Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

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). Massimo Re Ferre has a great article discussing VMware Cloud on AWS versus Azure Stack and breaking down the differences between the two approaches.

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Storage Vmware Load Balancer Network 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Some folks from Nicira (now part of VMware) recently published a blog post discussing the OVSDB IETF draft (see here ). If storage is your thing—especially in VMware environments—I’d recommend having a look at Cormac Hogan’s blog for his series on vSphere 5.1 Networking. storage enhancements. It starts here.

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Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

David Holder walks through removing unused load balancer IP allocations in NSX-T when used with PKS. Although I believe David’s post focuses on Enterprise PKS, it may also apply to NSX-T when integrating with “generic” Kubernetes as well. (I I’m looking forward to seeing how NaaS evolves. Cool stuff.

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Network Load Balancer Storage Applications 60

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

Both are implicitly or explicitly taking aim at each other as they chase the enterprise data center market. The only major things missing from their "Starter Kit" suite they offer are the addition of VMware - not cheap if you choose to purchase it - as well as the addition of a blade (or two) to serve as controllers of the system.

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Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Johnson shows that the E5 processor provides higher throughput at lower CPU usage with VMDq compared to a Xeon 5500 CPU (tests were done using an Intel X520 with VMware ESXi 5.0). as well as Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and Hyper-V–allows VMware customers to use DirectPath I/O to assign VMs directly to a VF, bypassing the hypervisor.

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Intel Virtualization Data Center Network 109

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

According to Poonen, the core of the solution for “any application on any device” is VMware’s Workspace Suite. Workspace Suite creates the magic of “enterprise computing with consumer simplicity.” He recaps the announcements and re-iterates the key message: “enterprise security with consumer simplicity”.

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Vmware Applications Network Video 60

The Accidental Successful CIO

AUGUST 3, 2011

The problem is that often the VM management tools aren’t able to scale up to the size of enterprise operations. The arrival of VMs has upset this carefully established way of doing things. This leaves IT departments struggling to find ways to manage the beast that they have created. Problem: Troubleshooting. No related posts.

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Virtualization Load Balancer Data Center Vmware 100

Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

Kit Colbert (VMware Principal Architect) & Carl Ecshenbach (VMware COO) Joe Baguley (VMware CTO, EMEA). VMware is talking about the business of IT and how they enable their own business to deliver applications. VMware is of course pushing their virtual SAN solution (vSAN) to provision and control storage.

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Vmware Load Balancer Data Center Virtualization 58

Virtualized Greek

JANUARY 30, 2014

These hosts can be physical servers, firewalls or load balancers. It takes the notion of VMware vApp to another level. I’m just starting to digest the impact of a bare metal switch in the enterprise. The hosts could also be logical devices on a physical switch (NFV). First, why. The application can become self contained.

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Dell Load Balancer Virtualization Network 83

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

The need for application management tools is particularly critical when applications go beyond typical single server Web sites into the more complex category of multi-tier enterprise applications. It is implicitly driven by the enterprise shift of moving more and more application workloads to cloud style deployments. Security policies.

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Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Bruce Davie and Martin Casado (with Nicira, now part of VMware) have written a post comparing the VXLAN and STT tunneling protocols. If any enterprise Puppet experts want to give it a go, I’d be happy to publish a guest blog post for you with full details on how it’s done. Ben Armstrong shows how here.

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Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 8, 2009

The next step is to define in software the converged network, its switching, and even network devices such as load balancers. Provisioning of the network, VLANs, IP load balancing, etc. By integrating with VMware's Virtual Center, Xsigo provided a building block. Enterprise Efficiency. Post a Comment.

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Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer Network 113

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

In much the same way that the hypervisor has since been embedded in tools like VMware’s vCenter, IOV can (and has been) embedded with higher-level management tools. Enterprise Efficiency. Enterprise Efficiency. IO Virtualization in the IT Management Landscape. Cloud Computing. Cloud Musings. CloudScaling. Dan Kusnetzky.

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Virtualization Data Center Network Storage 157

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 7, 2013

Switches generally support a variety of load balancing mechanisms, including source-destination MAC addresses, source-destination IP addresses, and sometimes even layer 4 (TCP/UDP) source-destination ports. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

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Network Load Balancer Examples LAN 61