• Caution Signs on the Road to a Software-Defined Data Center

  SDDC is one of many acronyms touted by industry vendors and open source organizations, writes Kent Christensen of Datalink. But what exactly is it? And what challenges does it present, if any? Read More

• Raigad - Netflix's Elasticsearch Automation Tool

  Raigad - Netflix's Elasticsearch Automation Tool : Netflix put together a tool, Raigad, to help automate and operate ElasticSearch: collects and publishes metrics to a centralized monitoring system manages ElasticSearch node discovery and tracking using Cassandra auto-configuration index…

  • 

• 7 rules for index optimization in VoltDB

  7 rules for index optimization in VoltDB : The 7 rules for defining indexes listed by Paul Martel are not specific to VoltDB only. If you haven't seen them before, reading the rationale behind them will help you remember them. Original title and link: 7 rules for index optimization in VoltDB (…

• Datapipe, Equinix Meld Colo and AWS in Fully Managed Hybrid Environments

  Equinix is going after enterprise hybrid cloud needs but doesn't directly offer managed services. It is collaborating with Datapipe, a company that has made a name for itself in managed cloud services and AWS security. Read More