All Things Distributed

JULY 11, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. We have already seen customers successfully run HPC workloads, Hadoop-based jobs (as shown in the BackType case study), and testing simulations (as shown in the BrowserMob case study) on Spot. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

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AWS Storage Cloud Big Data 70

InfoQ

DECEMBER 29, 2023

The company considered different storage technologies and decided to combine the relational database and the object store to strike a balance between querybility and scalability while keeping the costs down. Zendesk reduced its data storage costs by over 80% by migrating from DynamoDB to a tiered storage solution using MySQL and S3.

Storage 138

Storage Scalability Database Technology 138

Percona

JULY 1, 2023

Now that Database-as-a-service (DBaaS) is in high demand, there are multiple questions regarding AWS services that cannot always be answered easily: When should I use Aurora and when should I use RDS MySQL ? These may be performance, high availability, operational cost, management, capacity planning, scalability, security, monitoring, etc.

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AWS Database Serverless Storage 52

Scalegrid

JANUARY 9, 2024

As more companies move away from traditional on-premises data centers, they enter into an era where scalability, flexibility, and cost-effectiveness become possible through various services offered by different providers in the market today. This enabled them to effectively manage and safeguard their air quality data.

Strategy 130

Strategy Cloud Best Practices Government 130

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Throughout the web’s history, static websites have always been a popular option due to their simplicity, scalability, and security. Twitch developer documentation hosted on AWS, edited on CloudCannon. Modern Jamstack CMSs have plenty of successful case studies of these smaller websites. The site will load in a snap.

Ecommerce 142

Ecommerce Website Government Internet 142

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2023

Each stage has its unique challenges and potential pitfalls, as other case studies show. We realized that we needed to consider a more global and scalable solution to better serve our global audience. Its robust infrastructure, scalability, and a wide network of edge locations around the world made it a strong candidate.

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Performance Cache Traffic Metrics 78

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 11, 2021

You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study, or a proof of concept using the Performance API on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. It will help you build up a company-tailored case study with real data. How to get there?

Performance 145

Performance Cache Media Metrics 145

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 7, 2019

You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. Study common complaints coming into customer service and see how improving performance can help relieve some of these common problems. How to get there?

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Performance Cache Network Metrics 111

Smashing Magazine

JANUARY 6, 2020

You need a business stakeholder buy-in, and to get it, you need to establish a case study, or a proof of concept using the Performance API on how speed benefits metrics and Key Performance Indicators ( KPIs ) they care about. It will help you build up a company-tailored case study with real data. How to get there?

Performance 112

Performance Cache Servers Network 112