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. Virtualization.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

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). In case you’re interested, here’s a collection of storage trends and predictions for 2016.

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Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

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. Tony Bourke has a two-part series on ZFS and Linux and encryption ( part 1 , part 2 ). Virtualization.

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Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

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. ZFS will be in the next Ubuntu Linux LTS release. Virtualization. I guess all I can really say about this is…oops.

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

The folks over at Cilium took a look at a recent CNI benchmark comparison and unpacked it a bit. Jorge Castro shares some informal notes on using Clear Linux as an everyday DevOps/cloud-native/Kubernetes client. Virtualization. There’s some good information in their article. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison. Hmmm…maybe I could install Windows 10 on my quad-proc Mac Pro, then run macOS virtualized on it…that might be something to try one day (as if I’ll ever have time for that!). Flatcar Linux is a “friendly fork” of Container Linux (of CoreOS). Virtualization.

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Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

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. Virtualization. Giuliano Bertello shares why it’s important to RTFM; or, how he fixed an issue with a Cross-vCenter NSX 6.2

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 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). 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. Virtualization.

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Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

This article by Russell Bryant is a great overview and update of the work going on with Open Virtual Network (OVN). This is kind of cool, and (in my humble opinion) a sign of changing times: Juniper has Vagrant boxes as well as a Vagrant plugin for working with vSRX (virtual firewall) VMs (via this article from Matt Oswalt).

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 17, 2013

Florian makes the “dreaded Linux-OpenStack comparison,” combining it with models and charts from Moore’s “Crossing the Chasm.” ” Florian posits that a key adoption point is that the underlying platform—be it Linux or OpenStack—must “become irrelevant.”

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Enterprise Enterprise HP Linux 99

Virtualized Greek

APRIL 11, 2013

We are looking at the enterprise that is highly virtualized, which looking at the market means VMware or Hyper-v with or KVM and others to a much lessor extent. If I were to still be in the business of administering servers, I’d be a Windows expert and feel comfortable managing Linux appliances within the environment.

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Vmware Data Center Cloud Virtualization 69

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. NixOS seems to be an interesting re-think of a Linux distribution.

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Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 22, 2014

I mentioned at the start of this post that I’d provide some comparison to other methods for deploying containers in an automated fashion. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Interoperability Virtualization Automation Docker Linux OpenStack'

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Virtualization Linux Network Fashion 71

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. Virtualization. ” Get ready to get nerdy! Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Firewall Storage Comparison 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 5, 2013

Ben Cherian, Chief Strategy Officer for Midokura, helps make a case for network virtualization. Note: Midokura makes a network virtualization solution.) If you’re wondering about network virtualization and why there is a focus on it, this post might help shed some light. Virtualization. can support up to 1.5

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Virtualization Storage Vmware Network 102

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

These articles are a bit long in the tooth, but CSS Corp has a useful series of articles on bundling various Linux distributions for use with OpenStack: bundling CentOS , bundling CentOS with VNC , bundling Debian , and bundling OpenSUSE. Virtualization. Both KVM and QEMU are needed for a full virtualization solution.

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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). Erik Smith at EMC has published a series of articles on “virtual storage networks.”

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Vmware Storage Network Virtualization 60

The Verge

MARCH 29, 2022

It’s a Linux gaming PC that runs many but not all Windows games, on the go like a Nintendo Switch, only with way more horsepower, shorter battery life, and a seriously noisy fan. Compare to the Nintendo Switch, where The Witcher 3 looks like dirt by comparison.). Consider this our Steam Deck FAQ. I guess I’m on a sequel kick.).

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Linux Windows Virtualization Storage 75

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

You could use a Starbucks free wi-fi and virtually leave no trace behind. I guess there have been for example a virus tool comparisons that both can found and so on but I'm not aware of any like systematic long running effort of measuring a set of tools and how they can form. You may have heard of Linus' law. It would be interesting.

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Open Source Tools Security Software 52

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

You could use a Starbucks free wi-fi and virtually leave no trace behind. I guess there have been for example a virus tool comparisons that both can found and so on but I'm not aware of any like systematic long running effort of measuring a set of tools and how they can form. You may have heard of Linus' law. It would be interesting.

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Open Source Tools Security Software 52

ForAllSecure

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

You could use a Starbucks free wi-fi and virtually leave no trace behind. I guess there have been for example a virus tool comparisons that both can found and so on but I'm not aware of any like systematic long running effort of measuring a set of tools and how they can form. You may have heard of Linus' law. It would be interesting.

Open Source 52

Open Source Tools Security Software 52

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. Welcome to Technology Short Take #55! Networking.

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Vmware Virtualization Guidelines Network 60