Greg Ferro looks at Bisectional Bandwidth as a design technique in the data centre and why the impact of Layer 2 Multi-Pathing is a vital part of Data Centre Network Design.
TRILL: It’s a DéJà-Vu All Over Again
1 June 2010 By 5 Comments
Market Positioning Acadia, EMC, Cisco and the Whole vBlock Idea
17 May 2010 By 6 Comments
So a while back, Cisco, VMWare and EMC announced that they are forming a partnership to co-operatively sell and support products in a joint venture named Acadia. Selected engineers and sales grunts, USD$200 million bucks and “no large customer left untouched” door to door marketing campaign. Is there anything to it ?
Cisco FWSM and ACE Resource Allocation Strategies
20 April 2010 By 1 Comment
Blessay:Cloud Computing Not “Essential Service”, More Like “Public Transport”
17 January 2010 By Leave a Comment
I believe that Cloud Computing is unlikely to become Essential Service, but will be more like Public Transport – cheap, mass market, limited function and “acceptable” for some.
Internets of Interest:21 Dec 09
22 December 2009 By 1 Comment
Networking Is Cloud Ready. But Where Is Network Management ?
15 August 2009 By 1 Comment
Blessay:Cisco UCS Really Is Just Blade Servers With Fancy NICs & A Response to HP Network Ambition
2 April 2009 By 7 Comments
I found some information today, realised that UCS is really servers with fancy NICs. It also reinforced my belief that Cisco is responding to HP & IBM, not attacking them.
Humour:Cloud Computing – A Visual Tale
2 April 2009 By Leave a Comment
I saw this picture today titled “Blue Sky Thinking”. I was struck by its Cloud Computing references…..
Network Fabric:TRILL for Server and Network People. Welcome RBridges
30 March 2009 By 17 Comments
TRILL is a key network technology for enabling Cloud Computing by allowing for better migrations of VM’s, and better utilisation of the network switching fabric and much improved stability of the Data Centre Server Fabric.
The Greatest Risk to Cloud Computing ? The Vista Effect.
22 March 2009 By 2 Comments
5 Things About Cisco Announcement and a Wrap Up[Post Prandial]
16 March 2009 By 3 Comments
So Cisco announced it Intel Servers today. Its kind of exciting if you are into Data Centers and Virtualisation. They have done something very different.
Top 5 Things About the Cisco Data Centre 3.0 Announcement Today [Humour]
16 March 2009 By 3 Comments
