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.).

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

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

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

In recent years, we’ve seen more devices running off-the-shelf software (like Linux). Is the Linux bridge efficient enough? The DPDK is BSD licensed and source code is available from Intel. Verplanke next reviews some of the I/O optimizations and architecture of the Xeon E5 2600 series platform.

Virtualization 113

Virtualization Intel Cloud Data 113

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

A fan of network virtualization might also say that decomposing today’s complex physical networks into multiple simple logical networks on top of a simpler physical transport network—similar to Mike’s suggestion of converging on a smaller set of reference architectures—might also help. (Of All good stuff, thanks Mike!

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Linux Network 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. ZFS will be in the next Ubuntu Linux LTS release. Roie Ben Haim has an article on how to improve the NSX GUI user experience.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Brendan Gregg has a pretty detailed write-up on migrating from Solaris to Linux (pertinent given the recent layoff of the majority of the Solaris developers). If you’re not clear on the role/status of CRI-O, check out this article by Scott McCarty of Red Hat. Ben Evans has a four-part series (so far) on vSAN. Virtualization.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Noorali starts out with a quick introduction/overview of Helm, likening it to yum or apt for Linux packages. This leads Noorali into a high-level description of some of the features planned for Helm v3, which will move to an entirely client-side architecture (no more Tiller, yay!). Helm v2.12.0 (the Rice moves on to Linkerd 2.0,

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Open Source Vmware Architecture Cloud 60