Cloud and Server

Jon Thor Kristinsson
19 April 2022

High-performance computing (HPC) clusters anywhere [part 2]

Article Cloud and server

Introduction to the cloud players in the HPC cluster space and how they are driving innovation and evolution in the HPC solution space.

Jon Thor Kristinsson
19 April 2022

Felipe Vanni
14 April 2022

Canonical at Dell Technologies World 2022

Article Canonical announcements

Dell Technologies World is the premier event for technologists; it’s where the best minds gather to celebrate technology, business, and innovation. We’re excited to share that we’ll be at the Dell Technologies World in Las Vegas from May 2–5. Together with Dell Technologies, we deliver world-leading Open Source...

Felipe Vanni
14 April 2022

Felicia Jia
14 April 2022

Join Canonical at SmartNICs Summit 2022

Article Cloud and server

SmartNICs, the programmable network adapters that make data center networking, security and storage efficient, scalable and modular, have started to play a significant role in the industry. Canonical believes that SmartNICs are an integral part of cloud infrastructure and we work with partners to integrate our...

Felicia Jia
14 April 2022

Jon Thor Kristinsson
12 April 2022

What is High-performance computing (HPC)? [part 1]

Article Cloud and server

Introduction to high-performance computing, the components that make HPC clusters and how they are used to solve the toughest computational problems we have today. We also cover some of the many ways high-performance computing can be used in the industry.

Jon Thor Kristinsson
12 April 2022

Frank Heimes
5 April 2022

IBM z16 is here, and Ubuntu 22.04 LTS beta is ready

Article Cloud and server

IBM has just unveiled its IBM z16 next-generation computing platform. As the latest product in the zSystems server family, IBM z16 delivers the outstanding performance and security that IBM mainframes are known for, while also bringing innovations in AI inferencing, hybrid cloud support, and quantum-safe cryptography....

Frank Heimes
5 April 2022

Alex Chalkias
4 April 2022

Zero-ops scaling Kubernetes storage with MicroK8s and OpenEBS Mayastor

Article Cloud and server

This is a guest post, originally posted on Angelos Kolaitis‘ personal blog, reproduced here with his permission. Angelos is a MicroK8s software engineer at Canonical. How we brought a universal, cluster-wide storage solution to MicroK8s. Why is storage in Kubernetes hard? Kubernetes is well-known as an open-source...

Alex Chalkias
4 April 2022

Michael C. Jaeger
31 March 2022

The software operator design pattern — part 2

Article Charms

This blog post continues with the previous blog post about design patterns and the software operator pattern. In this part, this post takes a closer look at the description of the software operator pattern. What is a design pattern? Over the years, the software development and programming community developed a common...

Michael C. Jaeger
31 March 2022

Design patterns and the software operator — part 1

Article Charms

In the early days of software development, computers were sold with compilers and interpreters. Users wrote mostly their own small programs instead of buying software. During that time, most didn’t even consider downloading software as only a few were connected to mailboxes or the UUCP network. Most of the software was...

Michael C. Jaeger
31 March 2022

Operator Day hosted by Canonical at Kubecon EU 2022

Article Cloud and server

May 16th 2022, virtual eventWeek of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon EU 2022 What is Operator Day? Software operators are crucial elements in the Kubernetes landscape. They implement operational tasks covering everyday application management. They help human operators, administrators to run their applications efficiently and...

Michael C. Jaeger
31 March 2022

Canonical
31 March 2022

OpenStack Yoga on Ubuntu LTS delivers highly performant infrastructure for telcos and researchers with SmartNICs and DPUs

Article Cloud and server

March 31, London – Canonical today announced the general availability of OpenStack Yoga on Ubuntu 22.04 Long Term Support (LTS) Beta and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. This new version of OpenStack sets a foundation for next-generation, highly performant infrastructure as needed by telco NFV, media streaming, traffic analysis and...

Canonical
31 March 2022

Miona Aleksic
31 March 2022

LXD vs Docker

Article Cloud and server

When talking about containers, a common confusion for potential users of LXD is that LXD is an alternative to Docker or Kubernetes. However, LXD and Docker are not competing container technologies, and they tend to serve completely different purposes. In this blog, we’ll briefly discuss the differences and the suitable...

Miona Aleksic
31 March 2022

Michael C. Jaeger
30 March 2022

Getting started with Juju and Charmed Operators: three awesome videos

Article Cloud and server

Getting started with software can be confusing – depending on the complexity of the software, of course. Despite the extensive documentation available for Charmed Operator SDK and Juju some just prefer to watch video material to start with. So, let’s take the opportunity to have a look at available tutorials and...

Michael C. Jaeger
30 March 2022

Canonical
28 March 2022

Firmus Supercloud sets a new standard for sustainable cloud computing with Canonical’s open infrastructure

Article Cloud and server

March 29th, 2022—Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, announces that Firmus, the Australian cloud infrastructure provider that is revolutionising data centre technology, has built its ultra-efficient and sustainable public cloud on Canonical’s Charmed OpenStack and Charmed Kubernetes. Data centres are responsible for a...

Canonical
28 March 2022

Philip Williams
16 March 2022

Cloud Adjacent Storage

Article Ceph

What is cloud adjacent storage? Put simply, cloud adjacent storage is just a privately owned and operated storage system, within network reach of a cloud provider’s region, but without the pay-as-you-grow and access charges found in public clouds. Why is cloud adjacent storage a better choice than public cloud storage?...

Philip Williams
16 March 2022

Cloud and Server

All you need to know about designing, building, and managing your OpenStack private cloud, Kubernetes cluster or Ubuntu Server scale-out deployment.

All you need to know about designing, building, and managing your
OpenStack private cloud, Kubernetes cluster or Ubuntu Server scale-out deployment.