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Author: Chris Engelbert

Simplyblock's blog brings you the latest of storage, cloud, and thought leadership

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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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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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Mar 06th, 2024 | 8 min read

What is Erasure Coding: A Shield Against Data Loss

Erasure Coding (erasure code) is a data protection mechanism that protects against data loss by breaking data items, such as files, into fragments, calculating additional data pieces (parity informati

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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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