Tag: aws
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Unlocking the Secrets of the Magic Number 35
The maximum automatic backup retention period on RDS and many other cloud services is 35 days. But what is so special about 35?Read the full article.
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InfoQ – February 2023
From GitHub deprecating SVN support to Immersive Stream for XR on Google Cloud, from reference architectures on AWS to Native New Relic on Azure: a recap of my articles for InfoQ this February. Read the full article.
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InfoQ – January 2023
From Google Address Validation API to Apache Spark support in Amazon Athena, from AWS SimSpace Weaver to S3 mandatory encryption,Read the full article.
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My Journey Through the AWS Blog: Lessons Learned and Random Statistics
Last week I checked the (primary) AWS blog. I went through all the articles from the welcome post in 2004 until the very last oneRead the full article.
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The Best AWS re:Invent Ever? Looking Back at Eleven Editions
There is no year that I do not read many “This was the best re:Invent ever!” comments, posts, or articles in the weeks after the AWS conference in Las Vegas. While it is likely true in terms of fun, the number of announcements, or personal networking, I tend to think we are biased by the latest edition. What was the biggest re:Invent announcement ever?Read the full article.
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InfoQ – December 2022
From Autoclass for Cloud Storage on Google Cloud to VPC Lattice, from SkyPilot to re:Invent: a recap of my articles for InfoQ in December.Read the full article.
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Blue/Green Deployments for RDS: How Fast is a Switchover?
AWS recently announced the general availability of RDS Blue/Green Deployments, a new feature for RDS and Aurora to perform blue/green database updates. One of the aspects that caught my eye is how fast a switchover is. Read the full article.
