Scott Lowe

JUNE 21, 2019

Networking. Mircea Ulinic shows readers how to use salt-sproxy to take a different approach to network automation using Salt. Michael Kashin has published a couple of posts on a project of his called NaaS (Network-as-a-Service). David Holder walks through removing unused load balancer IP allocations in NSX-T when used with PKS.

Network 60

Network Load Balancer Storage Applications 60

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 session starts with Rodriguez giving a (thankfully) brief overview of Expedient and then getting into the evolution of networking with 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE).

Intel 109

Intel Virtualization Data Center Network 109

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Networking. Mustafa Akin has an article on Docker’s new overlay networking functionality. If you’d like to play around with Cumulus Linux but don’t have a compatible hardware switch, Cumulus VX is the answer. Here’s a post that claims to translate OVS and OpenStack Neutron to the network engineer’s language.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Architecture Hardware 60

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

Each has a differing technology approach to blade repurposing, and each differs in the type (and source) of management control software. ” From a network performance perspective, Matrix includes 2x10Gb ‘fabric’ connections, 16x8Gb SAN uplinks, and 16x10Gb Ethernet uplinks.

Analysis 147

Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Dataconomy

APRIL 18, 2023

What is parallel processing: Load balancing ensures optimal performance for tasks distributed among processors Overcoming the challenges of parallel processing While parallel processing offers many advantages over sequential processing, it also presents several challenges that must be addressed to ensure optimal performance.

Load Balancer 41

Load Balancer Applications Big Data Resources 41

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This is session COMS002, titled “The Future of Software-Defined Networking with the Intel Open Network Platform Switch Reference Design.” The Intel Open Network Platform (ONP) Switch is the official name for Seacliff Trail, which I talked about last year at IDF 2012. So how does this work?

Intel 61

Intel Load Balancer Architecture Virtualization 61

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Fishbowl , providers of software and services to the restaurant industry, has leveraged Latisys for a hybrid solution that encompasses colocation, managed services, and cloud. The company has a typical software as service setup with a few pieces added in. Networking. It was around what we think we need and what they can offer.

Cloud 189

Cloud Data Data Center Firewall 189

The Accidental Successful CIO

AUGUST 3, 2011

The arrival of virtualization software changed everything. This low level software allowed multiple applications to run on the same physical hardware but believe that they had the box all to themselves. Kotsovinos points out that a VM is really a collection of interconnected physical subsystems : server, storage, and network.

Virtualization 100

Virtualization Load Balancer Data Center Vmware 100

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Microservers share some common characteristics, such as high integrated platforms (like integrated network) and being designed for high efficiency. takes the stage to talk about software-defined infrastructure (SDI), which is the vision that Intel has been talking about this week. IDF 2014: Virtualizing the Network to Enable SDI.

Load Balancer 61

Load Balancer Intel Network Hardware 61

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 10, 2015

Networking. Matt Oswalt recently wrapped up his 3-part “DevOps for Networking” series. The NFV discussion seems to be heating up a bit, particularly the “networking” part of NFV. Jason Edelman has posted a self-compiled list of networking projects that are open source ; this is a useful list, so thanks for compiling it Jason!

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Network IBM 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Networking. If you’re interested in learning more about OpenFlow and software-defined networking but need to do this on a shoestring budget in your home lab, a number of guides have been written to help out. First up is Brent Salisbury’s how to build an SDN lab without needing OpenFlow hardware.

Vmware 109

Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 109

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 6, 2009

A specific angle I want to address here is that of infrastructure automation ; that is, the dynamic manipulation of physical resources (virtualized or not) such as I/O, networking, load balancing, and storage connections - Sometimes referred to as "Infrastructure 2.0". a Fabric), and network switches, load balancers, etc.

Load Balancer 100

Load Balancer Virtualization Data Center Network 100

Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

According to VMware a mature NSX environment allows you to orchestrate and provision layer 2 and 3 characteristics of the network associated to the application and VM’s but the network elements all the way up to layer 7. Since they can be provisioned and configured by software means that they can now be automated using vCAC and vCD.

Vmware 58

Vmware Load Balancer Data Center Virtualization 58

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Four days packed with presentations and networking (of the social kind). Think of it this way: Fabric Computing is the componentization and abstraction of infrastructure (such as CPU, Memory, Network and Storage). This is very much analogous to how OS virtualization componentizes and abstracts OS and application software stacks.

Data Center 113

Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer Network 113

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

IO Virtualization is an approach whereby physical IO components such as Network Interface Cards (NICs) Host Bus Adaptors (HBAs) and Keyboard/video/Mouse ports (KVM) are reproduced logically rather than physically. Converged Networking Adapters (e.g. Existing physical IO but with address hardware-based mapping/virtualization (e.g.

Virtualization 157

Virtualization Data Center Network Storage 157

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Essentially the punchline is this: Weve taken the most commonly-purchased hardware configuration and management tools used by mission-critical IT Ops, and integrated them into a single product with a single GUI that you can install and use in ~ 1 day. If you dont believe Dell hardware is ready for the Data Center, then think again.

Dell 138

Dell Data Center Virtualization Cloud 138

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

This pertains to managing the infrastructure elements on which the cloud is running – including the physical infrastructure elements such as servers, networks and storage, as well as the virtualization layer and the cloud stack. Networking. Cloud Application Management. Comments (required). DataCenterKnowledge. White Papers.

Data Center 203

Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

Fountainhead

JUNE 7, 2010

other than managing your software stack). Capital cost – if you count all of the separate hardware components they’re trying to manage. That last bullet, the thing about hardware components, is also something to drill down into. And a converged transport also allows for fewer switches needed on the network.

Virtualization 113

Virtualization Data Center Transportation Disaster Recovery 113

Fountainhead

MAY 6, 2010

Converged Infrastructure and Unified Computing are both terms referring to technology where the complete server profile, including I/O (NICs, HBAs, KVM), networking (VLANs, IP load balancing, etc.), and storage connectivity (LUN mapping, switch control) are all abstracted and defined/configured in software.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Storage Network 100

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Modern CPUs strongly favor lower latency of operations with clock cycles in the nanoseconds and we have built general purpose software architectures that can exploit these low latencies very well. The different stages were then load balanced across the available units. General Purpose GPU programming. Where to go from here?

Architecture 136

Architecture Programming Web Services Applications 136