Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

In this Technology Short Take, I’ve gathered some links for you covering topics like Azure and AWS networking, moving from macOS to Linux (and back again), and more. Networking. ” Specifically, this post talks about Kubernetes networking. Ben Wilcock shares his experience with an Intel NUC 11.

Linux 60

Linux Hardware Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. Networking. A “highly evasive” Linux malware named OrBit has emerged; see here for more details. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Hopefully I’ve managed to find something useful for someone. Virtualization.

Linux 90

Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

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. Networking. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux.

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

This is a live blog of session DATS004, titled “Bare-Metal, Docker Containers, and Virtualization: The Growing Choices for Cloud Applications.” ” The speaker is Nicholas Weaver (yes, that Nick Weaver, who now works at Intel). There is a Docker daemon that runs on Linux; the Docker client can be run elsewhere.

Virtualization 89

Virtualization Linux Intel Construction 89

Fountainhead

MARCH 31, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Intel Nehalem + Dell + Repurposing. With all of the Intel/Nehalem (Xeon 5500 series) processor announcements this week , one stands out. Citrix, Microsoft, VMware, Linux, Unix. Cloud Computing. (55). Intel Nehalem + Dell + Repurposing.

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Dell Intel Data Center Virtualization 100

CTOvision

JANUARY 18, 2015

Attendees will have the opportunity to attend expert briefings, learn from and network with experienced practitioners, and ask questions to advance their agency data analytics initiatives and save their organization’s time, funding, and staff resources. Registration & Networking Breakfast. Networking Break. Register here.

Program Management 150

Program Management Fractional CTO CTO Programming 150

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Networking. Matt Oswalt has a great post on the need for networking professionals to learn basic scripting skills—something he (rightfully) distinguishes from programming as a full-time occupation. Further, he follows that up with a post on how automation is more than just configuration management ; it’s about network services.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014 this week in San Francisco. Intel has a very large consumer presence: PCs, ultrabooks, tablets, phones, 2-in–1/convertibles, all-in–1 devices. Bare Metal, Containers, and Virtualization: The Growing Choices for Cloud Applications.

Intel 60

Intel Hardware Linux Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Networking. Isovalent—the company behind Cilium, the eBPF-powered networking solution for Kubernetes clusters—just launched with a $29M Series A round of funding. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Something about Linux, and Fedora in particular, just keeps drawing me back. See, something for everyone!

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Networking. 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. I use OTR with Adium on OS X, and OTR with Pidgin on my Fedora Linux laptop.).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

Attendees will have the opportunity to attend expert briefings, learn from and network with experienced practitioners, and ask questions to advance their agency data analytics initiatives and save their organization’s time, funding, and staff resources. Registration & Networking Breakfast. Networking Break. Register here.

Fractional CTO 150

Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire Big Data 150

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. Networking. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Servers/Hardware.

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Let’s see what I’ve managed to collect for you this time around… Networking. Banzai Cloud’s Toader Sebastian explains how to write WASM (WebAssembly) filters for Envoy and deploy those filters with Istio. Ivan Pepelnjak provides a 101-level overview of AWS networking. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Linux 60

Linux Virtualization Security Backup 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

Networking. Will Robinson talks about how to structure your Ansible playbooks in the context of using Ansible to control your network gear. In case you’re interested, here’s more details on CVE-2016-5195 , aka “Dirty Cow,” and how it might be used to allow a user to escape from a Linux container (like a Docker container).

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Intel Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Networking. Russ White tackles the issue of networking engineers needing to learn to code. Jason Messer has an article describing how networking works with Windows containers. Tom Hollingsworth discusses how the rise of overlay networks killed large layer 2 networks and tools for building large layer 2 networks, like TRILL.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

Networking. BPFDoor, as it is known, is a passive backdoor that allows threat actors to remotely connect to a Linux shell. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. It’s been about a month since the last Technology Short Take, and in that time I’ve been gathering links that I wanted to share with my readers. (I

Vmware 74

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 74

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Networking. Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). (Cue Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

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. Networking. Chip Zoller takes a look at Antrea , a new Kubernetes CNI (Container Networking Interface) plugin that leverages Open vSwitch (OVS). Now, on to the good stuff!

Linux 60

Linux Apple Operating Systems Policies 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Networking. The networking “old guard” likes to talk about how x86 servers and virtualization create network bottlenecks due to performance concerns, but as Ivan points out in this post , it’s rapidly becoming—or has already become—a non-issue. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 106

Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

Networking. To help resolve this issue, Cumulus Networks (and possibly Metacloud, I’m not sure of their involvement yet) has release an open source project called vxfld. I’d love to hear from more networking pros (please disclose company affiliations) about their thoughts on this matter. Servers/Hardware.

Linux 60

Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 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. Networking. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Networking. Amanpreet Singh has a two-part series on Kubernetes networking ( part 1 , part 2 ). Anthony Spiteri has a brief look at NSX-T 2.1 , which recently launched with support for Pivotal Container Service (PKS) and Pivotal Cloud Foundry, further extending the reach of NSX into new areas. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Networking. Is the abstraction layer better served by being integrated into a cloud management platform, like OpenStack? Naturally, the argument then would be, “Not everyone will use a cloud management platform,” which is a valid argument. I hope you find something useful—or at least something interesting!

Virtualization 60

Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 5, 2014

I have a total of four session proposals submitted this year: MIT and VMware: Taking IT to OpenStack Private Cloud. Building the Cloud Ecosystem – OpenStack, Docker, Kubernetes. Linux Networking Virtualization Docker KVM Libvirt OpenStack' My Sessions. OpenStack for VMware Operators. OpenStack Design Guide Panel.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Policies Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

Networking. There’s lots of talk about applying test-driven development (TDD) principles in various automation contexts, but I like the fact that Ajay Chenampara provides some practical examples in his blog post on applying TDD in network automation using Ansible. If you’re just starting your network automation journey, start small.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Examples 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Networking. The networking “old guard” likes to talk about how x86 servers and virtualization create network bottlenecks due to performance concerns, but as Ivan points out in this post , it’s rapidly becoming—or has already become—a non-issue. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Networking. Paul Fries takes on defining SDN , breaking it down into two “flavors”: host dominant and network dominant. I’d like to add to Paul’s analysis that it’s important to understand that, in reality, host dominant and network dominant systems can coexist. I hope you find something useful.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Networking. Biruk Mekonnen has an introductory article on using Netmiko for network automation. Gabriele Gerbino has a nice write-up about Cisco’s efforts with APIs ; his article includes a brief description of YANG data models and a comparison of working with network devices via SSH or via API. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

For some people, for instance, a router might be internet of things for other people it might not be it might be considered network infrastructure. Do we really need that to communicate with the cloud. So what then makes IoT hacking different from say traditional network hacking. In addition to a smart coffee mug.

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

For some people, for instance, a router might be internet of things for other people it might not be it might be considered network infrastructure. Do we really need that to communicate with the cloud. So what then makes IoT hacking different from say traditional network hacking. In addition to a smart coffee mug.

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

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 speakers are Recep Ozdag, a PME with Intel, and Gershon Schatzberg, a PLM with Wind River Systems.

Intel 60

Intel Load Balancer Architecture Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 19, 2020

The collection seems a tad heavier than normal in the hardware and security sections, probably due to new exploits discovered in Intel’s speculative execution functionality. Networking. The inimitable Ivan Pepelnjak provides a primer on Azure networking. Daniel Teycheney discusses starting your network automation journey.

Linux 60

Linux Intel Hardware Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2023

Networking Kevin Jin’s post on the APNIC blog about network automation tools is a great read. He discusses Netmiko, NAPALM, and Nornir in some detail, and provides some guidance around which network automation tool may be right for you. Anton Kuliashov writes about why Palark uses Cilium for Kubernetes networking.

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IPv6 Linux Tools Network 74

Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

This Technology Short Take is a bit heavy on cloud, OS, and programming topics, but there should be enough other interesting links to be useful to plenty of folks. (At Networking. Ali Al Idrees has a post on using NSX ALB (formerly Avi Networks) with Kubernetes clusters in a vSphere with Tanzu environment. Aye aye, Popeye!

Vmware 60

Vmware Firewall Storage Comparison 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2020

Still, there’s a decent collection of networking, cloud computing, and virtualization articles as well as a smattering of other topics for you to peruse. Networking. ” Ivan Pepelnjak attempts to answer the question, “How much do I need to know about Linux networking?” Servers/Hardware.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Disaster Recovery Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

Welcome to Technology Short Take #125, where I have a collection of articles about various data center and cloud technologies collected from around the Internet. Networking. Dinesh Dutt of Cumulus Networks writes about the effect of switch port count in Clos topologies. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

I’ve been scouring RSS feeds and various social media sites, collecting as many useful links and articles as I can find: from networking hardware and networking CI/CD pipelines to Kernel TLS and tricks for improving your working memory. Networking. on building a network CI/CD pipeline looks to be quite informative.

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Network Hardware Vmware Tools 79