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. Finally, you might find the VMware Virtual SAN 6.2 Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 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). Bare Metal, Containers, and Virtualization: The Growing Choices for Cloud Applications. Technical Sessions.

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Intel Hardware Linux Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Servers/Hardware. William Lam takes a look at some potentially interesting homelab hardware. Read this NCC Group article about some ways they’ve compromised CI/CD pipelines. Rory McCune writes about a CVE in the Linux kernel that could allow for container escape in Kubernetes. Virtualization. (Seriously.).

Storage 79

Storage Hardware Policies Open Source 79

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2018

Servers/Hardware. The big news in the hardware space recently was the article regarding the purported Chinese hardware supply chain attack. Of the (innumerable) articles commenting on the hardware hack, this article by Joe FitzPatrick and this ErrataSec article caught my eye. Virtualization. Career/Soft Skills.

Hardware 60

Hardware Open Source Vmware Linux 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Russell Bryant has a post on Open Virtual Network (OVN) , a project within the Open vSwitch (OVS) community. 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. Virtualization. That’s cool.

Firewall 60

Firewall Virtualization Network Storage 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. Ivan Pepelnjak asks the question, “Is OpenFlow the best tool for overlay virtual networks?”

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Virtualization Network 60

The Verge

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

iPad hardware. Finally, the same hardware means that the iPad has the same support for the Apple Pencil — the first-generation $99 Apple Pencil, I should point out, with its weird Lightning charging connector and easy-to-lose cap. It’s great, but some of its limitations are starting to grate. It still has a 10.2-inch iPad specs.

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Apple Storage Hardware Windows 127

Galido

JUNE 28, 2018

Monitoring of virtual servers. 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.

Network 60

Network LAN VOIP Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 22, 2018

I also assume that you already have a basic understanding of the key AWS concepts and terminology, so I won’t bore you with defining an instance, VPC, subnet, or security group. The ID of the security group to which this instance should be added. Next, let’s track down security group and subnet information.

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Groups Security Architecture Virtualization 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). Virtualization. or higher).

Vmware 60

Vmware Open Source Linux Cloud 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

DECEMBER 8, 2017

Jon Benedict has a brief article on OVN and its integration into Red Hat Virtualization; if you’re unfamiliar with OVN, it might be worth having a look. Servers/Hardware. Both articles are worth reviewing if hardware selection is an important aspect of your role. Virtualization. Good stuff.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Welcome to Technology Short Take #51, another collection of posts and links about key data center technologies like networking, virtualization, cloud management, and applications/operating systems. I’m pretty sure I’ve mentioned Open Virtual Network (OVN) here before, as I’m pretty jazzed about the work going on with this project.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization IPv6 60

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. Virtualization. Nothing this time around (sorry!).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 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). Virtualization. Unfortunately, this appears to be GKE-specific.

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Load Balancer Cloud Applications Vmware 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. The software also does a “virtual cat walk” that shows how the garments will look as you walk and move around.

Intel 60

Intel Hardware Mobile Dell 60

Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2016

Significant increase in the number of options available for various business requirements and loads “Bare metal” servers that aren’t virtual. You will learn how to painlessly deploy fairly complex applications that scale across multiple instances in cloud technologies including Windows Azure Chef, Chef Solo, Linux and Windows Tools.

Cloud 70

Cloud Web Services Hardware Software 70

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). and their product (VirTool Network Analyzer) is aimed at providing some operational visibility into OpenStack virtual networks. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. Here’s hoping you find something useful!

Storage 60

Storage Vmware Load Balancer Network 60

Fountainhead

MARCH 31, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. As Dell announced its new 11th-generation (11G) server product line, Egenera also announced PAN Manager support for Dell hardware, such as Dell m610 11G blades as well. Citrix, Microsoft, VMware, Linux, Unix. Virtualization. (31). Marketing.

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Dell Intel Data Center Virtualization 100

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

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Open Virtual Network (OVN) is really ramping up and getting lots of attention, which I personally think is absolutely well-deserved. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. I hope you find something useful here. Networking. Carl Baldwin has a post describing how subnet pools work and why they are of benefit in OpenStack environments.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Load Balancer Linux 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. Virtualization. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization Storage 60

Galido

MAY 1, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. 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. Boing Boing.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Galido

MARCH 22, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. 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. Boing Boing.

Resources 107

Resources Mobile Data Center Security 107

Scott Lowe

JULY 14, 2015

Want to know a bit more about how OVN (Open Virtual Network) plans to integrate support for containers? Servers/Hardware. Although slanted toward Network Functions Virtualization (NFV), this is a good article about why open source—and OpenStack, in particular—isn’t necessarily “free.”. Virtualization. Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Virtualization Network 60

Galido

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

The deeper we dive into modern technology terms, the more it seems we try to blend physical and virtual worlds together. 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. Boing Boing.

Mobile 77

Mobile Data Center Security Virtualization 77

ForAllSecure

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Knudsen: What was cool was that containers are so much lighter than virtual machines. Vamosi: Virtual Machines are what just that; they’re software representations of hardware machines. They contain an operating system and they have confirmation for RAM and other hardware you may want to simulate.

Open Source 52

Open Source Software Software Applications 52

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” What happens when multiple VXLAN logical networks are mapped to the same multicast group? I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again. Networking.

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HP Virtualization Hardware Network 106

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.

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Small Business SMB Windows Microsoft 78

SPF13

MARCH 20, 2015

60s & 70s • Computer companies sold hardware • Software was free • Software was colloborative • IBM dominates. The Internet Era: 00s • Internet changes everything • Open source movement gains traction (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) • Tech selling ads, bits, hardware & services • Google Dominates. The Software Era: ?

Open Source 100

Open Source Linux Software Software 100

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.

Small Business 95

Small Business Windows SMB Microsoft 95

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” What happens when multiple VXLAN logical networks are mapped to the same multicast group? I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again. Networking.

HP 61

HP Virtualization Hardware Network 61

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

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). Virtualization. Nothing this time around. Maybe next time! Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Hardware Network 60

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

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Privately held CSL is a leading provider of virtualization management technology for IBM’s zEnterprise system. 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. Virtualization. Featured Cloud Articles. Convergence.

Data Center 190

Data Center IBM System Cloud 190

ForAllSecure

APRIL 26, 2022

So there’s a need, a definite need, for information security professionals to have access to industrial control systems -- not virtual, but actual hands on systems -- so they can learn. We can't go amongst weeks really without seeing more activity groups that are being released. But how might it actually happen? Now that is here.

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System Industry Conference Network 52