Infrastructure as Code [Repost DevOps.com]
2020-03-24
Infrastructure as Code and Six Key Automation Concepts
Digital Rebar Platform v4.2 Release
2019-12-31
These release notes span the v4.1 and v4.2 releases. The focus is on features, not the numerous fixes for bugs and minor issues. 4.1 Release Items Contexts – this is a major feature that allows workflows to transition between instances of runners on the machines and other locations (such asContinue Reading
Server firmware is fragile! Why haven’t we fixed it? The HPE SSD patch challenge.
2019-12-01
Last week, HPE alerted us of a critical software bug that would cause SSDs to fail after three point seven years of use. The problem is not that there was a firmware bug, those happen all the time, but how little HPE provided to fix the problem. It basically throwsContinue Reading
YES – VM + Containers can be faster than Bare Metal!
2019-08-26
Pat Gelsinger, VMware CEO, said that VM managed Containers could be 8% faster than bare metal during the VMworld keynote (@kitcolbert). On the surface, this comment defies logic: bare metal should be the theoretical limit for performance like the speed of light. While I don’t know the specifics of hisContinue Reading
RackN Digital Rebar v4 Release
2019-08-08
RackN is excited to announce v4 of Digital Rebar. In this fourth generation, we recognize the project’s evolution from provisioner into a data center automation platform. While the external APIs and behavior are NOT changing (v4.0 and v3.13 are API compatible), we are making important structural changes that allow forContinue Reading
RackN founding member of LF Edge
2019-01-24
Today, the Linux Foundation announced LF Edge to help build open source platforms and community around Edge Infrastructure. We’re just at the start of the effort with projects and vendors working in parallel without coordination. We think this LF Edge initiative is important because the Edge is already a patchworkContinue Reading
Podcast – Ian Rae talks Cloud, Innovation, and Updates from Google Next 2018
2018-09-10
Joining us this week is Ian Rae, CEO and Founder CloudOps who recorded the podcast during the Google Next conference in 2018. Highlights 1 min 55 sec: Define Cloud from a CloudOps perspective Business Model and an Operations Model 3 min 59 sec: Update from Google Next 2018 event GoogleContinue Reading
Podcast – Yves Boudreau on State of Edge Report and Edge vs Cloud
2018-08-13
Joining us this week is Yves Boudreau from Ericsson for his 2nd Podcast appearance (1st Podcast) to talk about the new State of the Edge Report and the latest happenings in the Edge community. Highlights Edge as an accelerant not having to wait until Edge is built completely Opportunity CostContinue Reading
December 1 – Weekly Recap of Digital Rebar, RackN, and Industry News
2017-12-01
Welcome to the weekly post of the RackN blog recap of all things Digital Rebar, RackN, Edge Computing, and DevOps. If you have any ideas for this recap or would like to include content please contact us at info@rackn.com or tweet RackN (@rackngo) Items of the Week Industry News Hot IoT techContinue Reading
Deep Thinking & Tech + Great Guests – L8ist Sh9y Podcast
2017-10-18
I love great conversations about technology – especially ones where the answer is not very neatly settled into winners and losers (which is ALL of them in IT). I’m excited that RackN has (re)launched the L8ist Sh9y (aka Latest Shiny) podcast around this exact theme. Please check out the deep and thoughtfulContinue Reading