Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Networking. The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. See this SDx Central article or this Network World article for more details.). I hope something I’ve included here will be helpful—enjoy!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

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

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Networking. In this post on why networking needs a Chaos Monkey , Mike Bushong applies to the terms to networks—a snowflake network is an intricately crafted network that is carefully tailored to utilize a custom subset of networking features unique to your environment. Here’s a good source.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Networking. Anthony Burke has written a script that uses VMware NSX to protect VMware Log Insight instances. Russ White tackles the issue of networking engineers needing to learn to code. Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. Welcome to Technology Short Take #67.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2014

Welcome to part 11 of the Learning NSX blog series, in which I provide a high-level overview of the basics on integrating VMware NSX into an OpenStack deployment using OpenStack Neutron. VMware NSX was designed to be integrated into a cloud management platform.

Vmware 69

Vmware Network Linux Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Networking. 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). Sam McGeown has a nice diagram of the communications channels between the various VMware NSX components. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If Networking. Numan Siddique describes the native DHCP support available in OVN (Open Virtual Network). Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Linux containers on Windows (LCOW) preview support. Improved platform support (Azure, packet.net, IBM Bluemix, AWS, GCP, VMware, Hyper-V, etc.). Support for the latest Linux kernels. The demo shows using LinuxKit to build an identical image across three different architectures (x86, ARM64, and Raspberry Pi).

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Linux Architecture Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Networking. VMware recently released an updated to PowerCLI (version 6.5.3), and with it comes a set of cmdlets that provide low-level access to the NSX-T REST API. I really enjoyed David Gee’s series on the network automation engineer persona ( part 1 , part 2 , part 3 , and part 4 ). VMware recently released version 2.0

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Engineering Network 60

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. Networking. Want to install VMware NSX in your home lab, but concerned about resource utilization?

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Networking. The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. See this SDx Central article or this Network World article for more details.). I hope something I’ve included here will be helpful—enjoy!

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

backup BC and DR big data Cloud converged convergence Data and Information Management database DCIM Education I/O Networking Infrastructure Resource Management IT Industry Activity IT Infrastructure Topics Lab report little data metrics object storage Performance and Capacity perspective post Power and Cooling server Site related ssd Storage and Storage (..)

Storage 40

Storage Vmware Devops Backup 40

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Next, he discusses the evolution of network devices so far. In recent years, we’ve seen more devices running off-the-shelf software (like Linux). The future, Verplanke believes, is fully virtualized network devices. Is the Linux bridge efficient enough? Networking Virtualization IDF2012 Intel'

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Virtualization Intel Cloud Data 113

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. Networking. I hope you find something useful! Servers/Hardware. Plastic microchips

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Networking. 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. Mustafa Akin has an article on Docker’s new overlay networking functionality. Now, on to the content!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

Networking. I love this post from Matt Oswalt on five next-gen skills for networking pros. It tells me that some skills—specifically, Linux, automation/configuration management, software development concepts—are going to be essential for all new IT pros in the near future. Here’s hoping you find something useful.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 20, 2013

Some FCSA ssd cache questions and perspectives What […].

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IBM Storage Vmware Linux 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 21, 2016

Networking. Michael Ryom has a nice (but short) article on using Log Insight along with a NetFlow proxy to help provide more detailed visibility into traffic flows between VMs on NSX logical networks. BGP seems to be emerging as an early front-runner for a standards-based control plane for software networking. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

Networking. Anthony Burke’s series on VMware NSX continues with part 5. Bob McCouch has a post over at Network Computing (where I’ve recently started blogging as well—see my first post ) discussing his view on how software-defined networking (SDN) will trickle down to small and mid-sized businesses.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

Networking. Isovalent—the company behind the Cilium project—has been talking a lot about how the use of eBPF will transform things, including the architecture of a service mesh. network virtualization). Is the relationship between network virtualization and service mesh closer than some folks might wish to admit?

Virtualization 79

Virtualization Storage Network Programming 79

Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2016

You will learn how to painlessly deploy fairly complex applications that scale across multiple instances in cloud technologies including Windows Azure Chef, Chef Solo, Linux and Windows Tools. If you enjoyed this article , get free updates by email or RSS - © Copyright Kevin L.

Vmware 70

Vmware Web Services Training Cloud 70

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Networking. If you’re interested in learning more about OpenFlow and software-defined networking but need to do this on a shoestring budget in your home lab, a number of guides have been written to help out. Also see the “Networking” section above for a related post on the networking aspects involved.

Vmware 109

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2015

Networking. Michael Webster isn’t a name that normally pops up here in the Networking section of my Technology Short Takes, but he recently wrote an article on installing Cumulus Linux from a MacBook Pro that I thought might be handy. Jason Edelman has a great post on automated network diagrams with Schprokits and AutoNetkit.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Networking. Kyle Ruddy helps folks get started with the Desired State Configuration Resources (DSCR) for VMware , a new way of using PowerShell DSC with VMware vSphere environments. Dave Taylor provides s ome tips for configuring VMware Fusion for Linux usage. Welcome to Technology Short Take #108!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Case Study 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Networking. VMware introduced VMware NSX recently at VMworld 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). I hope that something in here is useful to you. This looks interesting.

Vmware 60

Vmware Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 60

Cloud Musings

JANUARY 30, 2017

This NCTA program was designed to provide IT professionals with a strong foundation in cloud technologies, and overall cloud architecture and management of cloud infrastructure, as well as a solid technical background in modern web services deployment and administration. If you want to secure your IT future, schedule a consultation today.

Web Services 70

Web Services Architecture Cloud Programming 70

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Networking. Some folks from Nicira (now part of VMware) recently published a blog post discussing the OVSDB IETF draft (see here ). I think this three-part series on new network models for cloud computing ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ), while almost a year old, is quite good. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. It starts here.

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 28, 2016

TBD 2017 - Cloud Architecture : Manage the design and plan the implementation of cloud architectures. Cloud architects must also evaluate, and plan for the appropriate compute, network, database, and security components to build a solution that meets the needs of their organization. Olisipo from Olisipo on Vimeo.

Systems Administration 84

Systems Administration Cloud Course Training 84

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Networking. PowerNSX is pretty cool—it’s a set of PowerShell cmdlets for administrators of VMware NSX running in vSphere environments. Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). (Cue Seen this ?

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Networking. Lindsay Hill walks through using Telegraf, InfluxDB, and Grafana to monitor network statistics. Via Ivan Pepelnjak, I found this article by Diane Patton at Cumulus Networks talking about container network designs. Christian Kellner talks about work done on Thunderbolt 3 security levels for GNU/Linux.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Networking. Michael Kashin has a great article on how Open Virtual Network (OVN, part of the Open vSwitch project) implements virtual networks in OpenStack. In a bit of an older post from late summer 2016, Matt Oswalt outlines why network engineers should care about the network software supply chain. Good advice.

Linux 60

Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2016

lightweight Nano, full data center with desktop interface, on-premise, bare metal, virtualized (Hyper-V, VMware, etc) as well as cloud). Not only are the support for those environments and platforms enhanced, so to are the management capabilities and interfaces from Powershell to Bash linux shell being part of WIndows 10 and Server 2016.

Storage 40

Storage Windows Microsoft Linux 40

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Networking. Looks like this is another tool I need to add to my toolbox as I continue to explore networking technologies like OpenFlow, Open vSwitch, and others. I think that’s the point Ivan tried to make as well—it’s the architecture and how OpenFlow is used that makes a difference. (Is

Vmware 115

Vmware Storage Virtualization Network 115

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Networking. Biruk Mekonnen has an introductory article on using Netmiko for network automation. Gabriele Gerbino has a nice write-up about Cisco’s efforts with APIs ; his article includes a brief description of YANG data models and a comparison of working with network devices via SSH or via API. Servers/Hardware. My takeaway?

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

IBM said today that it will make CloudFoundry a component of its open cloud architecture and work with Pivotal on further development of the CloudFoundry open source project and establishing an open governance model for the community. Networking. Comments (required). DataCenterKnowledge. White Papers. Infrastructure. Cloud Computing.

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Data Center IBM Data Cloud 197

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

Networking. I recently spoke at Interop 2016 in Las Vegas, and while I was there I scribbled down some notes pertaining to how decomposing applications into microservices-based architectures was similar in some respects to decomposing networks into an overlay network and an underlay (physical) network.

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Networking. Romain Decker has an “under the hood” look at the VMware NSX load balancer. 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). Richard Arnold shares some thoughts on VMware Cloud on AWS.

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Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60