Formalisation of Automation: WIP
For the last five or six years, I’ve not really done any networking and have focussed on software, automation and the mechanisation of processes so that they may be manifested as network driving workflows. I try to keep up with networking technology and working for Juniper has really made me level up in this aspect. I’m lucky to be surrounded by an army of real experts and it’s humbling. What’s still a thorn in my side is the beginner expert community around automation, and I’m working to bring awareness to this through providing questions and insight with methodologies to bootstrap the journey. More on that another time. This paragraph is to position some emotions for what’s about to follow!
To get to the crux of this post, now shift your view to your every day life. How many times a day does an app crash on your phone, laptop or tablet? When was the last time a feature wasn’t available on your TV because you didn’t upgrade to the latest version of software? Right at the beginning of my career, I worked in real time electronics. Machinery that should not die randomly, or just become obsolete because of the hardware Continue reading
Bringing Cloud Principles to The Enterprise
As legacy applications evolveto the cloud, hosted and multi cloud architectures blending on-premises data and applications with elastic scale-out and rapidly deployed cloud capabilities, legacy networking tools have been challenged causing them to become cumbersome and unreliable. The shift to cloud native architectures with containers, serverless instances and edge IoT sensors feeding in critical data, has significantly increased the number of devices that need to be managed. Meanwhile shrinking the amount of time available for provisioning, upgrades and change controls has become an issue.
Beware the Marketing Magic of GUI-Based Programming
Someone working for a network automation startup desperately tried to persuade me how cool their product is. Here’s what he sent me:
We let network engineers build their own network automation solutions in no time without requiring coding or scripting knowledge. It’s all GUI based, specifically geared towards network engineers - they can simply model services or roll-out networks “as-designed”.
The only problem: I’ve seen that same argument numerous times…
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Rumors of Disk’s Death Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
We talked recently about the addition of new layers of performance in the storage stack and how users and storage architects are trying to make most effective use of those. …
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Managing High Availability in PostgreSQL – Part III: Patroni
In our previous blog posts, we discussed the capabilities and functioning of PostgreSQL Automatic Failover (PAF) by Cluster Labs and Replication Manager (repmgr) by 2ndQuadrant. In the final post of this series, we will review the last solution, Patroni by Zalando, and compare all three at the end so you can determine which high availability framework is best for your PostgreSQL hosting deployment.
- Managing High Availability in PostgreSQL – Part I: PostgreSQL Automatic Failover
- Managing High Availability in PostgreSQL – Part II: Replication Manager
- Managing High Availability in PostgreSQL – Part III: Patroni
Patroni for PostgreSQL
Best Trendy iPhone Rose Gold Cases
Rose gold has become a popular choice for everything from jewelry to iPhone cases. If you are looking to upgrade your current iPhone case or purchasing your first case for your iPhone 6 or 6s, then you’ll want one of these five best trendy iPhone rose gold cases.
5 Best Trendy iPhone Rose Gold Cases
Obliq Rose Gold Slim Fit Armor Case
Not only do you want your iPhone case to protect your iPhone from damage – you want it to be functional and look good while providing that protection too. The Obliq rose gold slim fit armor case is a trendy and elegant way to provide protection for your iPhone. This case is both bold and simple and snaps onto your phone easily while leaving you access to all your iPhones buttons and ports. This allows you to change your phone without removing the case, which adds to convenience to using this case.
Rose Gold Rhinestone Rangsee Case
The rose gold rhinestone Rangsee case is well loved by many users due to the fact this case really blinged out. This is an extremely eye-catching and glamorous case that features rounded edged and solidly embedded crystals. While this case isn’t Continue reading
Wow: NVMe and PCIe Gen 4
Recently it’d come to my attention that my old PC rig wasn’t cutting it.
- Intel i7 950
- 18 GB of RAM
- X58 Asus-based motherboard
- Sandisk 1 TB SSD
- 2 x 8 TB Shucked Best Buy Easystore Hard Drives in Windows Storage Spaces (see why I didn’t do parity storage because of the Microsoft shit-show)
- 1 Gigabit Intel NIC
- NVidia GTX 980
Considering it was 10 years old, it was doing really well. I mean, I went from HDD to 500 GB SSD to 1 TB SSD, up’d the RAM, and replaced the GPU at least once. But still, it was a 4-core system (8 threads) and it had performed admirably.
The Intel NIC was needed because the built-in ASUS Realtek NIC was a piece of crap, only able to push about 90 MB/s. The Intel NIC was able to push 120 MB/s (close to the theoretical max for 1 Gigabit which is 125 MB/s).
The thing that broke the camel’s back, however, was video. Specifically 4K video. I’ve been doing video edits and so forth in 1080p, but moving to 4K and the power of Premerier Pro (as opposed to iMovie) was just killing my system. 1080p was a Continue reading
Rafay Launches Kubernetes Management SaaS With NTT as a Customer
Rafay Systems made available its software-as-a-service (SaaS) for Kubernetes lifecycle management...
WiFi 6 Gains Certification, Inches Closer to Mass Adoption
Qualcomm has already released WiFi 6 chips and Cisco has released a series of new access points and...
Cloudflare IPO Scorches Wall Street
The content delivery network provider’s $525 million IPO attracted strong attention with the...
Network Break 252: Big Tech Backlash Hits Google; Activist Investor Tells AT&T To Slash And Burn
On today's Network Break podcast, Google is the latest tech giant to face a tech backlash as U.S. Attorneys General launch an antitrust investigation, AT&T comes under fire from an activist investor, Microsoft partners with satellite broadband providers on ExpressRoute, Gigamon rolls out new software, and more tech news.Network Break 252: Big Tech Backlash Hits Google; Activist Investor Tells AT&T To Slash And Burn
On today's Network Break podcast, Google is the latest tech giant to face a tech backlash as U.S. Attorneys General launch an antitrust investigation, AT&T comes under fire from an activist investor, Microsoft partners with satellite broadband providers on ExpressRoute, Gigamon rolls out new software, and more tech news.
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The Week in Internet News: Antitrust Investigations of Big Tech Heat Up
Playing monopoly: Antitrust investigations of large U.S. tech companies are launching, with 48 state attorneys general announcing a Google probe, Salon.com reports. The focus is on Google’s alleged domination of online advertising. Meanwhile, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has asked Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and Google parent company Alphabet to turn over documents in its own antitrust probe, CNBC.com says. The House committee seems to be focused on Facebook’s and Google’s recent acquisitions, Amazon’s promotion of its own products, and other issues.
Broadband Island: Anacortes, Washington, on Fidalgo Island near Seattle, is building its own broadband network, Geekwire.com notes. The city is using existing water lines to install fiber optic cable, and the service will cost residential customers $39 per month for 100 Mbps service and $69 for gigabit speeds.
The Internet of Gasoline: Hackers are increasingly talking about ways to target Internet of Things connected gasoline pumps, ZDNet reports. It’s unclear whether hackers are targeting gas pumps as a way to get cheaper gas or for more destructive reasons. Smart electricity meters are also a target, with the goal of reducing bills, the story suggests.
Free the root: CircleID.com has an Continue reading