Jeff Barr’s Post

Do you need more resources to feed your monolith? No problem - cloud is always here for you! I remeber times when 32XL instances were the max and become forcing power to migrate and break down into shards or clusters. Based on my experience, many companies still operate successful businesses on a single monolith and growing. No need to sweat anymore - scale up as long as you want. #aws #monolitharchitectures #cloudcomputing

Have you already seen new EC2 instances just announced by Jeff Barr? They provide resources for some of the toughest workloads you might need! But beware and amend your SCPs accordingly to avoid accidental spinup of one of these, as the u7in-32tb.224xlarge instance costs over $400 per hour - running it by accident for a couple of hours or overnight can be really costly. If you know you're not going to need instances like that, it might be a good idea to deny creating them with an SCP.

Big memory to do big things ! Check out this blog post to find out more about our new instance with the most memory available on a single instance. AWS does it bigger! #aws #ec2 #u7i

Whoa! Apart from the obvious SAP relevance, this post instantly reminded me of the moment I bought my first PC. I had gone wildly large: two (2) floppy disk drives (translation for 2024AD: each was 360KB). The salesman noticed the extravaganza and suggested I get a 20MB HD, which I found insane. It was a time when businesses of all sizes depended on COBOL (not that they don't now) and faced one critical problem: hard disk failures between backups, resulting in data loss. I used that PC to write a program in 80x86 Assembly that would read the data from a broken HD and recreate the database on another. Working with such constraints taught me invaluable lessons about being resourceful, frugal by necessity, and creative with what you have. These are skills that have carried over into my current work with large-scale, mission-critical AWS projects. Embracing new technologies like the U7i high memory instances with up to 32 TiB of DDR5 memory and 896 vCPUs is exciting. Yet, the foundation of understanding how to maximize and innovate with available resources remains just as crucial. In a world where offshoring is increasingly common, it's essential to recognize the value of deep, hands-on expertise and experience. #TechNostalgia #AWS #CloudComputing #Innovation #Resourcefulness #ProblemSolving #FinOps #CloudManagement #SAP

AWS has launched the new AWS Graviton4-based Amazon EC2 R8g instances, offering superior performance, energy efficiency, and enhanced security. These instances are ideal for various workloads, achieving significant performance improvements over previous generations. With larger instance sizes, increased memory bandwidth, and network bandwidth, they provide a powerful and cost-effective computing option.</div><div class="read-more"><a href="" class="more-link">Continue reading</a>https://lnkd.in/g88YNZ4S

Check out my newest blog post to learn all about our brand-new Graviton4-powered memory-optimized Amazon EC2 instances. They are available in ten virtual sizes and two bare metal sizes, with up to 3 TiB of DDR5 memory and up to 192 vCPUs in a 16:1 ratio of memory to vCPU. The new processor and the new instances have lots of cool features, as called out in my blog post at https://lnkd.in/g66F2jcw #AWS #EC2

Amazon EC2 instance types  are optimized for different tasks. When selecting an instance type, consider the specific needs of your workloads and applications. This might include requirements for compute, memory, or storage capabilities. To learn more about Amazon EC2 instance types, expand each of the following five categories. General purpose instances Compute optimized instances Memory optimized instances Accelerated computing instances Storage optimized instances #awsdevops #awscloud #ec2

I find this news really exciting for both developers and businesses! 🚀 The increase in vCPUs and memory, along with the 30% performance boost from the energy-efficient AWS Graviton4 processors, really sets a new standard for compute-intensive and general-purpose workloads. It’s great to see a focus on maximizing performance while keeping costs down—these new Amazon EC2 C8g & M8g instances seem like a strong solution for that. I'm curious to see how this will drive innovation across various industries! 💻☁️ #AWS #CloudComputing #Developer #Innovation

Amazon EMR on EC2 now gracefully replaces unhealthy core nodes https://buff.ly/4cWrEro Amazon EMR on EC2 has now implemented a feature that allows for the graceful replacement of unhealthy core nodes. This enhancement ensures the stability and reliability of the system by seamlessly replacing any nodes that may be experiencing issues. For example, in the event of a core node failure, the system can now automatically switch to a healthy node without causing disruptions to ongoing processes. This improvement is a significant step towards improving the overall performance and resilience of Amazon EMR on EC2. #AmazonEMR #EC2 #NodeReplacement

🦾Introducing the C7i-flex - Amazon's powerful new compute-optimized EC2 instances offering flexible performance and cost-efficiency for demanding workloads. The vast majority of applications don't run run the CPU flat-out at 100% utilization continuously. Take a web application, for instance. It typically fluctuates between periods of high and low demand, but hardly ever uses a server's compute at full capacity. CPU utilization for many common workloads that customers run in the AWS Cloud today.🙌 Learn more about the C7i-flex today! 🤓 #amazonEC2 #AWS