Network World

AUGUST 29, 2024

NGINX Plus is F5’s application security suite that includes a software load balancer, content cache, web server, API gateway, and microservices proxy designed to protect distributed web and mobile applications. This combination also leaves CPU resources available for the AI model servers.”

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Network World

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Traditional servers consisting of CPUs, RAM, high-speed networking, hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drivers (SSDs), while critical to todays high-performance computing (HPC) , simply werent built to support such intense AI capabilities. Related : What is AI networking?

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Artificial Intelligence System Hardware Applications 199

Network World

AUGUST 20, 2024

Juniper Networks is offering education programs and pricing incentives to accelerate enterprise adoption of AI-based technologies. The idea with the Blueprint is to give customers a guide and toolkit for success with Juniper’s AI-Native Networking Platform. Streamlined licensing is another component of the Blueprint.

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Education Programming Data Center Licensing 397

Network World

MAY 16, 2024

AI networking is another area Kyndryl is targeting. “AI AI networking is definitely in its early days, but we have been in a few consulting engagements about that,” Shagoury said. “A Cloud Computing, Networking A lot of our push in our consulting business is helping our clients think through how to architect that and deploy it.

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Fractional CTO Cloud Applications Load Balancer 417

CTOvision

MAY 16, 2017

Solarflare, a global leader in networking solutions for modern data centers, is releasing an Open Compute Platform (OCP) software-defined, networking interface card, offering the industry’s most scalable, lowest latency networking solution to meet the dynamic needs of the enterprise environment. Marty Meehan.

Software 194

Software Software Data Center Hardware 194

Scott Lowe

APRIL 30, 2013

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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Virtualization Network Vmware Load Balancer 151

CTOvision

MAY 9, 2017

Solarflare, a global leader in networking solutions for modern data centers, is releasing an Open Compute Platform (OCP) software-defined, networking interface card, offering the industry’s most scalable, lowest latency networking solution to meet the dynamic needs of the enterprise environment.

Software 151

Software Software Data Center Hardware 151

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Whether it is redundant hardware or a private hot-site, keeping an environment up and running 99.99% (insert more 9’s here) of the time is a tough job. With a well-planned deployment, and a good infrastructure, companies can efficiently load-balance their IT environment between multiple active, cloud-based, sites.

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Cloud Disaster Recovery Data Center Backup 250

Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

Speaker: Martin Casado (VMware Networking CTO). NSX is basically a network hypervisor similar to how ESXi is a server hypervisor. So, NSX would sit on top of the physical network, which would give you the same capability to provision extremely complex virtual networks from Layer 2 to 7. Operations.

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Virtualization Network Load Balancer Vmware 68

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

They manage dedicated firewalls for us, but as far as load balancers we use the cloud. I wasn’t sure cloud load balancing would be right, for example, but they showed us the numbers. Networking. “Because of the amount of mailflow, we need to manage that very closely,” said Namez. “A A Cooperative Process.

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Cloud Data Data Center Firewall 189

Virtualized Greek

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

Basically, they are looking to provide programmability to the network via their Application-Centric Infrastructure. This is different from the current software first movement in that Cisco’s approach is based on their hardware first view of the network. F5 – Security/Load Balancing. Network Cisco NSX VMWare'

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Vmware Load Balancer Hardware HP 78

Scott Lowe

DECEMBER 6, 2012

Networking. If you’re interested in learning more about OpenFlow and software-defined networking but need to do this on a shoestring budget in your home lab, a number of guides have been written to help out. First up is Brent Salisbury’s how to build an SDN lab without needing OpenFlow hardware. Servers/Hardware.

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Vmware Virtualization Storage Hardware 115

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

This pertains to managing the infrastructure elements on which the cloud is running – including the physical infrastructure elements such as servers, networks and storage, as well as the virtualization layer and the cloud stack. Networking. Cloud Application Management. Comments (required). DataCenterKnowledge. White Papers.

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Data Center Cloud Data Applications 203

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 6, 2009

A specific angle I want to address here is that of infrastructure automation ; that is, the dynamic manipulation of physical resources (virtualized or not) such as I/O, networking, load balancing, and storage connections - Sometimes referred to as "Infrastructure 2.0". a Fabric), and network switches, load balancers, etc.

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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. Existing physical IO but with address hardware-based mapping/virtualization (e.g.

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Virtualization Data Center Storage Network 157

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Essentially the punchline is this: Weve taken the most commonly-purchased hardware configuration and management tools used by mission-critical IT Ops, and integrated them into a single product with a single GUI that you can install and use in ~ 1 day. If you dont believe Dell hardware is ready for the Data Center, then think again.

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Dell Data Center Virtualization Cloud 138

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

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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Intel Virtualization Data Center Network 115

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.

Data Center 113

Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer Network 113

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2014

Microservers share some common characteristics, such as high integrated platforms (like integrated network) and being designed for high efficiency. He starts the discussion by talking about NFV and SDN, and how these efforts enable agile networks on standard high volume (SHV) servers (such as microservers).

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Load Balancer Intel Network Hardware 68

Scott Lowe

MARCH 15, 2024

Networking Lee Briggs (formerly of Pulumi, now with Tailscale) shows how to use the Tailscale Operator to create “free” Kubernetes load balancers (“free” as in no additional charge above and beyond what it would normally cost to operate a Kubernetes cluster). Thanks for reading!

Linux 113

Linux Vmware Load Balancer Malware 113

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

This is session COMS002, titled “The Future of Software-Defined Networking with the Intel Open Network Platform Switch Reference Design.” The Intel Open Network Platform (ONP) Switch is the official name for Seacliff Trail, which I talked about last year at IDF 2012. So how does this work?

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Intel Load Balancer Virtualization Architecture 68

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

” From a network performance perspective, Matrix includes 2x10Gb ‘fabric’ connections, 16x8Gb SAN uplinks, and 16x10Gb Ethernet uplinks. As you would expect, the system has pretty fast networking; Cisco’s system includes 2x10Gb fabric interconnects, 8x4Gb SAN uplink ports, and 8x10Gb Ethernet uplink ports.

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Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 6, 2021

Networking. Here’s a quick look at using Envoy as a load balancer in Kubernetes. Back in April of this year, Patrick Ogenstad announced Netrasp , a Go package for writing network automation tooling in Go. Servers/Hardware. I hope this collection of links has something useful for you!

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Open Source Load Balancer WAN Architecture 105

Fountainhead

JUNE 7, 2010

Capital cost – if you count all of the separate hardware components they’re trying to manage. That last bullet, the thing about hardware components, is also something to drill down into. And I mean I/O components like NICs and HBAs, not to mention switches, load balancers and cables. See diagram below.

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Virtualization Data Center Transportation Disaster Recovery 113

Galido

APRIL 27, 2020

For a start, it provides easy optimization of infrastructural resources since it uses hardware more effectively. On top of that, the tool also allows users to automatically handle networking, storage, logs, alerting, and many other things related to containers. Therefore, this allows users to save on hardware and data center costs.

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Load Balancer Tools Open Source Applications 94

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 5, 2012

Networking. I think this three-part series on new network models for cloud computing ( part 1 , part 2 , and part 3 ), while almost a year old, is quite good. Erik Smith, notably known for his outstanding posts on storage and FCoE, takes a stab at describing some of the differences between SDN and network virtualization in this post.

Storage 92

Storage Vmware Linux Virtualization 92

Virtualized Greek

AUGUST 27, 2013

According to VMware a mature NSX environment allows you to orchestrate and provision layer 2 and 3 characteristics of the network associated to the application and VM’s but the network elements all the way up to layer 7. This is where partnerships from both hardware vendor and existing software management solutions.

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Vmware Load Balancer Data Center Virtualization 58

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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Data Center Virtualization Storage Network 100

Scott Lowe

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

Networking. The rise of the disaggregated network operating system (NOS) marches on: this time, it’s Big Switch Networks announcing expanded hardware support in Open Network Linux (ONL) , upon which its own NOS is based. Servers/Hardware. Here’s a post by Ron Fuller on changing the IP address of NSX Manager.

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Vmware Linux Storage Load Balancer 60

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 14, 2017

Networking. Romain Decker has an “under the hood” look at the VMware NSX load balancer. Servers/Hardware. This graphical summary of the AWS Application Load Balancer (ALB) is pretty handy. Sorry about that! Christopher Davis has an article discussing a recommended VPC subnet configuration.

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Load Balancer Vmware Hardware Open Source 60

Scott Lowe

JUNE 18, 2021

The collection of links shared below covers a fairly wide range of topics, from old Sun hardware to working with serverless frameworks in the public cloud. Networking. The first is a post on Cilium and F5 load balancer integration , while the second discusses implementing Kubernetes network policies with Cilium and Linkerd.

Vmware 60

Vmware Hardware Load Balancer Apple 60

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 21, 2022

Networking. Nick Schmidt talks about using GitOps with the NSX Advanced Load Balancer. Servers/Hardware. And now for the content! Mike Fiedler explores differences in ways for container-to-container communication to occur. Aidan Steele examines how VPC sharing could potentially improve security and reduce cost.

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Load Balancer Linux Intel Cloud 90

Scott Lowe

JANUARY 17, 2020

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. Servers/Hardware. Now I really want to see hardware security key support in the desktop and mobile apps!

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Load Balancer Vmware Windows Cloud 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 6, 2017

Networking. Matt Oswalt has a great post on the need for networking professionals to learn basic scripting skills—something he (rightfully) distinguishes from programming as a full-time occupation. Further, he follows that up with a post on how automation is more than just configuration management ; it’s about network services.

Vmware 60

Vmware Linux Storage Network 60

Scott Lowe

APRIL 15, 2022

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. Servers/Hardware.

Linux 74

Linux Load Balancer IPv6 Licensing 74

Scott Lowe

JUNE 8, 2018

Networking. If you’re a networking pro and didn’t understand most of that last sentence, I’d content that you’ve got some learning to do. If you’re a networking pro and didn’t understand most of that last sentence, I’d content that you’ve got some learning to do. Servers/Hardware.

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Load Balancer Vmware Storage Intel 60

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 27, 2021

Networking. Servers/Hardware. Rudi Martinsen has an article on changing the Avi load balancer license tier (this is in the context of using it with vSphere with Tanzu). I hope you find something useful! A short while ago I was helping someone (an acquaintance of a friend) with some odd DNS issues. Plastic microchips ?

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Linux Load Balancer Malware Virtualization 90