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. Operating Systems/Applications. million IOPS.

Virtualization 102

Virtualization Storage Vmware Network 102

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). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Have I mentioned the ESXi Virtual Appliance ? Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 12, 2021

I didn’t do so well on storage links; apologies to my storage-focused friends! Here’s Chip Zoller’s comparison of Gatekeper and Kyverno. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Welcome to Technology Short Take #138. However, there should be something for most everyone else. Networking.

IPv6 60

IPv6 Network Storage Policies 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. Galaxy S8 base storage starts at 64GB, while Apple’s is 32GB.

Study 66

Study Apple Google Operating Systems 66

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 21, 2021

The company also announced a new entry-level iPad during its recent “California Streaming” event , which comes outfitted with a new front-facing camera, a faster processor, and double the base storage. Greater storage capacity, with base storage starting at 64GB. It even offers double the storage for the same price.

Storage 56

Storage Apple Video Sports 56

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). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Have I mentioned the ESXi Virtual Appliance ? Networking.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

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. He has served many roles in the data center, including support, system administration, web development and facility management. Virtualization.

Data Center 191

Data Center Cloud Data Windows 191

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. Cisco Systems recently disclosed a vulnerability affecting more than 300 models of switches; see this Ars Technica article for more details.

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

The transaction was conducted through through TechCore, a $1 billion fund managed by GI Partners on behalf of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS). By comparison, the U.S. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Virtualization. GI BUYS BIGGEST TELECOMMS HUB ON U.S.

Data Center 205

Data Center Real Estate Data Storage 205

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Speaking of Pulumi, Kyle Galbraith wrote up a comparison of Pulumi and Terraform for infrastructure as code. Operating Systems/Applications. Cindy Sridharan has a good article on health checks and graceful degradation in distributed systems. Virtualization. Richard Bejarano rants a bit about container misconceptions.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

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. Here’s an article that combines two of my favorite companies: Cumulus Networks and Ravello Systems.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Guidelines Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 6, 2018

Jorge Salamero Sanz (on behalf of Sysdig) provides a similar comparison, this time looking at ECS, Fargate, and EKS. Running distributed systems such as etcd, Kubernetes, Linkerd, etc., to support applications means making a conscious decision to embrace a certain level of complexity in exchange for the benefits these systems offer.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Comparison Network 60

Cloud Musings

JULY 14, 2017

A recent Cloud Tech article explained that while public cloud offers considerable cost savings in comparison to private or on-premises based alternatives, there may also be significant hidden costs. storage or compute service). storage or compute service). an application or business unit) down to the resources involved (e.g.,

Cloud 87

Cloud Financial IBM Policies 87

Scott Lowe

JULY 13, 2018

Operating Systems/Applications. This article on another reason your Docker containers may be slow was an excellent reminder that containerization is not equal to virtualization (that doesn’t make it better or worse, just different), and therefore can’t be treated the same. Virtualization. on a vSphere 6.7

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Virtualization Authentication Tools 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. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Next is an older article from Patrick Ogenstad that provides an introduction to ZTP (Zero Touch Provisioning). There’s some good information in their article.

Network 60

Network Resources Devops Vmware 60

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. The two big recent entrants/announcements were Ciscos Unified Computing System (made this past March) and then HPs BladeSystem Matrix (made in June). Theyre also both teaming with virtualization providers, as well as hoping for success in cloud computing.

Analysis 147

Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

This is the first holiday season for the ninth generation of video game consoles, as the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X (XSX) have recently hit the market, and Nintendo’s hybrid system the Switch is still a hot seller. That can mean physical defects, design flaws, or outright system failure. Ubisoft Image).

System 84

System Storage Hardware Microsoft 84

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). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Technology Short Take #42.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Virtualization 60

The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2021

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. that includes a Core i7-1185G7, 16GB of RAM, 512GB of storage, and a 2560 x 1600 touch display. You can go all the way up to a $3,309 model with the same processor and screen but 32GB of RAM and 1TB of storage.

Dell 60

Dell Comparison Windows Storage 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). Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. Virtualization.

Linux 60

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). Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. Virtualization.

Linux 60

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. Seen this

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

Kevin Houston has an updated blade server comparison chart that might be helpful in making hardware decisions. Operating Systems/Applications. The first article describes Hitchhiker itself, while the second article discusses the related topic of the network impact of recovery in erased coded storage environments. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

Ravello Systems (now part of Oracle Cloud following their acquisition by Oracle) has a REST API that allows you to programmatically interact with their service. Operating Systems/Applications. Finally, you might find the VMware Virtual SAN 6.2 Virtualization. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2019

Diógenes Rettori has a comparison of Istio and Linkerd as solutions for service mesh. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Here’s a great post with more details on concerns over randomness in virtual machines. Here’s a good article on packets-per-second limits in EC2. It’s the end of an era.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Intel Applications 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

VPCs, or Virtual Private Clouds, are Amazon’s software-defined networking mechanism for workloads running on AWS.). Courtesy of Corey Quinn, here’s an awesome AWS versus Azure comparison , comic book style. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. This is a pretty interesting use case for Docker.

Vmware 60

Vmware Load Balancer Network Open Source 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

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

I share this not to encourage illegal activities, but instead to point out that no operating system is secure, so be alert at all times and use good computing practices regardless of your OS. Steven Acreman shares a brief, high-level comparison of the major Kubernetes ingress solutions. Operating Systems/Applications.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Those metrics were (and are) nice if what you care about are "basic" efficiencies of a data center -- simply how much power is getting to your servers relative to all of the other power being consumed by infrastructure systems (e.g. Virtualization. (31).

Data Center 113

Data Center Disaster Recovery Energy Data 113

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Thats to say it includes I/O virtualization, a converged network fabric (including virtual switches and load balancing - based on std. Labels: Egenera , Infrastructure Orchestration , IT Ops , Unified Computing , Virtualization. Fountainhead.

Dell 138

Dell Data Center Virtualization Cloud 138

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). Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. Virtualization.

Open Source 60

Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60

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. There was no portal that we see in solutions live vCenter and System Center Operation’s Manager (SCOM). This is the non-high tech enterprise. They are more or less the same.

Vmware 69

Vmware Data Center Cloud Virtualization 69

The Verge

MARCH 29, 2022

Compare to the Nintendo Switch, where The Witcher 3 looks like dirt by comparison.). Like I say in the video review , you can’t be 100 percent sure a game will play brilliantly even if Valve has “verified” it — and over the past month, early adopters have discovered Valve’s verification system is anything but foolproof.

Linux 75

Linux Windows Virtualization Storage 75

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

Good reason to make sure your systems and your images are patched! Operating Systems/Applications. Need a comparison of CloudFormation versus Terraform? Virtualization. I think I’m going to have to read it multiple times just to digest all the information here. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Hardware 60

Hardware Devops Network Vmware 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. Other solutions, like fleet, at least let you just point to a cluster of systems instead of a specific system. Interoperability Virtualization Automation Docker Linux OpenStack'

Virtualization 71

Virtualization Linux Network Fashion 71

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

Tirumarai Selvan has a comparison. Operating Systems/Applications. 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!). Virtualization. Trying to decide between GKE, AKS, and EKS?

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Cloud Musings

AUGUST 12, 2012

This project was designed to allow a small group of agencies to choose a virtual private cloud-based infrastructure as a service from a marketplace of service providers made available by a cloud broker. iTech Solution offers Cloud Services.Add versatility to your company with Cloud Hosting, Storage, Servers, Apps and more.

Cloud 165

Cloud Government Comparison Groups 165