• SFP vs. QSFP

    Networking Transceivers

    This is all pretty new stuff for me. I have been a cat5 ethernet guy since the beginning. There was just never a need to push more data than what I was getting. But now with converged storage that need is quite apparent. After having deployed a MapR-FS and doing a speed test I realized where I needed to make improvements.

    Again this page is mostly for my notes.

  • Encrypt PostgreSQL Backup to S3

    Encrypt Your DB Backups

    I’m mostly putting this here for my reference. I do this in multiple projects and always seem to forget where my instructions are.

    Generate Keys

    From your user’s home directory:

    openssl req -x509 -nodes -days 1000000 -newkey rsa:4096 -keyout .ssh/backup_key.pem -out .ssh/backup_key.pem.pub

    Fill out the questions appropriately. Or not. I don’t think it matters really.

    That will create the public and private keys.

    backup_key.pem - private key backup_key.pem.pub - public key

  • Why We Quit OpenStack: or How I Lost 2 Months of My Life

    TL;DR

    OpenStack is a massive complicated ecosystem. It is only going to survive by the vendors that support it and probably not what you need.

    Backstory

    Let me begin by saying that given the proper talent pool, financial resources, and time; OpenStack probably isn’t bad for some people. For most institutions it is just wrong.

    I will probably write another article that outlines all the questions that I should have asked before starting this. My assumptions were not all quite valid, but I did have a sneaking suspicion given a couple very relevant experiences.

  • Purdue University Predicts Success

    Purdue University Predicts Student Success Using Data Science

    Most people know that the student who is doing well inside a class may likely prosper in another class, but tend to you anticipate whether students would succeed according to the number of occasions they joined into the campus network?

    Using the explosion of information sets available now, Purdue University could evaluate data from hundreds of thousands of excellent and successful graduates, to assist conjecture models for graduation rates as well as on-time graduations. (Gerry McCartney](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerry-mccartney-9352142), VP & CIO at Purdue, spoke about these new data sets and just how Purdue use them in the recent AGENDA16 conference.

  • The Fast-Growing Data Center Segment

    How Fast-Growing Data Center Segment Bridges Corporate Networks and the Cloud

    Companies, searching to achieve the very best performance in the cloud, are putting a greater value on lowering the physical distance between their servers and their respective cloud providers. Colocation data centers, where their machines share space, emerged as a key point in enterprise cloud strategy.

    For CIOs, a significant advantage of colocation would be that the closeness to cloud providers makes connections faster. Equinix Corporation, the market’s biggest colocation firm by revenue, states it offers under 10 milliseconds of latency to in excess of 90% of people of the United States and Europe. The setup is becoming more and more essential as companies move a part of their IT infrastructure towards the cloud, but nonetheless need fast connections for their corporate data centers in so-known as hybrid cloud plans. ‘You can observe colocation like a mid-point between your traditional type of businesses running their very own data centers and moving fully towards the public cloud,’ stated John Dinsdale, chief analyst and controlling director of Synergy Research Group.

  • Better Communication Through Big Data

    Better Communication Through Big Data

    We’ve heard the word ‘Big Data’ tossed around more recently. This is actually the idea of computationally examining very large data sets to show designs, trends, and associations, especially relevant to human behavior and interactions. Even though it still appears farfetched that the computer algorithm can improve personal connections, a lot of companies really are leveraging fraxel treatments through apps and gamification to enhance connections using their clients. And possibly, to leverage these technologies to enhance place of work culture.

  • What Companies Do Not Understand About Employing for Data Scientist

    What Companies Do Not Understand About Employing for Data Scientist

    Within The Data Incubator, I’ve spoken to hundreds of companies searching to make use of the expertise of data scientists - particularly people with advanced levels. Due to the hype surrounding big data nowadays, it’s unsurprising that there’s as much floating around as there are facts. Sadly, employing managers frequently be a victim of believing many common misconceptions actually was. Listed below are three particulars about data science that employing managers may not understand:

  • 3 Reasons Why Data Centers Are Eco-Friendly

    Reasons Why Data Centers Are Eco-Friendly

    Within the thick of the exciting election year, I figured it’d be interesting to go to politics. Not to endorse one of the candidates or predict a winner, actually, but to recall a telling moment before the inauguration in our current president.

    It had been December 2008, when Barbara Walters questioned President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle throughout a prime time ABC television special. In those days, Obama had not yet been sworn set for his first term and hadn’t moved in to the White House. But Barbara requested if he intends to make his new 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue address more eco-friendly to be able to set a good example for other people in America.

  • Data Science: Building Workplace Diversities

    Data Science: Building Workplace Diversities

    Romantic relationships mixed with someone’s personal career and place of work might be a recipe for trouble but eHarmony thinks mingling these two might provide the ability to create a comfortable work environment while bringing people together at the jobs they love.

    Being that eHarmony’s algorithms can improve diversity in the workplace, there are numerous Silicon Valley companies that want to evaluate the possibility. This is obviously a heated topic without a quick solution. (puns)

  • Choosing Your Data Warehouse Product

    Factors to Consider in Choosing Your Data Warehouse Product

    How big is your company, and what resources are at your disposal? What exactly are your performance needs? Responding to these questions and others will help you pick the best data warehouse platform.

    Once you have made the decision to build a new data warehouse, or expand a current one, you will want to pick the right technology for the organization. This is often challenging, because there are many data warehouse platforms and vendors to evaluate.