Some of you may have noticed that I haven’t written to much in 2010. It wasn’t because I was ignoring you, I had some really good reasons. Reason #1 – Super secret projects I have been doing detailed design work for a couple REALLY LARGE data centers clients (the type that dominate top 10 lists) [...]
Entries Tagged as 'DESIGN'
Where was Colin in 2010?
January 25th, 2011 · 2 Comments · CISCO, EMC, NetApp
Tags: certification·CISCO·Data Center·DESIGN·EMC·flexpod·NDA·NetApp·Server·UCS·VBlock
Cisco releases Nexus 1000V virtual switch for VMware
September 16th, 2008 · 7 Comments · CISCO, cloud computing, DC3.0, Nexus 7000, vmware
This afternoon Cisco released a new member of the Nexus family of switches, the Nexus 1000V. This is the first switch to take advantage of VMware opening up their ESX and ESXi platforms to for third party network device manufacturers. This switch directly address some pretty big pain points surrounding current virtualization implementations. The boundary [...]
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Measuring and mitigating risk involved with sharing virtual infrastructure between DMZ and Internal environments
September 9th, 2008 · No Comments · hyper-v, virtualization, vmware
Ivan Pepelnjak over at IOS Hints and Tricks wrote a post about DMZ VLAN leaking that got me thinking. He writes about “the VLAN leaking myth” and how it encourages clients to utilize physically separate network infrastructure in the DMZ’s. Now first things first, I wouldn’t call VLAN leaking a myth. At one time it [...]
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