At work, we've been getting ready to deploy a few different cluster technologies. One is a set of KVM hosts to offer VMaaS … [Read more...]
A Small Yellow Wooden Door: Thinking Practically About SDN
28 March 2013 by Leave a Comment
As I do most days, I took a walk in the woods at the back of my garden after a hearty dinner. I was quite surprised to come … [Read more...]
Show 135 – Change Control Causes Constipation
11 February 2013 by 12 Comments
Ethan & I talk about recent events in the industry and their workday. I have a head cold so apologies for the sniffles / … [Read more...]
How to Draw Clear L3 Logical Network Diagrams
7 January 2013 by 17 Comments
The biggest single problem I'm seeing when working on enterprise networks is the lack of L3 logical network diagrams. Most of … [Read more...]
Healthy Paranoia Show 6: Once Upon a Time, There Was Virtualization…
17 November 2012 by 3 Comments
Yes boys and girls, today we tell a story of clouds. The Packetpushers attack the subject of virtualization security. You'll … [Read more...]
Practical Visibility Fabric – Part 1
15 October 2012 by 1 Comment
Men have become the tools of their tools. - Henry David Thoreau This will be a three part series. This first article will … [Read more...]
Secret Sauce or Cargo Cult Science?
15 July 2012 by 6 Comments
Science is the belief in the ignorance of experts. - Richard Feynman Recently, I was criticized by a vendor's sale rep … [Read more...]
PQ Show 004 – Catalyst 4500X and 4500E – Sponsored
18 June 2012 by 1 Comment
Sometimes you would think that Campus LANs don't actually exist. In this podcast, we are looking at the Catalyst 4500X … [Read more...]
Show 107 – Cisco Software Defined Networking Strategy With Omar Sultan – Sponsored
15 June 2012 by Leave a Comment
As part of the Packet Pushers Cisco Live 2012 Tour, we sat down with Omar Sultan to provide an overview of Cisco's SDN … [Read more...]
Thin Slicing a Black Swan: The Search for the Unknown Unknowns
15 April 2012 by 2 Comments
Over the last two weeks I've had an ongoing conversation with Derick Winkworth regarding the colossal (and largely … [Read more...]
Show 98 – The Future of TRILL and Spanning Tree – Part 2
13 April 2012 by 4 Comments
TRILL has been on the radar for about three years and while we are seeing some shipping hardware and deployments, it's still … [Read more...]
Show 97 – The Future of TRILL and Spanning Tree – Part 1
9 April 2012 by 8 Comments
TRILL has been on the radar for about three years and while we are seeing some shipping hardware and early deployments, it's … [Read more...]
Show 89 – OSPF vs IS-IS Smackdown – Where You Can Watch Their Eyes Reload
20 February 2012 by 17 Comments
In this show we discuss the the differences between OSPF & IS-IS routing protocols and the differences between … [Read more...]
Show 88 – Server Internals and Network Performance
15 February 2012 by 5 Comments
Having met at VMworld 2010, Daniel Bowers and I were having an ongoing discussion around server architectures and how they … [Read more...]
Packet Pushers Webinar on SDN & OpenFlow – Sponsored by Big Switch – Open Attendance
1 February 2012 by 1 Comment
I'm pleased to announce that Big Switch have agreed to sponsor SDN & OpenFlow Webinar on February 7th, 2012 and that the … [Read more...]
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