Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

I’ve got a wide range of topics for you this time around—eBPF, Falco, Snort, Kyverno, etcd, VMware Code Stream, and more. Christian Posta talks a bit about some of the challenges of adopting service mesh in enterprise organizations. Operating Systems/Applications. Welcome to Technology Short Take #137!

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Of course, I am a fan of network virtualization, since I work with/on VMware NSX.). Martijn Smit has launched a series of articles on VMware NSX. Want some additional information on layer 2 and layer 3 services in VMware NSX? Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a good source. Any thoughts?

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 9, 2016

Clifford Haas has a review of VMware NSX (this is from back in January). Nick Chapman over at CloudFlux shares his experience working with whitebox switches , and mulls on why the adoption of whitebox switches in the enterprise may be slower than some might expect (or hope). Operating Systems/Applications. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Here’s a decent two-part series about running Vyatta on VMware Workstation ( part 1 and part 2 ). Operating Systems/Applications. Rawlinson Rivera starts to address a lack of available information about Virsto in the first of a series of posts on VMware Virsto. Here’s one idea. Servers/Hardware. Thanks Gabe!

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

Thinking of using a hardware VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint) with VMware NSX? VMware recently announced Open Hardware Management Services (OHMS) , a project intended to help manage servers and switches in a software-defined data center (SDDC) context. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

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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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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

I adopted OS X as my operating system of choice in 2003 because I wanted a stable, powerful, UNIX-based operating system. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Apple and VMware…or Xen? Why I Might Leave OS X. Apple on Intel.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 8, 2014

Another series on VMware NSX has popped up, this time from Jon Langemak. Only two posts so far (but very thorough posts), one on setting up VMware NSX and another on logical networking with VMware NSX. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware. Hang on tight, this will be an interesting ride!

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Nice use of VMware Fusion in part 2, by the way.). VMware, Vagrant, and Docker together is the subject of this blog post by Fabio Rapposelli. Operating Systems/Applications. It makes me wonder when VMware will announce support for CoreOS on vCloud Air. See part 1 and part 2 for the full details.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

VMware introduced VMware NSX recently at VMworld 2013. 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). Operating Systems/Applications. This looks interesting. Very good stuff!

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

Bart’s view is that a full-stack engineer knows about operations, the hardware stack (compute, storage, network), the software (network, operating system [OS], management, logging), and most importantly knows how to “code” an immutable infrastructure. Microsoft and/or VMware , but do not start here (start elsewhere).

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 7, 2016

Bart’s view is that a full-stack engineer knows about operations, the hardware stack (compute, storage, network), the software (network, operating system [OS], management, logging), and most importantly knows how to “code” an immutable infrastructure. Microsoft and/or VMware , but do not start here (start elsewhere).

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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.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Chip Zoller has a write-up on doing HTTPS ingress with Enterprise PKS. Anthony Spiteri shares a Terraform configuration he created to deploy a sandbox Kubernetes cluster on VMware vSphere. Operating Systems/Applications. Now, on to the content! Networking. Perhaps this article can help.

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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.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

It seems clear to me that distributed storage systems are going to be the de facto way to build storage systems moving forward, which obviously has significant implications for networking, compute, power, and environmental factors. Dwayne Sinclair (an NSX SE at VMware) has a write-up on what micro-segmentation is not.

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Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Here’s a decent two-part series about running Vyatta on VMware Workstation ( part 1 and part 2 ). Operating Systems/Applications. Rawlinson Rivera starts to address a lack of available information about Virsto in the first of a series of posts on VMware Virsto. Here’s one idea. Servers/Hardware. Thanks Gabe!

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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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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 4, 2013

This gives me a total of eight servers, and the plan is to use them to build an internal OpenStack cloud running Ubuntu 12.04, KVM, Open vSwitch (OVS), and—ultimately—VMware NSX. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Using Puppet for Account Management.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

Christian Elsen (who works in Integration Engineering at VMware) has a nice series of articles going on using OpenStack with vSphere and NSX. Maish Saidel-Keesing (one of my co-authors on the first edition of VMware vSphere Design and also a super-sharp guy) recently wrote an article on how adoption of OpenStack will slow the adoption of SDN.

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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.

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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 ). Operating Systems/Applications. 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

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Scott Lowe

MAY 9, 2014

Looking for more VMware NSX content? Anthony Burke has started a new series focusing on VMware NSX in pure vSphere environments. Juan Manuel Rey has launched a series of blog posts on deploying OpenStack with KVM and VMware NSX. Operating Systems/Applications. Need more details on PFS? Technology Short Take #41.

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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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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

It seems clear to me that distributed storage systems are going to be the de facto way to build storage systems moving forward, which obviously has significant implications for networking, compute, power, and environmental factors. Dwayne Sinclair (an NSX SE at VMware) has a write-up on what micro-segmentation is not.

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Scott Lowe

MAY 12, 2016

In the event you’re interested in an idea of how much latency the use of in-kernel hypervisor firewalling (such as that offered by VMware NSX) adds, have a look at this article by Sean Howard. Operating Systems/Applications. Nothing this time around. Maybe next time? Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Greg Ferro examines a potential SDN use case (an OpenFlow use case) in the form of enterprise firewall migrations. Operating Systems/Applications. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Just getting started in the networking field? Interesting.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

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 David Holder walks readers through the steps for bootstrapping Prometheus, Grafana, and AlertManager in Enterprise PKS (Kubernetes) clusters. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Jointly authored by VMware, Microsoft, Red Hat, and Intel, this new protocol proposal attempts to bring together the strengths of the various network virtualization encapsulation protocols out there today (VXLAN, STT, NVGRE). .” Operating Systems/Applications. You can get more details from the Netronome press release.

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Network World

MAY 16, 2024

The system can be centrally managed via Cisco’s cloud-based Intersight management platform, and it supports Nutanix Acropolis Hypervisor (AHV) and VMware vSphere hypervisors. Nutanix describes GPT-in-a-Box as a turnkey package that simplifies the adoption of generative AI capabilities for enterprises.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

By now you’ve probably heard about VMware Integrated OpenStack (VIO), which was announced in early February. Operating Systems/Applications. Yes, you could run Docker on bare metal and achieve (the author’s words) “massive CapEx benefits” by “eliminating expensive licensing” for VMware. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

VMware has a similar offering via the VMware vCloud Hybrid Service recovery-as-a-service offering. The portability of orchestration resources is one of several aspects you’ll want to examine as you progress down the route of fully embracing a cloud computing operational model. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Operating Systems/Applications. 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. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

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CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 11, 2022

Incompatibility and unreliability caused by configuration differences such as versions of compilers, loaders, runtime libraries, middleware, and operating systems in new environments contributed to increased project effort, cost, and timelines. Containers provide an elegant solution to this problem. in an isolated and executable unit.

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mrc's Cup of Joe Blog

MAY 23, 2019

photo credit: BenjaminNelan via pixabay cc Over the last few years, the world of enterprise technology has changed significantly. Rising data volumes have changed the way businesses operate. What trends are driving this change, and how must your IT department adapt? In this article, we examine 5 trends to watch in the near future.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

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. Vormetric interested me because they offer a data encryption product, and I was interested to see how—if at all—they integrated with VMware vSphere.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 22, 2022

As VMware has observed , “In simple terms, a DPU is a programable device with hardware acceleration as well as having an ARM CPU complex capable of processing data. Second, enterprise apps run across multiple geographically diverse cloud environments. Other Influencers cited the additional layer of security as a key aspect of a DPU.

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