Guide to Facebook’s Open Source Data Center Hardware
Data Center Knowledge
APRIL 28, 2016
Mark Zuckerberg’s social networking giant is the world’s biggest open source hardware design factory Read More.
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OCP Launches Marketplace for Open Source Data Center Hardware
Data Center Knowledge
MARCH 8, 2017
Online catalogue lists servers, storage, network gear and vendors ready to deliver Read More.
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Cheap Ways To Connect Data Centers
The Accidental Successful CIO
DECEMBER 6, 2017
Data centers are only valuable if they can share data Image Credit: Sean Ellis. As the person with the CIO job at your company, you have the added responsibility of maintaining your company’s data centers. Just exactly how are you going to ensure that your data centers can talk to each other?
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MongoDB Acquires WiredTiger and its Open Source Storage Engine
Data Center Knowledge
DECEMBER 17, 2014
Technology expected to improve hardware efficiency of NoSQL database Read More. Deals Storage'
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IDF 2014: Data Center Mega-Session
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 10, 2014
This is a liveblog of the Data Center Mega-Session from day 2 of Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014 in San Francisco. Diane Bryant, SVP and GM of the Data Center Group takes the stage promptly at 9:30am to kick off the data center mega-session. Open source investments in Ceph and OpenStack Swift.
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Heck yeah! Facebook's Open Compute Project is making an open source switch
Virtualized Greek
MAY 9, 2013
Reblogged from GigaOM: The Open Compute Project, which Facebook launched a little more than two years ago, has decided that utterly disrupting the server and storage market isn''t enough. On Wednesday, it said it would solicit input on an open source top-of-rack switch. I''m hopeful however that it will. Network SDN'
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Become More Data-Driven by Evolving Analytics Workloads
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 9, 2022
Organizations are increasingly trying to grow revenue by mining their data to quickly show insights and provide value. In the past, one option was to use open-source data analytics platforms to analyze data using on-premises infrastructure.
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What’s New and What’s Next in 2023 for HPC
CIO Business Intelligence
JANUARY 4, 2023
As leaders in the HPC industry, we are worried about how to cool these data centers. Many are looking at innovative data center designs including modular centers and colocation. Deployed successfully around the globe, liquid cooling is becoming essential to future proofing data centers.
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Technology Short Take 152
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Components involved include the open source Kuma service mesh (in turn leveraging Envoy), anycast BGP, and mutual TLS (mTLS). Ivan Pepelnjak does a great job of describing all the things you really shouldn’t do (or don’t really need to do) when trying to deal with migrating container hosts in a data center fabric.
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Technology Short Take #59
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). Servers/Hardware. In case you’re interested, here’s a collection of storage trends and predictions for 2016.
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60 Technology Short Take #70
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 11, 2016
In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If Thinking of using a hardware VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint) with VMware NSX? Servers/Hardware. Networking.
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60 Kicking the Policy Discussion Into High Gear
Scott Lowe
APRIL 22, 2014
Most IT vendors agree that more extensive use of automation and orchestration in today’s data centers are beneficial to customers. I believe that creating an open source solution to the policy problem will further the cause of cloud computing and the transformation of our industry. Thinking About Open Source.
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Technology Short Take #75
Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 29, 2016
Until then, here’s some data center-related articles and links for your enjoyment. Servers/Hardware. Customers don’t care about data centers, or DevOps pipelines, or toolkits…they just care about being able to do whatever it is you offer (buy stuff, consume a service, whatever). Networking. Virtualization.
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Why Kubernetes Is So Popular in the Tech World
Galido
APRIL 27, 2020
For a start, it provides easy optimization of infrastructural resources since it uses hardware more effectively. However, even though the project was promising, in 2015, Google released this tool as an open-source project. Therefore, this allows users to save on hardware and data center costs.
Technology Short Take #59
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). Servers/Hardware. In case you’re interested, here’s a collection of storage trends and predictions for 2016.
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Fusion-io Accelerates Flash Apps With Open Source Contributions.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 23, 2013
Fusion-io Accelerates Flash Apps With Open Source Contributions. Fusion-io Accelerates Flash Apps With Open Source Contributions. In hyperscale computing key-value stores are popular for schema-less data structures used in NoSQL databases. Fusion-io Sets the Stage for the All-Flash Data Center.
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Ballmer: Microsoft has 1 Million Servers » Data Center Knowledge
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 15, 2013
The interior of a container packed with servers at a Microsoft data center in Chicago. “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. . “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. 12 Million SF of New Microsoft Data Centers?
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IDF 2014: Open Source Storage Optimizations
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 11, 2014
This is a liveblog of IDF 2014 session DATS009, titled “Ceph: Open Source Storage Software Optimizations on Intel Architecture for Cloud Workloads.” The speaker is Anjaneya “Reddy” Chagam, a Principal Engineer in the Intel Data Center Group. Chagam turns to discussing Ceph block storage.
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5 Sustainability concepts driving the data center of the future
CIO Business Intelligence
OCTOBER 23, 2023
It’s an idea we’re proud to support, as it aligns with our own Data Center of the Future initiative. We believe investing in sustainable data center technologies isn’t just the right thing to do for the future of our planet; it can also be a key source of business value for our customers today.
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Tulane University SoPA Selects "Architechting Cloud Computing Solutions"
Cloud Musings
FEBRUARY 16, 2019
Jackson and Scott Goessling was selected for use by the Tulane University School of Professional Advancement, Applied Computing Systems & Technology Program as the textbook for their mandatory Enterprise Architecture - Hardware course starting Spring Semester 2019. I am proud and honored to be trusted by such a prestigious institution.
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5 Types of Costly Data Waste and How to Avoid Them
CIO Business Intelligence
MARCH 29, 2022
Once again, there is a cost for not using data because it is somewhere other than you’d like it to be. . Another way data is in the wrong place is in a more literal sense: geolocation. Coding data motion into applications is not an adequate alternative except in the simplest of cases.
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Technology Short Take #46
Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 7, 2014
That’s right, it’s time for yet another collection of links and articles from around the Internet on various data center-related technologies, products, projects, and efforts. Servers/Hardware. I’m not sure if this falls into storage or virtualization, but we’ll place it here in the Storage section.
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69 Technology Short Take #60
Scott Lowe
JANUARY 28, 2016
As usual, I’ve gathered what I hope to be a useful but varied collection of articles and links on key data center technologies. And while we are on the topic of Linux and open source in the networking industry…read this entertaining and informative article on the importance of (truly) open source libraries in networking.
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Technology Short Take 98
Scott Lowe
APRIL 27, 2018
Now that I’m starting to get settled into my new role at Heptio, I’ve managed to find some time to pull together another collection of links and articles pertaining to various data center technologies. Servers/Hardware. Feedback is always welcome! Networking. Your mileage may vary, of course. Virtualization.
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Technology Short Take 93
Scott Lowe
JANUARY 19, 2018
Today I have another collection of data center technology links, articles, thoughts, and rants. Matt Klein breaks down service mesh components , using terms networking professionals know well, like “data plane” and “control plane.” Servers/Hardware. Welcome to Technology Short Take 93! Networking.
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IBM, Pivotal Team to Boost CloudFoundry » Data Center Knowledge
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 24, 2013
IBM said today that it will make CloudFoundry a component of its open cloud architecture and work with Pivotal on further development of the CloudFoundry open source project and establishing an open governance model for the community. Storage Failures Hamper Cloud Foundry. Google, IBM Team on Data Center Research.
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Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Ready for another round of links, articles, and thoughts on data center technologies? Servers/Hardware. Nick Korte shares some “lessons learned” as his team explored VMware vSAN as a storage solution. Steve Tilkens has a review of some different storage options he’s explored in his VMware-based home lab.
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60 Technology and Hollywood Meet At SIGGRAPH 2013 » Data Center.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 26, 2013
Its conference demo illustrated a 12GB/s Fusion powered pipeline, with ioControl Hybrid storage, HP Z820 ioTurbine Cache, and HP Z820 Artist workstations with ioFX 1.6TB. release of the Embree open source project, as well as giving a demonstration of Autodesk Opticore Professional Studio running on Xeon Phi co-processors. .
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187 VMworld 2013 – VMware`s chance to stay relevant
Virtualized Greek
AUGUST 25, 2013
Microsoft, Citrix and open source hypervisors have quickly become good enough for basic virtualization use cases. Server virtualization is just the beginning of their plan to virtualize the data center. There is still a ton to be done in virtualizing networks and storage. VMware has some great technology.
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Technology Short Take #41
Scott Lowe
MAY 9, 2014
Rob Sherwood, CTO of Big Switch, recently published a reasonably in-depth look at “modern OpenFlow” implementations and how they can leverage multiple tables in hardware. Connecting Docker containers to Open vSwitch is one thing, but what about using Docker containers to run Open vSwitch in userspace?
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60 Technology Short Take #82
Scott Lowe
MAY 4, 2017
Servers/Hardware. Ryan Kelly shows readers how to configure Harbor (open source container registry project) to use Amazon S3 for storage. Ben Armstrong shows how you can use Hyper-V storage resource pools to help ease migration of workloads between data centers. Nothing this time around.
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60 DataStax Raises $45 million for Big Databases » Data Center.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 25, 2013
Cloudera announced Sentry – a new Apache licensed open source project that delivers the industry’s first fine-grained authorization framework for Hadoop. About John Rath John Rath is a veteran IT professional and regular contributor at Data Center Knowledge. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter.
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Cisco Acquires Sourcefire For $2.7 Billion » Data Center Knowledge
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 24, 2013
. “We’re excited about the opportunities ahead to expand our footprint via Cisco’s global reach, as well as Cisco’s commitment to support our pace of innovation in both commercial markets and the open source community.” Cisco Targets ‘Data Center 3.0′ Modular Data Centers.
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195 Technology Short Take #60
Scott Lowe
JANUARY 28, 2016
As usual, I’ve gathered what I hope to be a useful but varied collection of articles and links on key data center technologies. And while we are on the topic of Linux and open source in the networking industry…read this entertaining and informative article on the importance of (truly) open source libraries in networking.
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60 Technology Short Take #63
Scott Lowe
MARCH 17, 2016
In any case, here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Net on the major data center technology areas. Matt Oswalt recently unveiled (and open sourced) a framework called ToDD, which stands for “Testing on Demand: Distributed”. Servers/Hardware. I’ll try to correct that for the next one.
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60 Technology Short Take #31
Scott Lowe
APRIL 8, 2013
Welcome to Technology Short Take #31, my irregularly published series that takes a look at links, posts, articles, and thoughts from around the web related to core data center technologies. Servers/Hardware. Dmitry Ukov of Mirantis has a write-up on Swift and Ceph as object storage in OpenStack environments. Networking.
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111 Technology Short Take #44
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
Welcome to Technology Short Take #44, the latest in my irregularly-published series of articles, links, ideas, and thoughts about various data center-related technologies. To help resolve this issue, Cumulus Networks (and possibly Metacloud, I’m not sure of their involvement yet) has release an open source project called vxfld.
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60 Calient Gets $27 Million To Take SDN At Light Speed » Data Center.
Data Center Knowledge
JULY 26, 2013
Using 3D MEMS (micro-electromechanical systems) and all optical switches in the data center means that without upgrading the switch, speeds can go from 10Gbps to 40Gbps and then 100 Gbps. RELATED POSTS: Hybrid Packet-Optical Circuit Switch Networks are New Data Center Standard. Modular Data Centers.
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Scott Lowe
MAY 11, 2018
What follows below is a collection of various links and articles about (mostly) data center-related technologies. Servers/Hardware. ” While the post is clearly Sysdig-oriented (as would be fully expected), it’s also cool to see how powerful the assembly of various open source projects can be.
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Technology Short Take #36
Scott Lowe
OCTOBER 23, 2013
I try to keep things related to the key technology areas you’ll see in today’s data centers, though I do stray from time to time. with the Floodlight open source controller. Servers/Hardware. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.
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Technology Short Take #61
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 11, 2016
Servers/Hardware. Colin Lynch gives a “first look” at the Cisco UCS Generation 3 hardware , which may be of interest if you’re a UCS customer or looking at purchasing UCS. are only available in all-flash configurations—this just underscores the growing importance/role of flash in modern data centers. Virtualization.
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Technology Short Take #58
Scott Lowe
DECEMBER 17, 2015
Before I present this episode’s collection of links, articles, and thoughts on various data center technologies, allow me to first wish all of my readers a very merry and very festive holiday season. If you’d like to play around with Cumulus Linux but don’t have a compatible hardware switch, Cumulus VX is the answer. Networking.
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Harvesting the Benefits of Cloud-Native Hyperconvergence
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 5, 2022
The logical progression from the virtualization of servers and storage in VSANs was hyperconvergence. By abstracting the three elements of storage, compute, and networking, data centers were promised limitless infrastructure control. The concept of HCI was presented first and foremost as a data center technology.
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Technology Short Take #43
Scott Lowe
AUGUST 8, 2014
Welcome to Technology Short Take #43, another episode in my irregularly-published series of articles, links, and thoughts from around the web, focusing on data center technologies like networking, virtualization, storage, and cloud computing. Servers/Hardware. Open Source Tools and Projects I Should Learn.
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