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pgvector, a guide for DBA – Part3 AI agent and workflows

Introduction Nowadays, everyone in IT is well versed in using ChatGPT and other LLM-powered Chat to retrieve information like Google or try to learn something with it. The problem with those models is their accuracy. Current AI models only know(…)

pgvector, a guide for DBA – Part2 indexes

Introduction In the last blog post we did setup a LAB with a DVDRental database mixed with Netflix data on top which we created some embeddings hosted on the same tables thanks to pgvector. In this second part, we(…)

Delphix Data Virtualization and Masking

After successfully completing several customer projects involving Delphix products, Data Virtualization and Data Masking, I decided to set up a complete infrastructure internally to test the combination of both products. Delphix Data Virtualization Creates only a virtual copy of(…)

pgvector, a guide for DBA – Part1: LAB DEMO

Introduction The first release of pgvector occurred in April 2021. Since then a lot has changed and is still changing. Even though we could say that the level of maturity of AI stacks and usage is currently really amazing, things(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (7) – Horizon, the OpenStack dashboard

We’ve finished the last post with a working Network (Neutron) service on the controller and compute node. In this post we’ll setup the final service which is Horizon, the OpenStack dashboard. Once more, looking back at(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (6) – The Networking service

We’ve finished the last post with a working Compute (Nova) service on the controller and compute node. While only the compute(s) actually run compute resources, Nova is also running on the controller for the management tasks, while libvirt is only(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (5) – The Compute service

We’re now coming closer to the final setup of the OpenStack test environment. Again, looking at the minimum services we need, there are only three of them left: Keystone: Identity service (done)(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (4) – The Image and Placement services

By the end of the last post we finally got the first OpenStack service up and running: Keystone, the Identity Service. Going back to the list of services we need at a(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (3) – Keystone, the Identity Service

By the end of the last post, we finished with preparing the controller and compute node for being ready to deploy the first OpenStack service: Keystone, the Identity Service. Before we dive into the details lets(…)

Creating your private cloud using OpenStack – (2) – Preparing the nodes

In the introduction post we’ve briefly looked at some options you have available when you want to build your own private cloud. In this post we’re going to start our journey into OpenStack by preparing the(…)