Brendan Gregg

NOVEMBER 28, 2017

At Netflix, we've been using these technologies as they've been made available for instance types in the AWS EC2 cloud. The latest AWS hypervisor, Nitro, uses everything to provide a new hardware-assisted hypervisor that is easy to use and has near bare-metal performance. AWS called this [enhanced networking]. Impressive!

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Adrian Cockcroft

APRIL 5, 2023

The challenge is that accurate data isn’t available immediately, and cloud providers currently only provide monthly carbon data, with several months lag. I published a paper and presentation in 2006 that discusses the complexities of measuring CPU utilization. At the one minute granularity security concerns are minimized.

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Brendan Gregg

MAY 28, 2021

I moved to the US in 2006 as there were many more opportunities there, especially in kernel engineering and performance. Sydney has AWS and Google offices and even a small Netflix office, just to name a few. There is also a wider variety of roles available. Another reason is that the tech market became stronger in Australia.

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All Things Distributed

MARCH 26, 2018

At AWS, we don't mark many anniversaries. But every year when March 14th comes around, it's a good reminder that Amazon S3 originally launched on Pi Day, March 14, 2006. March 26, 2008 doesn't have any delicious desserts associated with it, but that's the day when we launched Availability Zones for Amazon EC2.

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Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Now there’s a massive range of Jamstack CMSs available, which bring all the advantages of static sites while allowing non-technical folk to update content. ’ Before MovableType, other personal blogging platforms were available such as Geocities , Blogger & Open Diary. We can see all the bones of modern Jamstack CMSs here.

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All Things Distributed

MARCH 11, 2016

The epoch of AWS is the launch of Amazon S3 on March 14, 2006, now almost 10 years ago. Given that AWS is a pioneer in building and operating these services world-wide, these lessons have been of crucial importance to our business. AWS helps its customers do this too. Build security in from the ground up.

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All Things Distributed

MAY 18, 2010

Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) was launched in 2006 as "Storage for the Internet" with the promise to make web-scale computing easier for developers. The goal for operational excellence in Amazon S3 (and for all other AWS services) is that it should be "indistinguishable from perfect". Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

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