Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The folks over at Cilium took a look at a recent CNI benchmark comparison and unpacked it a bit. Servers/Hardware. Maarten Goet has a few recommendations on securing Kubernetes on Microsoft Azure. Next is an older article from Patrick Ogenstad that provides an introduction to ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning). Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Microsoft seems to be all about shocking the world these days (see my related mention of their SQL Server announcement below). At the recent OCP Summit, Microsoft introduced Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC). Servers/Hardware. Kudos to Microsoft and Microsoft’s leadership for quite the culture change.

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

Most significantly, the Latitude line supports Intel’s vPro, a hardware and firmware platform that includes a number of security features and makes it easier for IT departments to manage devices remotely. The base model starts at $2,039 and includes a Core i5-1135G7, 8GB of RAM, 128GB of storage, and a 14-inch 1920 x 1200 screen.

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Dell Comparison Windows Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Speaking of Pulumi, Kyle Galbraith wrote up a comparison of Pulumi and Terraform for infrastructure as code. Microsoft recently introduced some new remote development extensions for Visual Studio Code. Networking. Apparently Dell’s new docking stations support firmware updates via Linux. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Diógenes Rettori has a comparison of Istio and Linkerd as solutions for service mesh. Servers/Hardware. This past week Microsoft and VMware announced Azure VMware Solutions, which allows customers to run the VMware software stack on Azure (an arrangement similar in nature to VMware Cloud on AWS, as I understand it).

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Serve The Home takes a critical look at the Bloomberg Supermicro stories, debunking or at least calling into question many details of the alleged hardware hack as reported by Bloomberg. Steven Acreman shares a brief, high-level comparison of the major Kubernetes ingress solutions. Good stuff! Virtualization.

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Sean Daniel

MAY 25, 2012

and I thought it would be great to do a little bit of a comparison now that I’ve played with it for a bit. So let’s get down to business, my impressions and comparisons between the iPad (3rd generation) and the Playbook 2.0. Note that the Playbook hardware was not updated for Playbook 2.0, Videos, pictures, etc.

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Apple Comparison Windows SMB 53

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Werner Ruegg has a post on an alternative hardware solution for vSphere home labs. Microsoft’s Azure team is doing some very interesting (in my opinion) things. Need a comparison of CloudFormation versus Terraform? That might be a good blog post topic right there!). Nothing this time around.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

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. Servers/Hardware. Kenneth Hui has a couple of great articles on persistent storage with application containers (first one here , then this follow-up post ).

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

We affectionally call it the “next gen” every time a big leap in console hardware arrives, promising new games and things we’ve never seen before. In the meantime, Microsoft has built what feels like an exciting PC upgrade experience in a console form. Cool and quiet hardware. The Xbox Series X looks best standing vertically.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Thomas Maurer has a “first impressions” post on the Microsoft Surface Book 2. (I I must admit I’ve been considering adding a Microsoft device to my collection.). Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison. Thorsten Hans walks through upgrading a Kubernetes cluster on AKS using the Azure CLI.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Servers/Hardware. Kevin Houston’s March 2015 blade server comparisons might be a useful place to start. First, he provides a high-level overview of Mesos ; that’s followed up by a slightly deeper look at Mesos, then a discussion of persistent storage and fault tolerance. Kenneth Hui has a nice series running on Mesos.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

” The speakers are Brian Johnson (@thehevy on Twitter) from Intel and Jim Pinkerton from Microsoft. Brian draws the comparison between property management and how IT is shaping: A rental house is pretty easy to manage. Key attributes of SDN, according to Microsoft, are flexibility, control, and automation.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Microsoft’s next-gen Xbox comes the closest I’ve ever witnessed to re-creating the superior PC experience of playing games, thanks to SSD storage, a far more powerful CPU, 120Hz support, and impressive backward compatibility features that improve existing games. Cool and quiet hardware. Let’s start with the hardware.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

Lots of questions remain about this tiny Xbox The Xbox Series S is the smallest Xbox Microsoft has ever created. Microsoft surprised everyone with this smaller, cheaper next-gen Xbox, promising that the Series S is “designed to play games at 1440p at 60 frames per second.” It’s also the Xbox with the biggest questions hanging over it.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 12, 2020

Microsoft unveiled a release date and more details about the Surface Duo, its new dual-screen Android phone that t he company says represents a “major new form factor” and “the next wave of mobile productivity.” with pre-orders starting today at Microsoft’s online store , AT&T, and Best Buy.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

The Pro 8 offers Thunderbolt 4 support, a 120Hz display, a better camera, more storage, and more. During its recent Surface event , Microsoft launched the largest upgrade of its flagship Intel-powered Surface Pro lineup in years: the Surface Pro 8. Microsoft says the battery should last up to 16 hours. Preloaded with Windows 11.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In the last couple of generations, the first year has traditionally been the roughest for a new console, as both manufacturers and game developers work the unexpected bugs out of the hardware. Note that the PlayStation does not support cloud storage access without PlayStation Plus.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Microsoft is charging a starting price of $1,399 for the Surface Duo. The Microsoft Surface Duo has no screens or cameras on the outside when closed. Surface Duo hardware. The most important thing to know about the Duo’s hardware is its thickness: 4.8mm when open and 9.9mm when closed. What is that feeling worth?

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The Verge

MARCH 30, 2021

I built a new gaming PC in September to play new games like Microsoft Flight Simulator , Cyberpunk 2077 , and Assassin’s Creed Valhalla. I figured that picking Intel’s Core i9-10900K and Nvidia’s RTX 3090 would make this machine last for years and offer top tier performance in demanding titles like Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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Galido

JANUARY 22, 2019

Weight and size are a fundamental requirement for these computers; there are also others parameters that may be essential during the selection phase: The size of the display, for example, requires a compromise between practicality and weight / size of the hardware as a whole. Storage : HDD, 256 GB PCIe SSD. Our Ultrabook Picks.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

Microsoft also has a powerful console in the Xbox Series X, which promises better graphics and faster loading times, but it’s also selling the somewhat lower-powered Xbox Series S. Like Microsoft , Sony is actually selling two versions of its upcoming next-generation console. teraflops of raw graphical power. inches tall, 4.1

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Collecting nearly 1 billion measurements per day around the world, Radar provides performance metrics on cloud platform performance, both in absolute terms and in comparison to other providers. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center. Modular Data Centers. Networking.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

By comparison, the U.S. One Wilshire is an iconic 30-story, 663,000 square feet building housing data center, office, storage and retail space with a five-level subterranean parking garage. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Microsoft’s $1 Billion Data Center. Modular Data Centers. Networking.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

And this is the model to get, as it features an RTX 3070 graphics chip, 1TB of NVMe SSD storage, and 16GB of RAM. Overall, we consider the Zephyrus G15 to be an excellent laptop, with the lack of a webcam being one of the few caveats to this otherwise impressive piece of hardware. Read our review. Newegg has discounted the 15.6-inch

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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). Servers/Hardware. Want or need to use multiple external networks in your OpenStack deployment?

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Microsoft has optimized its new OS for Intel’s Thread Director, supposedly allowing it to better manage tasks across these new CPU cores. 2 for your storage needs is viable, even if it’s still not very affordable. This new generation of Alder Lake chips also relies heavily on Windows 11. We’re now at the stage where just using M.2

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 22, 2015

Here’s hoping I’ve managed to find something of value and interest to you in this latest collection of links and articles from around the web on networking, storage, virtualization, security, and other data center-related technologies. Servers/Hardware. Looks like Microsoft is jumping in the nested virtualization ring.

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Sean Daniel

MARCH 15, 2011

While this blog covers KeepVault on Windows Home Server 2011 (codename “Vail), the same add-in offers cloud storage to both the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials (codename “Aurora”) and the Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. However, for these business products, you need to get KeepVault Pro.

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GeekWire

JUNE 9, 2021

The company’s institutional investors include Bezos Expeditions, the venture arm of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos; Vulcan Capital, founded by the late Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen; and Seattle’s Madrona Venture Group, among others. It needed all of these three of those pieces — hardware, software and wetware — to come together.”.

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