Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In December 2016, I kicked off a migration from macOS to Linux as my primary laptop OS. In this post, I’d like to recap where things stand as of December 2018, after 8 months of full-time use of Linux as my primary laptop OS. Linux Distribution. Chat/Instant messaging: I continue to use the Slack Linux client and Pidgin.

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Linux Academy

MAY 2, 2019

In a typical application, either run in a traditional datacenter or colocation facility, you’re paying for the application itself, the underlying OS, hypervisor, storage, servers or VMs, SAN, networking, power, and so on. Optimizing storage into frequently accessed hot storage, versus infrequently accessed cold storage.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 9, 2023

Tap into open-source software Mainframe-dependent businesses often think that open source is just for cloud-based products – but that assumption is incorrect. The investment in cloud solutions bridges the skills gap and attracts new talent while not throwing away the investment in existing systems. Modernizing in place.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 18, 2019

In the previous article in this series, I discussed how you can have a more productive workforce by leveraging the cloud. In this article, I’ll discuss both cost avoidance, and the impact of the cloud computing model on operational costs. Lower your unit price for core pieces of underlying infrastructure in the cloud.

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Linux Academy

MAY 1, 2019

In a typical application, either run in a traditional datacenter or colocation facility, you’re paying for the application itself, the underlying OS, hypervisor, storage, servers or VMs, SAN, networking, power, and so on. Optimizing storage into frequently accessed hot storage, versus infrequently accessed cold storage.

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Linux Academy

MAY 1, 2019

In a typical application, either run in a traditional datacenter or colocation facility, you’re paying for the application itself, the underlying OS, hypervisor, storage, servers or VMs, SAN, networking, power, and so on. Optimizing storage into frequently accessed hot storage, versus infrequently accessed cold storage.

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Linux Academy

JUNE 17, 2019

Because of how it is presented. But y ou can do all of that and more in our free Ansible Quick Start course on Linux Academy , right now. LPI Linux Essentials 1.6. Applying Google Cloud Identity-Aware Proxy To Restrict Application Access. Initiating Google Cloud VPC Network Peering. New Releases. Google Labs.

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Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2016

The CompTIA Cloud+ certification validates the skills and expertise of IT practitioners in implementing and maintaining cloud technologies. This is exactly what it takes to become a good cloud technician. The cloud will therefore spin up a new instance with a container-ready version of the OS at the bottom.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 24, 2022

BPFDoor, as it is known, is a passive backdoor that allows threat actors to remotely connect to a Linux shell. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Although it isn’t technically specific to storage, there are significant storage themes in this article on what might happen if you lock yourself out of your digital life.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Last week at VMworld , I had the opportunity to meet with Lightbits Labs , a relatively new startup working on what they called “disaggregated storage.” So what is “disaggregated storage”? It’s one of the first questions I asked the Lightbits team. ” (How’s that for a marketing term!)

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. I, personally, would posit that Linux can be more secure than other platforms, but it requires proper configuration and can still be undone by a loose nut behind the keyboard. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Here’s a user’s perspective on using infracost to bring cloud spend into your Terraform worfklows. For relevant storage news, I’d recommend having a look at J Metz’ Storage Short Take 42. Kubernetes 1.24 Operating Systems/Applications. Programming.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

This is session SFTS012, titled “Designing a Trusted Cloud with OpenStack.” Intel’s “Cloud 2015″ vision recognizes there will be more users, more devices, and more data, and is shooting toward an ecosystem of open, interoperable cloud operating environments (OEs) built on open APIs and open standards.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

A few months ago, I stumbled across a service called ODrive (“Oh” Drive) that allows you to combine multiple cloud storage services together. Since that time, I’ve been experimenting with ODrive, testing it to see how well it works, if at all, with my Fedora Linux environment.

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Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2016

In a move to expand that lead, New Horizons is now proud to offer the complete suite of CloudMASTER programs , providing vendor-agnostic cloud training as the spearhead of their cloud curriculum. No matter the details each vendor may use to spin this message, Digital Transformation cannot exist without the cloud at its core.

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Cloud Musings

JANUARY 30, 2017

In 2016, cloud computing started to dominate many IT market segments. Operator and vendor revenue for six segments of cloud computing reached $148 billion during that period, with spending on private clouds accounting for over half the total but spending on the public cloud growing much more rapidly. 30 grew 25%.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 1, 2019

Our Training Architects are dedicated to pushing the boundaries of online learning and helping professionals become cloud and Linux experts! Hear from one of our AWS Training Architects, Tia Williams, below and see why she loves working at Linux Academy. What do you do at Linux Academy? I have a huge movie catalog.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Seth Vargo walks through how to use Terraform to setup and configure a Google Cloud Run service. Continuing his focus on cloud-init , Luc Dekens has added four more articles to his site discussing this tool. Robin Moffatt discusses detecting and analysing SSH attacks with ksqlDB.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. If you’d like to see the presentation, it’s available on Slideshare and Speakerdeck. If you’d like to re-create the demo environment, check out the presentation’s GitHub repository.

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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.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Andrey Khomyakov shares some information on automating the setup of whitebox switches running Cumulus Linux in part 2 of this series on learning network automation. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Kit Colbert shares 5 predictions for cloud-native applications in 2017. Alpine Linux 3.5 was recently released.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Banzai Cloud’s Toader Sebastian explains how to write WASM (WebAssembly) filters for Envoy and deploy those filters with Istio. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. tackles the question of whether an API gateway is needed if a service mesh is present. Welcome to Technology Short Take #127! Look no further.

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Linux Academy

MARCH 26, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Stay tuned to the Linux Academy blog for further details. PowerShell Core for Linux Admins — We are excited to bring our members a course on PowerShell Core for Linux.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 17, 2013

.” The session is led by Florian Otel (@florianotel on Twitter), with HP Cloud Services in EMEA. Florian starts out the presentation with a slide that says, “This is a business, not a science project.” The next slide in Florian’s presentation says this: “The more I love the idea, the less money it makes!!”

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Using a Linux Environment. It’s no secret that I use OS X, and the toolchain that the OpenStack documentation team uses is—like the rest of OpenStack—pretty heavily biased toward Linux. It wasn’t until just recently that I realized: why not just use a Linux VM? on Amazon EC2 (via Ravello Systems).

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Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

First up, there’s a great article on using IPVLAN with Docker and Cumulus Linux (with a tie back to sFlow, naturally!). Here’s a walkthrough by Cody Bunch on setting up BGP on Linux with Cumulus Quagga. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. The article also has a link to a paper that Burns will present at HotCloud ‘16.

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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.” Weaver starts his presentation by talking about “how we got here”, discussing the various technological shifts that have affected the computing landscape over the years.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

This is a liveblog of Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013 session EDCS003, titled “Enhancing OpenStack with Intel Technologies for Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud.” ” The presenters are Girish Gopal and Malini Bhandaru, both with Intel. Gopal now takes over and moves the discussion into storage in OpenStack.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 1, 2019

I’m a couple weeks late on this one; wanted to publish it earlier but work has been keeping me busy (lots and lots of interest in Kubernetes and cloud-native technologies out there!). VyOS is an open source Linux-based network operating system.). Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Networking. Go check out part 2.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

This post is a bit older, but covers a challenge faced by cloud-native darling Netflix—how does one, exactly, identify which application used which IP address at a given point in time? Christian Kellner talks about work done on Thunderbolt 3 security levels for GNU/Linux. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Further, I need to ensure that the applications I need to get my job done will be present on my next platform. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Macintosh iPhone Linux' It’s a shame…but such is life. The only constant is change. Apple on Intel.

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CTOvision

FEBRUARY 4, 2015

This year it is better than ever, with a great set of presentations from government experts who have done really incredible things with data in support of critical missions. Evaluating Commercial Cloud Services for Government – A Progress Report. Finding Value in Enterprise Data with High-Performance Analytics. Dr. Daniel Duffy.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Tyler Christiansen recently published a post on a network automation workflow that was based on a presentation he gave at the SF Network Automation meetup. This post contains a link to a useful presentation on the essential parts of EVPN. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Kenneth Hui has a nice series running on Mesos.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 13, 2023

The ability to remotely access and control computers has been a game-changer for businesses, allowing them to provide technical support and troubleshoot issues without having to be physically present at the location. It is also highly extensible, allowing developers to add new features and functionality to the protocol as needed.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. For what it’s worth, I’ve never tried NetBSD, but I have yet to run into any similar issues with any distribution of Linux I’ve tried. Tom Scanlan shares how to use VIC volumes as a way of helping address persistent storage challenges with containers. That’s cool.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. If you think that “infrastructure as code,” particularly when in conjunction with cloud platforms (private or public) isn’t a thing, then you need only look at all the various orchestration tools designed to help you define infrastructure in some format. (The Operating Systems/Applications.

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