Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. Have I mentioned the ESXi Virtual Appliance ?

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Galido

JULY 20, 2018

Many iPhone users and Apple fanboys alike stand by their product no matter how limited Apple makes their storage capacities, while Android geeks have long time been able to freely add storage/memory cards to their devices and take advantage of more powerful hardware. Aesthetics, Hardware and Price. Which is known for ease of use?

Study 66

Study Apple Google Operating Systems 66

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. Servers/Hardware. Acra is open source and available via GitHub. Virtualization. Check back next time! and vSphere.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Matt Oswalt recently unveiled (and open sourced) a framework called ToDD, which stands for “Testing on Demand: Distributed”. Servers/Hardware. Personally, I think it’s an apples-to-oranges comparison, since Kubernetes is more than just a scheduler (think about replication controllers and services and such), but to each his own.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

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. Non-code contributions are, in my opinion, an important but oft-overlooked aspect of open source communities.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

VPCs, or Virtual Private Clouds, are Amazon’s software-defined networking mechanism for workloads running on AWS.). Servers/Hardware. Courtesy of Corey Quinn, here’s an awesome AWS versus Azure comparison , comic book style. Jesse Hu has shared a Helm chart for deploying VMware’s open source Harbor registry.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 60

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). Servers/Hardware. This was the source of some confusion in the past; the move to Moby sidesteps those concerns. Virtualization. Check out the GitHub repository. Career/Soft Skills.

Open Source 60

Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

First up is Brent Salisbury’s how to build an SDN lab without needing OpenFlow hardware. His earlier post on getting started with OpenFlow and Open vSwitch tutorial lab is also quite good. Not unsurprisingly, one of the key advantages of STT that’s highlighted is its improved performance due to TSO support in NIC hardware.

Vmware 109

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

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. Virtualization. Technology Short Take #42. Technology Short Take #41.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Virtualization 60