Google Cloud customers running high performance applications can now launch compute instances with up to 96 virtual CPUs, thanks to an update released today. The new 96 vCPU instances can support up to 624GB of RAM, making them good candidates for applications that scale up to take advantage of additional compute capacity on a single node. That’s important for customers … [Read more...] about Google launches Intel Skylake-backed cloud instances with 96 vCPUs
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Standard or Custom Cloud Instances? How to Decide?
Throughout the computing era, we’ve seen the pendulum swing between customized and standard solutions. Custom solutions, tailored to the precise needs of an application or user, can boost efficiency, productivity, and ease-of-use, but come at a premium price. Standard solutions provide economies of scale, greater compatibility, and lower prices, but the … [Read more...] about Standard or Custom Cloud Instances? How to Decide?
Standard or Custom Cloud Instances? How to Decide?
Throughout the computing era, we’ve seen the pendulum swing between customized and standard solutions. Custom solutions, tailored to the precise needs of an application or user, can boost efficiency, productivity, and ease-of-use, but come at a premium price. Standard solutions provide economies of scale, greater compatibility, and lower prices, but the … [Read more...] about Standard or Custom Cloud Instances? How to Decide?
The science of selecting the right public cloud instances
While organisations are increasingly moving application workloads to public cloud infrastructure as a service (IaaS), many are now realising the pitfalls. Once promising a cost-effective solution, numerous organisations are in fact significantly overspending and overprovisioning their cloud instances. To give a measure of the issue, analysts predict that by 2020, 80% of … [Read more...] about The science of selecting the right public cloud instances
How to use LXD (Linux containers) in a shell script to create VM when the cloud instance launches
My cloud provider allows me to run a shell script when new Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS machine created. I want to install LXD service and create a one VM with specific private IP using a shell script? How do I create an LXD VM when the cloud server launches? Sample bash shell script Here is a shell script to install LXD CentOS 7 vm: #!/bin/bash # Author: Vivek Gite # Purpose: … [Read more...] about How to use LXD (Linux containers) in a shell script to create VM when the cloud instance launches
Qualys Streamlines Vulnerability Scanning of Amazon Cloud Instances
Security firm Qualys has improved the integration of its QualysGuard vulnerability management service with Amazon Web Services (AWS) on Monday, allowing its customers to scan their AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) instances for vulnerabilities more easily and without requiring explicit approval from Amazon.QualysGuard is a software-as-a-service … [Read more...] about Qualys Streamlines Vulnerability Scanning of Amazon Cloud Instances
How to create a Linode cloud instance of Linux
You've finally decided it's time to extend your data center into the cloud and make use of Linux. To achieve that, there are quite a number of avenues to success (such as Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud). Once you get beyond those massive companies, you'll find a host of more cost-effective solutions that offer similar features. One such company is Linode, who offers … [Read more...] about How to create a Linode cloud instance of Linux
Attackers Scrape GitHub For Cloud Service Credentials, Hijack Account To Mine Virtual Currency
Rich Mogull, CEO at information security research and advisory firm Securosis, was working on a piece of code to accompany his presentation at the upcoming RSA Conference when he accidentally published the credentials for his AWS account–Amazon’s cloud computing service–online. A mistake that would later cost him $500. Get the Free Tracker App to find a … [Read more...] about Attackers Scrape GitHub For Cloud Service Credentials, Hijack Account To Mine Virtual Currency
Azure August Roundup: New high-performance compute instances and more
August was a slow month for tech news, but Microsoft continued to update its Azure cloud platform with a variety of new features, including a new type of instance for high-performance computing. Here's the breakdown of all the features you need to know about:Microsoft announced the private beta of a set of new compute instance types to power applications that need a lot of … [Read more...] about Azure August Roundup: New high-performance compute instances and more
AWS launches FPGA-based cloud instances to accelerate complex applications
Amazon Web Services gave its cloud customers a set of new infrastructure capabilities aimed at making its compute offering faster for complex applications that benefit from hardware acceleration.The F1 instance type, which entered beta on Wednesday, lets companies deploy applications that are accelerated by field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs). FPGAs allow users to program … [Read more...] about AWS launches FPGA-based cloud instances to accelerate complex applications