# \#dynamic-data-center **URL:** https://community.f5.com/tag/dynamic-data-center/89.md [Latest](https://community.f5.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.f5.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.f5.com/tags.md) --- ## [It's On: Stacks versus Flows](https://community.f5.com/t/its-on-stacks-versus-flows/68147)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2012, 10:23am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/its-on-stacks-versus-flows/68147 "2012-11-15T10:23:57Z")
openstack #CloudStack openflow sdn It’s a showdown of model versus control – or is it? There’s a lot of noise about “wars” in the networking world these days. OpenStack versus CloudStack versus OpenFlow-based SDN. B… --- ## [F5 Friday on Tuesday: Getting You One Step Closer to a SDDC](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-friday-on-tuesday-getting-you-one-step-closer-to-a-sddc/68202)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-friday-on-tuesday-getting-you-one-step-closer-to-a-sddc/68202 "2012-10-09T13:53:00Z")
sdn #vmworld F5 Solutions Combine with VMware VXLAN to Support Software Defined Networking As efforts around SDN (Software-Defined Networking) continue to explode faster than the price of gas it has begun to diverge i… --- ## [A More Practical View of Cloud Brokers](https://community.f5.com/t/a-more-practical-view-of-cloud-brokers/65943)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2012, 2:44pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/a-more-practical-view-of-cloud-brokers/65943 "2012-09-12T14:44:00Z")
cloud The conventional view of cloud brokers misses the need to enforce policies and ensure compliance During a dinner at VMworld organized by Lilac Schoenbeck of BMC, we had the chance to chat up cloud and related is… --- ## [The Dynamic Data Center: Cloud's Overlooked Little Brother](https://community.f5.com/t/the-dynamic-data-center-clouds-overlooked-little-brother/65305)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/the-dynamic-data-center-clouds-overlooked-little-brother/65305 "2012-09-10T13:51:00Z")
It may be heresy, but not every organization needs or desires all the benefits of cloud. There are multiple trends putting pressure on IT today to radically change the way they operate. From SDN to cloud, market press… --- ## [1024 Words: Why Devops is Hard](https://community.f5.com/t/1024-words-why-devops-is-hard/65963)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 4, 2012, 2:18pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/1024-words-why-devops-is-hard/65963 "2012-09-04T14:18:35Z")
devops cloud virtualization Just because you don’t detail the complexity doesn’t mean it isn’t there It should be noted that this is one – just one – Java EE application and even it is greatly simplified (architectura… --- ## [SDN, OpenFlow, and Infrastructure 2.0](https://community.f5.com/t/sdn-openflow-and-infrastructure-2-0/65430)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2012, 11:07am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/sdn-openflow-and-infrastructure-2-0/65430 "2012-05-14T11:07:00Z")
\#infra2 openflow sdn devops As cloud recedes, it reveals what it hid when the hype took it big: a focus on the network. Like cloud two or three years ago, SDN and OpenFlow dominated the talk at Interop. During a show … --- ## [Your Network Architecture Now on e-Bay for $9.95](https://community.f5.com/t/your-network-architecture-now-on-e-bay-for-9-95/65412)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 7, 2011, 11:49am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/your-network-architecture-now-on-e-bay-for-9-95/65412 "2011-12-07T11:49:00Z")
Stateless infrastructure and highly dynamic networks may eliminate this issue. There is great awareness in both consumer and corporate culture with respect to data and second-hand markets. We know that data stored on de… --- ## [The Full-Proxy Data Center Architecture](https://community.f5.com/t/the-full-proxy-data-center-architecture/65547)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [November 22, 2011, 8:13pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/the-full-proxy-data-center-architecture/65547 "2011-11-22T20:13:42Z")
Why a full-proxy architecture is important to both infrastructure and data centers. In the early days of load balancing and application delivery there was a lot of confusion about proxy-based architectures and in partic… --- ## [F5 Friday: Engineering, Experience, and Bacon?](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-friday-engineering-experience-and-bacon/65893)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2011, 11:16am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-friday-engineering-experience-and-bacon/65893 "2011-10-07T11:16:00Z")
iapp v11 If you were wondering what these three things have to do with F5, read on … What has a strange sense of humor, an unhealthy love of bacon and donuts, and has held a wide variety IT roles and responsibilities … --- ## [Live Migration versus Pre-Positioning in the Cloud](https://community.f5.com/t/live-migration-versus-pre-positioning-in-the-cloud/68078)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2011, 12:22pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/live-migration-versus-pre-positioning-in-the-cloud/68078 "2011-10-03T12:22:00Z")
The secret to live migration isn’t just a fat, fast pipe – it’s a dynamic infrastructure Very early on in the cloud computing hype cycle we posited about different use cases for the “cloud”. One that remains intriguin… --- ## [IT Has Shot Itself in the Foot](https://community.f5.com/t/it-has-shot-itself-in-the-foot/68083)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2011, 12:50pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/it-has-shot-itself-in-the-foot/68083 "2011-09-19T12:50:00Z")
People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against something. --William Bennet Munro I was thinking Monday morning about doing some development of features I … --- ## [Get Your Money for Nothing and Your Bots for Free](https://community.f5.com/t/get-your-money-for-nothing-and-your-bots-for-free/66594)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2011, 9:37am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/get-your-money-for-nothing-and-your-bots-for-free/66594 "2011-09-13T09:37:12Z")
Cloning. Boomeranging. Trojan clouds. Start up CloudPassage takes aim at emerging attack surfaces but it’s still more about process than it is product. Before we go one paragraph further let’s start out by setting somet… --- ## [F5 Friday: The Gap That become a Chasm](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-friday-the-gap-that-become-a-chasm/68952)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-friday-the-gap-that-become-a-chasm/68952 "2011-07-25T17:44:57Z")
v11 #F5agility Differences in terminology, technology foundations and management have widened the “gap” between dev and ops to nearly a chasm. There has always been a disconnect between “infrastructure” and “applicati… --- ## [If a Network Can’t Go Virtual Then Virtual Must Come to the Network](https://community.f5.com/t/if-a-network-can-rsquo-t-go-virtual-then-virtual-must-come-to-the-network/68861)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 22, 2011, 10:47am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/if-a-network-can-rsquo-t-go-virtual-then-virtual-must-come-to-the-network/68861 "2011-07-22T10:47:43Z")
vcmp interop Whether it’s a need to support cloud computing or manage the myriad requirements from internal customers, the new network must go beyond multi-tenancy There has been a plethora of content lately discussing… --- ## [Beware the Cloud Programmer](https://community.f5.com/t/beware-the-cloud-programmer/68957)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 20, 2011, 10:00am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/beware-the-cloud-programmer/68957 "2011-07-20T10:00:48Z")
We need to be careful that we do not repeat the era of “HTML programmers” with “cloud programmers”. If you’re old enough you might remember a time when your dad or brother worked on the family car themselves. They cha… --- ## [Cloud Chemistry 101](https://community.f5.com/t/cloud-chemistry-101/66575)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [June 8, 2011, 10:11am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/cloud-chemistry-101/66575 "2011-06-08T10:11:45Z")
Cloud is about achieving a steady state where dynamism is the norm but actions and reactions are in perfect balance. It’s called “dynamic equilibrium” and you’ll need to pass Cloud Chemistry 101 to get there. When y… --- ## [F5 Friday: A War of Ecosystems](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-friday-a-war-of-ecosystems/66441)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 20, 2011, 10:16am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-friday-a-war-of-ecosystems/66441 "2011-04-20T10:16:58Z")
Nokia’s brutally honest assessment of its situation identifies what is not always obvious in the data center - it’s about an ecosystem. In what was certainly a wake-up call for many, Nokia’s CEO Stephen Elop tells his… --- ## [F5 Friday: You’ll Catch More Bees with Honey(pots)](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-friday-you-rsquo-ll-catch-more-bees-with-honey-pots/66358)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2010, 10:04am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/f5-friday-you-rsquo-ll-catch-more-bees-with-honey-pots/66358 "2010-10-29T10:04:57Z")
Catching bees with honey(pots) means they’re preoccupied with something other than stinging you. Pop quiz time…pencils ready? Go. Is it good or bad to block malicious requests? If your answer was “that depends on a l… --- ## [The days of IP-based management are numbered](https://community.f5.com/t/the-days-of-ip-based-management-are-numbered/68087)
**Author:** [@Lori\_MacVittie](https://community.f5.com/u/Lori_MacVittie)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [April 27, 2009, 10:24am UTC](https://community.f5.com/t/the-days-of-ip-based-management-are-numbered/68087 "2009-04-27T10:24:04Z")
The focus of cloud and virtualization discussions today revolve primarily around hypervisors, virtual machines, automation, network and application network infrastructure; on the dynamic infrastructure necessary to enabl…