Hello all, Here are some details on my home lab. four Supermicro SYS-5028D (128 GB RAM) two Netgear 8 port 10 GB switcch (XS708E) two Dell R710 - one using Nexenta supplying 3.51 TB of shared storage. The other is FreeNAS supplying 3.4 TB. one Synology DS1813+ The Supermicro are my ESXi hosts, and one … Continue reading My Home Lab
Month: January 2020
Newsletter: January 25, 2020
Hello, I hope everyone had a good week, mine was pretty good. And the severe cold broke and things are much more comfortable now. It was another week in the lab so that is good. Another week in the lab and I head out to Vancouver to visit customers. I am still trying to get … Continue reading Newsletter: January 25, 2020
Building Infrastructure as Code with AWS Cloudformation
Another guest author article! Image Source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is gaining attention as a method for improving the resilience, consistency, and scalability of IT infrastructure. IaC enables you to configure infrastructure in the form of a code file. Since it is just text, you can easily copy, edit and distribute the file. When … Continue reading Building Infrastructure as Code with AWS Cloudformation
Newsletter: January 18, 2020
Hello, I hope this finds everyone good? This week has been amazing here in Calgary. I think the whole week had an extreme cold warning. Really difficult actually. But it is going to start to break on Saturday and be normal on Sunday so that is good. So no grilling this weekend probably. I spent … Continue reading Newsletter: January 18, 2020
Making vRA 8 useful
Hello all, this was a difficult journey but we have vRA working now (see this article). But we need to make it useful. For me that means provisioning virtual machines by non admin users. Connect to your vRA server. You need to log in as your configuration user. Mine was config. The password is the … Continue reading Making vRA 8 useful
Kubernetes as a Service: Amazon EKS vs Google Kubernetes Engine
Another guest author and post today. Image Source Kubernetes makes the management and deployment of containers much easier. However, maintaining the platform can be complicated and expensive so many companies opt to use managed Kubernetes services. This article provides an overview of Kubernetes as a Service (KaaS) and compares two of the top providers: Google … Continue reading Kubernetes as a Service: Amazon EKS vs Google Kubernetes Engine
When / why / how to use paravirtualized adapters
Someone asked me about this (paravirtualized adapters) and it sort of distracted me. I had not worked with them for a long time. So here we go. You should make an actual decision to use paravirtualized storage adapter since it will require OS support. If you have a need - such as a very busy … Continue reading When / why / how to use paravirtualized adapters
Newsletter: January 11, 2020
Hello all, I hope that everyone had a good week? I did. Working in the lab on a new BCDR tool is always interesting. But the weather has gotten poor. I walked to a meeting yesterday and it was -18 C but today when my wife went to work it was -21 and it felt … Continue reading Newsletter: January 11, 2020
Newsletter: January 4, 2020
Hello all, Welcome to my first newsletter of 2020! I hope that everyone had a great Holiday Season and are excited about the coming year - I think it is going to be an interesting one. The past week was a bit different for me, I had a short tough bout of the flu, and … Continue reading Newsletter: January 4, 2020
