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What is Cloud Computing? According to ChatGPT.

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Cloud computing is a model of computing that delivers computing services over the internet, including storage, data processing, and networking. This means that users only pay for the computing resources they actually use, rather than having to invest in expensive hardware and software upfront.

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How to overcome the cloud observability wall

Dynatrace

You may be using serverless functions like AWS Lambda , Azure Functions , or Google Cloud Functions, or a container management service, such as Kubernetes. The components of partitioned applications generally communicate over a network call. Another aspect of microservices is how the service itself relates to the underlying hardware.

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What is container as a service? How CaaS compares to PaaS, IaaS, and FaaS

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Serverless container services. Serverless container offerings such as AWS Fargate enable companies to manage and modify containers while abstracting server layers to offer customization without increased complexity. IaaS provides direct access to compute resources such as servers, storage, and networks. Managed orchestration.

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Firecracker: lightweight virtualization for serverless applications

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Firecracker: lightweight virtualisation for serverless applications , Agache et al., The ideal isolation solution would have the following properties: Strong isolation (multiple functions on the same hardware, protected against privilege escalation, information disclosure, covert channels, and other risks). NSDI’20.

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What is AWS Lambda?

Dynatrace

AWS Lambda is a serverless compute service that can run code in response to predetermined events or conditions and automatically manage all the computing resources required for those processes. Organizations are realizing the cost savings and management benefits of serverless automation. The benefits of serverless Lambda functions.

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What is function as a service? App development gets FaaS and furious

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FaaS enables developers to create and run a single function in the cloud using a serverless compute model. Cloud providers then manage physical hardware, virtual machines, and web server software management. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) handles compute, storage, and network resources. But how does FaaS fit in?

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Narrowing the gap between serverless and its state with storage functions

The Morning Paper

Narrowing the gap between serverless and its state with storage functions , Zhang et al., While being motivated by serverless use cases, there’s nothing especially serverless about the key-value store, Shredder , this paper reports on. A key challenge… is that serverless functions are stateless.