All Things Distributed

JUNE 29, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Driving Bandwidth Cost Down for AWS Customers. Any work we can do to improve over these dimensions generates long term benefits for AWS customers. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway.

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AWS Retail Innovation Strategy 106

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 16, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS GovCloud (US) Region. Today AWS announced the launch of the AWS GovCloud (US) Region. The concept of regions gives AWS customers control over the placement of their resources and services. All Things Distributed.

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AWS Government Big Data Cloud 113

All Things Distributed

MARCH 24, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Hacking with AWS at The Next Web Hackaton. It is likely that the Amazon Web Services will be used by many of the participants for their compute, storage, database and other cloud resource needs. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

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AWS Internet Internet Storage 96

Percona

APRIL 12, 2023

They came up with a horizontally scalable NoSQL database. Instead of relational (SQL) databases defined primarily through a hierarchy of related sets via tables and columns, their non-relational structure used a system of collections and documents. Is MongoDB an open source NoSQL database?

Open Source 83

Open Source Programming Database Servers 83

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud - New AWS Region: US-West (Northern California). We have expanded the AWS footprint in the US and starting today a new AWS Region is available for use: US-West (Northern California). Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

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All Things Distributed

APRIL 28, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Expanding the Cloud - Opening the AWS Asia Pacific (Singapore) Region. By Werner Vogels on 28 April 2010 11:00 AM. You need to be able to place your systems in locations where you can minimize the distance to your most important customers.

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All Things Distributed

AUGUST 22, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Today AWS has launched Amazon ElastiCache , a new service that makes it easy to add distributed in-memory caching to any application. Systems that make extensive use of caching almost all report a significant reduction in the cost of their database tier.

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Cloud Cache AWS Storage 117

All Things Distributed

JANUARY 11, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. I received one of these devices and tested it for the last three months of 2010 when I was almost continuously on the road. Theyre not even an AWS customer :-). Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Countdown to What is Next in AWS.

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Wireless AWS Internet Internet 109

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 5, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 05 December 2010 02:00 PM. I am very excited that today we have launched Amazon Route 53, a high-performance and highly-available Domain Name System (DNS) service. Naming is one of the fundamental concepts in Distributed Systems.

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Cloud Internet Internet AWS 117

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 17, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Amazon S3 is much more than just storage; the network and distributed systems infrastructure to ensure that content can be served fast and at high rates without customers impacting each other, is amazing. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

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Servers Social Media AWS Website 126

All Things Distributed

JULY 13, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 12 July 2010 05:00 PM. Not just for HPC but for mission critical enterprise systems such as OLTP. This means that most HPC systems are constrained in one or more dimensions by the time that they become operational. Comments ().

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Cloud AWS Automotive Latency 119

All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 29, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 29 September 2010 07:50 AM. I did write for those occasions where I thought additional background on AWS service and feature launches was relevant, but beyond that not much materialized. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

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All Things Distributed

SEPTEMBER 30, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 30 September 2010 04:27 AM. With existing customers I get a change to dive deep on their AWS usage and understand what works well and where we can do better. In India there will be 3 AWS Cloud Computing events. Comments ().

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AWS Storage Cloud Best Practices 77

All Things Distributed

AUGUST 18, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Many of our Big-Data customers already saw a big drop in their AWS bill last month when the cost of incoming bandwidth was dropped to $0.00. The posting on the AWS developer blog also has some more background. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers.

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Big Data Analytics AWS Cloud 112

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Countdown to What is Next in AWS. All Things Distributed.

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AWS Storage Big Data Servers 79

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 19 November 2010 07:51 AM. for November 2010 was released and an Amazon EC2 Cluster Compute Instance based cluster came in at #231. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway.

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AWS Cloud Benchmarking Storage 68

All Things Distributed

MAY 24, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Many AWS customers use Elastic Load Balancers (ELB) to front their Internet facing applications. More information can found on the Elastic Load Balancing and the Route 53 detail pages and on the two blog posts on the AWS developer blog. Comments ().

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Internet Internet AWS Scalability 114

All Things Distributed

JULY 3, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Next to customer visits I will take part in a number of events organized by AWS and by our partners. This week in Japan there are three public events planned: July 4 - AWS HPC Night at Fuji Soft Hall in Akihabara. Countdown to What is Next in AWS.

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AWS Storage Big Data Cloud 68

All Things Distributed

JULY 11, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. To get started using Spot or for more details visit the Amazon EC2 Spot Instance web page, the AWS developer blog , and the EC2 Release Notes. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway. Comments ().

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All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Countdown to What is Next in AWS. All Things Distributed.

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AWS Storage Big Data Scalability 60

All Things Distributed

APRIL 23, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 22 April 2010 05:17 PM. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Comments ().

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AWS Storage Cloud Big Data 60

All Things Distributed

APRIL 27, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. The Amazon.com 2010 Shareholder Letter Focusses on Technology. In the 2010 Shareholder Letter Jeff Bezos writes about the unique technologies developed at Amazon.com over the years. All Things Distributed. By Werner Vogels on 27 April 2011 12:51 AM.

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Technology Technology AWS Storage 151

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 3, 2009

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. A wide variety of operating systems and software configurations is available for use. with more memory or CPU), a different operating system (e.g., Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway.

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AWS Storage Operating System Cloud 60

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 13, 2009

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Spot Instances are an innovation that is made possible by the unparalleled economies of scale created by the tremendous growth of the AWS Infrastructure Services. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway.

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Cloud AWS Storage Innovation 63

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. New AWS feature: Run your website from Amazon S3. All of this can be done from the AWS console as well as with the AWS SDKs. More details about the website feature of Amazon S3 can be found here and in Jeff Barrs blog post on the AWS developer blog.

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AWS Website Storage Servers 134

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 25, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Simplifying IT - Create Your Application with AWS CloudFormation. With the launch of AWS CloudFormation today another important step has been taken in making it easier for customers to deploy applications to the cloud. All Things Distributed. Comments ().

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All Things Distributed

APRIL 19, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Amazon Cloudfront is Streaming Media 2010 Editors pick. By Werner Vogels on 19 April 2010 03:02 AM. I am excited that Amazon Cloudfront has been selected as one of the 10 Editors pick of 2010 by Streaming Media. Countdown to What is Next in AWS.

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Media AWS Storage Big Data 61

All Things Distributed

MARCH 28, 2011

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. Our smart phones and tablets are obvious examples, but many other devices are quickly gaining these capabilities; TV Sets and Hifi systems are internet enabled, and soon our treadmills and automobiles will be equally plugged into the digital world. Comments ().

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AWS Cloud Storage Internet 138

All Things Distributed

NOVEMBER 15, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 14 November 2010 04:00 PM. Because of its focus on latency, the generic CPU yielded rather inefficient system for graphics processing. All Things Distributed. Comments ().

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AWS Latency Programming Architecture 136

All Things Distributed

FEBRUARY 24, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 24 February 2010 07:00 AM. Amazon SimpleDB has launched today with a new set of features giving the customer more control over which consistency and concurrency models to use in their database operations. Choosing Consistency.

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AWS Latency Database Scalability 70

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 9, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 09 December 2010 11:30 AM. Driving Storage Costs Down for AWS Customers. Expanding the Cloud - The AWS Storage Gateway. a Fast and Scalable NoSQL Database Service Designed for Internet Scale Applications. Comments ().

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AWS Big Data Scalability Storage 82

All Things Distributed

MAY 18, 2010

Werner Vogels weblog on building scalable and robust distributed systems. By Werner Vogels on 18 May 2010 04:00 PM. Its use cases span the whole storage spectrum; from enterprise database backup to media distribution, from consumer file storage to genomics datasets, from image serving for websites to telemetry storage for NASA.

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Storage Cloud AWS Scalability 72