Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

IO Virtualization is an approach whereby physical IO components such as Network Interface Cards (NICs) Host Bus Adaptors (HBAs) and Keyboard/video/Mouse ports (KVM) are reproduced logically rather than physically. Converged Networking Adapters (e.g. This blog is related to my 2009 installment on Fabric as an IT Enabler. What is IOV?

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Fountainhead

APRIL 20, 2009

The beauty of infrastructure orchestration is that it abstracts-away all of the "plumbing" of the Server such as I/O, networking and storage connectivity -- which makes it an absolutely *ideal* complement to virtualization. Cloud Computing Journal. Peter Cochrane. Reflections of the Void. Steve Wilson. Thomas Bittman. Virtual Geek.

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Fountainhead

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Four days packed with presentations and networking (of the social kind). Think of it this way: Fabric Computing is the componentization and abstraction of infrastructure (such as CPU, Memory, Network and Storage). Virtual networking. This permits physically flatter networks. Tuesday, December 8, 2009.

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Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

More from Egenera was published today in the Wall Street Journals MarketWatch website. Not all High Availability (HA) and Disaster Recovery (DR) is solved by VM technology. But hardware, I/O, storage and network have to be provisioned too. Cloud Computing Journal. I called these the " big blind spots ". cmon folks.

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Fountainhead

JUNE 7, 2010

In the same way that the software domain has been virtualized by the hypervisor, the infrastructure world can be virtualized with I/O virtualization and converged networking. And, once the I/O and network are now virtualized, they can be composed/recomposed on demand. Cloud Computing Journal. See diagram below. Peter Cochrane.

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Fountainhead

MAY 6, 2010

Converged Infrastructure and Unified Computing are both terms referring to technology where the complete server profile, including I/O (NICs, HBAs, KVM), networking (VLANs, IP load balancing, etc.), The result is a pooling of physical servers, network resources and storage resources that can be assigned on-demand.

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Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

Our goal has been to find a cost-effective solution for our IT needs that would make it convenient for employees of our company to access our shared network (documents and emails) all over the globe without much hassle, difficulty, or expense. Cloud Computing Journal. Peter Cochrane. Reflections of the Void. Steve Wilson. Virtual Geek.

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Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

In the early eras of PCs, a number of new technologies arose: in particular there was the IP network, that allowed the CPU to talk to others, and external/networked storage, that externalized (or removed) the dedicated hard drive. Changes to the network or storage meant changing I/O configurations. An alternative model.

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Fountainhead

MAY 5, 2009

So, not only can you define a virtual server instantly, you can define a *physical* server (maybe a virtual host, or a physical machine) down to I/O, NICs, Storage and Network. Along with enabling server consolidation, the software is delivering superior high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (HA). Cloud Computing Journal.

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Fountainhead

APRIL 27, 2009

The beauty of infrastructure orchestration is that it abstracts-away all of the "plumbing" of the Server such as I/O, networking and storage connectivity -- which makes it an absolutely *ideal* complement to virtualization. Cloud Computing Journal. So this technical approach is gaining greater installed-base every day. Peter Cochrane.

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Fountainhead

JUNE 2, 2009

I would expect the first-movers to adopt this wont be traditional enterprises -- but rather Service Providers, Hosting Providers and perhaps even IT Disaster Recovery operations looking to get into the IaaS and/or Cloud Computing space. not just a networking play. Cloud Computing Journal. but growing. ► October. (2).

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