Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 19, 2017

The enterprise data storage marketplace is poised to become a battlefield. No longer the quiet backwater of cloud computing services, the focus of this global transition is now going from compute to storage. An overview of recent storage market history is needed to understand why this transition is important. is already with us.

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The Verge

JULY 14, 2020

Kano is releasing a second-generation model of its buildable Windows 10 PC, which keeps the $299.99 inch touchscreen, 64GB of eMMC storage, and 4GB of RAM. And like the original version released last year, the second-gen Kano PC was developed in partnership with Microsoft and runs full Windows 10.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 2, 2017

In discussing support for corporate communication and collaboration systems as part of my Linux migration, I’ve so far covered e-mail in part 1 and calendaring in part 2. As far as I know, there is no native WebEx client for Linux. GoToMeeting and its variants don’t run on Linux at all. The client is called Sky or Sky Linux.)

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

” It’s called the Amazon WorkSpaces Thin Client, using the industry lingo for a basic type of hardware that relies on cloud-based storage and processing rather than a beefy CPU and hard drive on a traditional computer. “That is exactly what we’re going for,” he said.

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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 Terminal. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

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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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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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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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CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2023

The pecking order for cloud infrastructure has been relatively stable, with AWS at around 33% market share, Microsoft Azure second at 22%, and Google Cloud a distant third at 11%. Microsoft offers a similar service called Microsoft Azure Stack. The cloud market has been a picture of maturity of late.

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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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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

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. This site has more details about the X11 Window system than most people care to know. Programming.

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Kitaboo

MAY 8, 2024

Publishers and authors can easily convert their Microsoft Word document files into this format and make them available to a wider audience. It offers cross-platform compatibility for Windows, macOS, and Linux to ensure easy accessibility to users across diverse operating systems.

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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. It almost feels like we are well into Windows Registry territory here. Good stuff! See the previous bullet!)

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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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Dataconomy

APRIL 13, 2023

The VNC protocol is designed to be platform-independent, meaning that it can be used to access and control computers running on any operating system, including Windows, macOS, Linux, and others. The ability to access and control a computer using any operating system that supports VNC, such as Windows, Linux, macOS, and more.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Aside from a Windows VM I maintain for the occasional thing I can’t do effectively on Linux or OS X, I haven’t worked with Windows in any significant capacity in quite a while. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful. RegEx tester. Enough said. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2017

Aside from a Windows VM I maintain for the occasional thing I can’t do effectively on Linux or OS X, I haven’t worked with Windows in any significant capacity in quite a while. This other post by Cody on automated Windows 10 post-install may also be useful. RegEx tester. Enough said. 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. environments.

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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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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

MARCH 30, 2018

Thomas Maurer has a “first impressions” post on the Microsoft Surface Book 2. (I I must admit I’ve been considering adding a Microsoft device to my collection.). Flatcar Linux is a “friendly fork” of Container Linux (of CoreOS). Servers/Hardware. Still, the idea is pretty cool.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 16, 2017

This is my irregularly-published collection of links and articles from around the Internet related to the major data center technologies: networking, hardware, security, cloud computing, applications/OSes, storage, and virtualization. Looks like Microsoft’s Nano Server is headed in a new direction. Networking. Virtualization.

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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. Operating Systems/Applications. Check this out. Virtualization.

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Cloud Musings

OCTOBER 16, 2016

Cloud Operations: This module helps you study the management of cloud operations and addresses the application need for compute power, managing CPU scaling, and meeting both structured and unstructured storage requirements.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

The use of public cloud offerings as disaster recovery targets is on the rise; note this article from Microsoft on how to migrate on-premises workloads to Azure using Azure Site Recovery. Mike Foley has a blog post on how to go from zero to Windows domain controller in only 4 reboots. Running Hyper-V with Linux VMs? LTS server.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 19, 2019

Milind Gunjan shares some tips for troubleshooting Linux bridged networking on a KVM host. Mark Church from Docker provides an update on Windows containers with Docker and Kubernetes , specifically calling out the support for Windows node as of the Kubernetes 1.14 Here’s Microsoft’s side of the same announcement.

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Scott Lowe

JUNE 29, 2016

This is a highly technical article on scheduling in the Linux kernel , but it’s well worth reading. It’s not uncommon for folks to use a tool like VirtualBox to run Linux VMs on which they run/test/develop Docker containers. It seems like container management solutions are a dime a dozen these days, with more popping up constantly.

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Sean Daniel

JUNE 12, 2012

Book Give-away : Win free copy of the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard, Configuring (70-169) Certification Guide , just by commenting! I am a Microsoft Certified Trainer focusing on Infrastructure Products. Give-Away Contest: Win a Copy of SBS 2011 Configuration from PACKT Publishing. Good luck to all.

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Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 9, 2016

That prompted Cody Bunch to write this article on setting up a topology with BGP on Linux using the topology converter , which I’m now mentioning in this Technology Short Take. PowerShell on Cumulus Linux on a network switch? How’s this for Technology Short Take inception—in TST #70 , I mentioned the Cumulus topology converter.

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Galido

MAY 18, 2017

Fortunately, SQL Server 2017 is going to be the primary version to run on both Linux and Windows. Python is no outsider at Microsoft. Microsoft also embeds Python code directly in SQL Server databases by including the code as a T-SQL stored procedure. Microsoft is constantly focusing on enhancing its R capabilities.

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Sean Daniel

AUGUST 8, 2012

about a name change from Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials to Windows Essential Server 2012. Before I joined Microsoft, I spent countless hours with my roommates with Windows NT4 server, Proxy Server, and more software, trying to share an Internet connection with my room mates. Posted by Sean Daniel.

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Scott Lowe

JANUARY 19, 2018

Barry Peddycord shares an update on Ansible support for the Cumulus Linux NCLU. is now GA and supported by Microsoft. Ariya Hidayat shows how to run Debian under WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux). This is pretty cool: a WYSIWYG topology designer for VMware NSX. Servers/Hardware. Nothing this time around. Virtualization.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Jointly authored by VMware, Microsoft, Red Hat, and Intel, this new protocol proposal attempts to bring together the strengths of the various network virtualization encapsulation protocols out there today (VXLAN, STT, NVGRE). Also from the same folks is a version of cloud-init for Windows instances in cloud environments.

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Scott Lowe

MARCH 8, 2016

This article is an interesting read on some work being done by Microsoft Research to leverage Intel SGX to address some security concerns with today’s cloud-heavy architectures/usage models. Trevor Roberts recently posted an article discussing Windows images in your OpenStack cloud. ZFS will be in the next Ubuntu Linux LTS release.

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Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2015

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. Much ado was made about the Microsoft-Docker announcement a while back regarding the availability of Docker on Windows.

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Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Bird , by the way, is an open source routing daemon for Linux, *BSD, and other UNIX-like operating systems.). That’s why I’m including these links on using Docker and Google Compute Engine to run a Minecraft server ( part 1 on using GCE and Docker , part 2 on persistent storage with a containerized Minecraft server ). Servers/Hardware.

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