The Verge

APRIL 20, 2021

It’s a bit disappointing to see that the Surface is still using the older Ryzen chips, since much of the new generation is based on a new architecture (Zen 3, to the 4000 series’s Zen 2) that has delivered performance gains. In addition to that processor, the 15-inch Surface Laptop 4 I reviewed comes with 16GB of RAM and 512GB of storage.

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SecureWorld News

APRIL 30, 2023

It refers to advanced systems that focus on the data, the mechanisms for controlling access to it, and possible ways of transmission. Many advanced security systems cannot prevent a scenario in which a user takes a screenshot from a confidential document and then sends it via Telegram to an unauthorized recipient.

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The Verge

MAY 2, 2021

Inside, the 7c processor comes paired with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage. For comparison, the Spin 513 is largely competing with Mediatek and Intel Celeron machines. It’s difficult to compare the Snapdragon 7c to these chipsets (in terms of power) because their architecture is completely different. I just want to Zoom, man.

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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. Here’s a good article on packets-per-second limits in EC2.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

The CPU architecture flaw involving speculative execution has been garnering a great deal of attention (see here , here , here , and here ). Jorge Salamero Sanz (on behalf of Sysdig) provides a similar comparison, this time looking at ECS, Fargate, and EKS. Running distributed systems such as etcd, Kubernetes, Linkerd, etc.,

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All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2012

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. An apples to apples comparison of the costs associated with running various usage patterns on-premises and with AWS requires more than a simple comparison of hardware expense versus always-on utility pricing for compute and storage. Comments ().

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Ravello Systems (now part of Oracle Cloud following their acquisition by Oracle) has a REST API that allows you to programmatically interact with their service. Operating Systems/Applications. Iwan Rahabok has a couple of posts (these are slightly older) that discuss sample architectures for a VMware SDDC deployment.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Operating Systems/Applications. Different design and architecture considerations apply in each instance. Shahidh Muhammad has a review/comparison of various tools aimed at helping developers build and deploy their apps on Kubernetes. Here’s a three-part series on Helm ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ).

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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.). 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. Seen this

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Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

The two big recent entrants/announcements were Ciscos Unified Computing System (made this past March) and then HPs BladeSystem Matrix (made in June). The UCS Manager software bundled with the system provides core functionality (see diagram, right). Still, these systems are - believe it or not - a major step forward in IT management.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

This is a liveblog of the AWS re:Invent 2017 session titled “Deep Dive on Amazon Elastic File System (EFS).” Naim kicks off the session with looking at the four phases users go through when they are choosing/adopting a storage solution: Choosing the right storage solution. The first item is storage type.

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Dataconomy

JUNE 9, 2023

It entails executing the code and examining its actual execution paths, data flows, and interactions with the system or environment. Validation of assumptions : Dynamic analysis allows developers to validate their assumptions about how the code interacts with different components, systems, or user inputs.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

The Xbox Series X comes the closest I’ve ever witnessed to re-creating the superior PC experience of playing games, thanks to SSD storage, a far more powerful CPU, 120Hz support, and impressive backward compatibility features that improve existing games. Storage and load times. Xbox Series X storage defaults.

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Storage Microsoft Hardware Architecture 145

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

This news came out of Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2015: Ericsson has announced a new “hyperscale” hardware platform based on Intel’s Rack Scale Architecture (RSA). Operating Systems/Applications. I found this post comparing Ansible and Salt to be quite helpful, particularly given some of the comparisons with Puppet.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2022

By way of comparison, every US$1 of investment made outside technology only boosted GDP by a meager US$3. Instability and jitter are among the biggest issues impacting service assurance and network architecture, hindering the digital transformation process across industries. That’s a big difference.

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Moreover, the Pocket AI GPU is compatible with both Windows and Linux systems, ensuring widespread usability. Thanks to the folks at Storage Review for the benchmark chart! For comparison, the NVIDIA RTX 4060 Ti is available at a similar price point. PCI Express 3.0 PCI Express 3.0

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox comes the closest I’ve ever witnessed to re-creating the superior PC experience of playing games, thanks to SSD storage, a far more powerful CPU, 120Hz support, and impressive backward compatibility features that improve existing games. Storage and load times. Xbox Series X storage defaults.

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Storage Microsoft Hardware Architecture 141

Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

Although this post is a bit older (it’s from September of last year), it’s still an interesting comparison of both OpenStack and CloudStack. Operating Systems/Applications. Cormac Hogan has a series going titled “Pluggable Storage Architecture (PSA) Deep Dive” ( part 1 here , part 2 here , part 3 here ).

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

I might have mentioned this before, but Ken Pepple’s OpenStack Folsom architecture post is just awesome. Operating Systems/Applications. I found this article on imperative vs. declarative system configuration is quite helpful in understanding Puppet’s declarative model. in the comparison, even though RHEV 3.1

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

2 for your storage needs is viable, even if it’s still not very affordable. The Verge doesn’t review processors in the traditional sense, so we don’t own dedicated hardware testing rigs or multiple CPUs and systems to offer all of the benchmarks and comparisons you’d typically find in CPU reviews.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

He makes comparisons among server virtualization, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and SDN, and feels that in order for SDN to really hit this market it needs to be “not a user-facing feature, but rather a means to an end” (his words). Operating Systems/Applications. Can UCS hold on in the face of a fundamental shift like that?

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Cloud Musings

AUGUST 12, 2012

Gravitant also provided extensive architecture and solution support. The cloudMatrix software helped to normalize the multiple services available, creating an “apples-to-apples” comparison in pricing and functionality as much as possible. variables in product offerings, including the business models, service.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

If they need to collaborate extensively with colleagues, they’re offered a 2-terabyte iCloud storage upgrade for free. They ask employees to include these system diagnosis files when they report bugs. They ask to get the storage upgrade. It’s so funny, because their architecture is theoretically designed to make you do that.

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