Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2020

Chip Zoller makes the argument in favor of running Kubernetes in/on virtual machines. Christian Posta talks about how microservices are not the only approach to software design, and then walks through the recent shift in Istio—the open source service mesh—from a microservices-based architecture to a more monolithic approach.

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Linux Windows Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

I found this link in the serverless mullet architectures post, see the “Operating Systems/Applications” section below.). If you’re seeking to deepen your understanding of the Kubernetes architecture, I can heartily recommend this article. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Architecture Operating Systems Applications How To 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. Virtualization. Networking.

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Here’s a two-part series (so far) on setting up a multi-architecture Kubernetes cluster ( part 1 , part 2 ). Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a post on using Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) to run Linux containers on Windows. Virtualization. The sidecar pattern is one such example.).

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Linux Network Tools Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

This is a great read overall, but one sentence in particular really caught my eye: “30 years ago I was able to write a complete multitasking operating system in Z80 assembly code. Jon Langemak is blogging again, and he jumps back into the “blogging saddle” with a post on working with tc on Linux systems.

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Linux Apple Operating Systems Policies 60

Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

The Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate and Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert certifications cover a wide range of topics related to Microsoft’s technology suite, including Windows operating systems, Azure cloud computing, Office productivity software, Visual Studio programming tools, and SQL Server databases.

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Microsoft Security Database Administration Software Development 45

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Craig Matsumoto of SDN Central helps highlight a recent (and fairly significant) development in networking protocols—the submission of the Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve) proposal to the IETF. This next round of hardware offloads seems targeted at network virtualization and related technologies.

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Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. Linux Study Group in May. What do you do next? 3) Join us on YouTube!

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Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

SecureWorld News

JUNE 12, 2023

The course will revolve around real-world system architectures, the threats and exploits that could result in a data breach , and the defense mechanisms that could be employed to protect a network. With this knowledge, learners will then exploit a live system to identify the risks of web applications that lack the necessary security.

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Course IBM Security Industry 60

GeekWire

JUNE 26, 2021

What people don’t know is how difficult it was for Microsoft to gain a leadership position in the office productivity space before Windows became a popular platform. Before the advent of Windows, WordPerfect and Lotus 1-2-3 were the de facto market leaders on the MS-DOS operating system. Once Windows 3.0

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Applications Microsoft Network Windows 126

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

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.

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Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2020

It is summed up, for me, in this quote: “The crucial architectural difference here is that vSphere wants us to stop thinking about individual physical servers, and AWS wants us to stop thinking about individual VMs.” ” It’s not just about VMotion; it’s about the bigger architectural shifts that need to be made.

Storage 60

Storage Tools Architecture Network 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Lior Kamrat has a multi-part series on an architecture that blends Mesosphere DC/OS, Azure, Docker, and VMware vSphere. Operating Systems/Applications. After a recent complaint by yours truly on Twitter regarding notifications on Windows 10, I was directed to this article. Virtualization. of Photon OS.

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Vmware Storage Engineering Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

I just noticed this article about using Nova flavor extra-specs to pass QoS data down to the virtualization layer. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Thinking of virtualizing Linux on Hyper-V? That’s handy. Here’s a walkthrough to install Arch Linux on VirtualBox. environments. environments.

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 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. Virtualization. Networking. Feeling geeky? and Gluster.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs.

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Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

Linux Academy

MAY 15, 2020

This article will give you the full lowdown on Windows Containers, to prepare you to do just that. Why Windows? First, I want to acknowledge that there is a big difference between Linux and Windows containers. So why do we even need Windows containers? Docker on Windows is a port of Docker (not a fork).

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Windows Linux Architecture Virtualization 129

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). Operating Systems/Applications. The Windows Server team managed to shrink the size of the Windows Server Core container image by about 60%; get more details here.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 22, 2018

Weijuan Shi Davis collected some resources related to Windows containers on Kubernetes in this post-KubeCon post. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Now, it makes a lot more sense to me. Time and experience can make quite a difference sometimes!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Case Study 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

That viruses and malware are Windows problems is a misnomer that is often propagated through the Linux community and it’s an easy one to believe until you start noticing strange behavior on your system. Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. Linux Study Group in May. What do you do next? 3) Join us on YouTube!

Linux 60

Linux Course Big Data Devops 60

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 ). Operating Systems/Applications. OpenSSH on Windows —what a time to be alive! Virtualization. There is more work ahead, but it’s great to see progress being made.

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Linux Vmware Comparison Network 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.). Trevor Roberts recently posted an article discussing Windows images in your OpenStack cloud. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Seen this ?

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

As opposed to just encrypting data at the transport level (although Acra does that between components of its architecture) or just encrypting data at the storage level (using an encrypted file system or similar), Acra targets encrypting data at the table/row/column level within a database. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Jon was used nested virtualization in his home lab, so seeing how he mapped out the interplay between VLANs and virtual network may be helpful for others who are considering a similar setup. Operating Systems/Applications. Run Windows containers on the Mac. Virtualization. Good information, thanks!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

Andrew Beekhof tackles some issues around the evolving OpenStack HA architecture ; in particular, how and when Pacemaker should be used as more and more OpenStack services become able to operate in active/active configurations. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Jon was used nested virtualization in his home lab, so seeing how he mapped out the interplay between VLANs and virtual network may be helpful for others who are considering a similar setup. Operating Systems/Applications. Run Windows containers on the Mac. Virtualization. Good information, thanks!

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

CTOvision

AUGUST 4, 2014

Extends Platform Coverage to Windows 8.1 and Office 365; Optimizes Performance Running on Smaller Footprint Endpoints, Touchscreen Tablets and Virtual Desktops; and Supports Distributed Rollouts With Group Templates and CDN-Enabled Client Upgrades. delivers key features and benefits, including: Microsoft Windows 8.1 FreeSpace 4.0

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Enterprise Enterprise Dell Windows 257

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Given my previous role at EMC (involved in storage) and my current role at VMware focused on network virtualization (which encompasses SDN), I was quite curious. For example, their product runs natively as an agent/daemon/service on various UNIX platforms, various Linux distributions, and all recent versions of Windows Server.

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Meeting Storage Hardware Network 63

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

So, in a nutshell, least privilege says that every object in a system – whether a user, a process, or an application – must be able to access only the information and resources that it needs, and no more. It is essential to create standard, secure builds for your operating systems that eliminate unnecessary bloatware, plug-ins, and protocols.

Backup 128

Backup Information Security Security Operating Systems 128

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

It’s a way to run Kubernetes (the container orchestration system) on top of Mesos (the cluster resource scheduler) as a native Mesos framework. Operating Systems/Applications. Nigel Poulton attended DockerCon EU and has an article sharing some early thoughts on the state of Docker and Windows containers. Virtualization.

Windows 60

Windows Firewall Linux Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

Ben Cherian, Chief Strategy Officer for Midokura, helps make a case for network virtualization. Note: Midokura makes a network virtualization solution.) If you’re wondering about network virtualization and why there is a focus on it, this post might help shed some light. Operating Systems/Applications.

Virtualization 102

Virtualization Storage Vmware Network 102

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again. I missed this on the #vBrownBag series: designing HP Virtual Connect for vSphere 5.x. Networking.

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HP Virtualization Hardware Network 106

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2014

I’m going to go out on a limb and make a prediction: In a few years time (let’s say 3–5 years), Intel SGX (Software Guard Extensions) will be regarded as important if not more important than the virtualization extensions. Operating Systems/Applications. ” Virtualization. What is Intel SGX, you ask?

Storage 60

Storage Intel Disaster Recovery Virtualization 60

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. Virtualization. Until the 1.3

Vmware 109

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

Scott Lowe

APRIL 21, 2016

Operating Systems/Applications. An Ubuntu userspace and Bash shell running on Windows , eh? And for further evidence that the Windows world is drastically changing, note this article by Taylor Brown announcing Hyper-V Containers on Windows 10 and PowerShell for Docker. This almost entices me to try Windows again.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Rack Scale Architecture for Cloud: [link]. Virtualizing the Network to Enable a Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI): [link]. Enabling Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networking with the Intel Open Network Platform Server Reference Architecture Design: [link]. IDF 2013 Keynote, Day 2: [link].

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