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8 server types you should know about

How many server types are out there? The answer to this question, like so many others, is: “It depends”. Since there can be as many types of server as a company needs, and companies have more IT needs every day, so… If we go to the definition of server we find that this is a computer that provides service to other computers that are part of a network.

Velocity (& Reliability) - Two must-haves for every software engineering team

(Field notes from O’Reilly’s Velocity 2019 Show, San Jose.) It was steamy hot in San Jose during O’Reilly’s Velocity show and the normally frigid AC temps in the expo hall were welcomed by all attendees, escaping the 104 degree temps. It got so bad, Charity Majors labeled it Satan Jose and the nearby Marriott hotel experienced a power outage for almost two full days, leaving guests hot under more than just their collars.

Five reasons to choose Log360, part 2: Multi-environment support

In the previous post of this series, we looked at how easy it is to get Log360 up and running due to its various deployment features and easy-to-use UI. Today, we’ll dive into the solution’s wide range of support for event sources across multiple environments. Servers and workstations. With Log360, you can easily go deep into the events occurring on all Windows, Unix/Linux, and IBM servers and workstations in your network.

Pro Tips: How Amgen Manages On Calls (and Burnout) with Grafana

There is a lot of talk about graphing all the things, but have you ever considered graphing all the people – in particular their on calls – as well? “Not letting people burnout on call is something that is being talked about in the industry,” said Jordan J. Hamel, Design Engineer at the biotech company Amgen.

How to manually build a Ubuntu 18.04 Virtual Machine server with Oracle VirtualBox

This post will describe how to manually build a Ubuntu 18.04 Virtual Machine (VM) server using Oracle’s VirtualBox virtualisation software. Being able to build simple, expendable VMs is extremely useful, whether you’re writing software, building websites or just wanting to learn about Linux servers. We need to be able to SSH onto the server from our host machine to make access easier. To gain SSH access we therefore need to forward SSH’s port to our host.

Webinar: Migrating from Hipchat to Mattermost

For years, high-trust organizations relied on Hipchat for team messaging because—unlike many popular messaging platforms—it could be hosted on-premise or in a private cloud. In July 2018, however, they found out that Hipchat would be decommissioned this year. In search of a secure messaging solution to replace Hipchat, many of these companies have migrated to Mattermost, the open source messaging platform designed for DevOps teams.

Stateful and Stateless Containers on Cycle

Cycle aims to give you maximum flexibility with how you architect your application. By marking a container as ‘stateful’, you’re declaring that the container and its instances should be treated more like pets than cattle, but more on that analogy below. The need to maintain state should never be a deciding factor when considering whether or not to containerize as containers are simply portable code packages.

Ultimate Serverless Benchmark. AWS Lambda Vs. All (Azure, Google, IBM, Alicloud, and Oracle)

We currently have six major cloud platforms offering serverless products, AWS Lambda being the pioneer. Our goal is to provide a quick way to compare and evaluate all. For each service, we will be evaluating: There are smaller service providers on the market that are focused on serverless, but we won’t cover them in the present analysis. For the pricing comparison, we considered regions in the United States east coast. Let the battle begin!

Using Lambda Layers for Better Serverless Architecture

Lambda Layers were introduced by AWS in late 2018 as a way to simplify the developer’s life when managing dependencies and shared resources across a multi-Lambda stack. It’s a versatile feature that brings many benefits, which we will discuss in this article. Using Lambda Layers does increase complexity to monitor and maintain your applications, but there’s no need to fear.