Bit-isle has been using Ceph storage with OpenStack for 3 years, starting with a proof of concept in 2013. They have three Ceph environments - a development environment using OpenStack Havana and Ceph Dumpling, a staging environment using OpenStack Juno and Ceph Giant, and a production customer environment using OpenStack Kilo and Ceph Hammer. They chose Ceph because it provides high performance scalable storage without the need for expensive dedicated storage appliances or many storage engineers. Their initial POC was successful and showed Ceph could provide fault tolerance and cooperate well with OpenStack.
Intel - optimizing ceph performance by leveraging intel® optane™ and 3 d nand...inwin stack
Kenny Chang (張任伯) (Storage Solution Architect, Intel)
With the trend that Solid State Drive (SSD) becomes more affordable, more and more cloud providers are trying to provide high performance, highly reliable storage for their customers with SSDs. Ceph is becoming one of most open source scale-out storage solutions in worldwide market. More and more customers have strong demands that using SSD in Ceph to build high performance storage solutions for their Openstack clouds.
The disrupted Intel® Optane SSDs based on 3D Xpoint technology fills the performance gap between DRAM and NAND based SSD while the Intel® 3D NAND TLC is reducing cost gap between SSD and traditional spindle hard drive and makes it possible for all flash storage. In this session, we will
1) Discuss OpenStack storage Ceph reference design on the first Intel Optane (3D Xpoint) and P4500 TLC NAND based all-flash Ceph cluster, it delivers multi-million IOPS with extremely low latency as well as increase storage density with competitive dollar-per-gigabyte costs
2) Share Ceph bluestore tunings and optimizations, latency analysis, TCO model, IOPS/TB, IOPS/$ based on the reference architecture to demonstrate this high performance, cost effective solution.
Intel - optimizing ceph performance by leveraging intel® optane™ and 3 d nand...inwin stack
Kenny Chang (張任伯) (Storage Solution Architect, Intel)
With the trend that Solid State Drive (SSD) becomes more affordable, more and more cloud providers are trying to provide high performance, highly reliable storage for their customers with SSDs. Ceph is becoming one of most open source scale-out storage solutions in worldwide market. More and more customers have strong demands that using SSD in Ceph to build high performance storage solutions for their Openstack clouds.
The disrupted Intel® Optane SSDs based on 3D Xpoint technology fills the performance gap between DRAM and NAND based SSD while the Intel® 3D NAND TLC is reducing cost gap between SSD and traditional spindle hard drive and makes it possible for all flash storage. In this session, we will
1) Discuss OpenStack storage Ceph reference design on the first Intel Optane (3D Xpoint) and P4500 TLC NAND based all-flash Ceph cluster, it delivers multi-million IOPS with extremely low latency as well as increase storage density with competitive dollar-per-gigabyte costs
2) Share Ceph bluestore tunings and optimizations, latency analysis, TCO model, IOPS/TB, IOPS/$ based on the reference architecture to demonstrate this high performance, cost effective solution.
Performance Metrics and Ontology for Describing Performance Data of Grid Work...Hong-Linh Truong
Many Grid work
ow middleware services require knowledge about the performance
behavior of Grid applications/services in order to eectively select, compose, and
execute work
ows in dynamic and complex Grid systems. To provide performance
information for building such knowledge, Grid work
ow performance tools have
to select, measure, and analyze various performance metrics of work
ows. However,
there is a lack of a comprehensive study of performance metrics which can
be used to evaluate the performance of a work
ow executed in the Grid. Moreover,
given the complexity of both Grid systems and work
ows, semantics of essential
performance-related concepts and relationships, and associated performance data
in Grid work
ows should be well described. In this paper, we analyze performance
metrics that performance monitoring and analysis tools should provide during the
evaluation of the performance of Grid work
ows. Performance metrics are associated
with multiple levels of abstraction. We introduce an ontology for describing
performance data of Grid work
ows and illustrate how the ontology can be utilized
for monitoring and analyzing the performance of Grid work
ows.
DataEngConf: Apache Kafka at Rocana: a scalable, distributed log for machine ...Hakka Labs
By Alan Gardner (Platform Engineer, Rocana)
Rocana Ops is designed to handle terabytes a day of application logs and system metrics from across multiple data centres. We use Apache Kafka as a durable, high-throughput message bus at the centre of our application architecture. This talk will discuss the design and features of Kafka, its operational characteristics, and why we chose it as the backbone of our data pipeline.
TUT18972: Unleash the power of Ceph across the Data CenterEttore Simone
From SUSECon 2015: Smooth integration of emerging Software Defined Storage technologies into traditional Data Center using Fiber Channel and iSCSI as key values for success.
Presentation from OpenStack Summit Tokyo
Online video link is below.
https://www.openstack.org/summit/tokyo-2015/videos/presentation/approaching-open-source-hyper-converged-openstack-using-40gbit-ethernet-network
This presentation provides an overview of DataCore's Software-defined Storage Platform and insights into DataCore's latest world-record setting performance achievements on the SPC-1 benchmark. DataCore Parallel I/O, which is at the heart of DataCore's technology, is a unique approach to increasing storage performance by orders of magnitude without the need to acquire more and more hardware.
Keiichi Matsuzawa, Takahiro Shinagawa.
In Proceedings of the 9th IEEE International Conference on Cloud Computing Technology and Science (CloudCom 2017), Dec 2017.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CloudCom.2017.20
Best paper canditate
Addressing Issues of Risk & Governance in OpenStack without sacrificing Agili...OpenStack
Addressing Issues of Risk, and Governance in OpenStack without sacrificing Agility
Audience: Intermediate
Topic: Public & Hybrid Clouds
Abstract: OpenStack has rapidly moved beyond the “science project” label that many of its detractors’ use, but for many stakeholders there are still many uncertainties around governance, compliance, data security and data retention. These issues are the biggest inhibitors to adoption of any cloud technology and left unanswered will slow down the adoption of OpenStack, particularly within government and highly regulated industries such as healthcare. In this presentation NetApp outlines a hybrid approach that leverages the best of open-source and next generation technologies within an OpenStack deployment, as well as a way of unifying data management across OpenStack, HyperScale public cloud and traditional Enterprise architecture that addresses these questions while providing a solid platform for rapid innovation.
Speaker Bio: John Martin, NetApp
John Martin is NetApp’s Director of Strategy and Technology, working as part of the Office of the CTO. Based in Sydney, John is responsible for developing and advocating NetApp’s flash portfolio across the APAC region.
John is one of the driving forces behind NetApp’s continued expansion into flash and works closely with field sales, the channel and alliance technology partners to provide innovative solutions that solve customer business challenges.
While John is NetApp’s flash champion, he continues to provide technology insights and market intelligence to trends that impacts both NetApp and its customers.
Prior to his current role, John was NetApp’s ANZ’s principal technologist for over six years and has over 20 years experience working in the IT industry.
John joined NetApp in 2006 as a systems engineer. Prior to this, he was a principal of GRID IT, where he built relationships with a variety of major storage vendors while also helping to start two storage-related businesses. At GRID IT, John was involved in senior pre-sales, consulting and training for Legato, Veritas, and StorageTek.
In his spare time, John enjoys singing, writing and cooking. He also spends time researching modernist and post modernist philosophy, ancient history, social justice and global development.
OpenStack Australia Day Government - Canberra 2016
https://events.aptira.com/openstack-australia-day-canberra-2016/
DRBD + OpenStack (Openstack Live Prague 2016)Jaroslav Jacjuk
Michal Němec, Cooperation Director PROZETA
PROZETA společně s rakouským LINBITem přináší na trh nejrychlejší open-source Software Defined Storage (SDS) řešení postavené na DRBD s nemalým cílem - vytlačit ze své pozice v současnosti nejvyužívanější a často nevyhovující SDS pro OpenStack Ceph. Co stálo za rozhodnutím pustit se do tohoto ambiciózního projektu, který využívá technologii nasazovanou a rozvíjenou po více než 10 let, instalovanou ve více než 250 000 produkčních instancí po celém světě? Jaká úskalí bylo třeba překonat, jaké nástroje jsou přesně k dispozici pro produkční provoz? Jak si na tom nové SDS stojí výkonnostně a jaká je roadmapa do budoucna?
Hortonworks Technical Workshop - Operational Best Practices WorkshopHortonworks
Hortonworks Data Platform is a key component of Modern Data Architecture. Organizations rely on HDP for mission critical business functions and expects for the system to be constantly available and performant. In this session we will cover the operational best practices for administering the Hortonworks Data Platform including the initial setup and ongoing maintenance.
This tutorial will guide you how to experiment with XAP 10 MemoryXtend
We will use EC2 to start a VM with a Flash Drive.
You may use any other machine running Linux 6.x with SSD Flash Drive with this tutorial.
Mirantis, Openstack, Ubuntu, and it's Performance on Commodity HardwareRyan Aydelott
In this document I use some basic off the shelf commodity servers and build an Openstack deployment using Mirantis Fuel with Nova Network and Ceph RBD for Glance/Cinder storage.
I then perform some basic disk/network benchmarking to give the reader an idea of what kind of performance they can expect out of a basic off the shelf deployment of Openstack Juno.
I also discuss some of the shortcomings I had with the release of OVS with Neutron/VLAN's when setting up this testbed.
How to deploy SQL Server on an Microsoft Azure virtual machinesSolarWinds
Running apps on Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines is tempting; promising faster deployments and lower overall TCO. But how easy is it really to configure and run SQL Server in an Azure VM environment? Learn what you should know about tuning, optimizing, and key indicators for monitoring performance, as well as special considerations for High-Availability and Disaster Recovery.
One of the most important things you can do to improve the performance of your flash/SSDs with Aerospike is to properly prepare them. This Presentation goes through how to select, test, and prepare the drives so that you will get the best performance and lifetime out of them.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
The Art of the Pitch: WordPress Relationships and SalesLaura Byrne
Clients don’t know what they don’t know. What web solutions are right for them? How does WordPress come into the picture? How do you make sure you understand scope and timeline? What do you do if sometime changes?
All these questions and more will be explored as we talk about matching clients’ needs with what your agency offers without pulling teeth or pulling your hair out. Practical tips, and strategies for successful relationship building that leads to closing the deal.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
Generating a custom Ruby SDK for your web service or Rails API using Smithyg2nightmarescribd
Have you ever wanted a Ruby client API to communicate with your web service? Smithy is a protocol-agnostic language for defining services and SDKs. Smithy Ruby is an implementation of Smithy that generates a Ruby SDK using a Smithy model. In this talk, we will explore Smithy and Smithy Ruby to learn how to generate custom feature-rich SDKs that can communicate with any web service, such as a Rails JSON API.
Elevating Tactical DDD Patterns Through Object CalisthenicsDorra BARTAGUIZ
After immersing yourself in the blue book and its red counterpart, attending DDD-focused conferences, and applying tactical patterns, you're left with a crucial question: How do I ensure my design is effective? Tactical patterns within Domain-Driven Design (DDD) serve as guiding principles for creating clear and manageable domain models. However, achieving success with these patterns requires additional guidance. Interestingly, we've observed that a set of constraints initially designed for training purposes remarkably aligns with effective pattern implementation, offering a more ‘mechanical’ approach. Let's explore together how Object Calisthenics can elevate the design of your tactical DDD patterns, offering concrete help for those venturing into DDD for the first time!
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar