Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Chris Evans revisits the discussion regarding Arm processor architectures in the public cloud. And, speaking of Arm processor architectures in the public cloud, here’s another look at Amazon’s Graviton2 and Graviton3 chips, as discussed in a pair of re:Invent talks. Operating Systems/Applications.

Load Balancer 90

Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

Galido

APRIL 9, 2020

Information Technology Blog - - Convert PDF to Excel: The Definitive Guide - Information Technology Blog. To properly edit PDF documents, we first need a piece of software that will export the content of the PDFs into editable file formats, such as Microsoft Excel, Word or PowerPoint. PDFs are made that way and that is OK.

Budget 94

Budget Examples Software Software 94

Linux Academy

JUNE 4, 2019

The Serverless Framework is an open-source project that replaces traditional platforms (hardware, operating systems) with a platform that can run in a cloud environment. The post Going Serverless: Where to Start appeared first on Linux Academy Blog. What is serverless framework? Why use it? Vendor lock-in is a concern.

Linux 92

Linux Cloud Architecture Open Source 92

Storage IO Blog

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014

This means that the drives should be transparent to the operating systems or hypervisors on servers or storage controllers without need for special adapters, controller cards or drivers.

Storage 83

Storage Vmware Architecture Operating Systems 83

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 18, 2012

Do not expect too many blog posts or twitter updates. It was not until later in the year that I started to recording the readings here on the blog, so I hope this is indeed the complete list. Jul - 13 Hints for Computer Systems Design Proceedings of the Ninth ACM Symposium on Operating Systems Principles, pp.

Operating Systems 144

Operating Systems Conference Survey System 144

Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

Maegan Jong and Dominik Tornow have a blog series that, in their words, “aims to advance the understanding of Kubernetes and its underlying concepts.” VentureBeat discusses Armv9 , a new architectural update for Arm-based CPUs. Pulumi recently released version 3; get more details on the latest release in this blog post.

Linux 60

Linux Hardware Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

The Google Project Zero blog takes a look at iMessage in iOS 14. You may want to have a look at this software supply chain attack that takes advantage of the way these package managers handle dependencies. This blog post by Alex DeBrie on AWS API Gateway access logs is a real tour de force. Operating Systems/Applications.

IPv6 60

IPv6 Network Storage Policies 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

This is a great read overall, but one sentence in particular really caught my eye: “30 years ago I was able to write a complete multitasking operating system in Z80 assembly code. Jon Langemak is blogging again, and he jumps back into the “blogging saddle” with a post on working with tc on Linux systems.

Linux 60

Linux Apple Operating Systems Policies 60

Galido

OCTOBER 6, 2016

Automakers want to standardize on a Linux-based OS that would make vehicle infotainment systems act more like smartphones. Automakers are working to standardize on a Linux-based operating system for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems that would make it easier for cars to act more like smartphones.

Open Source 60

Open Source Linux Automotive Operating Systems 60

Galido

JANUARY 28, 2020

Information Technology Blog - - Ultimate Gaming Computer for 2020 - Information Technology Blog. Various motherboard architectures support various generations of processors, and for the AMD Ryzen 3900X, ASUS ROG Crosshair VII Hero is the best suite. AMD Ryzen 9 3900X. Motherboard. The motherboard holds the processor and the GPU.

Storage 105

Storage Hardware System Operating Systems 105

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Linux Study Group in May. 3) Join us on YouTube! Courses Free in May.

Linux 113

Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At the recent OCP Summit, Microsoft introduced Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC). Check out Mark Russinovich’s blog post on SONiC , then pop over to Kamala Subramaniam’s more in-depth SONiC post. Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s the Docker blog post talking about the performance study.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 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. Keybase discusses some challenges with encrypted chat applications and how their architecture avoids some of those challenges.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Amit Aneja has a two-part series (so far) explaining the routing architecture in NSX-T (which brings multi-hypervisor and multi-cloud support to the NSX platform). It’s good to see my friend Brent Salisbury blogging again, this time writing about measuring bandwith using iperf and Docker. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Ray Budavari—who is an absolutely fantastic NSX resource—has a blog post up on the integration between VMware NSX and vRealize Automation. Rackspace and VMware have a pair of articles discussing their interoperable OpenStack cloud architecture ( here’s the post from Rackspace , and here’s the post from VMware ).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

Here’s a fresh new collection of links and articles from the around the web to propel myself back into blogging. Software company Agile Bits recently announced support for U2F-compatible hardware security keys in their 1Password product. Operating Systems/Applications. I hope you find something useful here!

Network 60

Network Load Balancer Storage Applications 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

see below in the “Operating Systems/Applications” section), Metaswitch has announced a Container Networking Interface (CNI) plugin for Project Calico. Operating Systems/Applications. I hope to be able to spend a bit of time with it soon, but in the meantime you can read the announcement blog post. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Operating Systems Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

VMware recently announced Open Hardware Management Services (OHMS) , a project intended to help manage servers and switches in a software-defined data center (SDDC) context. According to this article , “It is hard to overstate what a sea change” this sort of architecture will create. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Galido

MAY 10, 2019

Information Technology Blog - - Top 10 Cheap Upgrades to Boost any Computer - Information Technology Blog. The time comes when your PC starts to “slow down” and we are not referring to a software slowdown, in that case, formatting could be enough and the PC would come back as new. Calculation power of up to 1.8

Hardware 81

Hardware Intel Energy Examples 81

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

Christian Posta talks about how microservices are not the only approach to software design, and then walks through the recent shift in Istio—the open source service mesh—from a microservices-based architecture to a more monolithic approach. Operating Systems/Applications. Both are good articles.

Linux 60

Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Operating Systems/Applications. was recently introduced an includes a new “rkt fly” feature that aims to provide better support for software that needs more privileges than a typical container (the Kubernetes kubelet is one example). This blog post has more details. CoreOS rkt is coming along nicely; version 0.15.0

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Operating Systems/Applications. was recently introduced an includes a new “rkt fly” feature that aims to provide better support for software that needs more privileges than a typical container (the Kubernetes kubelet is one example). This blog post has more details. CoreOS rkt is coming along nicely; version 0.15.0

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). 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. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Cisco shared some thoughts on what they termed a “software-only” approach; naturally, they have a different vision for data center networking (and that’s OK). Kenneth Hui, formerly of VCE and now with Rackspace, does a great job of explaining how VMware vSphere fits into the OpenStack Nova architecture in this blog post.

Vmware 60

Vmware Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

As opposed to just encrypting data at the transport level (although Acra does that between components of its architecture) or just encrypting data at the storage level (using an encrypted file system or similar), Acra targets encrypting data at the table/row/column level within a database. Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I was able to hit two technical sessions yesterday and liveblogged both of them: Virtualizing the Network to Enable a Software-Defined Infrastructure. This would improve container security and move Linux containers closer to the Bromium “microvisor” architecture. Technical Sessions. Both were good sessions. Coffee Chats.

Intel 60

Intel Hardware Linux Virtualization 60

Linux Academy

JANUARY 29, 2019

Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it? We discuss architectural requirements and principles of Big Data infrastructures and the intersection of cloud computing with Big Data.

Linux 60

Linux Devops Big Data Course 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Linux Study Group in May. 3) Join us on YouTube! Courses Free in May.

Linux 60

Linux Course Big Data Devops 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

This is interesting enough that I might actually write up a separate blog post about it; stay tuned for that. Don’t think this “software-defined networking” thing is going to take off? Operating Systems/Applications. Overall, this is a quick but worthy read if you are trying to get started in this space.

Virtualization 60

Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Linux Academy

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. March Study Group Course: Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it? We discuss architectural requirements and principles of big data infrastructures and the intersection of cloud computing with big data.

Linux 80

Linux Big Data Course Devops 80

Linux Academy

JANUARY 27, 2019

In this Course, you’ll learn about the basics of Prometheus, which includes its architecture and components, such as exporters, client libraries, and alerting. Linux Operating System Fundamentals. Learn about the history of Linux, the open-source movement, and how this powerful software is used today. Enroll today!

Linux 60

Linux Course Training Tools 60

Linux Academy

JUNE 25, 2019

Principal Systems Engineer from Symantec Corporation and Ell Marquez for a Threat Report Rundown. Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for details! This course gives hands-on experience with the microservice architecture and shows why this method has become highly sought after. Linux Operating System Fundamentals.

Course 60

Course Linux Cloud Devops 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I highly recommend you read the entire post, but in short the five skills Matt recommends are software skills (which includes configuration management and software development tools like Git ), Linux, deep protocol knowledge, hypervisor and container networking, and IPv6. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Linux Academy

MAY 28, 2019

Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. We discuss architectural requirements and principles of Big Data infrastructures and the intersection of cloud computing with Big Data. Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it?

Linux 104

Linux Course Big Data Devops 104

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 22, 2016

Ansible doesn’t store the state of managed systems. Perhaps this is due to the agentless architecture; I don’t know. To make this work, you’ll need the following items installed on whatever system will execute the Ansible playbooks: Ansible itself (obviously; I tested using Ansible 2.1.1.0). Configuring the Components.

Groups 60

Groups Security System Tools 60

mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

DECEMBER 12, 2018

Vendors are redesigning the software architectures to support this change, enabling customers to build out from the core using loosely coupled microservices so employees can create service-enhancing ERP extensions in their own image. They also require a separate app for every operating system. Progressive Web Apps.

Trends 66

Trends Mobile Data Development 66

A Screw's Loose

APRIL 8, 2013

Having to type that little lot into an iPhone every time you want to check your messages led plenty of otherwise law-abiding people to try to figure out how to remove the software that enforced that policy, despite the fact that it had many other valuable features. The reason software vendors give us bug ridden code is because we let them.

Mobile 59

Mobile Enterprise Enterprise Architecture 59