All Things Distributed

MAY 8, 2012

Expanding the Cloud for Windows Developers. of administrative tasks such as OS and database software patching, storage management, and implementing reliable backup and disaster recovery solutions. pricing starts at $0.035/hour and is inclusive of SQL Server software, hardware, and Amazon RDS management capabilities. Comments ().

Development 116

Development Windows Disaster Recovery Licensing 116

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Romain Decker has an “under the hood” look at the VMware NSX load balancer. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Joe’s comment—“the merging of CDNs and cloud continues”—is pretty spot on, in my opinion. Nothing this time (sorry!). Virtualization.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Xavier Avrillier walks readers through using Antrea (a Kubernetes CNI built on top of Open vSwitch—a topic I’ve touched on a time or two) to provide on-premise load balancing in Kubernetes. Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Virtualization.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

Kamal Kyrala discusses a method for accessing Kubernetes Services without Ingress, NodePort, or load balancers. Servers/Hardware. AWS adds local NVMe storage to the M5 instance family; more details here. What I found interesting is that the local NVMe storage is also hardware encrypted. Good stuff here.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Storage Intel 60

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. I saw this headline , and immediately thought it was just “cloud native”-washing (i.e., tagging everything as “cloud native”). Servers/Hardware.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Cloud Applications Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Nothing this time around, sorry!

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. 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 never found the root cause, but we did find a workaround; however, along the way, someone shared this article with me.

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. The folks over at Cloudify recently did a survey on the state of “enterprise multi-cloud”; the report is available here (doesn’t appear to be behind a paywall/regwall). Nothing this time around, but stay tuned for something next time. RIP Solaris.

Storage 60

Storage Vmware Load Balancer Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Since taking my new job at Kong, I’ve been spending more time with Envoy, so you’ll see some Envoy-related content showing up in this Technology Short Take. Networking.

Open Source 60

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Here’s a Windows-centric walkthrough to using Nginx to load balance across a Docker Swarm cluster. Brian Ragazzi shares a lesson learned the hard way regarding VVols: place the VSM/VASA on a non-VVol storage location. Intel NUC or SuperMicro E200-8D?

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 17, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Check out these articles talking about IPVS-based in-cluster load balancing , CoreDNS , dynamic kubelet configuration , and resizing persistent volumes in Kubernetes. Nothing this time around, sorry! Virtualization.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Storage Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

David Holder walks through removing unused load balancer IP allocations in NSX-T when used with PKS. Servers/Hardware. Software company Agile Bits recently announced support for U2F-compatible hardware security keys in their 1Password product. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. I haven’t tested it.).

Network 60

Network Load Balancer Storage Applications 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. 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 never found the root cause, but we did find a workaround; however, along the way, someone shared this article with me.

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Continuing on that Envoy theme, you may find this article by Matt Klein—one of the primary authors of Envoy—helpful in understanding some of the concepts behind modern load balancing and proxying. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. He recently hit post number 100 in the series.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

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.

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

VPCs, or Virtual Private Clouds, are Amazon’s software-defined networking mechanism for workloads running on AWS.). Viktor van den Berg writes on deploying NSX load balancers with vRA. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Nothing this time around, sorry!

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

As a provider, Expedient has to balance five core resources: compute, storage (capacity), storage (performance), network I/O, and memory. VM-to-VM (on the same host) via a hardware-based virtual switch in an SR-IOV network interface card (NIC). In this case, the switching is done in hardware in the SR-IOV NIC.

Intel 109

Intel Virtualization Data Center Network 109

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Servers/Hardware. Sean Collins has an article on building a cheap, compact, and multinode DevStack environment for a home lab that lays out some server hardware decisions and the tools he uses to manage them. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. More on Clair from TechCrunch here.). It’s a whirlwind of technologies.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Load Balancer Linux 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Cloud Computing » Storage. Overview: When to Use Cloud Computing to Replicate. Overview: When to Use Cloud Computing to Replicate. In deploying a cloud computing model, organizations have many options. With flexible “pay-as-you-grow” models, cloud computing can evolve with the needs of your business.

Cloud 250

Cloud Disaster Recovery Data Center Backup 250

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

If you’d like to play around with Cumulus Linux but don’t have a compatible hardware switch, Cumulus VX is the answer. Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. William Lam breaks down the real value of load balancing your PSC in this in-depth article. The recent release of CentOS 7.2

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 30, 2013

According to Martin, the term SDN originally referred to a change in the network architecture to include a) decoupling the distribution model of the control plane from the data plane; and b) generalized rather than fixed function forwarding hardware. What about virtualized load balancers? What about NX-OS, JUNOS, or EOS?

Virtualization 134

Virtualization Network Vmware Load Balancer 134

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Theyre also both teaming with virtualization providers, as well as hoping for success in cloud computing. True, both have made huge strides in the hardware world to allow for blade repurposing, I/O, address, and storage naming portability, etc.

Analysis 147

Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Cloud Computing » Latisys. Fishbowl Finds the Right Fit for Hybrid Cloud With Latisys. Fishbowl Finds the Right Fit for Hybrid Cloud With Latisys. “Hybrid” has replaced “cloud” as the hot buzzword, and from a customer perspective, there’s even more confusion around exactly what it means. .

Cloud 189

Cloud Data Data Center Firewall 189

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Managing What Matters In the Cloud: The Apps. Managing What Matters In the Cloud: The Apps. Paul Speciale is Chief Marketing Officer at Appcara , which is a provider of a model-based cloud application platform. Cloud Management. Cloud Application Management. By: Industry Perspectives July 17th, 2013.

Data Center 203

Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

First up is Brent Salisbury’s how to build an SDN lab without needing OpenFlow hardware. Another good resource is Dan Hersey’s guide to building an SDN-based private cloud in an hour. Not unsurprisingly, one of the key advantages of STT that’s highlighted is its improved performance due to TSO support in NIC hardware.

Vmware 109

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

Recep will cover the hardware side of ONP; Gershon will cover the software side of ONP (referred to as ONS). ONP fits into this picture by performing VTEP functions in hardware (at line rate). Some of these services naturally should run on the top-of-rack (ToR) switch, like load balancing or security services.

Intel 61

Intel Load Balancer Architecture Virtualization 61

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

A traditional SRF architecture can be replicated with COTS hardware using multi-queue NICs and multi-core/multi-socket CPUs. Workloads are scheduled across these server/linecards using Valiant Load Balancing (VLB). Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

Load Balancer 61

Load Balancer Intel Network Hardware 61

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

This time around, the content is a bit heavier on cloud management and applications/operating systems, but still lots of good content all the way around (I hope, anyway). Servers/Hardware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Networking. Matt Oswalt recently wrapped up his 3-part “DevOps for Networking” series.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

The process is very similar to other demo’s I’ve seen from other Cloud Management vendors. The ability to virtualize the network devices such as firewalls, IPS and load balancers also means that these once physical devices that have discrete interfaces can be controlled by software. The second major area is storage automation.

Vmware 58

Vmware Load Balancer Data Center Virtualization 58

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Automating how IT operates is the only way out -- hence the excitement over cloud computing, utility infrastructure, and the "everything-as-a-Service" movement. a Fabric), and network switches, load balancers, etc. Fountainhead.

Load Balancer 100

Load Balancer Virtualization Data Center Network 100

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Essentially the punchline is this: Weve taken the most commonly-purchased hardware configuration and management tools used by mission-critical IT Ops, and integrated them into a single product with a single GUI that you can install and use in ~ 1 day.

Dell 138

Dell Data Center Virtualization Cloud 138

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. In essence, a server’s logical IO is consolidated down to a single (physical) converged network which carries data, storage and KVM traffic. Existing physical IO but with address hardware-based mapping/virtualization (e.g. Fountainhead.

Virtualization 157

Virtualization Data Center Network Storage 157

Fountainhead

MAY 6, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Converged Infrastructure and Unified Computing are both terms referring to technology where the complete server profile, including I/O (NICs, HBAs, KVM), networking (VLANs, IP load balancing, etc.), skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Storage Network 100

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Lots of talk about cloud computing, IT operations, virtualization and more. Think of it this way: Fabric Computing is the componentization and abstraction of infrastructure (such as CPU, Memory, Network and Storage). Cloud Computing. (55).

Data Center 113

Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer Network 113

Fountainhead

JUNE 7, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Capital cost – if you count all of the separate hardware components they’re trying to manage. That last bullet, the thing about hardware components, is also something to drill down into. Cloud Computing. (55). Cloud Computing.

Virtualization 113

Virtualization Data Center Transportation Disaster Recovery 113

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Expanding the Cloud - Adding the Incredible Power of the Amazon EC2 Cluster GPU Instances. The early GPU systems were very vendor specific and mostly consisted of graphic operators implemented in hardware being able to operate on data streams in parallel. The different stages were then load balanced across the available units.

Architecture 136

Architecture Programming Web Services Applications 136