Issue 11: Cloud Shopping

HPC has a unique set of requirements that might not fit into standard clouds. However, plenty of commercial options, including cloud-like services, provide the advantages of real HPC without the capital expense of buying hardware.

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Creating and evaluating kernel crash dumps

Crash Test

If the Linux server crashes, not only do you need to restore operations, you also need to analyze the problem. What happened? Where is the root of the error? What preventive measures are necessary? A kernel crash dump at the time of the crash can be a big help.

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Hyper-V 3.0 in Windows Server 2012

Turf War

In the old Hyper-V hypervisor from Microsoft, many features for professional use were missing. The new version 3.0 has been significantly improved and is slowly catching up to VMware.

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Managing virtual infrastructures with oVirt 3.1

New Host

Version 3.1 of the oVirt management platform for virtual infrastructures has recently become available. On Fedora 17, the new release is easy to install and deploy.

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Comparison of storage clouds

Cloud Basics

Central network storage with clients for any platform are convenient, although the popular designation "cloud" is debatable. Yet, what is the best implementation? We compare three storage cloud solutions.

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Give your servers the once over with Nmap

Port of Entry

If you've ever had to test the security of your servers, you've almost certainly come across the ever-flexible Nmap – used by sys admins to help protect their servers and diagnose problems.

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Free Security Compliance Manager hardens server systems

Defending the Baseline

Microsoft operating systems are not necessarily regarded as the epitome of computer security, but the free Security Compliance Manager helps enforce some basic hardening measures.

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Our Technological Enlightenment

Dispatches from the world of IT

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Moving HPC to the cloud

Scale Up

Creating and evaluating kernel crash dumps

Crash Test

Hyper-V 3.0 in Windows Server 2012

Turf War

Managing virtual infrastructures with oVirt 3.1

New Host

Comparison of storage clouds

Cloud Basics

Give your servers the once over with Nmap

Port of Entry

Free Security Compliance Manager hardens server systems

Defending the Baseline

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