A real-world problem that defines "big data": How do you move massive volumes of data across long distances? Just dump 300TB of data onto a USB drive and ship it. Sounds like a great idea, but a few problems arose. 1) They don’t really make 300Tb USB drives. One provider has some 20TB USB … [Read more...]
Long-Distance vMotion, Stretched HA Clusters and Business Needs
February 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A great Q&A about long-distance vMotion, stretched HA clusters, and such by Ivan Pepelnjak. Ivan's a networking expert, but he has gone deeper into the various VM-over-distance technologies than anyone I know. Just go read it: Long-Distance vMotion, Stretched HA Clusters and Business Needs … [Read more...]
Using XenDesktop 5 with VMware
January 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
This pretty much says it all: In this blog post I am going to go over using XenDesktop 5 with VMware. You've gotta read Jarian Gibson's article, Using XenDesktop 5 with VMware, if you're going to attempt this! … [Read more...]
Microsoft Windows Server vs Chevy Camaro
January 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
A fun comparison of Microsoft's continual updating to Windows Server to Chevrolet's updates to the classic Camaro. Derek Melber lists some changes to both and tries to answer his core question: I think Microsoft, with their changes to Windows Server (and the client), are on the same path. I love … [Read more...]
Why Is Cisco Bothering with “Open” EIGRP?
January 31, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Here's a thoughtful piece by Anthony Burke over at our friends, Packet Pushers. Cisco is introducing an "open" version of EIGRP, but why? And how open is it really? What Cisco should have said in its announcement was that, “Cisco EIGRP is now an open standard, but…” Read more: Why Is Cisco … [Read more...]
Detecting Un-fair Wireless Usage
January 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
John Herbert points out one surprising issue with Wi-Fi Intrusion Prevention systems: It deactivated an awesome science fair project! I had the pleasure this weekend of being one of the judges for my county’s Educational Technology Fair (the winners of which then feed up to the state Educational … [Read more...]
Your storage in the Cloud
January 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Hans De Leenheer comments on the various cloud storage offerings from TwinStrata, CloudBerry, StorSimple, VMware Octopus/Horizon, Amazon, and others. Public Cloud, Private Cloud, Hybrid Cloud, bleh bleh bleh, ... get over it, it is all called CLOUD and it will remain that way for a while. What … [Read more...]
The SDN Impact on Net Neutrality
January 29, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Brent Salisbury draws a parallel between SDN and net neutrality, showing how technology can enable carriers to discriminate, double-dip, and more. A great read! Over the next 10 years the networking industry is going to transform much more than it has in the previous ten year. The catalyst as we … [Read more...]
Data Center Overlays 101
January 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
Joe Onisick did a great job laying out the various datacenter network overlay technologies in this Show Me "chalk talk" presentation. … [Read more...]