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Going VIRL with Cisco
How our drive to “Make Bare Metal Great Again” resulted in our biggest partnership to date, and why that is only half the story.![No More Warming up the Disk: Announcing our Block Storage Service](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/3416a75f4cea9109507cacd8e2f2aefc/vH1J-exxv.block.store.min_600.jpg)
No More Warming up the Disk: Announcing our Block Storage Service
After our beta process last Summer, we knew we’d need to make storage easier for our customers - specifically network accessible block devices. But I’ll be honest: building a multi-tenant, highly resilient and high performance block storage service scared the crap out of me!![Redfish and the Future of Bare Metal Server Automation](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/a5bfc9e07964f8dddeb95fc584cd965d/EUYb-kiiy.ut6q.redfish_600.jpg)
Redfish and the Future of Bare Metal Server Automation
Scripting against some of the most fundamental server management tools like IPMI is done via line-by-line bash scripts. Will the RedFish project bring BMC out of the 1990's and further support the need for systems automation?![Bare Metal now comes with Elastic Addressing](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/1c383cd30b7c298ab50293adfecb7b18/xewu-lprd.imx7.elastic.ip.blog_600.jpg)
Bare Metal now comes with Elastic Addressing
I am pleased to announce the public availability of a feature we're calling Advanced IP Management. We're making this accessible to select clients today, and expect to have it generally available over the next week or two.![Intro to Docker for Developers: How to Run your Rails App on Docker](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/34173cb38f07f89ddbebc2ac9128303f/sITN-ub6j.dont.just.stand.there_600.jpg)
Intro to Docker for Developers: How to Run your Rails App on Docker
With Docker-mania in full swing, we’ve put together a practical guide to help you dockerize your next Rails app.![Why We Peer](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/33e75ff09dd601bbe69f351039152189/5HDk-87p4.why.we.peer.dark_600.jpg)
Why We Peer
Whatever the reasons, peering is certainly flourishing today, and any reports of its death have been greatly overexaggerated.![NVMe Servers: The Next Leap in Bare Metal Performance](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/b6d767d2f8ed5d21a44b0e5886680cb9/yyZZ-ry4h.speed.racer.banner.vintage_600.jpg)
NVMe Servers: The Next Leap in Bare Metal Performance
A few years ago, SSD drives took the industry by storm - boosting performance for all kinds of use cases. Now Packet is introducing the next latency-killing revolution and its name is NVMe.![Packet Hits the Floor at TechCrunch Disrupt in NYC](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/3c59dc048e8850243be8079a5c74d079/ukDM-9m3o.techcrunch.disrupt2_600.jpg)
Packet Hits the Floor at TechCrunch Disrupt in NYC
In March, my colleague Aaron submitted Packet to TechCrunch Disrupt’s NYC “Startup Battlefield” competition. The Battlefield is a chance to face off in a pitch-session throwdown with a handpicked group of leading startups - get your name out, get feedback, and have the chance to win $50k!![How Equinix Metal is Bringing Cloud Networking to Bare Metal Servers](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/c51ce410c124a10e0db5e4b97fc2af39/vqKh-ohx3.bloghow_600.jpg)
How Equinix Metal is Bringing Cloud Networking to Bare Metal Servers
Networking models and features for virtualized clouds have evolved dramatically in the last decade -- while bare metal networks are largely the same as they were in 2005. At Metal, we’re changing things up a bit.![Why We Threw 4 Months of Work in the Trash; or How we Failed at OpenStack](https://deploy.equinix.com/media/blog/images/c20ad4d76fe97759aa27a0c99bff6710/ah5E-g4ga.blog4month_600.jpg)