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Monitoring CPU on firewalls

There is a trend in network monitoring toward Push Model (versus Pull Model) where network devices send metrics to a collector in a ‘netflow’ like fashion (read blog post of Matt Oswalt). It is up to the collector to interpret that data; no need to standardize what is being sent. The only agreement is on data format […]

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Monitoring CPU On firewalls

There is a trend in network monitoring toward Push Model (versus Pull Model) where network devices send metrics to a collector in a ‘netflow’ like fashion (read blog post of Matt Oswalt). It is up to the collector to interpret that data; no need to standardize what is being sent. The only agreement is on data format […]

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Community is Key

So in case anyone didn’t know, I got to speak at Interop Las Vegas 2016 last week. It was an amazing experience, and I think it changed my professional outlook on a lot of things.  I had never attended a large conference like this before, and it was slightly daunting in that respect, to say […]

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Community is Key

So in case anyone didn’t know, I got to speak at Interop Las Vegas 2016 last week. It was an amazing experience, and I think it changed my professional outlook on a lot of things.  I had never attended a large conference like this before, and it was slightly daunting in that respect, to say […]

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Back to Basics: Cooling – Part 2

This is the second and final part of the Back to Basics: Cooling – Part 1 article. Here we will cover: Relative Humidity Calculating Cooling Capacity Converting Between Units For handy references and info, download my Power & Cooling Cheat Sheet to the right   Approx Reading Time: 10-15 Minutes Relative Humidity The datacenter may seem […]

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Back to Basics: Cooling – Part 2

This is the second and final part of the Back to Basics: Cooling – Part 1 article. Here we will cover: Relative Humidity Calculating Cooling Capacity Converting Between Units For handy references and info, download my Power & Cooling Cheat Sheet to the right   Approx Reading Time: 10-15 Minutes Relative Humidity The datacenter may seem […]

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Want to be a better engineer? Learn to troubleshoot

Want to be a better engineer? Learn to troubleshoot Since I have been working in IT for many years there are a few traits that generally separate a good engineer from a great engineer. One of those traits is troubleshooting. For those of you out there who have been doing this a long time would […]

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Want to be a better engineer? Learn to troubleshoot

Want to be a better engineer? Learn to troubleshoot Since I have been working in IT for many years there are a few traits that generally separate a good engineer from a great engineer. One of those traits is troubleshooting. For those of you out there who have been doing this a long time would […]

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