Scott Lowe

JULY 21, 2016

First up, there’s a great article on using IPVLAN with Docker and Cumulus Linux (with a tie back to sFlow, naturally!). Here’s a walkthrough by Cody Bunch on setting up BGP on Linux with Cumulus Quagga. Servers/Hardware. VMware is offering licenses for Log Insight to customers who already own NSX. Thanks Jason!

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Vmware Linux Storage Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Servers/Hardware. While written for OS X, most of these tips apply to Linux or other Unix-like operating systems as well. Mike Preston has a great series going on tuning Debian Linux running under vSphere. Duncan Epping has a quick post about a VMware KB article update regarding EMC VPLEX and Storage DRS/Storage IO Control.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Devices first started as tightly-coupled hardware and software solutions. In recent years, we’ve seen more devices running off-the-shelf software (like Linux). Is the Linux bridge efficient enough? The DPDK is BSD licensed and source code is available from Intel. First, DPDK provides optimized pass-through support.

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Virtualization Intel Cloud Data 113

Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

Cumulus Networks recently shifted their pricing and licensing model toward perpetual licenses; this article has more information and a comparison of the old vs. new models. Servers/Hardware. ZFS will be in the next Ubuntu Linux LTS release. Roie Ben Haim has an article on how to improve the NSX GUI user experience.

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Vmware Linux Intel Network 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Brendan Gregg has a pretty detailed write-up on migrating from Solaris to Linux (pertinent given the recent layoff of the majority of the Solaris developers). Abdullah Abdullah shares some thoughts on design decisions regarding NSX VXLAN control plane replication modes. Nothing this time (sorry!). Virtualization.

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Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

Servers/Hardware. It’s important to note that these security enhancements don’t really represent “net new” functionality but rather reflect existing Linux security constructs now being exposed and usable by Docker. Anthony Metcalf has a collection of posts over at PlanetVM on NSX packet walks (see here , here , and here ).

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Vmware Storage Firewall Network 60

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. If they ran Linux, maybe they wouldn’t have to run so many servers. Get daily email alerts direct to your inbox. Networking.

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Data Center Microsoft Data Disaster Recovery 276

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 25, 2015

In this post, I’ve gathered links to posts about networking, virtualization, Docker, containers, Linux, configuration management, and all kinds of other cool stuff. Servers/Hardware. Welcome to Technology Short Take #53. Here’s hoping you find something useful! Networking. Here’s a nice article on using Ansible with Arista EOS.

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Vmware Linux Virtualization Tools 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

A quick perusal of the ONF web site does not indicate that the OpenFlow materials are available anywhere under any open source license. This isn’t to say that they aren’t freely available, just not available under an open source license.). Servers/Hardware. However, it’s at least possible with whitebox networking gear.

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Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Sean Daniel

JANUARY 6, 2011

The Academic version was only via volume licensing to qualified people, and supported 20 users and the beloved domain-join functionality. I’ve even seen old useless Linux based laptops, that have support for RDP be instantly turned into a powerful Windows 7 workstation. Storage Server Essentials. (17). SBS 2011 Standard.

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Windows Small Business SMB Education 69