Virtualized Greek

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

This is different from the current software first movement in that Cisco’s approach is based on their hardware first view of the network. However, if you were to go by the response to the number of vendors supporting the NSX ecosystem you’d think the entire industry is going against this hardware first religion. Arista – Top of Rack.

Vmware 78

Vmware Load Balancer Hardware HP 78

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

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. a Fabric), and network switches, load balancers, etc. Each of these two approaches has properties with pros and cons with which Im familiar -- having worked for companies in each space. e.g. networking, load balancing, etc.

Load Balancer 100

Load Balancer Virtualization Data Center Network 100

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Internet discussing various data center-focused technologies. 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.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Last week I attended Gartners annual Data Center Conference in Las Vegas. The next step is to define in software the converged network, its switching, and even network devices such as load balancers. Fountainhead.

Data Center 113

Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer Network 113

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Its similar in concept to how the hypervisor is an enabler (but usually not used as a stand-alone product) of data center management services. Existing physical IO but with address hardware-based mapping/virtualization (e.g. What is IOV?

Virtualization 157

Virtualization Data Center Network Storage 157

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. Big Data. (6). Data Center Design.

Virtualization 113

Virtualization Data Center Transportation Disaster Recovery 113

Fountainhead

MAY 6, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Part 1: What is Converged Infrastructure, and how it will change data center management. A converged infrastructure approach offers an elegant, simple-to-manage approach to data center infrastructure administration. Fountainhead.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Storage Network 100

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Both are implicitly or explicitly taking aim at each other as they chase the enterprise data center market. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Data Center Design. Green Data Center blog.

Analysis 147

Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

The Accidental Successful CIO

AUGUST 3, 2011

The ability to mash together a bunch of different expensive individual servers and shrink the company’s IT footprint down by a factor of 5x while reducing power and cooling costs at the same time sure seems to be a miracle cure for IT budget problems. The arrival of virtualization in the data center is going to screw all of this up.

Virtualization 100

Virtualization Load Balancer Data Center Vmware 100