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On Network Virtualization and SDN

Scott Lowe

Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? So, in a similar fashion to my post on network overlays vs. network virtualization , I thought I’d weigh in with some thoughts. With this definition in hand, let’s compare network virtualization to SDN.

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Technology Short Take 123

Scott Lowe

Networking. Eric Sloof mentions the NSX-T load balancing encyclopedia (found here ), which intends to be an authoritative resource to NSX-T load balancing configuration and management. Readers can, of course, extrapolate from the concepts presented here to include other development environments.

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Technology Short Take 153

Scott Lowe

Networking. Want to understand kube-proxy , a key part of Kubernetes networking, a bit better? Xavier Avrillier walks readers through using Antrea (a Kubernetes CNI built on top of Open vSwitch—a topic I’ve touched on a time or two) to provide on-premise load balancing in Kubernetes. Start here.

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Technology Short Take 95

Scott Lowe

Networking. has a nice write-up on Cisco XR stemming from a presentation at NFD 17. The engineering team at Lyft recently discussed a new overlay-free networking approach they’ve been working on for Kubernetes: IPVLAN-based CNI stack for running within VPCs on AWS. (For I hope it proves useful! Larry Smith Jr.

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VMworld 2013 Day 2 Keynote

Scott Lowe

Depending on network connectivity, I may or may not be able to update this post in real-time. Next they move into a discussion of the networking side of the house. (My Kit quickly reviews how NSX works and enables the creation of logical network services that are tied to the lifecycle of the application.

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Weekly Update 6-17-2019: All About Ansible

Linux Academy

Because of how it is presented. Using Terraform to Create a Docker Volume and Network. Load Balancing Google Compute Engine Instances. Initiating Google Cloud VPC Network Peering. Why is it considered to be the simplest? It is also lightweight, which means it doesn’t require a lot of computer resources to run.

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CLDS006: Exploring New Xeon E5 Optimizations for 10 Gb Ethernet

Scott Lowe

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).

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