Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Networking. Nick Schmidt talks about using GitOps with the NSX Advanced Load Balancer. Chris Evans revisits the discussion regarding Arm processor architectures in the public cloud. And now for the content! Mike Fiedler explores differences in ways for container-to-container communication to occur. Servers/Hardware.

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Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Networking. Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. It’s a good starting point for thinking about operating your own active-active architecture.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

CTOvision

DECEMBER 11, 2015

Each cloud computing provider has “opinionated” ways of handling things such as load balancing, elastic scaling, service discovery, data access, and security to name just a few. Cloud architectures hold great promise in the ability to promote applications to new heights in ubiquity and scale.

Devops 150

Devops Government Applications Load Balancer 150

Virtualized Greek

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Basically, they are looking to provide programmability to the network via their Application-Centric Infrastructure. This is different from the current software first movement in that Cisco’s approach is based on their hardware first view of the network. F5 – Security/Load Balancing. Network Cisco NSX VMWare'

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Vmware Load Balancer Hardware HP 78

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

About 5 years ago, I introduced you to AWS Availability Zones, which are distinct locations within a Region that are engineered to be insulated from failures in other Availability Zones and provide inexpensive, low latency network connectivity to other Availability Zones in the same region.

Disaster Recovery 147

Disaster Recovery Applications Cloud Load Balancer 147

Galido

APRIL 27, 2020

On top of that, the tool also allows users to automatically handle networking, storage, logs, alerting, and many other things related to containers. You cannot possibly deny that Kubernetes is built on a very mature and proven architecture. Traffic routing and load balancing. Is deploying Kubernetes a good idea for you?

Load Balancer 94

Load Balancer Tools Applications Open Source 94

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Networking. Romain Decker has an “under the hood” look at the VMware NSX load balancer. This graphical summary of the AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) is pretty handy. Sorry about that! Hopefully the irregular schedule is outweighed by the value found in the content I’ve collected for you.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Networking. This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture. Rudi Martinsen has an article on changing the Avi load balancer license tier (this is in the context of using it with vSphere with Tanzu). I hope you find something useful! A severity score of 9.9

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Networking. Ajay Chenampara has a post on using the Ansible network-engine command parser to parse the output of commands on network devices. Ajay Chenampara has a post on using the Ansible network-engine command parser to parse the output of commands on network devices. Here’s his latest piece.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Virtualization Authentication Tools 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

Networking. Mircea Ulinic shows readers how to use salt-sproxy to take a different approach to network automation using Salt. Michael Kashin has published a couple of posts on a project of his called NaaS (Network-as-a-Service). David Holder walks through removing unused load balancer IP allocations in NSX-T when used with PKS.

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Network Load Balancer Storage Applications 60

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2015

The elasticity of cloud architecture enables the company to lease additional nodes within a few days. The opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not represent the views of GovCloud Network, GovCloud Network Partners or any other corporation or organization.) ↑ Grab this Headline Animator ( Thank you.

Disaster Recovery 70

Disaster Recovery Healthcare Load Balancer Applications 70

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Networking. This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture. Rudi Martinsen has an article on changing the Avi load balancer license tier (this is in the context of using it with vSphere with Tanzu). I hope you find something useful! A severity score of 9.9

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Networking. Mustafa Akin has an article on Docker’s new overlay networking functionality. Here’s a post that claims to translate OVS and OpenStack Neutron to the network engineer’s language. I would respond to that by saying OpenStack Neutron wasn’t built to manage a physical network. Now, on to the content!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

This is session CLDS006, “Exploring New Intel Xeon Processor E5 Based Platform Optimizations for 10 Gb Ethernet Network Infrastructures.” The session starts with Rodriguez giving a (thankfully) brief overview of Expedient and then getting into the evolution of networking with 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE).

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Intel Virtualization Data Center Network 109

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Networking. 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. Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post.

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Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

TM Forum

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The new system, developed as part of a TM Forum Catalyst project using the Forum’s Open Digital Architecture (ODA) and Open APIs, combines 31 separate billing systems deployed in 31 regions of the country. This means that an increase of 20 to 30 times the computing, storage and network resources is needed to support billing growth.

System 150

System Cloud Load Balancer Architecture 150

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

” The presenter’s name is Alan Halachmi, who is a Senior Manager of Solutions Architecture at AWS. The Global Unicast Address (GUA), is a globally-unique address that allows IPv6-equipped workloads to communicate end-to-end without any network address translation (NAT). So how do IPv6 nodes communicate across the network?

IPv6 60

IPv6 Cloud Load Balancer Internet 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Elastic Load Balancing left unused. With regards to security, Caldwell shared some ongoing tasks that News UK/News Corp has adopted: Regular reviews of network ACLs. Adherence to architectural standards/controls. So what are some common cloud governance issues? No tagging. Reluctance to invest in Reserved Instances.

Government 60

Government Cloud Agile Load Balancer 60

Linux Academy

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

By the end of the course, you will have experienced configuring NGINX as a web server, reverse proxy, cache, and load balancer, while also having learned how to compile additional modules, tune for performance, and integrate with third-party tools like Let’s Encrypt.

Linux 80

Linux Big Data Course Devops 80

Linux Academy

MARCH 28, 2019

N-Tier architectures and micro-services applications must be tuned for performance. High speed low latency networks now allow us to add these nodes anywhere in a cloud infrastructure and configure them under existing load balancers. So the question is now not whether to deploy, but when, where, why and how?

Open Source 60

Open Source Devops Linux Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

networking: dnsDomain: cluster.local podSubnet: 192.168.0.0/16 I’d also like to include a quick shout-out to the members of the VMware Kubernetes Architecture team (née Heptio Field Engineering), who provided valuable feedback on the information found in this post. 16 serviceSubnet: 10.96.0.0/12 apiVersion: kubeadm.k8s.io/v1beta1

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Cloud Load Balancer Vmware Resources 60

All Things Distributed

MARCH 26, 2018

A concept that has changed infrastructure architecture is now at the core of both AWS and customer reliability and operations. Even though the network design for each data center is massively redundant, interruptions can still occur. No two zones are allowed to share low-level core dependencies, such as power supply or a core network.

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Load Balancer Data Center Architecture Network 134

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 4, 2024

Secure Access Service Edge (SASE) is an architecture that consolidates connectivity and security into a single cloud platform. While combining security and network connectivity might seem mundane, getting it right is pivotal in delivering the kind of modern and flexible working environment that employees demand.

Security 52

Security Load Balancer Network Applications 52

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

HPs BladeSystem Matrix architecture is based on VirtualConnect infrastructure, and bundled with a suite of mostly existing HP software (Insight Dynamics - VSE, Orchestration, Recovery, Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager) which itself consists of about 21 individual products. But how revolutionary and simplifying are they?

Analysis 147

Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Scott Lowe

JUNE 23, 2015

Networking. The current GSA applications look like stovepipes that often implement replicated services using different technologies and solutions (different RDMS solutions, different load balancers, duplicate identity/access management solutions). On-premise registry. Directory integration. million downloads).

Open Source 60

Open Source Windows Applications Engineering 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Networking. Thomas Graf recently shared how eBPF will eliminate sidecars in service mesh architectures (he also announces the Cilium Service Mesh beta in the same post). Ivan tackles the topic of CI/CD and testing in network automation. Baptiste Collard has a post on Kubernetes controllers for AWS load balancers.

Load Balancer 94

Load Balancer Vmware Operating Systems Architecture 94

Fountainhead

JUNE 2, 2009

The instantiation of these observations was a product that put almost all of the datacenter on "autopilot" -- Servers, VMs, switches, load-balancers, even server power controllers and power strips. Does it sound like Amazons recent CloudWatch, Auto-Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing announcement? ► October. (2).

Data Center 100

Data Center Load Balancer Virtualization Analysis 100

Linux Academy

AUGUST 13, 2019

List the different cloud architecture design principles . Basic AWS Cloud architectural principles. VPCs – networking basics, route tables, and internet gateways. Load Balancers, Auto Scaling. The AWS Network. Domains covered. Domain 1: Cloud Concepts . Define the AWS Cloud and its value proposition .

Cloud 16

Cloud Study Training Web Services 16

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This is session COMS002, titled “The Future of Software-Defined Networking with the Intel Open Network Platform Switch Reference Design.” The Intel Open Network Platform (ONP) Switch is the official name for Seacliff Trail, which I talked about last year at IDF 2012. So how does this work?

Intel 61

Intel Load Balancer Architecture Virtualization 61

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 5, 2017

Lees spends some time reviewing the basics of Kubernetes networking, reviewing the core constructs leveraged by Kubernetes. In the process of reviewing Kubernetes networking, Lees points out that there are lots of solutions for pod-to-pod (east-west) traffic flows. Load balancing is the next connection point that Lees reviews.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer IPv6 Cloud Authentication 60

TM Forum

JULY 9, 2021

For example, not all on premise applications will perform well on the cloud, including policy and charging rules function (PCRF) and network provisioning. Not all applications may be suited for the cloud and its multi-tenant architecture. CSPs also need to consider performance challenges. That's not all. Evaluate Cloud Providers.

Cloud 130

Cloud Applications Load Balancer Construction 130

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Microservers share some common characteristics, such as high integrated platforms (like integrated network) and being designed for high efficiency. Once again this comes back to Intel’s rack-scale architecture work.) The servers are interconnected using a mesh, ToR, or multi-stage Clos network.

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Load Balancer Intel Network Hardware 61

KineticData

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Our platform is built on a sophisticated microservices architecture that consists of several distinct microservices which handle various features and functionality to deliver mission-critical solutions to our end users.

Devops 59

Devops Strategy Applications Load Balancer 59

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

With a well-planned deployment, and a good infrastructure, companies can efficiently load-balance their IT environment between multiple active, cloud-based, sites. So, if one site should go down – users would transparently be balanced to the next nearest or most available data center. . Networking. Comments (required).

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Cloud Disaster Recovery Data Center Backup 250

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 6, 2009

A specific angle I want to address here is that of infrastructure automation ; that is, the dynamic manipulation of physical resources (virtualized or not) such as I/O, networking, load balancing, and storage connections - Sometimes referred to as "Infrastructure 2.0". a Fabric), and network switches, load balancers, etc.

Load Balancer 100

Load Balancer Virtualization Data Center Network 100

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

JUNE 22, 2015

Eskilden freely acknowledges that moving to a microservices-based architecture increases complexity and is not “free”. In order to help address the complexity brought on by microservices-based architectures, Eskilden wants to talk about resiliency, service discovery, and routing. Reads occur orders of magnitude larger than writes.

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Load Balancer Applications Architecture Comparison 60