Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

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. Rory McCune writes about a CVE in the Linux kernel that could allow for container escape in Kubernetes. Seriously.).

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Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Ready for another round of links, articles, and thoughts on data center technologies? Operating Systems/Applications. Michael Wittig shares some details on migrating to Amazon Linux 2. Nick Korte shares some “lessons learned” as his team explored VMware vSAN as a storage solution. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

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. It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

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 What will happen when you combine GPUs and persistent storage? Operating Systems/Applications. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

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. Servers/Hardware. Early in a new year is a great time for predictions.

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Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Welcome to Technology Short Take #38, another installment in my irregularly-published series that collects links and thoughts on data center-related technologies from around the web. Speaking of Cumulus Linux…did you see the announcement that Dell has signed a reseller agreement with Cumulus Networks? Networking.

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Linux Vmware Storage Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Dmitri Kalintsev examines some options for addressing storage-related connectivity in NSX environments. Operating Systems/Applications. By the way, I alluded to this sort of architecture in December 2006 while discussing the future of the operating system; see this blog post.). Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

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Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

I’ve got a new collection of links and articles from around the Web on various data center-focused technologies. Operating Systems/Applications. Flatpak is a (relatively) new application packaging/sandboxing mechanism for Linux applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #77. Networking. Good advice.

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Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

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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Data Center Microsoft Data Disaster Recovery 276

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 4, 2024

Having segmentation between infrastructure providing data processing and data storage is an example of a broad IT security architectural pattern. If the solution’s goal involves processing and storing data, the architect is constrained to place the pieces that will fulfill those tasks in the proper segments.

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Financial Architecture Resources Security 105

Scott Lowe

MAY 4, 2017

Operating Systems/Applications. Ryan Kelly shows readers how to configure Harbor (open source container registry project) to use Amazon S3 for storage. YACOOS (Yet Another Container-Optimized Operating System) has gone GA; this time it’s Google’s (imaginatively-named) “Container-Optimized OS”. Virtualization.

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Vmware Storage Network Examples 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

As usual, I’ve collected some articles and links from around the Internet pertaining to various data center- and cloud-related topics. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #119! Now, on to the content! Are you a (largely non-technical) manager seeking to better understand Kubernetes? (I’d

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Load Balancer Cloud Applications Vmware 60

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. Servers/Hardware. Early in a new year is a great time for predictions.

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Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

This is my irregularly-published collection of links and articles from around the Internet related to the major data center technologies: networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications/OSes, storage, and virtualization. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #85! Networking.

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Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #34, my latest collection of links, articles, thoughts, and ideas from around the web, centered on key data center technologies. Operating Systems/Applications. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Networking.

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

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. The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. (See Networking.

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Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

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. At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Operating Systems/Applications. I’ll try to correct that for the next one.

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Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

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. Operating Systems/Applications. Feedback is always welcome! Networking. Part 1 is available here.

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Vmware Storage Open Source Security 60

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.” Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Virtualization.

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Vmware Open Source Linux Cloud 60

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. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Technology Short Take #43.

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Vmware Linux Virtualization Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #35, another in my irregular series of posts that collect various articles, links and thoughts regarding data center technologies. Prasenjit Sarkar, who works in VMware R&D, and runs the Stretch Cloud site , has a write-up on using Data Center Extension (DCE) to VMware vCloud Hybrid Service (vCHS).

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Vmware Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 60

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. Operating Systems/Applications. Running Hyper-V with Linux VMs? Networking. Virtualization. on a headless Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server.

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Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

I don’t track or get involved in the consumer space; my focus is on the data center. There were no major data center-centric announcements yesterday (day 1), but I suspect there will be some today (day 2) in a mega-session with Diane Bryant (SVP and GM of the Data Center Group at Intel).

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Intel Hardware Linux Virtualization 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. The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. (See Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

Welcome to Technology Short Take #68, my erratically-published collection of links, articles, and posts from around the web—all focused on today’s major data center technologies. Operating Systems/Applications. This is a highly technical article on scheduling in the Linux kernel , but it’s well worth reading.

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Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2018

For almost eight years (Technology Short Take #1 was published in August 2010), I’ve been collecting and sharing links and articles from around the web related to major data center technologies. Ben Piper shares an example of automating Cumulus Linux with Ansible. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Devops Hardware Resources Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Welcome to Technology Short Take #34, my latest collection of links, articles, thoughts, and ideas from around the web, centered on key data center technologies. Operating Systems/Applications. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Networking.

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles about the major data center technologies. Operating Systems/Applications. Greg Schulz—who normally tends to focus on storage-related topics—has a post providing an overview of the Ubuntu 16.04 “Xenial Xerus” release. Welcome to Technology Short Take #66!

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Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #51, another collection of posts and links about key data center technologies like networking, virtualization, cloud management, and applications/operating systems. Here’s one way , using Ravello Systems. Operating Systems/Applications. Networking. Virtualization.

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Vmware Network Virtualization IPv6 60

SPF13

JUNE 4, 2015

Linux has become the foundation for infrastructure everywhere as it defined application portability from the desktop to the phone and from to the data center to the cloud. The Future of the Operating System. What is an Operating System ? Operating Systems & Apps Over Time.

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Operating Systems System Disaster Recovery Case Study 100

Scott Lowe

MAY 11, 2018

What follows below is a collection of various links and articles about (mostly) data center-related technologies. Operating Systems/Applications. Thomas Graf explains why the Linux kernel community is replacing iptables with BPF. Welcome to Technology Short Take 99! Networking. No, really. It’s worth reading.

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Network Virtualization Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 9, 2016

As usual, here’s my random collection of links, articles, and thoughts about various data center technologies. That prompted Cody Bunch to write this article on setting up a topology with BGP on Linux using the topology converter , which I’m now mentioning in this Technology Short Take. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Case Study Linux Network 60

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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Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

In this episode, I’ve gathered an odd collection of links and articles about key data center technologies. Here’s a three-part series on running VMware NSX on vSphere on AWS via Ravello Systems ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ). No problem, Ravello Systems has a blog (and a blueprint) to help you set all this up.

Vmware 60

Vmware Cloud Windows Linux 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #50, the latest in my series of posts sharing various links and articles pertaining to key data center technologies. First, he provides a high-level overview of Mesos ; that’s followed up by a slightly deeper look at Mesos, then a discussion of persistent storage and fault tolerance. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I have here for your reading pleasure an eclectic collection of links and articles from around the web, focusing on data center-related technologies. It tells me that some skills—specifically, Linux, automation/configuration management, software development concepts—are going to be essential for all new IT pros in the near future.

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Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

In this post, I’ve collected a few links on various data center technologies, news, events, and trends. Operating Systems/Applications. Is VMware headed to turning VSAN into a generic storage platform that is no longer tied to vSphere? Welcome to Technology Short Take #56! I hope you find something useful here.

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Vmware Network Load Balancer Linux 60