Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

From my perspective, Ansible has jumped out in front in the race among tools for network automation; I’m seeing more coverage and more interest in using Ansible for network automation. Operating Systems/Applications. Andrius Benokraitis provides a preview of some of the networking features coming soon in Ansible 2.3.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

What will happen when you combine GPUs and persistent storage? According to this article , “It is hard to overstate what a sea change” this sort of architecture will create. It seems to me that the ever-increasing application of persistent storage technologies in lots of difference places is going to change lots and lots of things.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. Additionally, we’ll use some common Linux tools, like grep and sed for some front-end regex use examples. YAML is a popular choice for data storage, configuration files, configurations management, etc.

Course 104

Course Linux Devops Big Data 104

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

Join Ell Marquez (Jupiter Broadcasting/Linux Academy) and Tony Lambert (redcanary.com) in discussing a common sense approach to threat detection using only command line tools. LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system.

Linux 113

Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. Via Alex Mitelman’s Systems Design Weekly 015 , I was pointed to this AWS article on multi-site active-active architectures. Operating Systems/Applications.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 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. This is an interesting deep dive into Intel’s “Ice Lake” Xeon SP architecture.

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

In part 1 , John discusses the frameworks/tooling and the goals for his network automation efforts; in part 2 , John digs into getting started with Ansible and the initial impact of his efforts. I recently read about the Evil-Twin Framework (ETF) , a tool for doing some wireless penetration testing. This looks like a handy tool.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Storage IO Blog

MARCH 21, 2016

Keep an eye on among others including Cisco (Servers), Dell (Servers), EMC (DSSD), HPE, Intel (Servers, Drives and Cards), Lenovo, Micron, Microsoft (Drivers, Operating Systems, Storage Spaces), NetApp, OCZ, Oracle, PMC, Samsung, Seagate, Supermicro, VMware and Western Digital (acquisition of SANdisk and HGST).

Vmware 40

Vmware Dell Oracle Operating Systems 40

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

MAY 7, 2021

VentureBeat discusses Armv9 , a new architectural update for Arm-based CPUs. Operating Systems/Applications. Ivan Pepelnjak’s mention of Network to Code’s Schema Enforcer tool sent me down the rabbit hole of JSON Schema and validation. Servers/Hardware. Ben Wilcock shares his experience with an Intel NUC 11.

Linux 60

Linux Hardware Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

I like this article on using Couchbase on AWS from Kubernetes because it addresses an often-overlooked (in my opinion) aspect of containerized/microservices architectures: they still need to communicate to external services. I wonder how many more Kubernetes provisioning tools will emerge before tool consolidation starts happening?

Firewall 60

Firewall Virtualization Network Storage 60

The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Encryption and consumer privacy experts break down Apple’s plan for child safety Last week, Apple, without very much warning at all, announced a new set of tools built into the iPhone designed to protect children from abuse. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. But once you hit the cloud, all kinds of scanning happens.

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Apple Cloud Storage Network 85

Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

It requires a deep understanding of the interplay between IoT devices, sensors, networks, and data science tools and techniques. It typically includes devices, communication networks, data storage, and analytics tools that work together to create an intelligent system.

Data 28

Data Storage Security Network 28

Dataconomy

MARCH 28, 2023

It requires a deep understanding of the interplay between IoT devices, sensors, networks, and data science tools and techniques. It typically includes devices, communication networks, data storage, and analytics tools that work together to create an intelligent system.

Data 28

Data Storage Security Network 28

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). but we’ll stick it here anyway: check out this blog post on cilium-health , a tool for troubleshooting cluster connectivity. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 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 along the way. Operating Systems/Applications. jq is probably one of my favorite CLI tools.

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Tony Sangha took PowerNSX (a set of PowerShell cmdlets for interacting with NSX) and created a tool to help document the NSX Distributed Firewall configuration. This tool exports the DFW configuration and then converts it into Excel format, and is available on GitHub. Operating Systems/Applications. What’s that?

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Tom Hollingsworth discusses how the rise of overlay networks killed large layer 2 networks and tools for building large layer 2 networks, like TRILL. Dmitri Kalintsev examines some options for addressing storage-related connectivity in NSX environments. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Interesting article here on Chick-Fil-A’s use of Kubernetes in their restaurants, and the tools/process they follow for establishing those clusters. This article is not (in my opinion) a knee-jerk reaction to some of the debate around Kubernetes’ complexity, but rather a measured and honest evaluation of a tool to solve problems.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Virtualization Authentication Tools 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

Join Ell Marquez (Jupiter Broadcasting/Linux Academy) and Tony Lambert (redcanary.com) in discussing a common sense approach to threat detection using only command line tools. LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system.

Linux 60

Linux Course Big Data Devops 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. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 9, 2019

This certification exam focuses on testing technical expertise around: Designing and deploying scalable, highly available, and fault tolerant systems on the AWS platform. Understanding many of the most popular AWS services and tools in order to leverage their use and understand costs. Understand AWS architectural best practices.

Devops 60

Devops Architecture Web Services 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. This could be handy for testing and/or experimenting with various network automation techniques or tools. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. on Azure VMs.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Operating Systems Virtualization 60

Linux Academy

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

March Study Group Course: Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it? Students will get hands-on training by installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details.

Linux 80

Linux Big Data Course Devops 80

Linux Academy

JANUARY 29, 2019

Used across a variety of programs and languages for a vast array of reasons, YAML is a popular choice for data storage, configuration files, configurations management, and more. Git is a source control tool developed by none-other-than the guy who wrote the Linux Kernel himself. This course will help you learn essential Git quickly!

Linux 60

Linux Devops Big Data Course 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.). This is not a knock against OpenFlow; the same could be said for any number of (relatively) low-level tools. Operating Systems/Applications. Seen this ?

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

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. Operating Systems/Applications.

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

As Sheppard mentions in his article, the project did suffer from some scope creep, and it sounds like maybe tools like kubeadm (which can help address some of the certificate management concerns breached in the article) weren’t used. Operating Systems/Applications. Is there something else I’m missing?

Network 60

Network Load Balancer Storage Applications 60

Linux Academy

JUNE 25, 2019

This course is designed around introducing students to cloud concepts and securing those using the tools available. We will install some popular database systems available on Linux and work with data in those systems. The tool has become a favorite choice for managing IT infrastructure at scale. Ansible Quick Start.

Course 60

Course Linux Cloud Devops 60

Linux Academy

MAY 28, 2019

Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers, and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. We discuss architectural requirements and principles of Big Data infrastructures and the intersection of cloud computing with Big Data. No prior AWS experience is required.

Linux 104

Linux Course Big Data Devops 104

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Ben Rossi tackles the subject of security in a software-defined world , talking about how best to integrate security into SDN-driven architectures and solutions. Operating Systems/Applications. Test your knowledge of UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems by seeing how many of these less commonly used UNIX commands you recognize.

Virtualization 60

Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The VM is given its own operating system and resources, but they are all contained within the host computer. Each virtualized OS has its own set of resources, such as CPU, memory, and storage, but they share the same physical hardware. Both virtual servers can access the same SATA hard drive for storage.

Virtualization 78

Virtualization Storage Hardware Disaster Recovery 78

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Normally the hardware space is pretty boring (in fact, I’ve been considering removing it from the Technology Short Take series), but HPE decided to shake things up recently with its Synergy servers and “composable architecture”. Operating Systems/Applications. Want to run Docker Swarm on Azure? The recent release of CentOS 7.2

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Thanks to Ivan Pepelnjak, I saw this network diagnostic tool. Operating Systems/Applications. The post is a bit geeky but quite informative, and worth reading if SSH bastion hosts are a key part of your architecture. John Kozej has a write-up on an NSX logical switch packet walk. Servers/Hardware. Read this post.)

Linux 60

Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

Sysdig Falco , a behavioral security tool with support for containers (can run in a container and can monitor containers) looks like it could be a useful addition to your security toolset. Operating Systems/Applications. I enjoyed Adam Leventhal’s evaluation of APFS , the new file system announced at the most recent Apple WWDC.

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60

Linux Academy

JANUARY 1, 2020

Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. Additionally, we’ll use some common Linux tools, like grep and sed for some front-end regex use examples. YAML is a popular choice for data storage, configuration files, configurations management, etc.

Course 31

Course Linux Devops Big Data 31

Linux Academy

JANUARY 30, 2020

Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. Additionally, we’ll use some common Linux tools, like grep and sed for some front-end regex use examples. YAML is a popular choice for data storage, configuration files, configurations management, etc.

Course 29

Course Linux Devops Big Data 29