Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

The need for application management tools is particularly critical when applications go beyond typical single server Web sites into the more complex category of multi-tier enterprise applications. It is implicitly driven by the enterprise shift of moving more and more application workloads to cloud style deployments. Firewall rules.

Data Center 203

Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

One cloud computing solution is to deploy the platform as a means for disaster recovery, business continuity, and extending the data center. 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. Uptime and resiliency.

Cloud 250

Cloud Disaster Recovery Data Center Backup 250

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

They manage dedicated firewalls for us, but as far as load balancers we use the cloud. I wasn’t sure cloud load balancing would be right, for example, but they showed us the numbers. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers. We appreciate Latisys working with us.

Cloud 189

Cloud Data Data Center Firewall 189

The Accidental Successful CIO

AUGUST 3, 2011

This low level software allowed multiple applications to run on the same physical hardware but believe that they had the box all to themselves. The problem is that often the VM management tools aren’t able to scale up to the size of enterprise operations. The arrival of virtualization software changed everything.

Virtualization 100

Virtualization Load Balancer Data Center Vmware 100

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

A traditional SRF architecture can be replicated with COTS hardware using multi-queue NICs and multi-core/multi-socket CPUs. Workloads are scheduled across these server/linecards using Valiant Load Balancing (VLB). Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

Load Balancer 61

Load Balancer Intel Network Hardware 61

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Essentially the punchline is this: Weve taken the most commonly-purchased hardware configuration and management tools used by mission-critical IT Ops, and integrated them into a single product with a single GUI that you can install and use in ~ 1 day.

Dell 138

Dell Data Center Virtualization Cloud 138

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

This is my usual collection of links, thoughts, rants, and ideas about data center-related technologies. First up is Brent Salisbury’s how to build an SDN lab without needing OpenFlow hardware. Servers/Hardware. Is this the beginning of the data center fractal edge ? Networking. Virtualization.

Vmware 109

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

The ability to virtualize the network devices such as firewalls, IPS and load balancers also means that these once physical devices that have discrete interfaces can be controlled by software. What’s not clear is if VMware is pushing vSAN as an enterprise ready solution. Single Pane of Glass.

Vmware 58

Vmware Load Balancer Data Center Virtualization 58

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. a Fabric), and network switches, load balancers, etc. And, a single virtualized switching node can present itself as any number of switches and load balancers for both storage and network data. Fountainhead.

Load Balancer 100

Load Balancer Virtualization Data Center Network 100

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Last week I attended Gartners annual Data Center Conference in Las Vegas. The next step is to define in software the converged network, its switching, and even network devices such as load balancers. Fountainhead.

Data Center 113

Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer Network 113

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Its similar in concept to how the hypervisor is an enabler (but usually not used as a stand-alone product) of data center management services. Existing physical IO but with address hardware-based mapping/virtualization (e.g. What is IOV?

Virtualization 157

Virtualization Data Center Network Storage 157

Fountainhead

MAY 6, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Part 1: What is Converged Infrastructure, and how it will change data center management. A converged infrastructure approach offers an elegant, simple-to-manage approach to data center infrastructure administration. Fountainhead.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Storage Network 100

Fountainhead

JUNE 7, 2010

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Capital cost – if you count all of the separate hardware components they’re trying to manage. That last bullet, the thing about hardware components, is also something to drill down into. Big Data. (6). Data Center Design.

Virtualization 113

Virtualization Data Center Transportation Disaster Recovery 113