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On Network Virtualization and SDN

Scott Lowe

Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? I encourage you to read Keith’s full blog post, but I think the key point he makes is right here: How is this different from Software Defined Networking or SDN? These are all software—does that make them SDN?

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Scott Lowe

has a nice write-up on Cisco XR stemming from a presentation at NFD 17. VPCs, or Virtual Private Clouds, are Amazon’s software-defined networking mechanism for workloads running on AWS.). Viktor van den Berg writes on deploying NSX load balancers with vRA. I hope it proves useful! Networking. Larry Smith Jr.

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The O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference Call for Participation

CTOvision

Friends at O’Reilly Media have just alerted me to a call for participation in the O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference, which will be held 17-19 March in Boston MA (see: [link] ). More info is below: The O’Reilly Software Architecture Conference Call for Participation. Caching, load balancing, optimization.

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AWS Lambda Versioning and Aliases

Linux Academy

In AWS, we work a lot with infrastructure: VPCs, EC2 instances, Auto Scaling Groups, Load Balancers (Elastic, Application, or Network). Software Deployment Workflows and Versioning. And if we are working with Lambda we need to be adept when we put on our Software development and deployment hats. AWS API Gateway.

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VMworld 2013 Day 2 Keynote

Scott Lowe

“This is the power of software”, according to Carl. Kit shows tasks in vCenter Server that reflect the automation being done by NSX with regard to automatically creating load balancers, firewall rules, logical switches, etc., IT management giving way to automation.

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CLDS006: Exploring New Xeon E5 Optimizations for 10 Gb Ethernet

Scott Lowe

Next the presentation shifts focus a little bit to discuss FCoE. Johnson shows a great diagram that reviews all the various types of VM-to-VM communications that can exist in modern data centers: VM-to-VM (on the same host) via the software-based virtual switch (could be speeds of 30 to 40 Gbps in this use case).

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What’s Free at Linux Academy — March 2019

Linux Academy

Eschewing any technical practices, this course takes a high-level view of the history of Linux, the open-source movement, and how this powerful software is used today. Then this course is for you. We will look at its many types of deployments and the various incarnations of a Linux “distribution.”. Vote for April’s study group!

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