Creating The Universe
Justin sketches out the basic infrastructure we’ll use for the Kubernetes From Scratch project. Read More
Category Archives: Server
Project: Kubernetes From Scratch
Justin plans a silly side-project to teach himself all the gory details of Kubernetes. Read More
Moving To NGINX From Apache
Lessons learned from migration from Apache to NGINX for my websites. Read More
SFD9 Prep: Intel
Intel are investing heavily in data center tech and the Internet of Things. What will they show us at SFD9? Read More
TFD10 Prep: Dell
What will the Dell presentation at TFD10 hold? I’m hoping for cloud services and storage updates, and an overview of the integration possibilities. Read More
DellWorld 2015 Prep
This week sees me back in Austin, TX for DellWorld 2015. I accepted the invitation months before the Dell/EMC news broke, so it’s going to be very interesting to see what this year is like. I travel there as a guest of Dell, so that may well colour my impression of … Read More
Installing VMware vRO on a Scale Computing Cluster
Hopefully you’ve had time to read my blog on getting VMware vRealize Operations Manager (vRO) running on Ravello Systems cloud platform. Since I recently took delivery of a Scale Computing cluster (kindly gifted to me by the lovely people at Scale, thanks @bocanuts) and I’ve been playing with image installs … Read More
Melbourne VMUG UserCon 2015
The Melbourne VMUG UserCon 2015 was held last week, and was a great success. The vibe on the day was wonderful, and aside from the usual niggles that always crop up, attendees and sponsors alike told me they enjoyed the day. Numbers were slightly down on last year, but it … Read More
VFD4 Prep: Scale Computing
I first met Scale Computing at Storage Field Day 5, and I was impressed. Their gear is ideally suited for small- to mid-size companies, often without oodles of bandwidth to the Internet to use cloud based services, and with on-site systems that need to be controlled, like manufacturers. The HC3x … Read More
VFD4 Prep: SimpliVity
SimpliVity make a series of “hyper-convered” arrays. The devices are a mix of commodity CPU, RAM, and storage in a single OmniCube with a special bit of custom hardware: a PCIe card dubbed the OmniCube Accelerator. This custom hardware offloads the high-overhead calculations required for things like compression and de-duplication … Read More