS X, most of these tips apply to Linux or other Unix-like operating systems as well.

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Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 22, 2018

There’s some really good information in here. Quentin’s post is very detailed, and has lots of good information. Anthony Burke has some information on preparing a node for Kubernetes and the NSX NCP. Operating Systems/Applications. Dave Taylor provides s ome tips for configuring VMware Fusion for Linux usage.

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Vmware Linux Hardware Case Study 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). This post has some pretty in-depth information on the Juniper backdoor that was recently uncovered.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Vincent Bernat has a really in-depth article on IPv4 route lookup on Linux (and one on IPv6 route lookup as well). I saw a demo of the product—it looks quite handy, and provides a pretty fair amount of information to help operators figure out what’s happening “under the covers.” Operating Systems/Applications.

Storage 60

Storage Vmware Load Balancer Network 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Reader Witold Duranek contacted after Technology Short Take 126 to thank me for the useful information the series provides, and to mention that she (he?) Operating Systems/Applications. This article provides some information on how Bash startup files are used by the shell. Looking for some security tools? Look no further.

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Linux Virtualization Security Backup 60