Network World

JULY 17, 2024

The Linux-based NOS was created by Microsoft for its Azure data centers and then open-sourced by Microsoft in 2017. In April 2022, Microsoft turned the project over to the Linux Foundation and its 450,000 developers. What is SONiC? Who created SONiC? We should see SONiC continue to extend into new use cases.”

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Open Source Enterprise Enterprise Linux 173

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

As part of my migration to Linux as my primary laptop OS, I needed to revisit my choice of virtualization provider. Long-time readers probably know that I was an early adopter of VMware Fusion , starting way back in 2006 with the very first “friends and family” release (before it was even publicly available). VirtualBox ?

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Linux Virtualization Vmware Dell 60

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Don’t be surprised, then, to see me start talking more about switching away from OS X, and exploring applications and tools that work on other platforms. Further, I need to ensure that the applications I need to get my job done will be present on my next platform. Apple and VMware…or Xen? Macintosh iPhone Linux'

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Apple Operating Systems Applications Linux 149

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 31, 2018

In December 2016, I kicked off a migration from macOS to Linux as my primary laptop OS. Although I stopped the migration in August 2017, I restarted it in April 2018 when I left VMware to join Heptio. Linux Distribution. Applications. Chat/Instant messaging: I continue to use the Slack Linux client and Pidgin.

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Linux Report Vmware Google 60

CTOvision

DECEMBER 21, 2013

This is a must attend event for any organization or agency looking to be information-driven and give access to more data to more resources and applications. The Art and Application of Hadoop. Prior to Cloudera, Eli worked on processor virtualization and Linux at VMware. Join us on Thurs., Webster Mudge – Sr.

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Big Data CTO Data HP 283

Scott Lowe

APRIL 11, 2017

In December 2016, I kicked off a migration to Linux (from OS X) as my primary laptop OS. Let me start by saying that I am actively using a Linux-powered laptop as my primary laptop right now, and I have been doing so since early February. Linux Distribution. Applications. LTS (“Xenial Xerus”).

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Linux Report Vmware Travel 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

In recent years, we’ve seen more devices running off-the-shelf software (like Linux). Is the Linux bridge efficient enough? These challenges can be summarized as: I/O-intensive application virtualization. Third, DPDK provides optimized vNIC drivers for Xen, KVM, and VMware. Intra-VM communication.

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Virtualization Intel Cloud Data 131

CTOvision

JANUARY 23, 2014

4:15 PM Adjourn/ Networking SocialTrack 2 – Business Track – Big Data Applications and Use Cases. 3:30 PM The Art and Application of Hadoop. Prior to Cloudera, Eli worked on processor virtualization and Linux at VMware. 3:30 PM EzBake: Integration in the Cloud. 1:00 PM The REDDISK Big Data Architecture.

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CTO Big Data Data HP 294

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 8, 2022

SGB-SMIT’s multi-cloud ambitions have been made possible using VMware Cloud on AWS and Google Cloud VMware Engine. Together, these enable SGB-SMIT to lift, shift, and scale its VMware applications to the cloud of its choice, anywhere in the world. . Within six months, Schibsted was able to shut down over 350 servers.

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Cloud Vmware Disaster Recovery Groups 98

Scott Lowe

MARCH 21, 2017

This post is part of a series of posts sharing other users’ stories about their migration to Linux as their primary desktop OS. As I mentioned in part 1 of the series , there seemed to be quite a bit of pent-up interest in using Linux as your primary desktop OS. Q: Why did you switch to Linux? is awesome). is awesome).

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Linux Open Source Windows Operating Systems 60

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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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 87

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 15, 2016

As a result, I’ve stepped up my work on a Linux migration, and I’m happy to report that I’ve made some progress. Linux Distribution. I’ve looked at a fair number of Linux distributions. I also went back and looked again at Ubuntu derivatives like Linux Mint. Here’s a quick update on where things stand so far.

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Linux Report Hardware Windows 60

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Bruce Davie and Martin Casado (with Nicira, now part of VMware) have written a post comparing the VXLAN and STT tunneling protocols. Operating Systems/Applications. This VMware blog post helps explain the link between Puppet and vFabric Application Director, and why organizations may want to use both.

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Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 115

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 19, 2014

In this post, I’m going to discuss how to use the popular command line utility curl to interact with a couple of RESTful APIs—specifically, the OpenStack APIs and the VMware NSX API. Example 2: Authenticating to VMware NSX. VMware NSX is one example. VMware NSX controllers only listen on HTTPS (not HTTP).

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Authentication Vmware Examples Applications 106

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2013

Some good advice here on scaling/sizing VXLAN in VMware deployments (as well as some useful background information to help explain the advice). Linux distributions that offer ARM support, though—like Ubuntu, RHEL, and SuSE—are supported, however. VMware addressed this potential issue with a feature called BPDU Filter.

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Vmware Storage Virtualization HP 123

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Networking The networking section this time around is focused on application level protocols…but hey, they’re still networking protocols, right? A UEFI flaw , affecting both Windows and Linux, that leverages malicious images? Operating Systems/Applications Decisions, decisions— which immutable Linux to use ?

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Linux Vmware Resources Network 110

GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

It’s taking a new approach to the security of containers, a virtualization software technology that packages application code. Here’s more about how the technology works, from the company’s press release: Instead of running containers in Linux namespaces, Edera’s platform treats a container like a virtual machine guest.

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Security Cloud Virtualization Vmware 110

Scott Lowe

MARCH 11, 2014

The best way to describe Docker is to use the phrase from the Docker web site—Docker is “an open source project to pack, ship and run any application as a lightweight container.” Docker containers provide a standard, consistent way of packaging just about any application. (At LTS as the Linux platform.

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Linux Construction Virtualization Applications 103

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 4, 2013

Operating Systems/Applications. Greg Schulz (aka StorageIO) has a couple of VMware storage tips posts you might find useful reading. Winston Bumpus of VMware’s Office of the CTO has more information in this post. I recently came across these Example42 Puppet Tutorials. Read here for more information.

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Vmware Storage Virtualization Network 134

Scott Lowe

MAY 17, 2024

Operating Systems/Applications Julia Evans digs into what “current branch” means in Git. Nikhil shares a framework for selecting a Linux distribution. José Ignacio Amelivia Santiago takes readers on a detailed walkthrough of setting up Arch Linux on a new Framework 13 AMD-based laptop. marking GA for the project.

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Linux Operating Systems Windows Virtualization 110

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 9, 2024

In addition to technical advancements, the event highlighted strategic initiatives that resonate with CIOs, including cost optimization, workflow efficiency, and accelerated AI application development. With Q Developer taking up the translation tasks, developers would be free to focus on other tasks, boosting productivity, Garman said.

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Storage Enterprise Enterprise Conference 116

Virtualized Greek

JANUARY 28, 2014

Or should I say, I haven’t seen a great operating model for seamlessly managing both Windows and Linux. When collecting requirements for an application, we compile a list of functional requirements to determine the best OS platform. Hypervisors should be treated the same as Linux and Windows management.

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Vmware Linux Comparison Windows 68

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Some folks from Nicira (now part of VMware) recently published a blog post discussing the OVSDB IETF draft (see here ). Operating Systems/Applications. If storage is your thing—especially in VMware environments—I’d recommend having a look at Cormac Hogan’s blog for his series on vSphere 5.1 Networking.

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Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Virtualized Greek

MARCH 10, 2014

I know this is an understatement, but VSAN and NSX are very important VMware. Not just because they both introduce two new markets for VMware but also because it represents a shift in the position of the hypervisor in the data center. VMware has now opened the hypervisor to these two new VMware products.

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Vmware Strategy Virtualization Linux 63

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 30, 2015

Naturally, it’s worth pointing out that I work for VMware, although I do work in a business unit that makes a multi-hypervisor product (NSX). VMware “ditched” Linux in the transition to ESXi. First, it’s important to understand that, as I mentioned on Twitter , Docker on Windows isn’t the same as Linux workloads on Windows.

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Windows Linux Open Source Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Humair Ahmed of VMware shares some details on a new control plane resiliency feature recently added to VMware NSX: Controller Disconnected Operation (CDO) mode. 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.

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Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Virtualized Greek

DECEMBER 11, 2013

Linux is obviously a major force in the enterprise but traditional enterprises haven’t stopped deploying Windows Server 2012/2008 or 2003 for that matter. My experience has been that companies still embrace packaged software that runs on Windows and use Linux to replace legacy Unix based applications and appliances.

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Windows Linux Virtualization Vmware 65

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 8, 2021

Jimmy Mankowitz talks in some detail about using NSX-T in vSphere with Tanzu to secure applications. Operating Systems/Applications. Nice to see that work on getting Linux up and running and fully functional on Apple’s proprietary M1 chips is progressing well. ” Who will be correct? Cloud Computing/Cloud Management.

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IPv6 Storage Vmware Hardware 97

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 11, 2022

Many developers faced difficulties porting applications developed for a particular computing environment decades ago. Each container leverages a shared operating system kernel and encapsulates everything needed to run an application (application code, dependencies, environment variables, application runtimes, libraries, system tools etc.)

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Operating Systems Applications Enterprise Enterprise 98

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2013

Of course, I am a fan of network virtualization, since I work with/on VMware NSX.). Martijn Smit has launched a series of articles on VMware NSX. Want some additional information on layer 2 and layer 3 services in VMware NSX? Operating Systems/Applications. Here’s a good source. Any thoughts? Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Storage Linux Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

MARCH 17, 2016

At DevOps Networking Forum 2016, I had the opportunity to share a presentation on some Linux networking options. I recently came across a couple useful troubleshooting guides, one for Open vSwitch (OVS) and OpenStack Neutron and one for VMware NSX. Operating Systems/Applications. Have fun reading! Networking. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Linux Network Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 5, 2014

I have a total of four session proposals submitted this year: MIT and VMware: Taking IT to OpenStack Private Cloud. OpenStack for VMware Operators. VMware Sessions. Deploying and Auto-Scaling Applications on OpenStack with Heat. Linux Networking Virtualization Docker KVM Libvirt OpenStack' My Sessions.

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Vmware Virtualization Linux Policies 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 8, 2014

It would be great to see Docker get support for connecting containers directly to Open vSwitch (OVS), which is generally considered the de facto standard for networking on Linux hosts. Another series on VMware NSX has popped up, this time from Jon Langemak. Operating Systems/Applications. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Linux Virtualization Network 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 4, 2024

Operating Systems/Applications Minderbinder is a tool that injects failures into running processes via eBPF. Thinking of trying Arch Linux? Virtualization Gina Minks mourns the loss of the vCommunity after attending VMware Explore (formerly VMworld) in Las Vegas. Here’s a walkthrough of setting it up on a laptop.

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Vmware Network Security Linux 74

Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

Speaker: Martin Casado (VMware Networking CTO). You can save money if you consolidate your Windows & Linux workloads to fewer servers. You can save money if you consolidate your Windows & Linux workloads to fewer servers. VMware addressed this in an earlier post. So, what’s the value proposition for NSX?

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Virtualization Network Load Balancer Vmware 68

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 28, 2016

The rise of Linux in importance in the networking industry continues, with Arista announcing enhancements to Arista EOS to support—among other things—Docker containers. As a partial counterpoint to the increased use/visibility of Linux in the networking industry, check out Ivan’s take on Dell’s OS10 announcement. Networking.

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Vmware Linux Open Source Devops 60

Virtualized Greek

MARCH 10, 2014

I know this is an understatement, but VSAN and NSX are very important VMware. Not just because they both introduce two new markets for VMware but also because it represents a shift in the position of the hypervisor in the data center. VMware has now opened the hypervisor to these two new VMware products.

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Vmware Strategy Virtualization Linux 49