Author: Chris Engelbert
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Chris Engelbert
Mar 27th, 2024 | 7 min read
Kubernetes CSI: Container Attached Storage and Container Storage Interface
Containerized services must be stateless, a doctrine that was used a lot in the early days of containerization, which came hand-in-hand with microservices. And while it makes elasticity easy, these da
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Chris Engelbert
Mar 22nd, 2024 | 25 min read
Kubernetes for AI, GKE, and serverless with Abdellfetah Sghiouar from Google (interview)
This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment, we’
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Chris Engelbert
Mar 20th, 2024 | 4 min read
What is Kubernetes: The Components and The Beast
During the last decade containerized services have emerged as the game-changer in terms of deployment simplicity, scalability, and componentization or modularization. Kubernetes is at the forefront of
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Chris Engelbert
Mar 15th, 2024 | 20 min read
Confidential Computing with Moritz Eckert from Edgeless Systems (interview)
This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment , we’
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Chris Engelbert
Mar 11th, 2024 | 16 min read
Distributed SQL Databases with Franck Pachot from Yugabyte (interview)
This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment , we’
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Chris Engelbert
Mar 08th, 2024 | 22 min read
Data center and application sustainability with Rich Kenny from Interact (interview)
This interview is part of the simplyblock Cloud Commute Podcast, available on Youtube , Spotify , iTunes/Apple Podcasts , Pandora , Samsung Podcasts, and our show site . In this installment , we’
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Chris Engelbert
Mar 06th, 2024 | 8 min read
What is Erasure Coding: A Shield Against Data Loss
Erasure Coding (EC) is a data protection mechanism which protects against data loss by breaking data items, such as files, into fragments, and calculated additional data pieces (parity information) an
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Chris Engelbert
Feb 28th, 2024 | 8 min read
AWS EBS Pricing: A Comprehensive Guide
In the vast landscape of cloud computing, Amazon Elastic Block Store (Amazon EBS) stands out as a crucial component for storage in AWS’ Amazon EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service), as well as other AWS
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