How to create virtual machines with KVM
Tech Republic Data Center
JUNE 20, 2017
If neither VirtualBox or VMWare suit your virtual machine needs, Jack Wallen shows you how to get started with the Kernel-based Virtual Machine tool on Linux.
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The University of Phoenix and Expedient: Making the Transformation from a Legacy Datacenter to Software-Defined Excellence
CIO Business Intelligence
JULY 13, 2022
The result of years of consolidation, the sprawling facility was the home of more than 40 networks, different virtualization platforms and hypervisor levels, nearly 10,000 virtual machines, 585 servers, and a massive collection of legacy software. Getting the data center under control.
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Microsegmentation – Secure Your Internal Network
CTOvision
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Microsegmentation like that provided by vendors CISCO and VMware state that traditional perimeter defenses akin to medieval castles walls no longer work. Microsegmentation brings three important things to the table: 1) support for network virtualization; 2) support for software defined networking; and 3) automation. Nathaniel Crocker.
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Understanding VMware vCloud vs. Openstack
Virtualized Greek
APRIL 11, 2013
We are looking at the enterprise that is highly virtualized, which looking at the market means VMware or Hyper-v with or KVM and others to a much lessor extent. I believe I’m of the same ilk of the typical traditional VMware enterprise sysadmin. Most Linux admins wouldn’t have too much of a problem installing the solution.
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Technology Short Take #81
Scott Lowe
APRIL 6, 2017
I have another collection of links, articles, and thoughts about key data center technologies, and hopefully I’ve managed to include something here that will prove useful or thought-provoking. Here’s a handy list of deprecated Linux network commands and their replacements. Welcome to Technology Short Take #81! Networking.
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Gaining Server Storage I/O Insight into Microsoft Windows Server 2016
Storage IO Blog
OCTOBER 13, 2016
lightweight Nano, full data center with desktop interface, on-premise, bare metal, virtualized (Hyper-V, VMware, etc) as well as cloud). This includes Windows Servers 2016 supporting new deployment and consumption models (e.g.
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Technology Short Take #78
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 16, 2017
Here’s another collection of links and articles from around the Internet discussing various data center-focused technologies. The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based.
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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. It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. Nice use of VMware Fusion in part 2, by the way.).
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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. At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. You may also find this (related) article on memory inside Linux containers to be helpful.
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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.” This is pretty cool: a WYSIWYG topology designer for VMware NSX.
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60 Technology Short Take #67
Scott Lowe
JUNE 2, 2016
Anthony Burke has written a script that uses VMware NSX to protect VMware Log Insight instances. The first article provides a blueprint for migrating applications to VMware NSX ; the second article supplies some tips for creating filtering policies in VMware NSX. Virtualization. Networking. Is it necessary?
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Technology Short Take #34
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. Greg Ferro, aka EtherealMind, has a great series of articles on overlay networking (a component technology used in a number of network virtualization solutions).
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AWS Careers: On the Road to All 9 AWS Certifications
Linux Academy
MARCH 15, 2019
I had the pleasure of speaking with one of our amazing students about his experience training for AWS certifications on Linux Academy. My job encompasses supporting Linux and VMware on physical servers. I think we have close to 1600 virtual instances at any given time, spread across two data centers separated by 10 miles.
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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 Numan Siddique describes the native DHCP support available in OVN (Open Virtual Network). Virtualization.
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Technology Short Take 170
Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 8, 2023
So, here you go—here’s your latest collection of links from around the internet focused on data center and cloud-related technologies. Michael Kashin has a good post on source IP address selection in Linux. I hope that you find something useful here. Here are some design considerations for Wi-Fi 6E (6GHz) networks.
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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. 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 Virtualization.
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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. Andrey Khomyakov shares some information on automating the setup of whitebox switches running Cumulus Linux in part 2 of this series on learning network automation. Alpine Linux 3.5 Virtualization. Networking. Way to go, Daniel!
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60 Technology Short Take #38
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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Technology Short Take #69
Scott Lowe
JULY 21, 2016
In this post, I’ve collected a variety of links related to major data center technology areas. First up, there’s a great article on using IPVLAN with Docker and Cumulus Linux (with a tie back to sFlow, naturally!). Here’s a walkthrough by Cody Bunch on setting up BGP on Linux with Cumulus Quagga. Networking. Thanks Jason!
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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. Another series on VMware NSX has popped up, this time from Jon Langemak.
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60 Technology Short Take #73
Scott Lowe
NOVEMBER 17, 2016
In any case, enough of that—here’s some data center-related content that I hope you find useful! Cumulus Networks recently introduced the Cumulus Linux Network Command Line Utility (NCLU) , which provides a more unified front-end to configuring switches running Cumulus Linux. Virtualization. Networking.
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60 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). Dwayne Sinclair (an NSX SE at VMware) has a write-up on what micro-segmentation is not. Virtualization.
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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. Networking. Does your head hurt yet?).
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60 Technology Short Take 94
Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 9, 2018
Ready for another round of links, articles, and thoughts on data center technologies? Sam McGeown has a nice diagram of the communications channels between the various VMware NSX components. Michael Wittig shares some details on migrating to Amazon Linux 2. Virtualization. Welcome to Technology Short Take 94!
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60 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. 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 Virtualization.
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Technology Short Take #35
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. Art Fewell takes a deeper look at the increasingly important role of the virtual switch. VMware introduced VMware NSX recently at VMworld 2013.
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Technology Short Take #51
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. Flavio Leitner has a nice article comparing OVS internal ports with Linux veth devices. Networking.
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60 Technology Short Take #34
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. Greg Ferro, aka EtherealMind, has a great series of articles on overlay networking (a component technology used in a number of network virtualization solutions).
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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. Want to install VMware NSX in your home lab, but concerned about resource utilization?
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Best IT and Tech Blogs – Must Read Information Technology Resources 2019
Galido
MARCH 19, 2019
These areas of IT include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs. Cloud Computing & Data Center IT Blogs. Data Center Knowledge. Data Center Knowledge.
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Scott Lowe
FEBRUARY 7, 2013
Reinforce base Linux knowledge. I’ll be focusing on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and RHEL variants, since that seems to be what’s most commonly found in enterprise deployments today. As with my base Linux knowledge, my primary goal here is to be able to do most anything that I need to do with Puppet.
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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. VMware has released a PowerCLI preview/fling for NSX-T; Kyle Ruddy has a write-up here. Virtualization.
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60 Technology Short Take #49
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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Looking Back: 2013 Project Report Card
Scott Lowe
JANUARY 3, 2014
Reinforce base Linux knowledge. Reinforce data center networking fundamentals. Reinforce base Linux knowledge: I’ve been suggesting to VMUG attendees that they needed to learn Linux, as it’s popping up all over the place in all sorts of roles. Continue using Puppet for automation. So, how did I do?
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60 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). Dwayne Sinclair (an NSX SE at VMware) has a write-up on what micro-segmentation is not. Virtualization.
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Scott Lowe
SEPTEMBER 23, 2015
In this episode, I’ve gathered an odd collection of links and articles about key data center technologies. Not sure if this link belongs in Networking or in Virtualization, but we’ll stick it here since it talks about VMware NSX. Virtualization. Without further ado, let’s get to the content. Networking.
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Technology Short Take #77
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. Michael Kashin has a great article on how Open Virtual Network (OVN, part of the Open vSwitch project) implements virtual networks in OpenStack. Virtualization. Networking. Good advice.
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60 Tech Blogs – Best Must Read Tech Resources 2019
Galido
MAY 1, 2019
The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs.
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Best Tech Blogs – Must Read Tech Resources 2019
Galido
MARCH 22, 2019
The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. These areas of tech include general IT and technology, security, IT feeds, cloud computing, data center, mobile, social media, tips and tricks, virtualization, and operating system and software blogs.
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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. Looking for a step-by-step install guide for VMware NSX? Now, on to the content! Networking. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.
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Technology Short Take #52
Scott Lowe
JULY 14, 2015
Welcome to Technology Short Take #52, the latest collection of news, links, and articles from around the web on data center technologies. Want to know a bit more about how OVN (Open Virtual Network) plans to integrate support for containers? Virtualization. Networking. More details are found here. You’re done.
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Fountainhead: Intel Nehalem + Dell + Repurposing
Fountainhead
MARCH 31, 2009
Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. This means that Dell blades are exceptionally well-suited for high-performance, highly-consolidated, virtualized workloads -- all with five-9s of reliability. Citrix, Microsoft, VMware, Linux, Unix. Big Data. (6).
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100 Technology Short Take #82
Scott Lowe
MAY 4, 2017
Mircea’s right—bugs will happen in all software (VMware NSX has had its share, for example), but the key is in how it’s handled. Doug Youd of Cumulus has an excellent 3-part series on the use of LACP in VMware vSphere environments. Ajay Chenampara shares his workaround for storing GitHub credentials on Linux. (If Virtualization.
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60 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. VMware has a similar offering via the VMware vCloud Hybrid Service recovery-as-a-service offering. Virtualization. Networking. LTS server.
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