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  • 7. Ai to aiaiai

    I deliberately moved this chapter to the end; not because AI is less important, but because it is often treated as the starting point in sovereignty discussions. In reality, it sits on top of everything we’ve already covered. AI is frequently used as the primary argument by hyperscalers, and in many conversations it becomes the…

  • 6. Terms and Conditions

    This is where the conversation gets uncomfortable, because for all of the removing emotions, the structured risk models, and trade-offs we’ve discussed so far; sovereignty discussions are not just about facts. They are also about perception, and that perception is often shaped by how “Big Tech” is viewed. Organizations may try to stay grounded in…

  • 5. Conversations

    Time to get real.. we talked about all the things we need to take into account. If all is well, we understand difference between hyperscale and any other option. Also that hyperscale today provides real value (at multiple costs) and that we should not expect a “European” (or any other for that matter) hyperscaler soon.…

  • 4. Mitigating risks

    In our previous posts, we discussed sovereignty as a risk, the trade-offs that come with it, and the reality of Europe building its own hyperscale ecosystem. The conclusion we derived from that is not comfortable, but it is essential: There is no architectural pattern, provider choice, or regulatory construct that fully removes sovereignty risk. Not…

  • 3. Sovereign Europe

    In the past few posts we’ve discussed how to address Sovereignty as a risk, what the trade-offs are and now its the “why can’t we build this ourselves” chapter. This is more of an economic background chapter.. but the next post (4) will be about mitigations.. History of hyperscale Hyperscale did not appear overnight. It…

  • 2. Hyperscale advantages

    in our previous posts I’ve described that sovereignty risks are risks that should be evaluated as such. Risks require evaluation that in turn require acceptance or mitigations. Why would we accept a risk, what benefits outweigh that risk, and what options do we have. That’s todays topic. In most discussions, the goal is framed as…

  • 1. Sovereignty Risks

    In the intro I talked about treating sovereignty as a risk. Risks that need to be clarified and put in perspective. Risks are accepted/mitigated based on probability and impact. In sovereignty discussions we often talk about: Now, I’m not going to deny these risks exist. Nor am I going to say you should neglect or…

  • Surface Hub at home

    The Microsoft Surface Hub is a gigantic whiteboard on steroids. It allows you to .. (dhu) Whiteboard, but also allows you to join meetings through Skype or Teams, load PowerPoint/Word documents, connect you to your Office 365 services and much much more. Now the device in itself is special already, with many Mic’s and Camera’s…

  • Managing Hyper-V Standalone with OSX

    Hyper-V server is the free virtualization OS from Microsoft to compete head to head with the free ESXi OS. When running in large farms or domain joined, Hyper-V seems to work pretty decently. But when you just want a single host that you manage with Windows 10, or let alone MacOS, Hyper-V can become a…

  • USG VPN’s and Dynamic IP’s

    Running a Unifi USG gateway does have its challenges every now and then. One of my friends asked me how I would solve the problem of dynamic IP addresses being used in a S2S VPN configuration. Now normally, when you look at the USG documentation, if the S2S is managed by a single USG controller…

  • High-Available Architectures and SLA impact

    Basis of SLA’s An SLA is an agreement on service availability, performance and responsiveness. In this paper, only the availability SLA part is addressed. When indicating SLA’s however in this document, we are talking about the Minimum time a service or component needs to be available, or the maximum time allowed to be down. When…

  • Breaking the 1Gbps barrier with Synology and Windows 10

    [Update: seems even a Surface Pro 6 with docking station is capable of using SMB multi-channel using 2 NIC’s.. if you use the onboard NIC on the docking station, but also the USB-Ethernet converter in the dock’s USB port, you can actually achieve 2Gbps speeds as well! And, with the upgrade to a 10Gb switch,…