Drew Thorstensen

Principle Architect for IBM Cloud VPC.

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[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

RH OpenShift on IBM Cloud VPC via an IPI

https://t.co/xGG04GXiDf

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

Just published a tool to help facilitate NVMe disk qualification for enterprise drives. So far it runs 13 different tests, with the tolerances defined in a config file.

https://t.co/QPEcX8jdI6

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

When I see things like this, I really question why U.2 form factors in the desktop space isn't a thing.

https://t.co/YjK375vHKq

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

A few great new compute features for IBM Cloud VPC landed recently:
- Larger Instances (up to 128 vCPUs)
- Instance Storage (ephemeral storage)
- Instance Resize
- Console Access

Great work by all the teams involved!

[Ian Robinson @idrobinson]

A custom demonstration of @IBMPowerVC can be requested from the IBM Garage team here: https://t.co/dbhxn2TGTj

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

Pretty cool to see m.2 used for something other than NVMe drives.

https://t.co/vDGmyrzBRa

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

I have been really digging the remote-ssh plugin for vscode. Has made development for certain configurations easier.

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

I find this dashboard by News and Observers to be one of the best for North Carolina COVID-19. Great work on capturing the historical data, and goes deeper than the NCDHHS dashboard. I do wish it had more historical context at the zip code level though.

https://t.co/4C6YXb06X4

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

How to get started with @IBMPowerSystems in @IBMcloud VPC.

https://t.co/1f5vOL0LUR

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

@cgibbo That is very helpful. But keep an eye on your zoning database size.

If using #PowerVC, make sure you use a zoning strategy that optimizes the density for that zoning db. Most FC switches still just have a couple MB for zoning.

https://t.co/yvojDsSyc0

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

@cgibbo With Linux on Power, you also have the ppc64_cpu command which can tell you this as well. Here's a sample from the IBM Cloud Power9 VPC servers.

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

I get asked about Power & x86 together in VPC a lot.

The Power VSIs in IBM Cloud VPC is a native integration. Common networking, single API, plays nice with Terraform, etc.

You can even load balance HTTP servers between x86 and Power.

[IBM News @IBMNews]

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[Anton Blanchard @antonblanchard]

#chiselwatt now runs on the $15 USD Colorlight 5A-75B. This sets a new low bar for developing a 64 bit @OpenPOWERorg CPU.
We still need to integrate with #litex, so only UART for now (no Ethernet or DRAM). Still good enough to develop on! Details:
https://t.co/xv43ktX4nd

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

I had a great time at Fast Start 2020. We had a session on IBM Cloud VPC Gen 2, which was just updated to also provide @IBMPowerSystems AC922's. It was so full we had to move to a larger room 10 minutes in.

It's fun provisioning an AC922 in under a minute.

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

Awesome work by the @OpenPOWERorg. I really enjoyed reading the analysis by the Libre RISC-V project.

[Phoronix @phoronix]

The @OpenPOWERorg #POWER ISA EULA Draft Published - Generous For #Libre Hardware

https://t.co/e3fzoVn3k2

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

@antonblanchard @OpenPOWERorg @GregDavill It is in invite only mode on the groupgets website. How can we learn more and get in on it?

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

Loved this user feedback today about our @IBMPowerSystems AC922's in https://t.co/HJngIYDERi VPC

"It was hard to push the server to the limit"

Bring it on.

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

Very proud of our team. We've opened the availability of @IBMPowerSystems to all of @IBMcloud's VPC Gen 2 infrastructure.

POWER Servers for as little as $0.10 per hour available NOW at https://t.co/HJngIYDERi.

Great work team!

[Drew Thorstensen @drewthorst]

Why do companies think it's a good idea to send you 4+ emails five minutes after you make your first purchase on their site. That's a fast way to make it so I don't order from you again.