When it comes to using Kubernetes for container orchestration, organizations have the option of either deploying and managing the clusters themselves on-premise or using a managed service offered by a cloud provider. If you choose to deploy Kubernetes on-premise, you will be responsible for setting up, managing, scaling and upgrading the clusters. On the other […]
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Kubernetes as a Service on Cloud
Many cloud providers offer Kubernetes as a service, which allows you to easily deploy and manage your Kubernetes clusters in the cloud. These services provide a variety of features such as automatic scaling, self-healing, rolling updates, service discovery and load balancing, and RBAC, and also offer integration with other cloud services, such as storage, networking, […]
Comparing Amazon EKS and ECS
When it comes to running containerized applications on the AWS cloud, organizations are often faced with the decision of choosing between Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS). EKS and ECS are both managed container orchestration services offered by AWS. Both these services assist in the deployment, management, and scaling of […]
My Path To AWS Certified Database Specialty
Amazon Web Services (AWS) certifications corroborate cloud expertise and facilitate effective cloud initiatives. AWS offers certifications on several streams such as Solutions Architect, Networking, Database, etc. I completed the AWS Certified Database Specialty on Feb 21, 2022. This certification requires expertise with on-premises and AWS cloud-based relational and non-relational databases. Currently, I work predominantly in […]
Serverless Computing aka Function as a Service
Let’s say you’re a programmer. You write a program which includes a piece of code in a programming language such as Python or Java. Where do you run that program? You’d run it on a computer. In fact, most likely, you’d run it on specialized computers called Servers that are designed to run 24/7 and they […]
What is Cloud Computing?
We hear the term “Cloud Computing” a lot in the media, advertisements, news and in memes. Cloud Computing has continuously been a trending term throughout the last decade. But what does cloud computing mean? Cloud computing is the offering of computing as a service. Consumers can pay the cloud computing service for on-demand use of […]
Amazon EMR and Google Cloud Dataproc: Top 10 Common Features
Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud Platform are the two of the three market leaders in cloud computing. They both offer similar kind of cloud-native big data platforms to filter, transform, aggregate and process data at scale. Amazon EMR and Google Cloud Dataproc are Amazon Web Service’s and Google Cloud Platform’s managed big data platforms […]
My Path To AWS Certified Big Data Specialty
Amazon Web Services certifications are few of the most reputed in the field of Software Engineering. I successfully completed the AWS Big Data Speciality certification on Nov 25, 2019. This certification tests the candidate on two of the most wanted skills right now – Cloud and Big Data technologies. Prior to taking this certification, I […]
Amazon QuickSight – Visual Types Demystified
Amazon QuickSight is a managed business analytics service that’s part of the Amazon Web Services suite. Amazon QuickSight offers capabilities to create dashboards with visualizations and perform ad hoc analysis to obtain insights from the data. Amazon QuickSight works with several AWS data sources such as RDS, Aurora and Redshift, and also other data sources […]
Amazon EC2 Instances: M5 vs M5d vs M5a vs M5ad
Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) is a service that offers compute capacity in Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud. Amazon EC2 M5 Instances are the fifth generation EC2 instances that are ideal for General Purpose computing as they offer a balance of compute, memory and networking resources. M5 can be used as servers, caching fleets, app […]