Business value of IaC
As technologists, we love to talk about Infrastructure as Code (IaC) as a technology [here’s Rob’s IaC talk]. However, focusing on the tech ignores the significant business value behind the concept. Why should CIOs, CTOs and even CEOs demand their teams pursue IaC practices? And why IaC instead of CI/CD, Site Reliability Engineering, or DevOps? What is […]
Rob discusses Edge Infrastructure with Mark Thiele [Edgevana Podcast]
This excellent discussion with Mark Thiele about the real challenges of managing a distributed infrastructure.
RackN Newsletter Oct 2020
Welcome and Subscribe! Download PDF version of the RackN Newsletter Oct 2020 From the Founders This month RackN celebrated our fifth anniversary! Looking back at some of our founding materials, it is amazing much of our original vision we’ve built and delivered. We’ve taken some time to write those core principles down in a simple and […]
Gartner Research Automation Factory highlights RackN
This excellent research report by Paul Delory (contract required) lays out a comprehensive view of all the components in the flow required to deliver applications into production. It’s an impressively laid out assembly line along the lines of what we’ve called “continuously integrated date center” in the past. We’re excited to see RackN and “Bare Metal Configuration” […]
SmartNIC = A New Server Architecture? [VMworld & ONES insights]
TL;DR: There may finally be a new server architecture! Should you care? Last week, I found myself split screen streaming VMworld and the LF Open Network and Edge Summit (ONES) – check out my TFIR Recap! While they’re very different shows: a proprietary vendor and an open source community, they’re also remarkably the same. And that says a lot about […]
VMworld 2020 Recap [TFiR]
Discussion of highlights about important announcements from VMworld 2020 including Saltstack Acquisition, SmartNIC (Project Monterery), Kubernetes (Project Tanzu), Cloud Foundation.
Day 0 Bare Metal for VMware VCF
Executive Summary SDDC Bare Metal Bootstrap puts control back in the hands of the VMware operators by eliminating manual operations, improving speed and consistency, and allowing the operator to focus on higher level value. This software only solution allows customers to choose the commodity infrastructure components that are right for their environment, and fully automating […]
How to Develop IaC for VMware Hardware
You may have an IaC process for your virtual and container environments, but have you extended IaC for VMware hardware? This post will explain how RackN can help you do that! Does IaC for VMware Hardware Make Sense? VMware defines IaC this way: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) is the practice of managing and provisioning infrastructure through software and automated […]
Learning red-hot datacenter skills without breaking the bank [TechGenix Article]
Here’s a great interview relating to our EdgeLab.digital Raspberry Pi and Kubernetes environment and why it’s a powerful tool for learning infrastructure automation. Want to learn real enterprise datacenter skills hands-on in the comfort of your home without spending a fortune? Edge Lab from RackN has a way you can do this and get started learning hot in-demand skills like […]
Is Kubernetes Too Complex?
Rob and Swapnil respond to The Register “No, Kubernetes doesn’t make applications portable, say analysts. Good luck avoiding lock-in, too” article. We discuss the fundamental paradox required for Kubernetes to become a generally useful platform. Since the video is a little long (14mins), here’s a breakdown of the video: 00:00 Intro 00:41 What is […]