Comments on: Open Source Tools and Projects I Should Learn http://blog.scottlowe.org/2012/07/06/open-source-tools-and-projects-i-should-learn/ The weblog of an IT pro specializing in virtualization, storage, and servers Wed, 22 May 2013 06:48:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Dan http://blog.scottlowe.org/2012/07/06/open-source-tools-and-projects-i-should-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-63577 Dan Fri, 26 Oct 2012 10:12:16 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=2672#comment-63577 If you're already looking at KVM, you should definitely look at oVirt, and everything around it - katello, foreman and so on If you’re already looking at KVM, you should definitely look at oVirt, and everything around it – katello, foreman and so on

]]> By: slowe http://blog.scottlowe.org/2012/07/06/open-source-tools-and-projects-i-should-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-56733 slowe Mon, 09 Jul 2012 03:38:27 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=2672#comment-56733 Scott, thanks for the recommendation to look at Proxmox. I'll try to give that a look. Scott, thanks for the recommendation to look at Proxmox. I’ll try to give that a look.

]]> By: Scott http://blog.scottlowe.org/2012/07/06/open-source-tools-and-projects-i-should-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-56728 Scott Mon, 09 Jul 2012 01:18:39 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=2672#comment-56728 Late to the game, but along the lines of KVM, I'd highly recommend Proxmox. It's mind blowing what it can all do for free and open source. Late to the game, but along the lines of KVM, I’d highly recommend Proxmox. It’s mind blowing what it can all do for free and open source.

]]> By: slowe http://blog.scottlowe.org/2012/07/06/open-source-tools-and-projects-i-should-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-56645 slowe Sat, 07 Jul 2012 15:39:49 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=2672#comment-56645 Brandon, thanks for the "summarization"---I really like looking at it that way. Even though it's less specific, it helps provide an overall framework. Very useful! Paul C, I've heard of Crowbar but wasn't sure how/if it intersected any of the other technologies. I'll have a look. Thanks! Brandon, thanks for the “summarization”—I really like looking at it that way. Even though it’s less specific, it helps provide an overall framework. Very useful!

Paul C, I’ve heard of Crowbar but wasn’t sure how/if it intersected any of the other technologies. I’ll have a look. Thanks!

]]> By: Paul C http://blog.scottlowe.org/2012/07/06/open-source-tools-and-projects-i-should-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-56607 Paul C Fri, 06 Jul 2012 23:05:41 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=2672#comment-56607 A good way to look at a collection of those together would be to play with the Dell developed 'Crowbar' tool. It's a deployment tool written to deploy OpenStack and/or Hadoop nodes. It also uses Chef/Puppet and a few other things that make it onto your list. You can set it all up and run it inside a vmware workstation setup, so you needn't waste a bunch of hardware looking at it. A good way to look at a collection of those together would be to play with the Dell developed ‘Crowbar’ tool. It’s a deployment tool written to deploy OpenStack and/or Hadoop nodes. It also uses Chef/Puppet and a few other things that make it onto your list.

You can set it all up and run it inside a vmware workstation setup, so you needn’t waste a bunch of hardware looking at it.

]]> By: Brandon Burton http://blog.scottlowe.org/2012/07/06/open-source-tools-and-projects-i-should-learn/comment-page-1/#comment-56604 Brandon Burton Fri, 06 Jul 2012 22:35:53 +0000 http://blog.scottlowe.org/?p=2672#comment-56604 My responses were * Puppet/Chef * Riak * Nginx * Graphite * Reimann But I think this could be even more summarized as * A config management tool (or two so you understand trade-offs) * A 'NoSQL' type data store, so you understand the difference between it and RDBMS, I recommend Riak as it's roots are in being operations friendly at some costs/tuning knobs to get performance * Some of the modern graphite/trending/alerting tools. I am a big fan of Graphite, Reimann, and Sensu, but you could look at one or many of these in conjunction with Collectd, Ganglia, Nagios, Cacti, Munin, etc. I just think it's important to be using good graphing/trending/alerting tools and understand the use cases and trade-offs of them Cheers! My responses were

* Puppet/Chef
* Riak
* Nginx
* Graphite
* Reimann

But I think this could be even more summarized as

* A config management tool (or two so you understand trade-offs)
* A ‘NoSQL’ type data store, so you understand the difference between it and RDBMS, I recommend Riak as it’s roots are in being operations friendly at some costs/tuning knobs to get performance
* Some of the modern graphite/trending/alerting tools. I am a big fan of Graphite, Reimann, and Sensu, but you could look at one or many of these in conjunction with Collectd, Ganglia, Nagios, Cacti, Munin, etc. I just think it’s important to be using good graphing/trending/alerting tools and understand the use cases and trade-offs of them

Cheers!

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