Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Servers/Hardware. If you’re using CloudFormation to manage your AWS security groups in an infrastructure-as-code approach, you owe it to yourself to check out this article by Jose Luis Ordiales. Michael Wittig shares some details on migrating to Amazon Linux 2. Nothing this time around (sorry!). Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Servers/Hardware. Russell Pope at Kovarus recently wrote about using security groups to manage the VMware NSX distributed firewall. Have fun reading! Networking. Read more about it here.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network 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. Andrew Montalenti discusses the state of Linux on the desktop by examining his own journey with various Lenovo-branded laptops. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Networking.

Storage 60

Storage Vmware Load Balancer Network 60

Galido

JUNE 28, 2018

SSH: For Linux / Unix and MacOS systems. As devices are discovered, probes will also detect the services and hardware it can monitor. The software offers a hierarchical structure of device views with options to group similar sensors. Reducing the costs by buying only the hardware you need. Distributed monitoring.

Network 60

Network LAN VOIP Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

There were no major data center-centric announcements yesterday (day 1), but I suspect there will be some today (day 2) in a mega-session with Diane Bryant (SVP and GM of the Data Center Group at Intel). Intel announced yesterday that the new XL710 network adapters (which are 40Gbps adapters) will support Geneve hardware offloads.

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Intel Hardware Linux Virtualization 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. Jason Horn provides an example of how to script NSX security groups. Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Virtualization Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The first was on RESTful control of Cumulus Linux ACLs (this one isn’t actually sFlow-related); the second was on combining sFlow telemetry and RESTful APIs for visibility and control in campus networks. Servers/Hardware. Both articles are worth reviewing if hardware selection is an important aspect of your role.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Mike Metral shows how to use Pulumi to migrate workloads across EKS node groups with no downtime (the “no downtime” part is subject to certain caveats and restrictions, largely driven by the nature of the application involved). Unfortunately, this appears to be GKE-specific. Nothing this time around.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Cloud Applications Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Servers/Hardware. For what it’s worth, I’ve never tried NetBSD, but I have yet to run into any similar issues with any distribution of Linux I’ve tried. Tom Scanlan shares how to use VIC volumes as a way of helping address persistent storage challenges with containers. Perhaps I should remove this section?

Firewall 60

Firewall Virtualization Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 10, 2015

I highly recommend you read the entire post, but in short the five skills Matt recommends are software skills (which includes configuration management and software development tools like Git ), Linux, deep protocol knowledge, hypervisor and container networking, and IPv6. Servers/Hardware. What does this mean?

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Software Development 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Barry Peddycord shares an update on Ansible support for the Cumulus Linux NCLU. Servers/Hardware. The VMware Cloud-Native Apps group has a breakdown of some of the new features/functionality found in the 1.9 Ariya Hidayat shows how to run Debian under WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). Nothing this time around.

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Cloud 60

Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2016

NCTA Cloud Operations that helps you study the management of cloud operations and addresses the application need for compute power, managing CPU scaling, and meeting both structured and unstructured storage requirements. Groups will complete a cloud assessment of Fortune 100 firms using public information and make presentations to the client.

Cloud 70

Cloud Web Services Hardware Software 70

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

If you’d like to play around with Cumulus Linux but don’t have a compatible hardware switch, Cumulus VX is the answer. Servers/Hardware. This article listing 20 Linux server hardening tips contains some basic tips but is nevertheless a very good resource for someone looking for Linux security recommendations.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The first to take the stage is Doug Fisher, VP and General Manager of the Software and Services Group. Eul takes the stage; he’s the VP and General Manager of the Mobile and Communications Group at Intel. Skaugen is a Senior VP and General Manager of the PC Client Group. The focus of the keynote is going to be mobility.

Intel 60

Intel Hardware Mobile Dell 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Russell Bryant has a couple great articles on OVN— how to test OVN’s “EZ Bake” release with DevStack as well as an article on implementing OpenStack security groups using OVN ACLs (which in turn leverage the integration between Open vSwitch and the Linux kernel’s conntrack module). Servers/Hardware.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Load Balancer Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

I’m not sure if this falls here or into the “Cloud Computing/Cloud Computing” category, but Shannon McFarland—fellow co-conspirator with the Denver OpenStack Meetup group—has a nice article describing some design and deployment considerations for IPv6 in the OpenStack Kilo release. Servers/Hardware. Networking. Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 23, 2013

This is a reasonable way of grouping the various approaches to SDN (using SDN in the very loose industry sense, not the original control plane-data plane separation sense). Servers/Hardware. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Technology Short Take #36.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 14, 2015

Servers/Hardware. The Monsanto engineering blog recently published an article on using etcd clustering with AWS Auto Scaling Groups. Thus, storage solutions for containers/containerized environments, while a bit sparse now, are likely to really start popping up very soon. There’s a lot more too, so be sure to check out his site.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Virtualization Network 60

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

When I started writing my first book when gadgets betray us, IoT was still known as hardware hacking, or embedded security. There has to be storage somewhere so even sensors, end up sending their data someplace that has to be stored, and that might be in the cloud, for instance, which is increasingly a part of the Internet of Things.

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Internet Research Security Tools 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

When I started writing my first book when gadgets betray us, IoT was still known as hardware hacking, or embedded security. There has to be storage somewhere so even sensors, end up sending their data someplace that has to be stored, and that might be in the cloud, for instance, which is increasingly a part of the Internet of Things.

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Private equity firm Cinven Group will acquire European web hosting provider Host Europe Group for approximately $667 million from Montagu Private Equity, reports The WHIR. For more details, see Host Europe Group Acquired by Private Equity Group Cinven at The WHIR. I know that the company Linux Hosts Ltd.

Data Center 188

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 188

Sean Daniel

JUNE 12, 2012

David Vidos - NOVA iT GROUP. This will allow me to update my certifications, the last exam I sat for and passed was an NT4 exam, I really hope I win :) David Vidos - NOVA iT GROUP. Bill Hole - The Hole Group. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. 6/12/2012 12:54 PM. Jules Wilko.

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Small Business Windows SMB Microsoft 95

Sean Daniel

AUGUST 8, 2012

I also got to tour both the east and west costs visiting user groups. My first user group visit I was disappointed that Microsoft wasn’t the only presenters. Over time, I realized that these user groups weren’t about Microsoft at all. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware.

Small Business 78

Small Business SMB Windows Microsoft 78

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 19, 2018

I won’t go into all the gory details here; see this post for some background and then see this update from last October that summarized my previous efforts to migrate to Linux ( Fedora , specifically) as my primary desktop operating system. The motivation for using Linux is something I’ve already discussed.

Linux 60

Linux Hardware Media System 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

What happens when multiple VXLAN logical networks are mapped to the same multicast group? Next, Jason dives a bit deeper on the relationship between network overlays and hardware , and shares his thoughts on where it does—and doesn’t—make sense to have hardware terminating overlay tunnels. Servers/Hardware.

HP 106

HP Virtualization Hardware Network 106

SPF13

JUNE 4, 2015

Linux has become the foundation for infrastructure everywhere as it defined application portability from the desktop to the phone and from to the data center to the cloud. OS Provides Portability 
 (same app runs on different hardware). Linux provides foundation for Solution. Docker + Linux. but needs another layer.

Operating Systems 100

Operating Systems System Disaster Recovery Case Study 100

Scott Lowe

APRIL 21, 2016

Servers/Hardware. VMware’s Cloud-Native Apps group recently released v0.8 This Yelp Engineering blog post talks about one of these unintended side effects (processes running as PID 1 are treated differently by the Linux kernel). GitHub recently changed their storage architecture, using a Git-based solution called DGit.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Network 60

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

CSL’s CSL-WAVE software enables companies to monitor and manage thei z/VM and Linux on System z environments using a powerful and easy-to-use interface. The response by clients to the advantages of Linux on System z have been tremendous, with the shipped capacity nearly doubling in 1Q13 year to year. Modular Data Centers.

Data Center 190

Data Center IBM System Cloud 190

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

What happens when multiple VXLAN logical networks are mapped to the same multicast group? Next, Jason dives a bit deeper on the relationship between network overlays and hardware , and shares his thoughts on where it does—and doesn’t—make sense to have hardware terminating overlay tunnels. Servers/Hardware.

HP 61

HP Virtualization Hardware Network 61

GeekWire

AUGUST 21, 2020

based Watson Furniture Group , Pearl’s job is to bring ideas to life, sketching, computer modeling and hand crafting physical prototypes. ” New C9 elements include acrylic desk screens for added protection as well as Olli, a rolling side table, storage locker and seating option that puts wheels to social distancing.

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Meeting Social Industry Groups 121

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Servers/Hardware. This article provides a good introductory overview of Linux iptables commands for configuring host-based firewall rules on your Linux systems. This article provides a good introductory overview of Linux iptables commands for configuring host-based firewall rules on your Linux systems.

Windows 60

Windows Firewall Linux Architecture 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 13, 2013

Extend Intel’s reach with non-IA hardware (FM6000 series, QuickAssist Server Acceleration Card [QASAC]. Intel CAS operates at the operating system (OS) level, serving as a file-level cache on Windows and a block-level cache (with file awareness) on Linux. General Hardware IDF2013 Networking' Sorry folks!

Intel 60

Intel Network Architecture Virtualization 60

Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 5, 2011

To me, the leading cause of data loss is usually hardware failure, most often then not, it’s a harddrive failure. Moreover, it’s SHARED with both Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials, and Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials. With a plan, you can easily map out your storage needs, and growth.

Windows 87

Windows Backup Storage Microsoft 87

Sean Daniel

JANUARY 6, 2011

I’ve even seen old useless Linux based laptops, that have support for RDP be instantly turned into a powerful Windows 7 workstation. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Storage Server Essentials. (17). Storage Server Essentials. Yahoo SBS Support Group.

Windows 69

Windows Small Business SMB Education 69