CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Thus, these services will begin to commoditize, and with the popularity of multicloud, core services such as storage and computing will be pretty much the same from cloud to cloud.” Traditional hardware vendors also have as-a-service offerings that can run in data centers or at the edge: Dell Apex and HPE GreenLake.

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Trends Cloud Oracle Enterprise 144

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

There’s some networking stuff, a few security links, and even a hardware-related article. Julia Evans recently released a tool named dnspeep to help folks understand how DNS works. Servers/Hardware. Cloudflare recently introduced its own object storage offering, announced in this blog post. Networking.

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IPv6 Storage Hardware Vmware 60

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. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux. Servers/Hardware.

Linux 90

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

OpenCSPM looks like it could be quite a useful tool. Uh oh… more hardware exploits. Niko Virtala shares some information on making AWS developer tools work with AWS SSO. You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself).

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Open Source Examples 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Servers/Hardware. Cabling is hardware, right? Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

MAY 27, 2022

Servers/Hardware. Although a bit older (from June 2021), this article on unknown values in Terraform feels like a direct response to the rise of tools leveraging general purpose programming languages for declarative infrastructure management (think tools like Pulumi, AWS CDK, etc.). network virtualization). Virtualization.

Virtualization 79

Virtualization Storage Programming Network 79

Scott Lowe

MAY 7, 2021

In this Technology Short Take, I’ve gathered some links for you covering topics like Azure and AWS networking, moving from macOS to Linux (and back again), and more. Servers/Hardware. maximizing revenue per hardware instance). Justin Garrison shares some thoughts on whiteboarding software (and hardware). Networking.

Linux 60

Linux Hardware Network Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Here’s a handy list of deprecated Linux network commands and their replacements. Servers/Hardware. Konstantin Ryabitsev has a series going on securing a SysAdmin Linux workstation. Part 1 covers how to choose a Linux distribution, and part 2 discusses some security tips for installing Linux on your SysAdmin workstation.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

Cumulus Networks recently introduced the Cumulus Linux Network Command Line Utility (NCLU) , which provides a more unified front-end to configuring switches running Cumulus Linux. Servers/Hardware. Kevin Houston discusses workload acceleration options—specifically, storage acceleration via NVMe or PCIe SSDs—for blade servers.

Linux 60

Linux Vmware Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 11, 2016

In this post you’ll find a collection of links to articles discussing the major data center technologies—networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications, virtualization…you name it! (If Thinking of using a hardware VTEP (VXLAN Tunnel Endpoint) with VMware NSX? Servers/Hardware. Welcome to Technology Short Take #70!

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Storage Linux 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

This post by Matt Oswalt—the first in a series, apparently—provides a great introduction to 5 development tools for network engineers. It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. Servers/Hardware. ” I highly encourage reading this article. Interesting thought.

Vmware 69

Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 69

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 along the way. Michael Kashin shares the journey of containerizing NVIDIA Cumulus Linux.

Linux 60

Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 60

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. This has generated a lot of discussion.

Hardware 60

Hardware Open Source Vmware Linux 60

The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

The overall form factor — a convertible 2-in-1 tablet with an attachable keyboard that also doubles as a protective case — is the same as last year’s model , but Kano has made big improvements to the internal hardware. inch touchscreen, 64GB of eMMC storage, and 4GB of RAM. There are physical volume buttons on the side, Bluetooth 5.0,

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Windows Intel HP Fashion 80

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). NAPALM (Network Automation and Programmability Layer with Multivendor support) looks like a really cool tool.

Vmware 60

Vmware Devops Storage Linux 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

JANUARY 27, 2023

Back in October of last year, Tom Hollingsworth weighed in on Hedgehog , the networking company that has set out to commercialize SONiC, a Linux-based NOS used extensively in Azure. Servers/Hardware What do you think of the ThinkPhone ? Ah, the bygone sounds of yesteryear …what a blast from the past!

Programming 90

Programming Open Source Cloud Devops 90

Scott Lowe

JULY 5, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Although I’ve by and large moved away from Apple hardware (I still have a MacBook Pro running macOS that sees very little use, and a Mac Pro running Fedora), I did see this article regarding a new keyboard for the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro. It provides the basics behind X.509v3 Kubernetes 1.15

Storage 60

Storage Hardware Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 18, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Stay tuned for a quick review of the hardware once it arrives. Although Rowan doesn’t specifically mention it, this command relies on tools like tr , sort , and uniq , so I’m guessing it will only work on OS X/Linux/*BSD systems. The post has a nice list of Linux replacements for popular OS X apps.

Linux 60

Linux Network Hardware Dell 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Thanks to Ivan Pepelnjak, I saw this network diagnostic tool. Servers/Hardware. Flatpak is a (relatively) new application packaging/sandboxing mechanism for Linux applications. Who would have thought that one day you’d refer to a Microsoft web site for instructions on configuring something in Linux?

Linux 60

Linux Network Virtualization IPv6 60

Galido

JUNE 28, 2018

PRTG Network Monitor is a solid infrastructure management tool and network monitor. It is a helpful tool for organizations of all sizes, from SMEs to large corporations, making networks more solid and reliable. SSH: For Linux / Unix and MacOS systems. PRTG is a helpful tool for: Avoiding expensive falls. The work stops.

Network 60

Network LAN VOIP Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

” Servers/Hardware. Christian Kellner provides a brief reminder that not all USB-C ports are Thunderbolt ports, and updates everyone on the status of bolt (Linux utility for working with Thunderbolt ports and peripherals). And speaking of YAML manifests, I saw this tool mentioned somewhere among my various feeds.

Vmware 60

Vmware Authentication Virtualization Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. RegEx tester.

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Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Servers/Hardware. Here’s an interesting article on the role that virtualization is playing in the network functions virtualization (NFV) space now that ARM hardware is growing increasingly powerful. I wouldn’t take this information as gospel, but here’s a breakdown of some of the IPv6 support available in VMware NSX. RegEx tester.

Windows 60

Windows Vmware Virtualization Linux 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Tony Sangha took PowerNSX (a set of PowerShell cmdlets for interacting with NSX) and created a tool to help document the NSX Distributed Firewall configuration. This tool exports the DFW configuration and then converts it into Excel format, and is available on GitHub. Servers/Hardware. Thinking of virtualizing Linux on Hyper-V?

Linux 60

Linux Devops Open Source Virtualization 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Andrey Khomyakov shares some information on automating the setup of whitebox switches running Cumulus Linux in part 2 of this series on learning network automation. Servers/Hardware. James Green shares some information on Docker Bench , a tool designed to help secure Docker environments. Alpine Linux 3.5

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Open Source Data Center 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

but we’ll stick it here anyway: check out this blog post on cilium-health , a tool for troubleshooting cluster connectivity. Servers/Hardware. This article by Sjors Robroek shows one approach to appropriately protecting credentials when using automation tools. Nothing this time around (sorry!).

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Network Storage 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 2, 2016

Tom Hollingsworth discusses how the rise of overlay networks killed large layer 2 networks and tools for building large layer 2 networks, like TRILL. Dmitri Kalintsev examines some options for addressing storage-related connectivity in NSX environments. Servers/Hardware. Virtualization. Career/Soft Skills.

Vmware 60

Vmware Virtualization Linux Windows 60

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). Jason Edelman of Network2Code also has a post on intent-based network automation with Ansible , in which he breaks down the idea of intent-based networking (IBN) and how tools such as Ansible or NAPALM can make it possible.

Storage 60

Storage Vmware Load Balancer Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 27, 2019

Servers/Hardware. Continuing his focus on cloud-init , Luc Dekens has added four more articles to his site discussing this tool. This combination of fzf and kubectl looks interesting, but requires the use of a server-side component in order to address latency issues—which are a real killer for a CLI auto-completion sort of tool.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Authentication Storage 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

Intel is a Gold Member of the OpenStack Foundation, has made contributions to a variety of OpenStack projects (tools, features, fixes and optimizations), has built its own OpenStack-based private cloud, and is providing additional information and support via the Intel Cloud Builders program. This work is enabled in the Grizzly release.

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Intel Storage Open Source Hardware 60

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Servers/Hardware. I recently mentioned on Twitter that I was considering building out a new Linux PC to replace my aging Mac Pro (it’s a 2012 model, so going on 9 years old). Eclypsium discusses ways of protecting system firmware storage. A major security flaw in sudo has been discovered; more details available here.

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Study Network 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 14, 2016

Cumulus VX, if you aren’t aware, is a community-supported virtual appliance version of Cumulus Linux aimed at helping folks preview and test “full-blown” Cumulus Linux (which, of course, requires compatible hardware). NAPALM (Network Automation and Programmability Layer with Multivendor support) looks like a really cool tool.

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Devops Vmware Storage Open Source 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

Scott Lowe

MAY 29, 2020

Servers/Hardware. Looking for some security tools? 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 Look no further.

Linux 60

Linux Virtualization Security Network 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. Running Hyper-V with Linux VMs?

Linux 60

Linux Network Vmware Disaster Recovery 60

Scott Lowe

MAY 25, 2017

Michael Kashin has a handy little tool that functions like ssh-copy-id on servers, but for network devices (leveraging Netmiko). Servers/Hardware. Here’s a quick post on nftables , the (eventual) Linux replacement for iptables. Check out this blog on work done to bring firmware updates into the land of Linux.

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Linux Open Source Network Vmware 60