Author: Robert Pankow
Simplyblock's blog brings you the latest of storage, cloud, and thought leadership
Rob Pankow
Jan 21st, 2025 | 9 min read
Database Performance: Impact of Storage Limitations
TLDR: Storage and storage limitations have a fundamental impact on database performance, with access latency creating a hard physical limitation on IOPS, queries per second (QPS), and transactions per
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Rob Pankow
Dec 23rd, 2024 | 9 min read
Kubernetes Storage 201: Concepts and Practical Examples
What is Kubernetes Storage? Kubernetes storage is a sophisticated ecosystem designed to address the complex data management needs of containerized applications. At its core, Kubernetes storage provide
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Rob Pankow
Oct 17th, 2024 | 11 min read
NVMe Storage for Database Optimization: Lessons from Tech Giants
Leveraging NVMe-based storage for databases brings whole new set of capabilities and performance optimization opportunities. In this blog we explore how can you adopt NVMe storage for your database wo
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Rob Pankow
Oct 03rd, 2024 | 3 min read
Local NVMe Storage on AWS – Pros and Cons
What is the Best Storage Solution on AWS? The debate over the optimal storage solution has been ongoing. Local instance storage on AWS (i.e. ephemeral NVMe disk attached to EC2 instance) brings remark
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Rob Pankow
Sep 12th, 2024 | 13 min read
RDS vs. EKS: The True Cost of Database Management
Databases can make up a significant portion of the costs for a variety of businesses and enterprises, and in particular for SaaS, Fintech, or E-commerce & Retail verticals. Choosing the right data
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Rob Pankow
Sep 12th, 2024 | 7 min read
AWS Migration: How to Migrate into the Cloud? Data Storage Perspective.
Migrating to the cloud can be daunting, but it becomes a manageable and rewarding process with the right approach and understanding of the storage perspective. Amazon Web Services (AWS) offers a compr
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Rob Pankow
Sep 12th, 2024 | 6 min read
What is the AWS Workload Migration Program and how simplyblock can help you with cloud migration?
What is the AWS Workload Migration Program? The AWS Workload Migration Program is a comprehensive framework designed to help organizations migrate their workloads to the AWS cloud efficiently and effe
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Rob Pankow
Sep 06th, 2024 | 7 min read
Amazon EKS vs. ECS: Understanding the Differences and Choosing the Right Service
Introduction When it comes to container orchestration on AWS, two primary services come to mind: Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) and Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS) . Both offer robust
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Rob Pankow
Aug 27th, 2024 | 6 min read
Avoiding Storage Lock-in: Block Storage Migration with Simplyblock
Storage and particularly block storage is generally easy to migrate. It doesn’t create vendor lock-in, which is very different from most database systems. Therefore, it’s worth to briefly line out
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Rob Pankow
Aug 12th, 2024 | 10 min read
AWS Storage Optimization: Best Practices for Cost and Performance
Managing storage costs in AWS environments has become increasingly critical as organizations scale their cloud infrastructure. With storage often representing 20-30% of cloud spending, AWS storage opt
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