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Amazon launches EC2 Container Registry for storing container images
After Google went all-in on Docker with Container Engine, it was only a matter of time before Amazon took similar action. In Thursday's keynote speech at AWS Reinvent, Amazon unveiled the EC2 Container Service (ECS), currently available as a technology preview. Rather...
Using Enhanced RDS Monitoring with Datadog
AWS recently announced enhanced monitoring for Amazon RDS instances running MySQL, MariaDB, and Aurora. Enhanced monitoring includes over 50 new CPU, memory, file system, and disk I/O metrics which can be collected on a per-instance basis as frequently as once per...
Amazon ECS turns Docker containers into the new VMs
After Google went all-in on Docker with Container Engine, it was only a matter of time before Amazon took similar action. In Thursday's keynote speech at AWS Reinvent, Amazon unveiled the EC2 Container Service(ECS), currently available as a technology preview. Rather...
It’s no coincidence that Amazon and Microsoft are rethinking the computer
They may have been founded decades apart, but Microsoft and Amazon have a lot in common. Both companies were established out of their founders' garages. Both make their homes in the larger Seattle area. Both are leading the cloud-computing market. And with gadgets...
Amazon Aurora, a cheaper alternative to MySQL and PostgreSQL
Amazon Aurora is a MySQL-compatible relational database engine that combines the speed and availability of high-end commercial databases with the simplicity and cost-effectiveness of open source databases. Amazon Aurora provides up to five times better performance...
InMotion Hosting: Automatic remote backup service
We offer an automatic remote backup service on all servers for disaster recovery. These backups run every 24-36 hours for emergency purposes, and a data restoration can be requested in AMP. Backups overwrite previous backup data, so we strongly recommend maintaining...