Podcast 003: Podcast from Beyond the Corner Office
- Author
- Jonathan Gardner
- Published
- Fri 06 Nov 2015
- Episode Link
- https://beyondthecorneroffice.com/2015/11/06/003-podcast-from-beyond-the-corner-office/
Azure Announcements
Software for running network devices like switches
Cross-platform modular operating system for data center networking build on Linux
We effectively made our own distro of Linux
Uses Switch Abstraction Interface specification to share across hardware platforms
Uses Azure Resource Manager Templates to deploy Docker Swam cluster
Swam is Docker’s native clustering tool that makes multiple Docker Engines a cluster but makes it look like a single engine.
Three swam manager VMs are created to ensure the control plane is highly available.
AzureCon 2015 Announcements
Exposing file shares using SMB protocol
Added support for SMB 3.0
File Explorer functionality in the Azure Portal
Metrics
This is really about expanding the number of parameters and joins on a query
This means that Impala, HBase, Spark, and Solr components are supported
Support for DS-14 instance types with up to 10 1TB Premium Storage VHDs attached for worker nodes
General Discussion
Architecture changes
The way that we talk about products on our website has even changed: http://bit.ly/1HaZxyo
What I’m Reading
I read a lot of tech articles and information. I feel it is important to keep a balance in authors/style/genre. It helps creativity.
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