The Verge

AUGUST 27, 2021

While the software maker has recommended hardware requirements for Windows 11 — which it’s largely sticking to — a restriction to install the OS will only be enforced when you try to upgrade from Windows 10 to Windows 11 through Windows Update. Windows 11 will now run on older CPUs. Devices that meet the official minimum specs “had a 99.8

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Windows Microsoft Hardware Intel 130

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 20, 2023

It offers global compute, storage, data protection, and client device as-a-Service solutions, enabling cloud adjacency, multicloud connectivity, and a full suite of hosting, outsourcing, and application management services through Dell and its global partners.

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Cloud Dell Intel Agile 127

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

This is a liveblog of Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013 session EDCS003, titled “Enhancing OpenStack with Intel Technologies for Public, Private, and Hybrid Cloud.” ” The presenters are Girish Gopal and Malini Bhandaru, both with Intel. Intel has also done work on TCP plus Geo-Tagging.

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Intel Storage Open Source Hardware 60

The Verge

JUNE 29, 2021

Microsoft’s big security push is complicated Microsoft has had six years to prepare for the launch of Windows 11, but the company is still struggling to explain its new hardware requirements. Windows 11 will require Intel 8th Gen Coffee Lake or Zen 2 CPUs and up, TPM 2.0 It looks like that’s about to end with Windows 11.

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Windows Microsoft Hardware Intel 91

Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Various Data Infrastructure including hardware, software, services related […] The post Data Infrastructure server storage I/O network Recommended Reading #blogtober appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Storage Network Data Virtualization 47

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. Servers/Hardware. Ivan Velichko takes readers on a journey of how Kubernetes reinvented virtual machines (in a good sense). For your fix of storage-related links, J Metz has relatively recently published Storage Short Take #47.

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Linux Storage Virtualization Hardware 90

GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2021

He adds, “The upgrade will then roll out over time to in-market devices based on intelligence models that consider hardware eligibility, reliability metrics, age of device and other factors that impact the upgrade experience. Microsoft recently expanded the list of eligible processors to include some additional Intel chips.

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Windows Microsoft Operating Systems Intel 131

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

This is session EDCS008, “Virtualizing the Network to Enable a Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI).” ” The speakers are Brian Johnson (@thehevy on Twitter) from Intel and Jim Pinkerton from Microsoft. Brian now takes over again, focusing on virtual switch performance and behavior.

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Virtualization Network Intel Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This is session COMS003, titled “Enabling Network Function Virtualization and Software Defined Networking with the Intel Open Network Platform Server Reference Architecture Design.” The speakers are Frank Schapfel, Senior Product Line Manager with Intel, and Brian Skerry, Open Networks System Architect with Intel.

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Intel Architecture Virtualization Network 60

Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 4, 2016

Ever need to add another GbE port to a small server, workstation or perhaps Intel NUC, however no PCIe slots are available? Looking for tool to convert a Windows system to a Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) while it is running?

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Hardware Software Software Intel 40

Scott Lowe

APRIL 7, 2023

Servers/Hardware Manoj Kumar provides a beginner’s guide to Trusted Platform Module (TPM). Storage Al Rasheed takes readers on a quick journey through setting up Synology Cloud Sync. Virtualization William Lam takes a look at ESXi on the latest Intel NUC. That’s all for now!

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Applications Comparison Cloud Operating Systems 97

CTOvision

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

Hadoop offers petabytes of data storage and can handle multiple workloads. Data security segregates data from privileged user accounts including system administrators and protects storage from theft or improper disposal. The Navigator Key Trustee is a “virtual safe-deposit box” with built-in audit capabilities.

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Big Data Security Data Authentication 150

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

This is session CLDS006, “Exploring New Intel Xeon Processor E5 Based Platform Optimizations for 10 Gb Ethernet Network Infrastructures.” The speakers are Brian Johnson from Intel and Alex Rodriguez with Expedient. Integrated I/O in the E5 CPUs has also allowed Intel to introduce something like Intel Data Direct I/O (DDIO).

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Intel Virtualization Data Center Network 109

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

In case you hadn’t noticed, I’m at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014 this week in San Francisco. Intel has a very large consumer presence: PCs, ultrabooks, tablets, phones, 2-in–1/convertibles, all-in–1 devices. Bare Metal, Containers, and Virtualization: The Growing Choices for Cloud Applications.

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Intel Hardware Linux Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

This is a liveblog of the Data Center Mega-Session from day 2 of Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2014 in San Francisco. Bryant then introduces Karl Triebes, EVP and CTO of F5 Networks, who takes the stage to talk about FPGAs in F5 and how the joint Xeon/FPGA integrated solution from Intel plays into that role. new features, etc.,

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Data Center Intel Data Storage 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Craig Matsumoto of SDN Central helps highlight a recent (and fairly significant) development in networking protocols—the submission of the Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve) proposal to the IETF. Servers/Hardware. Overall, this is a quick but worthy read if you are trying to get started in this space.

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Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

First, deliver more computing power in the hardware, either through the addition of FPGAs to existing CPUs or through the continued march of CPU power (via more cores or faster clock speeds or both). Second, make the hardware programmable, through standard interfaces. General Hardware IDF2014 Intel' Expo Floor.

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Intel Data Center Hardware Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. Servers/Hardware. Cormac Hogan has a brief update on storage options for containers on VMware. Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Dataconomy

JUNE 22, 2023

They also provide users with the ability to scrutinize various types of storage media, spanning a broad range of file systems such as NTFS, FAT16, FAT32, exFAT, Ext4, Ext3 and Btrfs file system. Virtual RAID construction for recovery In cases where RAID parameters are unknown, Stellar Data Recovery can rebuild a likely RAID configuration.

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Data Software Software Windows 68

Scott Lowe

APRIL 30, 2014

Here’s a quote from the KB article : The distributed switch network health check, including the VLAN, MTU, and teaming policy check can not function properly when there are hardware virtual NICs on the server platform. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies.

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Network Vmware Virtualization Intel 63

Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

Servers/Hardware. Ben Wilcock shares his experience with an Intel NUC 11. Chris Evans examines the pricing of virtual instances compared to managed servie offerings as he ponders how hyper-scalers like AWS, Azure, and Google will go about/are going about optimizing service density (i.e., Virtualization. Programming.

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Linux Hardware Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

This is a liveblog of the day 1 keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2012 at Moscone West in San Francisco, CA. This is my first time attending IDF, and I appreciate the invitation to attend from Intel. At 9:01, David (Dadi) Perlmutter takes the stage after a short video about Intel. All this leads to cloud and big data.

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Intel Hardware Data Center Video 101

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Servers/Hardware. Travis Downs explores a recent Intel microcode update that may have negatively impacted performance. Virtualization. Via William’s post on configstorecli , I also saw this post by Duncan Epping on renaming a virtual switch on vSphere 7.0U2 and higher. Career/Soft Skills.

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Dmitri Kalintsev examines some options for addressing storage-related connectivity in NSX environments. Servers/Hardware. Drew Conry-Murray shines a light on Intel’s network ambitions. This is something I’ve been watching for a couple of years, since attending my first Intel Developer Forum (IDF). Virtualization.

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Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2016

This is an interesting project to watch, I think—it’s porting OVN (Open Virtual Network) from a “traditional” OvS back-end to an IOVisor-based back-end (IOVisor implements the data plane in eBPF). Servers/Hardware. Intel has a tutorial series on Intel Software Guard Extensions (SGX). Virtualization. Good times.

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Vmware Storage Intel Virtualization 60

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 26, 2022

Geofencing creates a virtual boundary around equipment that’s hot to the touch or an area within reach of a robot; a loud alarm or flashing light is triggered when a person or object gets too close. Intel® Technologies Move Analytics Forward. There’s always room to grow, and Intel is ready to help.

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Chemicals Quality Assurance Intel Training 95

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

I have a fairly diverse set of links for readers this time around, covering topics from microchips to improving your writing, with stops along the way in topics like Kubernetes, virtualization, Linux, and the popular JSON-parsing tool jq. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. I hope you find something useful! Networking.

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

This is a liveblog of the day 2 keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013 in San Francisco. Eul takes the stage; he’s the VP and General Manager of the Mobile and Communications Group at Intel. ” Eul walks through the basic components of the mobile platform, which includes not only hardware but also mobile software.

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Intel Hardware Mobile Dell 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

Servers/Hardware. AWS adds local NVMe storage to the M5 instance family; more details here. What I found interesting is that the local NVMe storage is also hardware encrypted. Virtualization. On the Ansible web site, Sean Cavanaugh provides a deep dive into the command modules for network devices.

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Load Balancer Vmware Storage Intel 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Intel NUC or SuperMicro E200-8D? Brian Ragazzi shares a lesson learned the hard way regarding VVols: place the VSM/VASA on a non-VVol storage location. The new storage startup Excelero—as described in this post by Chanaka Ekanayake (“Chan”)—certainly looks interesting. (As Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

The networking “old guard” likes to talk about how x86 servers and virtualization create network bottlenecks due to performance concerns, but as Ivan points out in this post , it’s rapidly becoming—or has already become—a non-issue. (By Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. Seriously.).

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Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

Virtualized Greek

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

VMware is a large corporation but, $1 billion is a lot of money to any company and a big bet on network virtualization. VMware has looked to both storage and networking as areas of growth. Specifically, for the network VMware is not looking to add network virtualization as just another feature of their server virtualization platform.

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Vmware Virtualization Hardware Network 91

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Intel » Management. Intel Rolls Out Development Kit for KVM Tools. Intel Rolls Out Development Kit for KVM Tools. It’s a virtual solution rather than a hardware approach to managing and troubleshooting. The company is positioning Virtual Gateway as a natural complement to data center power management.

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Data Center Intel Tools Development 192

Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. For those new to Linux virtualization—or even if you’ve been around Linux virtualization for a while—this article explaining how Intel VT-x, QEMU, and KVM work together is full of good information. Read his write-up here. Ubuntu 20.04

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Linux Virtualization Security Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

This is my irregularly-published collection of links and articles from around the Internet related to the major data center technologies: networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications/OSes, storage, and virtualization. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. Networking. Feeling geeky? and Gluster.

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Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

As described in this Metacloud blog post , vxfld is designed to “handle VXLAN traffic from any operationg system or hardware platform that adheres to the IETF Internet-Draft for VXLAN” Nir Yechiel recently posted part 1 of a discussion on the need for network overlays. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization.

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Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Apple on Intel. Apple and Virtualization. It’s a shame…but such is life. The only constant is change. Why I Might Leave OS X.

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Operating Systems Apple Applications Linux 131