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. LTS server.

Linux 60

Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 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. Welcome to Technology Short Take #85! Virtualization. and Gluster.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network Windows 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Here’s another topic that came up at the recent DevOps Networking Forum: Spotify’s SDN Internet Router (SIR). Servers/Hardware. You may also find this (related) article on memory inside Linux containers to be helpful.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Could we use OpenFlow to build better internet exchanges? Servers/Hardware. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Here’s one idea.

Vmware 106

Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 106

Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

If you like geeking out over the hardware side of networking, you may find this Ars Technica article on the physical infrastructure of the global Internet to be an interesting read. (I Servers/Hardware. This is a highly technical article on scheduling in the Linux kernel , but it’s well worth reading. Virtualization.

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Vmware 60

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 27, 2019

As usual, I’ve collected some articles and links from around the Internet pertaining to various data center- and cloud-related topics. Servers/Hardware. Welcome to Technology Short Take #119! Now, on to the content! Unfortunately, this appears to be GKE-specific. Nothing this time around. Virtualization. Career/Soft Skills.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Cloud Applications Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

I have, however, finally managed to pull together this list of links and articles from around the Internet, and I hope that something I’ve included here proves useful to readers. Milind Gunjan shares some tips for troubleshooting Linux bridged networking on a KVM host. Servers/Hardware. Networking. configurations.

Open Source 60

Open Source Tools Policies Cloud 60

CTOvision

OCTOBER 12, 2015

At least on the storage side of Hadoop, HDFS, the Hadoop Distributed File System, is that a unifying aspect or is even that …. Tony: Exactly, is on a cluster that’s equipped with JBM and Linux. How’s that? Andrew: I like the irony there. Tony: Yeah. Andrew: Okay.

Big Data 150

Big Data Data Course Oracle 150

Scott Lowe

MARCH 30, 2018

Servers/Hardware. If you don’t know how that image was built, this is no different than downloading a compiled executable from the Internet and running it. Flatcar Linux is a “friendly fork” of Container Linux (of CoreOS). Good luck with that.) Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Windows Applications 60

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

The Internet of Things presents us with both convenience and inconvenience at the same time, suddenly everything is smart is hackable again with startups sometimes repeating security mistakes made decades ago in the rush to market toys. The question is, who is hacking the internet of things today, and how does one even get started?

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

ForAllSecure

APRIL 22, 2021

The Internet of Things presents us with both convenience and inconvenience at the same time, suddenly everything is smart is hackable again with startups sometimes repeating security mistakes made decades ago in the rush to market toys. The question is, who is hacking the internet of things today, and how does one even get started?

Internet 52

Internet Research Security Tools 52

Scott Lowe

JULY 22, 2013

Could we use OpenFlow to build better internet exchanges? Servers/Hardware. Need to do some port forwarding on a Linux box and want to automate the configuration with Puppet? Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Here’s one idea.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Network Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 22, 2015

Flavio Leitner has a nice article comparing OVS internal ports with Linux veth devices. This topic is the subject of some debate given that some claim OVS internal ports perform much better than Linux veth devices. Servers/Hardware. Here’s one way , using Ravello Systems. MAC learning on OVS under OpenStack? Virtualization.

Vmware 60

Vmware Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

He walks through an example of taking a picture of “the most frequently found animal on the Internet—the cat.” ” Eul walks through the basic components of the mobile platform, which includes not only hardware but also mobile software. General Hardware IDF2013 Linux Microsoft Windows'

Intel 60

Intel Hardware Mobile Dell 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 20, 2020

Welcome to Technology Short Take #125, where I have a collection of articles about various data center and cloud technologies collected from around the Internet. Servers/Hardware. Michael Dales shares his experience trying out Windows 10 and Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as a Linux development environment. Networking.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 23, 2019

Otherwise, I leave you with this list of links and articles from around the Internet to keep you busy. Servers/Hardware. Network bonding in Linux—as outlined in this article —is something I may have to explore. When it comes to storage, Cormac Hogan is an invaluable resource. Networking. jq , awk , and sed.

Linux 60

Linux Storage Policies Network 60

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). 1995 - 2005 Dawn of the Internet Era. Linux provides foundation for Solution.

Operating Systems 100

Operating Systems System Disaster Recovery Case Study 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Even Facebook, which has open sourced much of its designs for its data center hardware but remains vague about its server count, saying only that it operates “hundreds of thousands” of machines. The Internet disagrees, as our examination of Who Has the Most Servers? continues to be one of DCK’s most popular features.

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Data Center Microsoft Data Disaster Recovery 276

Sean Daniel

AUGUST 8, 2012

Before I joined Microsoft, I spent countless hours with my roommates with Windows NT4 server, Proxy Server, and more software, trying to share an Internet connection with my room mates. I can see Sean sitting there slack-jawed because he knows me to be a hardcore Linux/UNIX guy. Pays for internet and slow wan connections.

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Small Business SMB Windows Microsoft 78

Scott Lowe

JUNE 11, 2014

Welcome to Technology Short Take #42, another installation in my ongoing series of irregularly published collections of news, items, thoughts, rants, raves, and tidbits from around the Internet, with a focus on data center-related technologies. Servers/Hardware. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Networking.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Network 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.

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Windows Backup Storage Microsoft 87