CTOvision

FEBRUARY 20, 2015

Microsoft Shows More Love For Linux, HDInsight Now Supports Ubuntu On Azure (microsoft-news.com). An Open Microsoft: Azure HDInsight Available for Linux (windowsitpro.com). Jason Verge, "Hortonworks Becomes Official Google Cloud Feature". Azure Machine Learning Aims to Convert Data to Information (technewsworld.com).

Google 150

Google Cloud Big Data Open Source 150

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2019

Courtesy of Tigera, Alex Pollitt shares some guidelines on when Linux conntrack is no longer your friend. Apparently Dell’s new docking stations support firmware updates via Linux. This article has good information on safely using /tmp and /var/tmp on systemd-powered Linux distributions. Networking. Servers/Hardware.

Linux 60

Linux Dell Open Source Licensing 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

Although Linux is often considered to be superior to Windows and macOS with regard to security, it is not without its own security flaws. I, personally, would posit that Linux can be more secure than other platforms, but it requires proper configuration and can still be undone by a loose nut behind the keyboard. Virtualization.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

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. By the way, if you’re thinking of using NetApp storage in an OpenStack environment, here’s a “how to” that Jon wrote.). (By

Vmware 60

Vmware Storage Linux Network 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Noorali starts out with a quick introduction/overview of Helm, likening it to yum or apt for Linux packages. Chart Museum, an open source Helm chart repository server, also recently released an update. Moving into storage, Rice mentions Rook, which as of September moved from the Sandbox into the CNCF Incubator.

Open Source 60

Open Source Vmware Architecture Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

The popular open source container registry project, Harbor , has released a new version (version 1.2). 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). Ben Evans has a four-part series (so far) on vSAN.

Load Balancer 60

Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 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.

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