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On Network Virtualization and SDN

Scott Lowe

Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? So, in a similar fashion to my post on network overlays vs. network virtualization , I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts. With this definition in hand, let’s compare network virtualization to SDN.

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Testing times: testingRTC is the smart, synchronized, real-world scenario WebRTC testing solution for the times we live in.

Spearline Testing

Network: Measures your WebRTC application’s behavior in different network conditions. WebRTC network sensitivity is another headache. Different networks produce different conditions, causing performance issues like Jitter, lag, packet loss, bitrate issues, latency etc. testingRTC is here to prevent these headaches.

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Technology Short Take #81

Scott Lowe

Networking. Matt Oswalt has a great post on the need for networking professionals to learn basic scripting skills—something he (rightfully) distinguishes from programming as a full-time occupation. Further, he follows that up with a post on how automation is more than just configuration management ; it’s about network services.

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VMworld 2013 Day 2 Keynote

Scott Lowe

Depending on network connectivity, I may or may not be able to update this post in real-time. vCloud Application Director deploys complex application topologies in an automated fashion, and includes integration with tools like Puppet and Chef. Next they move into a discussion of the networking side of the house. (My

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Adding a Name to the Kubernetes API Server Certificate

Scott Lowe

A couple of situations come to mind, such as adding a load balancer in front of the control plane, or using a new or different URL/hostname used to access the API server (both situations taking place after the cluster was bootstrapped). networking: dnsDomain: cluster.local podSubnet: "" serviceSubnet: 10.96.0.0/12

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Fountainhead: Converged Infrastructure Part 2.

Fountainhead

It highlights, albeit in a stylized fashion, just how many point-products an average-sized IT department is using. And I mean I/O components like NICs and HBAs, not to mention switches, load balancers and cables. And, once the I/O and network are now virtualized, they can be composed/recomposed on demand.

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Amazon EC2 Cluster GPU Instances - All Things Distributed

All Things Distributed

The different stages were then load balanced across the available units. Programming the GPU evolved in a similar fashion; it started with the early APIs being mainly pass-through to the operations programmed in hardware. General Purpose GPU programming. Where to go from here?