Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Networking. Nick Schmidt talks about using GitOps with the NSX Advanced Load Balancer. Servers/Hardware. If you have any feedback for me—constructive criticism, praise, suggestions for where I can find more articles (especially if the site supports RSS!), And now for the content! Read more here. Yes please!

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Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Networking. Matt Oswalt has a great post on the need for networking professionals to learn basic scripting skills—something he (rightfully) distinguishes from programming as a full-time occupation. Further, he follows that up with a post on how automation is more than just configuration management ; it’s about network services.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 17, 2018

Networking. If you’re not familiar with VPCs and associated AWS constructs, you should read this article. Servers/Hardware. Check out these articles talking about IPVS-based in-cluster load balancing , CoreDNS , dynamic kubelet configuration , and resizing persistent volumes in Kubernetes.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Storage Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Networking. I think this three-part series on new network models for cloud computing ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ), while almost a year old, is quite good. Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post.

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Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Whether it is redundant hardware or a private hot-site, keeping an environment up and running 99.99% (insert more 9’s here) of the time is a tough job. With a well-planned deployment, and a good infrastructure, companies can efficiently load-balance their IT environment between multiple active, cloud-based, sites.

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Cloud Disaster Recovery Data Center Backup 250

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 6, 2009

A specific angle I want to address here is that of infrastructure automation ; that is, the dynamic manipulation of physical resources (virtualized or not) such as I/O, networking, load balancing, and storage connections - Sometimes referred to as "Infrastructure 2.0". a Fabric), and network switches, load balancers, etc.

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Load Balancer Virtualization Data Center Network 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

This pertains to managing the infrastructure elements on which the cloud is running – including the physical infrastructure elements such as servers, networks and storage, as well as the virtualization layer and the cloud stack. The last point is key, since modern Enterprise Apps are typically constructed on multiple servers.

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Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203