Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

This is my irregularly-published collection of links and articles from around the Internet related to the major data center technologies: networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications/OSes, storage, and virtualization. Want to install VMware NSX in your home lab, but concerned about resource utilization?

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Internet discussing various data center-focused technologies. Adrian Roberts shares a walkthrough of running Photon OS and VMware Admiral in a vCloud Air Network environment. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #78! Networking.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Here’s a decent two-part series about running Vyatta on VMware Workstation ( part 1 and part 2 ). Could we use OpenFlow to build better internet exchanges? Operating Systems/Applications. Rawlinson Rivera starts to address a lack of available information about Virsto in the first of a series of posts on VMware Virsto.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Here’s another topic that came up at the recent DevOps Networking Forum: Spotify’s SDN Internet Router (SIR). I recently came across a couple useful troubleshooting guides, one for Open vSwitch (OVS) and OpenStack Neutron and one for VMware NSX. Operating Systems/Applications. VMware recently GA’d version 6.2

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Looking for a step-by-step install guide for VMware NSX? Ray Budavari—who is an absolutely fantastic NSX resource—has a blog post up on the integration between VMware NSX and vRealize Automation. It says the the JET (Juniper Extension Toolkit) uses “open application programming interfaces”, but fails to provide any specifics.

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Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 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. Anthony Spiteri shares a Terraform configuration he created to deploy a sandbox Kubernetes cluster on VMware vSphere. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #119!

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

This session will not focus on the VMware announcement regarding VMware Cloud on AWS. Butler mentions S3 as potential solutions here, and points out the three tiers of object-based storage: S3 Standard, S3 Infrequent Access, and Amazon Glacier. The Storage Gateway’s storage is backed by S3 and offers a standard iSCSI interface.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 9, 2014

Welcome to Technology Short Take #41, the latest in my series of random thoughts, articles, and links from around the Internet. Looking for more VMware NSX content? Anthony Burke has started a new series focusing on VMware NSX in pure vSphere environments. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 26, 2023

The realm of edge computing has witnessed a substantial surge in recent years, propelled by the proliferation of remote work, the Internet of Things (IoT), and augmented/virtual reality (AR/VR) technologies, which have necessitated connectivity at the network’s periphery and novel applications.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #51, another collection of posts and links about key data center technologies like networking, virtualization, cloud management, and applications/operating systems. Along with Docker, VMware worked with the Center for Internet Security (CIS) to prepare a security benchmark for Docker 1.6

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 17, 2020

I hope that everyone had a wonderful holiday season, but now it’s time to jump back into the fray with a collection of technical articles from around the Internet. Guiliano Bertello introduces PowerVCF , a PowerCLI module aimed at interacting with the SDDC Manager and VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) stack. (If Networking.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

As described in this Metacloud blog post , vxfld is designed to “handle VXLAN traffic from any operationg system or hardware platform that adheres to the IETF Internet-Draft for VXLAN” Nir Yechiel recently posted part 1 of a discussion on the need for network overlays. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Here’s a decent two-part series about running Vyatta on VMware Workstation ( part 1 and part 2 ). Could we use OpenFlow to build better internet exchanges? Operating Systems/Applications. Rawlinson Rivera starts to address a lack of available information about Virsto in the first of a series of posts on VMware Virsto.

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 60

Cloud Musings

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

A third dimension is the fact that there is a growing need to reskill the existing workforce, especially in light of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and the incorporation of the Internet of Things (IoT) and cyber-physical systems into the industrial production process.

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Training Policies Cloud Artificial Intelligence 70

Dataconomy

MAY 23, 2023

It enables faster data analysis and decision-making, reduces reliance on the cloud for processing and storage, and minimizes the amount of data that needs to be transmitted over the network. Offline operation: Edge computing is designed to operate even without internet connectivity.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

This Tech Short Take marks the end of an era (sort of); it’s the last Tech Short Take published while I’m a VMware employee (today is my last day; see here for more details). This is an older post (more than 2 years old), but as far as I can tell the concepts are still quite applicable. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

I have, however, finally managed to pull together this list of links and articles from around the Internet, and I hope that something I’ve included here proves useful to readers. Bahubali (Bill) Shetti walks through analyzing the cost of a self-managed Kubernetes cluster on AWS using VMware CloudHealth. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

In support of this point, Jassy talks about AWS’ extensive regions, availability zones, and the plethora of application services that AWS offers. As a result of their migration, provisioning time was reduced; power savings resulted; and Enel saw significant storage savings. the storage, and 2x the number of vCPUs.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 11, 2017

Applications. Internet applications: Firefox handles my web browsing, but I also have Google Chrome installed for cross-browser testing. Cloud storage/sync: Dropbox works fine, although the UI integration could be much better. To be fair, though, I’ve seen the same behavior with OS X.

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Linux Report Vmware Travel 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

If you like geeking out over the hardware side of networking, you may find this Ars Technica article on the physical infrastructure of the global Internet to be an interesting read. (I Operating Systems/Applications. Hey, VMware Fusion/Workstation team—want to know why people seem to prefer VB over your technically-superior product?

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Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 12, 2022

They must also deliver the speed and low-latency great customer experiences require in an era marked by dramatic innovations in edge computing, artificial intelligence, machine learning, the Internet of Things, unified communications, and other singular computing trends now synonymous with business success.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 21, 2013

Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Application-Specific VPNs. VMware Weak Spot. Let’s take the generic command above and turn it into a command that is specific to accessing the VNC console of a guest domain on a remote KVM host.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 27, 2023

We enable enterprises to choose the infrastructure that best aligns with their needs, whether it’s to host legacy or cloud-native workloads or to best manage mission-critical applications and core systems like ERP,” adds Awasthi. Learn more about Tata Communications and its partnership with VMware here. Cloud Computing

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Industry Cloud Vmware Healthcare 52

Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

Welcome to Technology Short Take #125, where I have a collection of articles about various data center and cloud technologies collected from around the Internet. William Lam provides a sneak peek at deploying Tanzu Kubernetes Grid on vSphere and VMware Cloud on AWS. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Virtualization.

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Linux Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Poonen briefly recaps yesterday’s messaging, and then moves into the focus of today’s keynote—focusing on the “any application and any device” part of the “Ready for Any” messaging. According to Poonen, the core of the solution for “any application on any device” is VMware’s Workspace Suite. What about iOS and Android devices?

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

Built on VMWare vCloud Director 5.1 Businesses are looking to migrate applications hosted on-premise into the cloud using a variety of hybrid solutions,” said Andrew Higginbotham, chief technology officer at Savvis. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. In addition, the native support of vDC 5.1

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

Welcome to Technology Short Take #42, another installation in my ongoing series of irregularly published collections of news, items, thoughts, rants, raves, and tidbits from around the Internet, with a focus on data center-related technologies. Anthony Burke’s series on VMware NSX continues with part 5. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 23, 2019

Otherwise, I leave you with this list of links and articles from around the Internet to keep you busy. This web developer security checklist has a nice list of some “current recommended practices” for properly securing web applications/sites. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Storage Policies Network 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Cloudsmith provides tools for system administrators and developers that make it easier to automate management of IT resources through intuitive GUIs and SaaS applications. VMware Invests $30 Million in Puppet Labs. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Networking.

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The Accidental Successful CIO

AUGUST 3, 2011

In the past, IT departments used to set up a new server for each new application that they wanted to deploy. This low level software allowed multiple applications to run on the same physical hardware but believe that they had the box all to themselves. No longer will the storage team be able to just focus on storage issues.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

“For three years, elements of the OpenStack community have arbitrarily and unfairly positioned OpenStack agains the incumbents, especially Amazon Web Services and VMWare,” writes Bias. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. He writes about a range of topics at DCK, with an emphasis on cloud hosting.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2013

This is the kick-off to a series of posts introducing networking concepts to VMware administrators. Based on the feedback I’ve gotten in speaking to VMware admins, networking is an area in which a lot of VMware-focused folks aren’t particularly comfortable. No, it wasn’t invented by Al Gore. Sorry, Al.)

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