The Hidden Complexity Apocalypse: Pandora’s Box or Jevons Paradox?
Building infrastructures where the systems are completely hidden from the people building applications is a very powerful thing. Consider what it takes to create an artificial intelligence and machine learning platform. It isn’t necessary to build the actual machine learning platforms, learn how to build models or learn neural networking computational methods. Hidden complexity makes […]
Digital Rebar 4.7 Release Available
RackN has released Digital Rebar v4.7 for general use. In addition to a major RackN UX update, this release rolls up a range of Digital Rebar fixes and performance improvements. Important Notices For v4.7, operators should be aware that Port 8090 is now required to be accessible for Digital Rebar endpoints. This change is a security enhancement […]
Orchestration Automation: The One Ring
Over the past several weeks we have discussed the four types of automation. We by describing provisioning and configuration automation, and why zipping the two together help you build automated infrastructures. Next, we showed how automating monitoring data can make your architectures resilient. This post is about orchestration automation. It will show that infrastructure automation isn’t really complete unless you’ve […]
Monitoring Data Automation: The Path to Resilient Infrastructure
For the last several weeks, we’ve been discussing the four types of automation. First, we outlined the different types and how zipping together provisioning and configuration automation make them more effective. This week we’ll dive deep into monitoring data automation. This type of automation is the most essential element for building successful long-term systems. However, it is often […]
Zip Up Your Provisioning & Configuration Automation
When you think about automation, what comes to your mind first? If you’re like most people, it’s the combination of provisioning and configuration automation. When you think about it, even though these actions are often done together, they are actually different types of automation. Why and how should you zip up your provisioning and configuration automation? […]
Do You Know The Four Types of Automation?
Can automation cure all infrastructure and IT woes? We’re finding automation is much harder than we’d like to admit. Perhaps that’s because we don’t consider the four types of automation. Why is Automation Difficult? Why does using automation to perform ordinary operations feel like running into a wall? Repeatable tasks such as building clusters, configuring operating […]
Is Repaving Data Centers the Way to Better ROI?
Our most successful customers embrace the concept of rebuilding their data center from scratch at any time. They often call this “data center repaving.” However, it isn’t as hard as it sounds to repave a data center. What Does It Mean to Repave a Data Center? Repaving a data center means rebuilding or re-deploying servers […]
Consistent Day 2 VMware Operations: No Longer a Pipe Dream
You may have heard how important day 2 operations are, but what does it take to ensure smooth, consistent day 2 operations? Let’s walk through how Digital Rebar can help, using VMware ops as an example. Operational Stages by Day Automation is critical to the idea of software lifecycle, especially as our industry moves towards […]
TFiR interviews about Digital Rebar v4.6
Pair of recent posts from TFiR discuss how RackN is changing the game with infrastructure automation.
RackN Makes Continuous Provisioning Automation a Reality
Today, we are pleased to announce the release of RackN Digital Rebar v4.6. RackN Infrastructure as Code management helps companies struggling with exploding infrastructure complexity. With this release, RackN solves consistency and integration challenges by enabling Continuous Provisioning Automation. Digital Rebar v4.6 enables continuous provisioning automation with self-contained high availability and multi-platform universal workflow. This latest […]