GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

Amazon WorkSpaces , the company’s virtual desktop service, just unveiled its first device for end users, a $195 product created by directly repurposing the hardware design for Amazon’s Fire TV Cube. “We wanted to take all the savings that we could get from manufacturing and turn that into lower prices for customers overall.”

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 12, 2014

Some Windows Server Storage I/O related commands The following are some commands and tools for Microsoft Windows environments that are useful for storage I/O activities (among others).

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

DNS, BGP, hardware-based security, Kubernetes, Linux—they’re all in here. Gabriel Sieben ruminates on the potential dangers of Microsoft Pluton , a new security chip co-developed by Microsoft and AMD. A “highly evasive” Linux malware named OrBit has emerged; see here for more details. Networking.

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Linux Academy

APRIL 10, 2020

By now you’ve heard the stories that Microsoft loves Linux and fully embraces the open-source world. Microsoft, under Satya Nadella, has taken a new stance on open-source , which to some is a complete flip-flop from the Microsoft of the past. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL). Windows Terminal. Calculator.

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Linux Academy

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

When Microsoft announced all-new Azure certification exams last September, we added four new Training Architects focused on preparing our students. When Microsoft incorporated live environments into those exams, we gave our students instant, hands-on labs to help them get ready. Creating and configuring storage accounts.

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Linux Academy

MAY 7, 2019

We Azure, just like Microsoft Linux! Linux Academy is the only way to get exam-like training for multiple Microsoft Azure certifications, check out this blog post if you’re wondering where to get started in Azure. Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies – Exam AZ-300. New Azure Courses.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

There are different reasons for benchmarking, such as, you might be asked or want to know how many IOPs per disk, Solid State Device (SSD), device or storage system such as for a 15K RPM (revolutions per minute) 146GB SAS Hard Disk Drive (HDD).

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2017

Introducing Windows Subsystem for Linux WSL and Overview. Microsoft has been increasing their support of Linux across Azure public cloud, Hyper-V and Linux Integration Services (LIS) and Windows platforms including Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL) as well as Server along with Docker support.

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Linux Academy

MAY 7, 2019

Azure, just like Microsoft ? Linux Academy is the only way to get exam-like training for multiple Microsoft Azure certifications, check out this blog post if you’re wondering where to get started in Azure. Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies – Exam AZ-300. Develop solutions that use storage tables.

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Storage IO Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2014

AWS made several announcements at re:invent including many around development tools, compute and data storage services. One of those to keep an eye on is cloud based Aurora relational database service that complement existing RDS tools. SQL Server among others).

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Linux Academy

MAY 7, 2019

Azure, just like Microsoft ? Linux Academy is the only way to get exam-like training for multiple Microsoft Azure certifications, check out this blog post if you’re wondering where to get started in Azure. Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies – Exam AZ-300. Develop solutions that use storage tables.

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Linux Academy

JUNE 10, 2019

All are handled safely inside the Linux Academy platform. . Simply put, d atabases store a variety of data such as usernames, email addresses, encrypted passwords, and virtually any other type of data that you can imagine. Database management systems are software that handle the storage, retrieval, and updating of data.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

It was good to read this post on Cumulus Linux first impressions by Jeremy Stretch. I’m a fan of Cumulus, but I’m admittedly a Linux guy (see here ) so you might say I’m a bit biased. Jeremy is a “hard-core” networking professional, and so hearing his feedback on Cumulus Linux was, in my opinion, useful.

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Linux Academy

DECEMBER 1, 2019

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start. How to Get a Linux Job.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Here’s a handy list of deprecated Linux network commands and their replacements. 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. Virtualization.

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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. Peyton Smith and Mitchell Moser share seven common Microsoft Active Directory misconfigurations that adversaries tend to abuse. Virtualization. Networking.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 6, 2014

In the process, he muses about the value of configuration management tool chains such as Chef and Puppet in a world of “open switch” platforms such as Cumulus Linux. Speaking of Cumulus Linux…did you see the announcement that Dell has signed a reseller agreement with Cumulus Networks? Operating Systems/Applications.

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Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 2, 2017

Michael Kashin has a great article on how Open Virtual Network (OVN, part of the Open vSwitch project) implements virtual networks in OpenStack. Flatpak is a (relatively) new application packaging/sandboxing mechanism for Linux applications. Virtualization. Good advice.

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Linux Academy

SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Microsoft Azure Administrator – Exam AZ-103 : This course will help to prepare you for the AZ-103 exam with practical labs and demonstrations with the focus on these 5 domains: Manage Azure subscriptions and resources. Implement and manage storage. Deploy and manage virtual machines (VMs). DevOps: 16. Google Cloud: 1.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. Microsoft seems to be all about shocking the world these days (see my related mention of their SQL Server announcement below). At the recent OCP Summit, Microsoft introduced Software for Open Networking in the Cloud (SONiC).

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 21, 2020

” Want to use a Yubikey to automatically lock and unlock your Linux system? According to The Verge , Windows 10 users aren’t very happy about Microsoft’s forced roll-out of its Chromium-based Edge browser. ” Storage. Virtualization. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Programming.

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Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

A fan of network virtualization might also say that decomposing today’s complex physical networks into multiple simple logical networks on top of a simpler physical transport network—similar to Mike’s suggestion of converging on a smaller set of reference architectures—might also help. (Of Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 2, 2017

Brendan Burns, co-founder of Kubernetes and now an architect at Microsoft Azure, has a blog post about how Kubernetes enables containers-as-a-service (CaaS), which in turn is the foundation for the next generation of Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS). Here’s a walkthrough to install Arch Linux on VirtualBox. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

You may have heard of eBPF, the Linux technology that is reshaping Linux applications (and in some ways reshaping Linux itself). Something about Linux, and Fedora in particular, just keeps drawing me back. What a time to be alive: Microsoft has its own Linux distribution. Virtualization. Good stuff!

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Linux Academy

AUGUST 29, 2019

To continually support you in your mission to learn and grow we are always adding new courses and free resources to begin developing your Linux and Cloud skills. Courses Free in September: Microsoft SQL Server On Linux Quick Start. Linux Networking and Trouble Shooting. How to Get a Linux Job. Git Quick Start.

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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. Virtualization. Networking.

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Linux Academy

OCTOBER 2, 2019

Hi, I’m Anna, COO of Linux Academy. Anthony is out on some much-needed vacation, but that’s not going to stop us from updating you on everything new in this Linux Academy Monthly Update. Here are some of the most recent quizzes you can use to check out the updates: Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) AWS . CompTIA Linux Plus XK0-004.

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Linux Academy

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

To continually support your mission to learn and grow, we are always adding new, free courses and resources for developing Linux and Cloud skills. Members of the Linux Academy community come together and share their insights and questions. Microsoft SQL Server on Linux Quick Start. How to Get a Linux Job.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). 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. Enough said.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Sjors Robroek describes his nested NSX-T lab that also includes some virtualized network equipment (virtualized Arista switches). 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. Enough said.

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Storage IO Blog

AUGUST 17, 2017

Need to learn more about Microsoft Azure Cloud Software Defined Data Infrastructure topics including reference architecture among other resources for various application workloads? Microsoft Azure has an architecture and resources page (here) that includes various application workload reference tools.

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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. Want to get geeky with storage protocol stacks ? Want to get geeky with storage protocol stacks ? Virtualization.

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Linux Academy

JULY 18, 2019

At Linux Academy, we have the most extensive learn-by-doing library of cloud training and the largest on-staff training team in the e-learning market. This year, Microsoft has made it hard to keep up. At Linux Academy: Hands-On labs are real environments created by industry experts to help you learn by doing. Need a Windows VM?

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 18, 2017

Here’s an article describing how to establish a site-to-site VPN between a Cisco ASA and Microsoft Azure. 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. Virtualization. Operating Systems/Applications.

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Linux Academy

MARCH 26, 2019

By adding free cloud training to our Community Membership, students have the opportunity to develop their Linux and Cloud skills further. Each month, we will kick off our community content with a live study group allowing members of the Linux Academy community to come together and share their insights in order to learn from one another.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Craig Matsumoto of SDN Central helps highlight a recent (and fairly significant) development in networking protocols—the submission of the Generic Network Virtualization Encapsulation (Geneve) proposal to the IETF. This next round of hardware offloads seems targeted at network virtualization and related technologies.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

This article by Red Hat provides a reasonable overview of various networking options available in OpenStack (specifically, Red Hat’s OpenStack distribution) to support Network Functions Virtualization (NFV). ZFS will be in the next Ubuntu Linux LTS release. Virtualization. I guess all I can really say about this is…oops.

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