Migration & Modernization

Category: Networking & Content Delivery

Understanding Layer 2 Extensions: Comparing Three Prominent Solutions

Understanding Layer 2 Extensions: Comparing Three Prominent Solutions

Layer 2 (L2) network extensions play a critical role in hybrid cloud and data center migrations by providing seamless connectivity between on-premises and cloud environments. They allow virtual machines (VMs) to keep their IP and MAC addresses, ensuring application continuity during migrations or hybrid deployments. Three prominent solutions for L2 extensions are VMware HCX, Nutanix […]

OpenVMS x86 Database Modernization with Mimer SQL and Amazon EC2

In this blog post, I will show how to migrate an Oracle Rdb database to Mimer SQL running on OpenVMS x86 in Amazon Web Services (AWS). At the time of this post, Oracle Rdb is only available on VAX, Alpha, and IA-64 platforms. Customers with Oracle Rdb workloads wishing to move to OpenVMS x86 need […]