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How to import EKS clusters into Ocean in 5 easy steps

Aug 21, 2023 By Revital Vladimirsky In Spot
If you are familiar with Spot Ocean, you may already know how quickly you start realizing the value it generates. Ocean offers automation and optimization of container workloads, while providing enterprise-grade service. Today we are glad to share that you can start realizing the value even faster, with Ocean’s new creation wizard. Ocean’s creation wizard is designed to simplify and accelerate setting up Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) clusters with Spot Ocean.
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How to optimize your high-performance computing workloads

Aug 9, 2023 By Ido Buchnik In Spot
One contributor to successful research is the ability to process and analyze enormous amounts of data. The speed of accessing information and performing computations is crucial to research institutions and organizations looking to innovate and lead in their domain. Yet to process and analyze all that data, researchers need high-performance computing resources that can handle these workloads.
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Leveraging AWS EventBridge to stay ahead of spot instance interruptions

Aug 2, 2023 By Usman Butt In Spot
Amazon EC2 Spot Instances can help you save significantly on your compute costs. However, you should also be aware that Amazon can take them back with a two-minute notice if the demand for the instance type goes up. Fortunately, AWS EventBridge, along with Spot by NetApp, can help you automate the process of detecting and reacting faster to these interruptions.
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Ep 6: A deeper dive into the cloud featuring James Sanders

Aug 2, 2023 By Spot In Spot
On this episode of Cloud Control, we dive into an insightful conversation with James Sanders, a principal analyst for CCS Insight, and a recognized expert in cloud and infrastructure technology. Discussing the rapid shift to the cloud during the COVID-19 pandemic and the financial implications this rapid adoption has had for businesses worldwide. Unpack strategies for cost optimization, the complexities of repatriating workloads, and the human factor involved in technology adoption.
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AKS Day 2 management made easy

Aug 1, 2023 By Anita Tragler In Spot
You’ve deployed your Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) cluster into production. Now what? Deploying AKS clusters is cause for celebration, but don’t rest on your laurels for too long. You are now in the Day 2 Kubernetes management phase and the operational challenges are on the rise. The Kubernetes application lifecycle is broken into three main phases. They are often referred to as Days, but realistically, they take much longer than 24 hours!
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Ep. 5: Scaling the Cloud: The Growth & Future of AKS featuring Jorge Palma

Jul 28, 2023 By Spot In Spot
In this episode, Shon speaks with Jorge Palma, Principal Product Manager for Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). They dive deep into the transformation and evolution of Microsoft Azure and the pivotal role of AKS in shaping the future of cloud-native computing. Discover the unique journey from inception to innovation, and learn about the challenges and successes in testing and scaling AKS in every Azure region worldwide. Gain valuable insights into Microsoft's implementation of cloud optimization tools that provide customers with the best value per compute unit.
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Announcing Spot's new Azure CLI onboarding tool

Jul 26, 2023 By Logan Long In Spot
We are thrilled to announce the launch of our Azure CLI (Command Line Interface) Onboarding tool! This innovative addition significantly streamlines the process of integrating Azure accounts into the Spot platform. Until now, the process was manual, requiring several steps in the Azure portal that were time-consuming and, quite frankly, a tad cumbersome.
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Dynamic Kubernetes PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC) reuse with Ocean for Apache Spark

Jul 25, 2023 By Hudson Buzby In Spot
One of the most exciting implementations to come out of Apache Spark™ on Kubernetes is the dynamic creation, mounting, and remounting of a PersistentVolumeClaim (PVC) within a Spark application. We’ve spoken previously about how PVCs can be used to recover shuffle data and prevent application failure after a spot kill has occurred, negating one of the biggest drawbacks of spot instance usage in Spark workloads.
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Simplify GitHub Actions scaling with Spot Connect and Elastigroup

Jul 19, 2023 By Karan Shetty In Spot
GitHub Actions is a CI/CD platform that allows you to define custom workflows and automate various tasks within your software development projects. With GitHub Actions, you can set up continuous integration and deployment pipelines, run tests, perform code analysis, and execute other actions whenever specific events occur, such as pushing code to a repository or creating a pull request.
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How FinOps should become a strategy for continuous cloud and cost efficiency

Jul 18, 2023 By Guest Author, Dave McCarthy In Spot
Cloud computing was originally pitched as a cost-savings alternative to traditional IT infrastructure. The concept was simple: only purchase what you need and adjust those resources up and down based on demand. This eliminated large up-front costs and made it possible to right-size the amount of compute and storage infrastructure based on a specific workload. While that might have been true in the beginning, CIOs are finding themselves in a different situation today.
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