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 MTU in OpenStack Neutron has been, as this article by Sam Yaple points out, a bit of a touchy subject. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Internet discussing various data center-focused technologies. The Pivotal Engineering blog has an article that shows how to use BOSH with the vSphere CPI to automate adding servers to an NSX load balancing pool. Servers/Hardware. Networking.

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Galido

MAY 1, 2019

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. Sign up here for those links: Information Technology Articles. BEST IT BLOGS Directory. CIO Dashboard.

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Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

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. Sign up here for those links: Information Technology Articles. BEST IT BLOGS Directory. CIO Dashboard.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

As it seeks to consolidate its IT infrastructure across dozens of agencies, the government has had trouble sorting out how many data centers it has, and even more trouble adding up all the server closets, which includes rooms smaller than 100 square feet. Now Over 7,000 Data Centers. New Focus on Optimization.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

This article from Marcos Hernandez shows one way to do dynamic routing in OpenStack. Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. Servers/Hardware. Intel clearly has its sights set on expanding beyond just “servers” into many more platforms, including network hardware platforms.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

The interior of a container packed with servers at a Microsoft data center in Chicago. “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. . “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. 12 Million SF of New Microsoft Data Centers?

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 16, 2018

Ahead, lying in wait, is a unique collection of links, articles, and thoughts about various data center technologies. Via Matt Oswalt and Michael Bushong, I came across this article on Juniper’s use of P4. Daniel Álvarez has a good article describing some OVN profiling and optimizing he recently performed.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

As we start a new year, here’s a collection of links and articles from around the web. Nir Yechiel posted an article on using the Cumulus VX QCOW2 image with Fedora and KVM. Here’s an article on an effort to add Cisco IOS support to NAPALM. Here’s an article on an effort to add Cisco IOS support to NAPALM. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

In this post, I’ve collected a variety of links related to major data center technology areas. Honestly, I haven’t had a great deal of time to make much progress, but I did come across this article by Sudeep Goyal which helped reinforce some of the basics I already knew. See this article by Dale Coghlan. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2018

For almost eight years (Technology Short Take #1 was published in August 2010), I’ve been collecting and sharing links and articles from around the web related to major data center technologies. I could tell you, but I’d rather you go read the article for yourself. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Galido

MARCH 19, 2019

These areas of IT 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. Sign up here for those links: Information Technology Articles. BEST IT BLOGS Directory. CIO Dashboard.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

As usual, I’ve collected some articles and links from around the Internet pertaining to various data center- and cloud-related topics. Servers/Hardware. Although her article is written specifically for Azure, the underlying concept of being sure to tag resources appropriately is valuable for any cloud provider.

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Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

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. Sign up here for those links: Information Technology Articles. BEST IT BLOGS Directory. CIO Dashboard.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 17, 2020

This collection is (mostly) data center- and cloud-focused, and hopefully I’ve managed to curate a list that has some useful information for readers. Ivan Pepelnjak has a fantastic article on adapting network design to acommodate automation. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

As we start a new year, here’s a collection of links and articles from around the web. Nir Yechiel posted an article on using the Cumulus VX QCOW2 image with Fedora and KVM. Here’s an article on an effort to add Cisco IOS support to NAPALM. Here’s an article on an effort to add Cisco IOS support to NAPALM. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 27, 2018

Now that I’m starting to get settled into my new role at Heptio, I’ve managed to find some time to pull together another collection of links and articles pertaining to various data center technologies. Servers/Hardware. This article on CloudFront hijacking is worth a read, in my opinion. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

I’ve tried to find a nice range of articles and links, so here’s hoping I was successful and that you find something useful here. see below in the “Operating Systems/Applications” section), Metaswitch has announced a Container Networking Interface (CNI) plugin for Project Calico. No worries—go read the article.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I don’t track or get involved in the consumer space; my focus is on the data center. There were no major data center-centric announcements yesterday (day 1), but I suspect there will be some today (day 2) in a mega-session with Diane Bryant (SVP and GM of the Data Center Group at Intel).

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

In any case, enough of that—here’s some data center-related content that I hope you find useful! I recommend reading this article, as well as reading the comments. Servers/Hardware. He also has a good article outlining some storage options for various blade server platforms that might be helpful as well.

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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. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

In the meantime, here’s a few links and articles for your reading pleasure. Kristian Larsson shows how to validate data using YANG. Practical examples like this have really helped me better understand YANG and its relationship to structured data you might exchange with a device or service. Servers/Hardware. Networking.

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Cloud Musings

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

This new and growing field includes high-tech crime investigation and computational defense across traditional IT like hardware, servers, operating systems and networks, as well as the new digital environments of social, mobile and cloud. If you enjoyed this article , get free updates by email or RSS - © Copyright Kevin L.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Today I have another collection of data center technology links, articles, thoughts, and rants. Matt Klein breaks down service mesh components , using terms networking professionals know well, like “data plane” and “control plane.” Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

Welcome to Technology Short Take #86, the latest collection of links, articles, and posts from around the web, focused on major data center technology areas. Csilla Bessenyei has a series of articles on step-by-step automation that you might find helpful. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Before I present this episode’s collection of links, articles, and thoughts on various data center technologies, allow me to first wish all of my readers a very merry and very festive holiday season. Mustafa Akin has an article on Docker’s new overlay networking functionality. Servers/Hardware. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

I have another collection of links, articles, and thoughts about key data center technologies, and hopefully I’ve managed to include something here that will prove useful or thought-provoking. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #81! Networking. Yes, please! (I

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Ready for another round of links, articles, and thoughts on data center technologies? Servers/Hardware. If you’re using CloudFormation to manage your AWS security groups in an infrastructure-as-code approach, you owe it to yourself to check out this article by Jose Luis Ordiales. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #51, another collection of posts and links about key data center technologies like networking, virtualization, cloud management, and applications/operating systems. If you’re unfamiliar with OVN, Gal Sagie has a couple of articles that might help. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Welcome to Technology Short Take #39, in which I share a random assortment of links, articles, and thoughts from around the world of data center-related technologies. Servers/Hardware. This next round of hardware offloads seems targeted at network virtualization and related technologies. Networking. x86 marches on!

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

I’ve got a new collection of links and articles from around the Web on various data center-focused technologies. Michael Kashin has a great article on how Open Virtual Network (OVN, part of the Open vSwitch project) implements virtual networks in OpenStack. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

That’s right, it’s time for yet another collection of links and articles from around the Internet on various data center-related technologies, products, projects, and efforts. ” I highly encourage reading this article. Servers/Hardware. Welcome to Technology Short Take #46. Interesting thought.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

I have (hopefully) crafted an interesting and varied collection of links for you today, spanning all the major areas of modern data center technology. Servers/Hardware. What I found interesting is that the local NVMe storage is also hardware encrypted. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

Welcome to Technology Short Take #68, my erratically-published collection of links, articles, and posts from around the web—all focused on today’s major data center technologies. Both articles are useful, IMHO, especially considering that MACVLAN is no longer experimental as of the Docker 1.12 Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 11, 2018

What follows below is a collection of various links and articles about (mostly) data center-related technologies. Servers/Hardware. This is a pretty in-depth article (to me, at least), but it did help me better understand Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) and the role of controllers in Kubernetes. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Until then, here’s some data center-related articles and links for your enjoyment. Servers/Hardware. Customers don’t care about data centers, or DevOps pipelines, or toolkits…they just care about being able to do whatever it is you offer (buy stuff, consume a service, whatever). Networking. In a word: Wow.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #35, another in my irregular series of posts that collect various articles, links and thoughts regarding data center technologies. I tend not to link to TechTarget posts any more than I have to, because invariably the articles end up going behind a login requirement just to read them.

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