SDxCentral Weekly News Roundup — June 12, 2015
Apple, Mesosphere, Plexxi, and Rapid7 figure in this week's news roundup.
Docker on Google Compute Engine Using Docker Machine
Next up in Using Docker Machine across private and public clouds, is Google Compute Engine (GCE). As with the other posts, a diagram of how I view the importance of a Docker Machine abstraction. First, if you don’t already have an account you can get $300 credit expiring after 60-days towards Google GCE that we will use as Docker hosts ... The post Docker on Google Compute Engine Using Docker Machine appeared first on NetworkStatic | Brent Salisbury's Blog....
Leaf and spine traffic engineering using segment routing and SDN
The short 3 minute video is a live demonstration showing how software defined networking (SDN) can be used to orchestrate the measurement and control capabilities of commodity data center switches to automatically load balance traffic on a 4 leaf, 4 spine, 10 Gigabit leaf and spine network.
The switches are also configured to enable OpenFlow 1.3 and connect to multiple controllers in the redundant ONOS SDN controller cluster running on Controller 1 and Controller 2.
Migrating to the cloud? Start with a readiness assessment
This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter’s approach.
After careful consideration you’ve decided it’s time to migrate a major on-premise software solution to the cloud. But how do you create and execute a plan to make sure your migration stays on time, on budget, and delivers on your expectations? Effective planning is critical, and it should start with a thorough assessment of your infrastructure by an experienced vendor who understands your specific objectives.
Usually available as a service engagement from a hosting vendor or, better yet, from the software vendor whose solution is being migrated to the cloud, this cloud readiness assessment is part checklist and part roadmap. It audits the entire environment so you can plan and execute an efficient and effective migration.
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Datanauts 001 – Hyper Convergence with Scott D. Lowe
A brand new podcast -- Datanauts -- has launched! Here's the summary of episode 1. The latest form factor, hyper-converged infrastructure, seems to be storming through the data center market like a thundering donkey with a rainbow laser cannon. Join the Datanauts as they pick apart the pros and cons of hyper-converged, ramble on about architecture and design challenges, and shine a piercing light into a dark and murky corner of the next generation data center!
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Datanauts 001 – Hyper Convergence with Scott D. Lowe
A brand new podcast -- Datanauts -- has launched! Here's the summary of episode 1. The latest form factor, hyper-converged infrastructure, seems to be storming through the data center market like a thundering donkey with a rainbow laser cannon. Join the Datanauts as they pick apart the pros and cons of hyper-converged, ramble on about architecture and design challenges, and shine a piercing light into a dark and murky corner of the next generation data center!
The post Datanauts 001 – Hyper Convergence with Scott D. Lowe appeared first on Packet Pushers.
Global Collateral Damage of TMnet leak
The Washington Post recently published a great piece about the development and current weaknesses of the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP, which is used to route all Internet traffic). This morning Telekom Malaysia (a.k.a TMnet) helped to illustrate the points made in the article by leaking almost half of the global routing table via Level 3 at 08:44 UTC.
Some of the most affected companies were those peering with Telekom Malaysia. The following graphics illustrate the impact to routes from Amazon and Cloudflare.
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Google’s extensive peering likely insulated it from some of the effects of having its routes leaked. However, it didn’t escape the incident completely unscathed. Here is an example of a normal traceroute to Google’s data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa from Prague, which goes via Frankfurt and London before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.
trace from Prague to Google, Council Bluffs, IA at 02:45 Jun 11, 2015
1 *
2 212.162.8.253 ge-6-14.car2.Prague1.Level3.net 16.583
3 4.69.154.135 ae-3-80.edge3.Frankfurt1.Level3.net 22.934
4 4.68.70.186 Level 3 (Frankfurt, DE) 23.101
5 209.85.241.110 Google (Frankfurt, DE) 23.796
6 209.85.250.143 Google (Frankfurt, DE) 24.086
7 72.14.235.17 Google (London, GB) 32.709
8 209.85.247.145 Google (New York City) 103.091
9 216.239.46.217 Google (Council Bluffs) 133.098
10 209.85.250.4 Google (Council Bluffs) 133.245
11 216.239.43.217 Google (Council Bluffs) 133. Continue reading
iPexpert’s Newest “CCIE Wall of Fame” Additions 6/12/2015
Please join us in congratulating the following iPexpert students who have passed their CCIE lab!
This Week’s CCIE Success Stories
- Ali Syed, CCIE #48998 (Data Center)
- Panayiotis Chiras, CCIE #48880 (Wireless)
- Evgeniy Petrunko, CCIE #48938 (Data Center)
We Want to Hear From You!
Have you passed your CCIE lab exam and used any of iPexpert’s self-study products, or attended a CCIE Bootcamp? If so, we’d like to add you to our CCIE Wall of Fame!
Datanauts 001 – Hyper Convergence with Scott D. Lowe
A brand new podcast -- Datanauts -- has launched! Here's the summary of episode 1. The latest form factor, hyper-converged infrastructure, seems to be storming through the data center market like a thundering donkey with a rainbow laser cannon. Join the Datanauts as they pick apart the pros and cons of hyper-converged, ramble on about architecture and design challenges, and shine a piercing light into a dark and murky corner of the next generation data center!
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Featured Brocade Use Case Solution: The Virtual Customer Edge
A new use case solution from Brocade discusses its Virtual Customer Edge framework, showing how it helps service providers (SPs) transition from outdated CPEs to flexible, dynamic virtualized edge solution
PlexxiPulse—Partnering with CloudGov Technologies
This week we announced our partnership with CloudGov Technologies, a third platform IT Solutions provider servicing the government and commercial markets. This partnership helps federal agencies address the increasing need for scalable, agile and distributed data center networks built for third platform computing workloads. As a result of this partnership, a large U.S. government agency recently deployed our solutions to automate the provisioning and deployment of more than 30,000 virtual desktops with minimal administration. The deployment significantly improves application user experience and performance by optimizing the flow of east-west traffic across its virtualized data center.
Interested in learning more? Drop us a line at [email protected] to schedule a demo or stop by booth #7071 at the AFCEA Defensive Cyber Operations Symposium from June 16-18 in Baltimore. We will be showcasing our third platform solution alongside CloudGov Technologies.
Below please find a few of our top picks for our favorite news articles of the week. Enjoy!
Fortune: 5 things that keep tech execs up at night
By Barb Darrow
Pity the poor soul at your company who is in charge of technology decisions. Whether that person is the CIO, the director of engineering, vice president of IT, or Continue reading
What You Might Not Understand About NFV, But Need to Know
The who, what, where, when and why.
IDG Contributor Network: 5 ways to fight mainframe malaise
As a mainframer, I belong to a number of organizations and groups that focus on this technology. And when I read message boards, Web sites, magazines, and blogs about big iron one theme always comes through loud and clear: my peers are overwhelmingly negative about their jobs.
In fact, some recent polls highlighting employee job dissatisfaction paint a fairly grim picture. A recent Gallup Poll is here. The Washington Post poll is here. And a Forbes poll is here.
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