Linux Academy

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Recently, when building content for one of my upcoming courses, Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies – Exam AZ-300 , I found the Microsoft documentation wasn’t immediately clear on the exclusivity of Storage Account Firewalls, and Service Endpoints. Do I need to use Service Endpoints and the Storage Firewall together?

Firewall 60

Firewall Storage Network Resources 60

Network World

OCTOBER 3, 2024

Network slicing Network slicing can make efficient use of carriers’ wireless capacity to enable 5G virtual networks that exactly fit customer needs. Hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) Hyperconverged infrastructure combines compute, storage and networking in a single system and is used frequently in data centers.

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Network WAN Data Center Wireless 155

CTOvision

MAY 16, 2017

The SFN8722 OCP offers 10GbE performance, which is critical for today’s data centers where ultra scale dominates the market, supports 1000s virtual NICs and dual 10 GbE ports, and provides up to 30 million of packets per second and ultra-low latency under one microsecond. The SFN8722 has 8 lanes of PCle 3.1 Flexible layer 2-4 flow steering.

Software 194

Software Software Data Center Hardware 194

Fountainhead

MARCH 25, 2013

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. landscape will include many servers (often virtual machines) linked by. unique network topology (including load balancing, firewalls, etc.). connected to differing forms of storage (not to mention storage tiering, backup etc.)

Applications 214

Applications Cloud Data Center Load Balancer 214

Scott Lowe

MAY 6, 2013

I’ve had a few conversations about network virtualization and software-defined networking (SDN) recently (see here and here ) and the amorphous use of the term “software-defined.” Separating the storage control plane from the storage data plane is a much closer storage analogy to SDN, in my opinion.

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Storage Virtualization Vmware Network 127

Network World

MAY 29, 2024

The Best of Enterprise Networking (BENNY) Awards recognize the most innovative products in enterprise networking and the enterprise data center, including the latest wired and wireless networking technologies, network security products, management tools, storage, servers, and virtualization technologies. Learn more.

Network 108

Network Enterprise Enterprise Data Center 108

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Storage and bandwidth is growing accordingly.” They manage dedicated firewalls for us, but as far as load balancers we use the cloud. When we need highly detailed control over the firewalls, Latisys provided us with dedicated.”. We had the same conversation about firewalls. Cloud based firewalls aren’t the answer.”.

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Cloud Data Data Center Firewall 189

CTOvision

MAY 9, 2017

Delivers 1000s Virtual NICs for Ultimate Scalability with the Lowest Possible Latency. The SFN8722 also provides the ideal link between fast NVMe storage and the network. Hardware based firewall – Filtering packets in both directions at a record rate of 250 nanoseconds, offering the fastest filter execution available on the market.

Software 151

Software Software Data Center Hardware 151

Scott Lowe

MAY 3, 2013

I try to keep the information linked to data center technologies like networking, storage, virtualization, and the like, but occasionally other items slip through. Ranga Maddipudi ( @vCloudNetSec on Twitter) has put together two blog posts on vCloud Networking and Security’s App Firewall ( part 1 and part 2 ). Networking.

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Vmware Storage Virtualization HP 123

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again.

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HP Virtualization Hardware Network 113

Scott Lowe

APRIL 8, 2013

Greg Ferro examines a potential SDN use case (an OpenFlow use case) in the form of enterprise firewall migrations. Oz looks like it could be quite useful—especially in virtualized/cloud computing environments—but I’m struggling to determine why I should use Oz instead of OS-specific mechanisms (like a kickstart file).

Storage 125

Storage Vmware WAN Virtualization 125

Galido

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

When you place your resources in the cloud utilizing Microsoft as a provider of public cloud, your network which is situated in the cloud can be termed as a n Azure virtual network (Vnet). Your virtual network can be configured in a similar way as your internal on-premises network; i.e, The vnet can be sub divided into subnets as well.

Virtualization 60

Virtualization Microsoft Firewall Network 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 3, 2013

The real problem is the configuration and management of network policy: stuff like QoS, VLANs, ACLs, NAT, VRFs, firewalls, load balancing, etc. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Networking Virtualization OpenFlow SDN' Technology Short Take #30.

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Load Balancer Network HP Virtualization 119

Scott Lowe

MAY 15, 2013

I’ve written before about adding an extra layer of network security to your Macintosh by leveraging the BSD-level ipfw firewall, in addition to the standard GUI firewall and additional third-party firewalls (like Little Snitch ). The robust pf firewall should now be running on your OS X Mountain Lion system.

Firewall 135

Firewall Resources Linux System 135

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

As a provider, Expedient has to balance five core resources: compute, storage (capacity), storage (performance), network I/O, and memory. VM-to-VM (on the same host) via a hardware-based virtual switch in an SR-IOV network interface card (NIC). VM-to-VM (on a different host) over a traditional external switch.

Intel 115

Intel Virtualization Data Center Network 115

CTOvision

JANUARY 11, 2016

Encompasses any number of physical and virtual servers, while supporting a huge choice of public cloud offerings. Simplifies infrastructure, enabling IT to avoiding having to create new silos, which often consist of new technologies and firewalls. Silos increase complexity and cost.

Cloud 150

Cloud Open Source Firewall Applications 150

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 5, 2023

Latest cybersecurity threats expose flaws in traditional security methods Let’s consider two methods of security for customer data: firewalls and cloud storage. Firewalls are not well suited to protect against modern threats. Think about your data center firewall as a safe inside your home, where highly sensitive data is kept.

Security 104

Security Firewall Storage Windows 104

Fountainhead

MAY 5, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. With the explosive growth of virtualization, this segment of technology is hotter than ever. In the way virtualization abstracts & configures the software world (O/S, applications, etc.), skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead.

Data Center 100

Data Center Virtualization Disaster Recovery Storage 100

Network World

DECEMBER 9, 2024

As data centers evolve from traditional compute and storage facilities into AI powerhouses, the demand for qualified professionals continues to grow exponentially and salaries are high. Format: Five-day instructor-led training program delivered in person or remotely in a virtual environment. But its not all smooth sailing.

Data Center 152

Data Center Data Energy Programming 152

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

I’m not sure if this falls into storage or virtualization, but we’ll place it here in the Storage section. Greg Schulz has a decent two-part (well, three part actually, but it’s only the second two that interest me) series on VVols and storage I/O fundamentals ( part 1 and part 2 ). Virtualization.

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Vmware Linux Storage Virtualization 87

Network World

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It can be a router with an optional firewall. It has a detachable SMA dipole antenna for the sub-GHz, an Ethernet port for WAN/LAN connection, USB port (for storage or a camera), and a 12V / 1A power input. It can act as a DHCP client, relay, or server. It measures about 5 inches x 3.5 inches x 1.2

Network 137

Network Firewall Wireless IPv6 137

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 6, 2022

COVID-19-related lockdowns have made the situation even more challenging as security teams lost the protection of the firewall. Gaining access to enterprise resources used to require remote users to tolerate the performance penalties of logging on to a virtual private network. Now that’s not needed,” Vasudevan says. “I

Security 98

Security Cloud Data Firewall 98

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

At the same time, employees, partners, customers, and other stakeholders need constant access to IT resources from many devices and locations, most of which are outside the firewall. Virtual machines, containers, data storage: All of it can be managed via a single platform, so administrators don’t need to be retrained.

Cloud 98

Cloud Enterprise Enterprise Data Center 98

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Ivan Pepelnjak shares some links and thoughts on configuring the NSX-T firewall with a CI/CD pipeline built on GitHub Actions and Terraform Cloud. For reasons that I won’t go into here (maybe later), I was recently pointed toward the vcluster project (for running virtual Kubernetes clusters in a namespace of an actual cluster).

Open Source 107

Open Source Cloud Network Storage 107

Scott Lowe

JUNE 4, 2013

Tom Nolle asks the question , “Is virtualization reality even more elusive than virtual reality?” This post by Ranga Maddipudi shows you how to use App Firewall in conjunction with VXLAN logical networks. I talked before about the difference between network virtualization and SDN, so no need to mention that again.

HP 68

HP Virtualization Hardware Network 68

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 26, 2014

Colbert next dives into more detail on Project Fargo, which enables vastly faster provisioning of virtual desktops by via cloning process. beta announced yesterday), storage (via VSAN), networking (via NSX—go VCDX-NV!), Policy can (and should) be applied not only to networking, but also to storage, compute, and other areas.

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Vmware Architecture Applications Storage 79

Sean Daniel

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Introducing a new line of Network Storage Servers for SMB. Only yesterday, a third product that I worked on over the past little while called Windows Storage Server 2008 R2 Essentials was announced, on hardware provided by Western Digital. Labels: Backup , NAS , SBS 2011 Essentials , Storage Server Essentials , Training and Awareness.

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Storage Network SMB Windows 48

Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

The ability to virtualize the network devices such as firewalls, IPS and load balancers also means that these once physical devices that have discrete interfaces can be controlled by software. The second major area is storage automation. The key to a successful cloud management strategy is provisioning and controlling storage.

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Vmware Load Balancer Data Center Virtualization 58

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 12, 2022

Protecting data and monitoring user behavior used to be relatively simple when everyone was behind the corporate firewall. For example, data within software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications can’t be protected by the corporate virtual private network if users are outside the firewall, so access needs to be governed at the user account level.

How To 98

How To Firewall Policies Applications 98

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

I saw this blog post about Curiefense , an open source Envoy extension to add WAF (web application firewall) functionality to Envoy. Virtualization. Via William’s post on configstorecli , I also saw this post by Duncan Epping on renaming a virtual switch on vSphere 7.0U2 and higher. Career/Soft Skills.

Open Source 105

Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Scott Lowe

JUNE 20, 2016

Using eBPF, Plumgrid has created in-kernel virtual network functions (VNFs) that do things like bridging, routing, network address translation (NAT), and firewalling. I guess I can’t fully escape my time spent in the world of storage; I’d also been asked to stop by the booth for StorageOS , a new “software-defined storage” startup.

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Meeting Linux Storage Network 60

CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Virtually every company relied on cloud, connectivity, and security solutions, but no technology organization provided all three. In 2020, 11:11 CEO Brett Diamond noticed a gap in the market. Diamond founded 11:11 Systems to meet that need – and 11:11 hasn’t stopped growing since.

System 105

System Enterprise Enterprise Vmware 105

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Russell Bryant has a post on Open Virtual Network (OVN) , a project within the Open vSwitch (OVS) community. specifically, the new container network firewall functionality. When I was using Fedora, I needed some useful information on firewall-cmd , and found this article to be helpful. Virtualization. Servers/Hardware.

Firewall 60

Firewall Virtualization Network Storage 60

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 15, 2022

Cloud networking comprises three layers: first from on-premises data centers to the cloud, then within a cloud that has multiple accounts or virtual private clouds, and finally, between individual clouds in a multicloud environment. It’s more complicated than standard networking, Hoag says.

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CTO Network Cloud Data Center 97

CIO Business Intelligence

JULY 2, 2024

VMware revolutionized the very premise of the cloud with virtualization and today more than 500,000 enterprises rely on VMware by Broadcom technologies as the crucially important underpinnings their mission-critical operations run on,” says Bartram. Many organizations moved to the cloud but still must manage innumerable tasks,” he says.

Enterprise 98

Enterprise Enterprise Cloud Vmware 98

Scott Lowe

APRIL 24, 2014

You might also consider enabling the built-in firewall (see this write-up for enabling pf on OS X Mountain Lion ; haven’t tried on Mavericks yet) for an added layer of network protection. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Technology and Travel.

Travel 68

Travel Firewall Backup Hardware 68

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 3, 2013

Art Fewell takes a deeper look at the increasingly important role of the virtual switch. A discussion of “statefulness” brought me again to Ivan’s post on the spectrum of firewall statefulness. Virtualization. Networking Security Storage Virtualization CLI OpenFlow OpenStack Puppet VMware vSphere'

Vmware 60

Vmware Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 60