Scott Lowe

MARCH 23, 2017

Servers/Hardware. As opposed to just encrypting data at the transport level (although Acra does that between components of its architecture) or just encrypting data at the storage level (using an encrypted file system or similar), Acra targets encrypting data at the table/row/column level within a database. Check back next time!

Open Source 60

Open Source Storage Vmware Network 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Servers/Hardware. The CNCF blog has a great article written by an Alibaba software engineer (Xingyu Chen) on some performance optimizations for etcd that have been contributed back to the open source community.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2019

The one caveat to his approach that may be worth mentioning is that some policies (a PodSecurityPolicy or the use of Open Policy Agent) may prevent the user from launching a Pod connected to the host’s network namespace. Servers/Hardware. Samuel Karp has a list of guidelines for designing and testing software daemons.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Linux Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 9, 2018

Servers/Hardware. Serve The Home takes a critical look at the Bloomberg Supermicro stories, debunking or at least calling into question many details of the alleged hardware hack as reported by Bloomberg. Non-code contributions are, in my opinion, an important but oft-overlooked aspect of open source communities.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Operating Systems Intel Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Well, let’s see…stuff on Envoy, network automation, network designs, M1 chips (and potential open source variants!), Servers/Hardware. Are open source M1-style chips a possibility? Welcome to Technology Short Take #145! What will you find in this Tech Short Take? See their announcement for details.

Open Source 107

Open Source Cloud Network Storage 107

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Well, let’s see…stuff on Envoy, network automation, network designs, M1 chips (and potential open source variants!), Servers/Hardware. Are open source M1-style chips a possibility? Welcome to Technology Short Take #145! What will you find in this Tech Short Take? See their announcement for details.

Open Source 60

Open Source Cloud Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 10, 2015

Kirk Byers has a helpful article that provides some suggestions and guidelines for how to make your network automation/network scripts become more than just your own personal hobby at work. Servers/Hardware. Good stuff if you’re interested in getting more details on how OVN is implementing new features like L3. Virtualization.

Windows 60

Windows Firewall Linux Architecture 60