One of the most challenging tasks one can face is deploying an infrastructure from nothing. When we’re faced with a net new environment, we often don’t have the tools we’re used to, like VMware vCenter, or VMware Auto Deploy. Both of these tools have other dependancies, which require a working infrastructure. Sometimes, the answer may …
High availability is an important aspect of any infrastructure deployment. We’re all familiar with technologies such as VMware’s HA and Microsoft Cluster Server. Pacemaker brings this same functionality to the Linux world. Pacemaker can scale from a two node active/passive cluster to a 16 node active/active cluster. Pacemaker also brings enables you to ensure application …
One of the great things about FlexPod is its versatility. I can run multiple operating systems and applications on the same set of physical hardware. Just because I deploy a certain validated design doesn’t mean that other solutions can’t co-exist in the same hardware. Perhaps I only need eight of my 16 blades for VMware …
What is big data anyway? Data is being constantly generated everywhere around us. Think of everything you do throughout the day, and how you interact with digital systems. Perhaps you stop at a coffee shop every morning around 8:05 AM and order an espresso. Or maybe you usually go to the supermarket on Thursday evening. …
One of the projects discussed at the Kilo OpenStack design summit in Paris earlier this month is Ironic. Ironic is a program that seeks to deploy instances directly onto hardware, instead of as virtual machines. When we think of OpenStack, we tend to think of abstracting all the things, and the evolution of the hypervisor …
One of the most important programs inside of OpenStack is Keystone, also know as the identity service. Anthony Chow, one of the contestants from Season 2 of Virtual Design Master and one of the participants of #vDM30in30 has a great writeup of how Keystone works at his blog. Keystone has two main roles inside of OpenStack and they are …