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Firecracker: lightweight virtualization for serverless applications

The Morning Paper

Firecracker: lightweight virtualisation for serverless applications , Agache et al., Firecracker is the virtual machine monitor (VMM) that powers AWS Lambda and AWS Fargate, and has been used in production at AWS since 2018. NSDI’20. Virtualisation has challenges with density, overheads, and startup times.

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Multi-tenants and Branches in Neon Serverless PostgreSQL

Percona

Announcement I will be speaking at Percona Live 2023 about serverless PostgreSQL. Introduction Recently, Percona introduced Percona Builds for Neon ( Introducing Percona Builds for Serverless PostgreSQL ), which makes it easy to install and experiment with serverless PostgreSQL. Interested in serverless PostgreSQL?

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Using Docker To Deploy Neon Serverless PostgreSQL

Percona

Announcement I will be speaking at Percona Live 2023 about serverless PostgreSQL. Introduction Recently, Percona introduced Percona Builds for Neon ( Introducing Percona Builds for Serverless PostgreSQL ), which makes it easy to install and experiment with serverless PostgreSQL. Join us at this event if you are interested!

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Dynatrace supports Amazon Linux 2023 as an AWS launch partner

Dynatrace

AL2023 is supported by Dynatrace on day one and has been thoroughly tested by our installations team. Auto-detection starts monitoring new virtual machines as they are deployed. Out of the box, Dynatrace also works with Amazon EC2, Elastic Container Service, Elastic Kubernetes Service, Fargate, and serverless solutions like Lambda.

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Dynatrace supports SnapStart for Lambda as an AWS launch partner

Dynatrace

Lambda serverless functions help developers innovate faster, scale easier, and reduce operational overhead, removing the burden of managing underlying infrastructure when updating and deploying code. Most enterprises use serverless functions as part of a broader hybrid environment, covering both cloud and traditional technologies.

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

Dynatrace

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. Increased testing complexity. Infrastructure as a service (IaaS) handles compute, storage, and network resources.

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

Dynatrace

Instead, enterprises manage individual containers on virtual machines (VMs). 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. Managed orchestration. CaaS vs. FaaS.