Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

The collection of links shared below covers a fairly wide range of topics, from old Sun hardware to working with serverless frameworks in the public cloud. The first is a post on Cilium and F5 load balancer integration , while the second discusses implementing Kubernetes network policies with Cilium and Linkerd. Networking.

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Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Romain Decker has an “under the hood” look at the VMware NSX load balancer. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Joe’s comment—“the merging of CDNs and cloud continues”—is pretty spot on, in my opinion. Servers/Hardware.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

Speaker: Martin Casado (VMware Networking CTO). The Second are is the higher level layers such as load balancing. F5 for example has announced a load balancing solution that support VXLAN for load balancing hosts connected to a physical port with a virtual host connected to the virtual network.

Virtualization 68

Virtualization Network Load Balancer Vmware 68

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

VMware recently released a reference design guide for NSX-T; see here for more details. 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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Humair Ahmed of VMware shares some details on a new control plane resiliency feature recently added to VMware NSX: Controller Disconnected Operation (CDO) mode. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. JJ Asghar takes a look at using VMware Photon OS as the backend Docker host OS for use with test-kitchen.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2013

VMware NSX, VMware VSAN, VMware Hybrid Cloud Service, and the expansion of the availability of Cloud Foundry. Making hybrid cloud ubiquitous. Carl brings out Kit Colbert, a principal engineer at VMware (and someone who relatively well-recognized within the virtualization community).

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Vmware Load Balancer Storage Firewall 67

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”). Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Cloud Applications Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

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). A bunch of home Wi-Fi routers are suspectible to attack; see this article for more details. Upgrading to Go 1.17 might be a good idea. Good stuff.

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

APRIL 30, 2013

Last week I had the opportunity to join John Troyer on the VMware Communities podcast. My purpose, as John put it when he invited me, was to “gently introduce” the community to the idea of network virtualization, which is where I now spend most of my time since joining VMware in early February. emphasis mine).

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Virtualization Network Vmware Load Balancer 134

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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Steven Bright shows how to deploy Salt minions automatically using VMware Tools.

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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. This is an interesting announcement from a few weeks ago that I missed—Dell EMC will offer Isilon on Google Cloud Platform. Why is this in the networking section?

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Load Balancer Vmware Storage Intel 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Adrian Roberts shares a walkthrough of running Photon OS and VMware Admiral in a vCloud Air Network environment. Check this out.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

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). John Kozej walks through how to configure vCenter HA using the NSX load balancer. RIP Solaris.

Storage 60

Storage Vmware Load Balancer Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

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). A bunch of home Wi-Fi routers are suspectible to attack; see this article for more details. Upgrading to Go 1.17 might be a good idea. Good stuff.

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

Virtualized Greek

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

Citrix is the king of VDI and has looked to diversify into server virtualization, cloud computing and other data center technologies such as load balancers. It’s ironic until recently one of my main personal use cases for VDI was VMware’s own vSphere Client on my Macbook.

Vmware 84

Vmware Load Balancer Virtualization Windows 84

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Looking for a step-by-step install guide for VMware NSX? Ray Budavari—who is an absolutely fantastic NSX resource—has a blog post up on the integration between VMware NSX and vRealize Automation. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. William Lam breaks down the real value of load balancing your PSC in this in-depth article.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Many of these concepts had direct impacts on the design of Envoy. Good stuff!

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Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Some folks from Nicira (now part of VMware) recently published a blog post discussing the OVSDB IETF draft (see here ). 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. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Networking.

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. William Lam shares an article on using Ansible to provision Kubernetes on VMware Photon. Engine Yard (and Deis, acquired by Engine Yard) announced a packaging service called Helm (more info on Helm here ), and Sysdig Cloud announced the ability to monitor Kubernetes clusters. (If

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Load Balancer Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Bernd Malmqvist talks about Avi Networks’ software-defined load balancing solution, including providing an overview of how to use Vagrant to test it yourself. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Cormac Hogan walks through setting up the Minio object store on top of VMware vSAN. Virtualization. on a vSphere 6.7

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Load Balancer Virtualization Authentication Tools 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

David Holder walks through removing unused load balancer IP allocations in NSX-T when used with PKS. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Wil van Antwerpen talks about how to create a macOS Catalina VM using VMware Fusion. Myles Gray shows how to use cloud-init for VM templating on vSphere. Cool stuff.

Network 60

Network Load Balancer Storage Applications 60

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. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Monday, June 29, 2009. HPQ & CSCO: Analysis of New Blade Environments.

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Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Johnson shows that the E5 processor provides higher throughput at lower CPU usage with VMDq compared to a Xeon 5500 CPU (tests were done using an Intel X520 with VMware ESXi 5.0). as well as Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V–allows VMware customers to use DirectPath I/O to assign VMs directly to a VF, bypassing the hypervisor.

Intel 109

Intel Virtualization Data Center Network 109

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Baptiste Collard has a post on Kubernetes controllers for AWS load balancers. One takeaway from this post for me was that the new AWS load balancer controller uses a ton of annotations. Ars Technica has a write-up on what’s been observed so far. Virtualization.

Load Balancer 94

Load Balancer Vmware Operating Systems Architecture 94

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. Industry Perspectives. PAUL SPECIALE.

Data Center 203

Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

The day 2 keynote kicks off with another Cloud Academy presentation… After the video wraps up, Sanjay Poonen takes the stage. According to Poonen, the core of the solution for “any application on any device” is VMware’s Workspace Suite. Poonen brings Noah Wasmer onto the stage to show off some new stuff.

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Vmware Applications Network Video 60

Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

Kit Colbert (VMware Principal Architect) & Carl Ecshenbach (VMware COO) Joe Baguley (VMware CTO, EMEA). VMware is talking about the business of IT and how they enable their own business to deliver applications. The process is very similar to other demo’s I’ve seen from other Cloud Management vendors.

Vmware 58

Vmware Load Balancer Data Center Virtualization 58

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). Here’s a nice article on a multi-action security workflow built using VMware NSX, vShield Endpoint, and vCenter Orchestrator. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Another good resource is Dan Hersey’s guide to building an SDN-based private cloud in an hour. Bruce Davie and Martin Casado (with Nicira, now part of VMware) have written a post comparing the VXLAN and STT tunneling protocols. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Feel free to share something in the comments!

Vmware 109

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Lots of talk about cloud computing, IT operations, virtualization and more. The next step is to define in software the converged network, its switching, and even network devices such as load balancers. Cloud Computing. (55). Big Data. (6).

Data Center 113

Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer Network 113

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. In much the same way that the hypervisor has since been embedded in tools like VMware’s vCenter, IOV can (and has been) embedded with higher-level management tools. Cloud Computing. (55). Hosting/Cloud Index outperforms NASDAQ Nearly 4x.

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Virtualization Data Center Network Storage 157