Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

When you’re operating at the scale at which Netflix operates, this is no trivial feat. Christian Kellner talks about work done on Thunderbolt 3 security levels for GNU/Linux. Jorge Salamero Sanz (on behalf of Sysdig) provides a similar comparison, this time looking at ECS, Fargate, and EKS. Servers/Hardware.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Here’s a quick post on nftables , the (eventual) Linux replacement for iptables. Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Here’s a quick post on nftables , the (eventual) Linux replacement for iptables. Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Cue the round of folks claiming that this is why proprietary network operating systems [NOSes] are the route the networking industry should be taking.). Cumulus Networks recently shifted their pricing and licensing model toward perpetual licenses; this article has more information and a comparison of the old vs. new models.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

Anthony Shaw has a good comparison of Ansible, StackStorm, and Salt (with a particular view at applicability in a networking context). Here’s a quick post on nftables , the (eventual) Linux replacement for iptables. Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux.

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Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60

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. Kevin Houston has an updated blade server comparison chart that might be helpful in making hardware decisions.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I highly recommend you read the entire post, but in short the five skills Matt recommends are software skills (which includes configuration management and software development tools like Git ), Linux, deep protocol knowledge, hypervisor and container networking, and IPv6. Operating Systems/Applications. You’re welcome.

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The Verge

AUGUST 6, 2020

This configuration worked so well that I’m comfortable saying the i7 model is really best for developers and other power users who are coding or running desktop Linux applications. The 713 supports all the latest Android apps, which are in varying stages of development for Chrome OS.

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The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

But Epic’s dramatic public performance — an unprecedented bit of corporate trolling the likes of which we’ve never seen — sets up the feud with Apple as a fight bordering on good versus evil, with Apple the corporate bad guy aggressively taxing and restricting developers. But the comparison to Netflix or Spotify is beside the point.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

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. Operating Systems/Applications. installation caused by duplicate NSX Manager UUIDs. Or is there more I’m not seeing?

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Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

I’m really excited about OVN and looking forward to seeing it develop and grow. Kevin Houston’s March 2015 blade server comparisons might be a useful place to start. Operating Systems/Applications. This article by Russell Bryant is a great overview and update of the work going on with Open Virtual Network (OVN).

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Dataconomy

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

ADLINK has developed the Pocket AI, a portable GPU featuring an NVIDIA GPU with Tensor-Core technology. Pocket AI is the perfect device for AI developers, professional graphics users, and embedded industrial applications for boosting productivity by improve the work efficiency,” says the official product description.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2021

In this post , Jakub Sitnicki digs way deep into the Linux kernel to uncover the answer to the question, “Why are there no entries in the conntrack table for SYN packets dropped by the firewall?” Linux malware is getting more sophisticated. Operating Systems/Applications. ” Get ready to get nerdy!

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Vmware Firewall Storage Comparison 60

ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

This episode looks at how fuzz testing has evolved over the years, how open source projects have for the most part gone untested over time, and how new efforts to match fuzzing to software development are today helping to discover dangerous new vulnerabilities before they become the next Shellshock. How did this happen? What’s a worm?

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ForAllSecure

MARCH 24, 2021

This episode looks at how fuzz testing has evolved over the years, how open source projects have for the most part gone untested over time, and how new efforts to match fuzzing to software development are today helping to discover dangerous new vulnerabilities before they become the next Shellshock. How did this happen? What’s a worm?

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Open Source Operating Systems Software Software 52

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

Having covered these approaches, Naim returns to file storage (naturally) and talks about why file storage is popular: Works natively with operating systems. Naim next goes through some pricing comparisons showing how EFS is much cheaper than DIY storage solutions using EC2 instances and EBS volumes. Linux kernel 4.0

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System Storage Linux Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

It’s interesting work, but unfortunately it looks like this work won’t be returned to the community (it was developed for one or more of their clients). Operating Systems/Applications. release completes an effort to merge both efforts into a single development tree. in the comparison, even though RHEV 3.1

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All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

OpsWorks is designed for IT administrators and ops-minded developers who want an easy way to manage applications of nearly any scale and complexity without sacrificing control. Because OpsWorks uses the Chef framework, developers can use existing recipes or leverage hundreds of community-built configurations. Automated â??

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

He makes comparisons among server virtualization, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and SDN, and feels that in order for SDN to really hit this market it needs to be “not a user-facing feature, but rather a means to an end” (his words). I love how developers come up with these themes around certain projects. Technology Short Take #42.

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Vmware Storage Network Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

Although this post is a bit older (it’s from September of last year), it’s still an interesting comparison of both OpenStack and CloudStack. Operating Systems/Applications. General KVM Linux Networking OpenFlow OpenStack Puppet RedHat SDN Security Storage Virtualization VMware vSphere'

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Virtualization Storage Vmware Network 102

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Rancher—the company behind RancherOS (Linux distro that uses Docker for system services as well as user applications) and Rancher (a management platform for containerized infrastructure)—recently announced a container metadata service they’re saying is analogous to Amazon’s Instance Metadata service. Operating Systems/Applications.

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