Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. I adopted OS X as my operating system of choice in 2003 because I wanted a stable, powerful, UNIX-based operating system. Macintosh iPhone Linux' Why I Might Leave OS X.

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Operating Systems Apple Applications Linux 131

Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Nicola Apicella has a nice, in-depth write-up discussing Docker images, overlay file systems, and the OCI specification. Former manager and colleague Paul Lundin penned this piece about working in a startup versus working in an enterprise back in June 2018.

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Linux Virtualization Security Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

His journey started in June 2014 as a result of the Microsoft announcement regarding support for Linux and Kubernetes on Azure—this really indicated a shift in the industry. He highly recommends using OS X on Apple hardware (he bought a used MacBook Pro, including SSD, for less than 300 euros). Otto and Terraform by Hashicorp.

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Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 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 Thinking of using a hardware VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint) with VMware NSX? Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. I’m a fan of Cumulus, but I’m admittedly a Linux guy (see here ) so you might say I’m a bit biased. Jeremy is a “hard-core” networking professional, and so hearing his feedback on Cumulus Linux was, in my opinion, useful.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

His journey started in June 2014 as a result of the Microsoft announcement regarding support for Linux and Kubernetes on Azure—this really indicated a shift in the industry. He highly recommends using OS X on Apple hardware (he bought a used MacBook Pro, including SSD, for less than 300 euros). Otto and Terraform by Hashicorp.

Devops 60

Devops Engineering Conference Operating Systems 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

The first one, on virtualizing the network, did highlight an important development regarding hardware offloads for Geneve, the next-generation network overlay encapsulation protocol. Intel announced yesterday that the new XL710 network adapters (which are 40Gbps adapters) will support Geneve hardware offloads. Closing Thoughts.

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Intel Hardware Linux Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Servers/Hardware. I recently mentioned on Twitter that I was considering building out a new Linux PC to replace my aging Mac Pro (it’s a 2012 model, so going on 9 years old). Christian Posta talks a bit about some of the challenges of adopting service mesh in enterprise organizations. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Storage Study Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. While written for OS X, most of these tips apply to Linux or other Unix-like operating systems as well. Mike Preston has a great series going on tuning Debian Linux running under vSphere. Here’s a good source. Any thoughts?

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Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Chip Zoller has a write-up on doing HTTPS ingress with Enterprise PKS. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. This installation in the Tech Short Takes series is much shorter than usual, but hopefully I’ve managed to find something that proves to be helpful or informative! Now, on to the content!

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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). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Vmware Devops Storage Linux 60

The Verge

JUNE 25, 2021

POSIX, which is a set of operating system standards. WSL, which is the part of Windows that lets you run Linux. In 2019, I think you had said to Wired , “The operating system is no longer the most important layer for us. ” PWAs, which are progressive web apps. UWPs, which are Universal Windows Platform apps.

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Windows Microsoft Operating Systems System 80

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

As described in this Metacloud blog post , vxfld is designed to “handle VXLAN traffic from any operationg system or hardware platform that adheres to the IETF Internet-Draft for VXLAN” Nir Yechiel recently posted part 1 of a discussion on the need for network overlays. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. LTS server.

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Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

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. Business technology, IT news, product reviews and enterprise IT strategies. Operating System & Software Blogs.

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Resources Mobile Data Center Security 113

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

In the process, he muses about the value of configuration management tool chains such as Chef and Puppet in a world of “open switch” platforms such as Cumulus Linux. Speaking of Cumulus Linux…did you see the announcement that Dell has signed a reseller agreement with Cumulus Networks? Servers/Hardware.

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Linux Vmware Storage Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 9, 2016

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. PowerShell on Cumulus Linux on a network switch? Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Does your head hurt yet?).

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Vmware Case Study Linux Network 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). Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications.

Devops 60

Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Vincent Bernat has a really in-depth article on IPv4 route lookup on Linux (and one on IPv6 route lookup as well). Servers/Hardware. The folks over at Cloudify recently did a survey on the state of “enterprise multi-cloud”; the report is available here (doesn’t appear to be behind a paywall/regwall).

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Storage Vmware Load Balancer Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Could we use OpenFlow to build better internet exchanges?

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Only a true geek would be interested in this, but here’s some information on running OpenBSD in KVM on Linux. Given my past interest in OpenBSD and my present interest in KVM on Linux, this might be something I’ll be trying myself soon.

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Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Servers/Hardware. Another interesting tidbit regarding hardware: it seems as if we are now seeing the emergence of another round of “hardware offloads.” This next round of hardware offloads seems targeted at network virtualization and related technologies. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 8, 2014

It would be great to see Docker get support for connecting containers directly to Open vSwitch (OVS), which is generally considered the de facto standard for networking on Linux hosts. Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Another series on VMware NSX has popped up, this time from Jon Langemak.

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Vmware Linux Virtualization Network 60

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

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. Business technology, IT news, product reviews and enterprise IT strategies. Operating System & Software Blogs.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

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. Business technology, IT news, product reviews and enterprise IT strategies. Operating System & Software Blogs.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Nick Janetakis discusses some of the differences it’s made for some of his Docker images to switch to using Alpine Linux as the base (instead of the more common Ubuntu or Debian base images). It’s a good post, well worth reading (in my opinion). Nothing this time around.

Vmware 60

Vmware Windows Network Agile 60

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. Business technology, IT news, product reviews and enterprise IT strategies. Operating System & Software Blogs.

Resources 66

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 66

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

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. Business technology, IT news, product reviews and enterprise IT strategies. Operating System & Software Blogs.

Mobile 77

Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Could we use OpenFlow to build better internet exchanges?

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

To take advantage of high-capacity flash in the memory bus, Diablo supplies drivers for all the major operating systems (OSes), including ESXi, and what this driver does is modify the way that page swaps are handled. At that point, the system DRAM almost looks like another level of cache. Vendor Meetings at VMworld 2013.

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Meeting Storage Hardware Network 63

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Networking Security Storage Virtualization Automation CLI Hardware HyperV Linux OpenFlow OpenStack Puppet VMware' What makes up a hybrid cloud?

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Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

We have a chapter on threat modeling, so that researchers will know the potential harms that they could cause we have a chapter on an IoT methodology, so that they can have tried proven mechanisms to conduct security research, and we've got a chapter that talks about how to defend organizations defend enterprises, from their IoT.

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

We have a chapter on threat modeling, so that researchers will know the potential harms that they could cause we have a chapter on an IoT methodology, so that they can have tried proven mechanisms to conduct security research, and we've got a chapter that talks about how to defend organizations defend enterprises, from their IoT.

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Servers/Hardware. It’s important to note that these security enhancements don’t really represent “net new” functionality but rather reflect existing Linux security constructs now being exposed and usable by Docker. Operating Systems/Applications. I recently walked you through running your own Docker Swarm cluster.

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Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Servers/Hardware. Operating Systems/Applications. x that involves booting on a Linux CD. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Nothing this time around, but I’ll watch for items to include in future editions. Security. Very good stuff!

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Vmware Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 60

The Verge

AUGUST 15, 2020

While Apple’s approach toward gaming apps may have made sense in a world where all games must be downloaded and run locally on hardware, cloud gaming is beginning to upend that arrangement in a way that could massively alter the video game industry, similar to how streaming changed Hollywood filmmaking and television forever.

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Apple Industry Cloud Mobile 145

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 24, 2023

And while virtualization technologies have long provided developers the option to run multiple applications on single virtual machines, sometimes developers must run specialized workloads that require greater control over physical hardware without sacrificing the simplicity and agility that comes with a cloud experience. Regulated apps.

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Strategy Dell Virtualization Applications 52

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Log4j is used in many applications or is present, with dependencies in enterprise applications as well as numerous cloud services, all of which makes updating all the possible uses for it hard, even if coordinated in advance. Vamosi: Virtual Machines are what just that; they’re software representations of hardware machines.

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