Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

A fan of network virtualization might also say that decomposing today’s complex physical networks into multiple simple logical networks on top of a simpler physical transport network—similar to Mike’s suggestion of converging on a smaller set of reference architectures—might also help. (Of All good stuff, thanks Mike!

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

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. Definitely worth reading, in my view. Operating Systems/Applications. Is Cisco’s Insieme effort producing a storage product?

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Kaizhe Huang examines Falco versus AuditD from a host intrusion detection system (HIDS) perspective. Eclypsium discusses ways of protecting system firmware storage. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. A major security flaw in sudo has been discovered; more details available here.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Study Network 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 30, 2019

LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. Introduction to Migrating Databases and Virtual Machines to Google Cloud Platform — This course covers the various issues of migrating databases and virtual machines to Google Cloud Platform.

Linux 113

Linux Course Big Data Devops 113

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Definitely worth reading. Operating Systems/Applications. J does a good job of laying out the various competing forces that drive product/technology evolution and selection in the storage space, though one might argue these same forces are at work in other areas besides just storage. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Engineering Network 60

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). Operating Systems/Applications.

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). I haven’t yet had the opportunity to work with it, but it is definitely something I’d like to explore in more detail.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 5, 2019

While each approach has its benefits and drawbacks, it’s definitely true that most infrastructure-as-code tooling is far easier to approach than working with REST APIs directly. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Chris Humphries shares his experience in using OpenBSD as his workstation. Kubernetes 1.15

Storage 60

Storage Hardware Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2016

see below in the “Operating Systems/Applications” section), Metaswitch has announced a Container Networking Interface (CNI) plugin for Project Calico. Only a year late, I found this article about Cisco IOS XRv (as in “virtual”). Ken’s points are absolutely valid and spot-on—I definitely recommend reading this post.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Operating Systems Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Craig Matsumoto of SDN Central helps highlight a recent (and fairly significant) development in networking protocols—the submission of the Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve) proposal to the IETF. This next round of hardware offloads seems targeted at network virtualization and related technologies.

Virtualization 60

Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 9, 2014

Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) is a networking topic that is starting to get more and more attention (some may equate “attention” with “hype”; I’ll allow you to draw your own conclusion there). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage HP Virtualization 60

Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. Students will learn by doing through installing and configuring containers and thoughtfully selecting a persistent storage strategy. Linux Operating System Fundamentals.

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Course Linux Devops Big Data 104

Scott Lowe

MARCH 16, 2018

Interesting stuff…P4 definitely has the potential to dramatically reshape networking in new ways, in my humble opinion. Operating Systems/Applications. So much for software-defined storage? Virtualization. It’s still some good stuff here! Networking. Some very interesting possibilities ahead!

Architecture 60

Architecture Meeting Storage Hardware 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). I haven’t yet had the opportunity to work with it, but it is definitely something I’d like to explore in more detail.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 17, 2018

Operating Systems/Applications. This is from July 2017, but still applicable I think: Detectify has a deep dive on access controls for Amazon’s S3 object storage service , which increasingly has been a source of data breaches. Virtualization. These users did not have a good experience with AKS.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Storage Network Linux 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. Virtualization. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Virtualization Network 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Definitely worth reading, in my opinion. and talks about vSphere OpenStack Virtual Appliance (VOVA) as well. While I agree that widespread adoption of OpenStack could potentially retard the evolution of enterprise IT, I’m not necessarily convinced that it will slow the adoption of SDN and network virtualization solutions.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Storage Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 11, 2018

Mike Foley talks about new support for Virtualization Based Security (VBS) and Credential Guard in vSphere 6.7. This is a pretty in-depth article (to me, at least), but it did help me better understand Custom Resource Definitions (CRDs) and the role of controllers in Kubernetes. Operating Systems/Applications.

Network 60

Network Virtualization Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

Operating Systems/Applications. The first article describes Hitchhiker itself, while the second article discusses the related topic of the network impact of recovery in erased coded storage environments. Want to get geeky with storage protocol stacks ? Want to get geeky with storage protocol stacks ?

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Hardware 60

Linux Academy

APRIL 29, 2019

LPI Linux Essentials — This course teaches the basic concepts of processes, programs, and the components of the Linux operating system. Introduction to Migrating Databases and Virtual Machines to Google Cloud Platform — This course covers the various issues of migrating databases and virtual machines to Google Cloud Platform.

Linux 60

Linux Course Big Data Devops 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. Virtualization. Networking. and Gluster.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

This one is definitely worth a read, in my opinion. Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. Virtualization. Check out the GitHub repository.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

This one is definitely worth a read, in my opinion. Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. Virtualization. Check out the GitHub repository.

Linux 60

Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Michael Kashin has a great article on how Open Virtual Network (OVN, part of the Open vSwitch project) implements virtual networks in OpenStack. Jeff Geerling has a great article on why he returned his 2016 MacBook Pro with Touch Bar ; it’s definitely worth a read, in my opinion. Operating Systems/Applications.

Linux 60

Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Linux Academy

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

March Study Group Course: Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it? Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation.

Linux 80

Linux Big Data Course Devops 80

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Although I haven’t worked too much with Terraform modules, I can definitely see where Ben is coming from with this idea. Jon was used nested virtualization in his home lab, so seeing how he mapped out the interplay between VLANs and virtual network may be helpful for others who are considering a similar setup. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Jeda Networks describes themselves as a “software-defined storage networking” company. Given my previous role at EMC (involved in storage) and my current role at VMware focused on network virtualization (which encompasses SDN), I was quite curious. If there is a better definition, please let me know.)

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Meeting Storage Hardware Network 63

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

This is, of course, just one way of handling subnets within a VPC, but some of the principles outlined in Christopher’s article are definitely sound. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Christopher Davis has an article discussing a recommended VPC subnet configuration.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Linux Academy

JANUARY 29, 2019

Used across a variety of programs and languages for a vast array of reasons, YAML is a popular choice for data storage, configuration files, configurations management, and more. Linux Operating System Fundamentals – Have you heard of Linux, but don’t really know anything about it?

Linux 60

Linux Devops Big Data Course 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Not sure if this link belongs in Networking or in Virtualization, but we’ll stick it here since it talks about VMware NSX. Here’s a three-part series on running VMware NSX on vSphere on AWS via Ravello Systems ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Networking. Here you go.

Vmware 60

Vmware Cloud Windows Linux 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Both of these are definitely worth reading if you want a bit more detail on how one of VMware’s newest technologies, VSAN, is going to impact the end-user computing (EUC) space. What makes up a hybrid cloud? Read some of Chris Colotti’s thoughts on the matter.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

I definitely recommend reviewing this post and taking action to ensure your Kubernetes deployments are not at risk. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. (I must admit I’ve been considering adding a Microsoft device to my collection.). Trying to decide between GKE, AKS, and EKS?

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

Galido

JUNE 27, 2018

Information Technology Blog - - Cloud Computing- A Definitive Way to Amply your Business Productivity - Information Technology Blog. In traditional business operations, if you wanted to get access to anything in your company, it had to be done through software locally installed on your computer. Platform as a service (PaaS).

Cloud 81

Cloud Backup Storage Applications 81

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

This one is definitely worth a read, in my opinion. Operating Systems/Applications. I was recently reviewing some articles on Git, the popular distributed version control system, and came across a few related posts. Virtualization. Check out the GitHub repository.

Open Source 60

Open Source Network Linux Engineering 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

Although I haven’t worked too much with Terraform modules, I can definitely see where Ben is coming from with this idea. Jon was used nested virtualization in his home lab, so seeing how he mapped out the interplay between VLANs and virtual network may be helpful for others who are considering a similar setup. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Devops 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2017

This is definitely something I’d like to explore further. Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization. Add to that an ACI connector for Kubernetes that allows Kubernetes to use ACI underneath, and then add to that a CNI plugin to allow containers to connect to Azure VNETs. Nothing this time around.

Hardware 60

Hardware Devops Network Vmware 60

Linux Academy

JUNE 25, 2019

There are no technical explanations or definitions to memorize — this course is strictly visual. Students will explore how containers work, how they compare with virtual machines and Docker containers, and how they handle application isolation. There are no technical explanations or definitions to memorize.

Course 60

Course Linux Cloud Devops 60