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Technology Short Take #35

Scott Lowe

Art Fewell takes a deeper look at the increasingly important role of the virtual switch. Even so, this Q&A session with Martin Casado on managing physical and virtual worlds in parallel might be worth going through the hassle. His follow-up article on disaster recovery of DCE VM with vCHS is also pretty good.

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Technology Short Take #44

Scott Lowe

This first post is more of a discussion of why VLANs and VLAN-based derivatives aren’t sufficient, and why we should be looking to routing (layer 3) constructs instead. VMware has a similar offering via the VMware vCloud Hybrid Service recovery-as-a-service offering. Virtualization. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Linux 60
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Big Data: The Hadoop Business Case

CTOvision

In the text below, I examine an on-premise Hadoop ecosystem as a general purpose Big Data solution in relation to alternative commercial purpose-built storage technologies (-e.g. Many organizations have purpose-built solutions for asking business intelligence questions, providing disaster recovery/backup, etc.,

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When Using Cloud Computing to Replicate is the Right Idea

Data Center Knowledge

Cloud Computing » Storage. One cloud computing solution is to deploy the platform as a means for disaster recovery, business continuity, and extending the data center. Remote backup and storage. Storage systems have become more efficient and can now do offsite, cloud-based backup and replication.

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Google Spends $1.6 Billion in 3 Months on its Data Centers

Data Center Knowledge

It marked the third consecutive quarter, Google spent more than $1 billion on data centers and servers, reflecting the company’s latest wave of data center construction projects. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery. Modular Data Centers.

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Stream Data Centers Building in Minnesota Market » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

And, each will provide disaster recovery office space, redundant private telco rooms and 10,000 square feet of raised floor in a Private Data Hall. The facility will be constructed to withstand 185-mph winds and uplift, and Stream Data Centers will build it out using a 2N electrical and N+1 mechanical configuration. Networking.

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Refining Your Criteria for Data Center Site Selection » Data Center.

Data Center Knowledge

Construction – While building a data center at any particular location, construction cost and options play a major role. discuss about construction options and cost, negotiating on best prices etc. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Virtualization. Disaster Recovery.