AWS Compute Blog
Category: Customer Solutions
Reserving EC2 Capacity across Availability Zones by utilizing On Demand Capacity Reservations (ODCRs)
This post is written by Johan Hedlund, Senior Solutions Architect, Enterprise PUMA. Many customers have successfully migrated business critical legacy workloads to AWS, utilizing services such as Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), Auto Scaling Groups (ASGs), as well as the use of Multiple Availability Zones (AZs), Regions for Business Continuity, and High Availability. These […]
Best practices to optimize your Amazon EC2 Spot Instances usage
This blog post is written by Pranaya Anshu, EC2 PMM, and Sid Ambatipudi, EC2 Compute GTM Specialist. Amazon EC2 Spot Instances are a powerful tool that thousands of customers use to optimize their compute costs. The National Football League (NFL) is an example of customer using Spot Instances, leveraging 4000 EC2 Spot Instances across more […]
AWS Nitro System gets independent affirmation of its confidential compute capabilities
Anthony Liguori is an AWS VP and Distinguished Engineer for EC2. Customers around the world trust AWS to keep their data safe, and keeping their workloads secure and confidential is foundational to how we operate. Since the inception of AWS, we have relentlessly innovated on security, privacy tools, and practices to meet, and even exceed, […]
Best Practices for managing data residency in AWS Local Zones using landing zone controls
This blog post is written by Abeer Naffa’, Sr. Solutions Architect, Solutions Builder AWS, David Filiatrault, Principal Security Consultant, and Jared Thompson Hybrid Edge SA Specialist. In this post, we discuss how you can leverage AWS Control Tower landing zone and AWS Organizations custom policies – guardrails – at the root level, known as Service […]
Optimizing Amazon EC2 Spot Instances with Spot Placement Scores
This blog post is written by Steve Cole, Principal Specialist SA, and Robert McCone, Sr. Specialist SA. Getting the compute resources you need, even vCPUS numbering in the millions, and completing a workload using Amazon EC2 Spot Instances is just a configuration away. In this post you will learn how to use Spot placement scores […]
Optimizing GPU utilization for AI/ML workloads on Amazon EC2
This blog post is written by Ben Minahan, DevOps Consultant, and Amir Sotoodeh, Machine Learning Engineer. Machine learning workloads can be costly, and artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) teams can have a difficult time tracking and maintaining efficient resource utilization. ML workloads often utilize GPUs extensively, so typical application performance metrics such as CPU, memory, and […]
Streaming Android games from cloud to mobile with AWS Graviton-based Amazon EC2 G5g instances
This blog post is written by Vincent Wang, GCR EC2 Specialist SA, Compute. Streaming games from the cloud to mobile devices is an emerging technology that allows less powerful and less expensive devices to play high-quality games with lower battery consumption and less storage capacity. This technology enables a wider audience to enjoy high-end gaming […]
Implementing up-to-date images with automated EC2 Image Builder pipelines
This blog post is written by Devin Gordon, Senior Solutions Architect, WWPS, and Brad Watson, Senior Solutions Architect, WWPS. Amazon EC2 Image Builder is a service designed to simplify the creation and deployment of customized Virtual Machine (VM) and container images on AWS or on-premises. The posts Automate OS Image Build Pipelines with EC2 Image […]
Building diversified and cost-optimized EC2 server groups in Spinnaker
This blog post is written by Sandeep Palavalasa, Sr. Specialist Containers SA, and Prathibha Datta-Kumar, Software Development Engineer Spinnaker is an open source continuous delivery platform created by Netflix for releasing software changes rapidly and reliably. It enables teams to automate deployments into pipelines that are run whenever a new version is released with proven […]
Architecting for data residency with AWS Outposts rack and landing zone guardrails
This blog post was written by Abeer Naffa’, Sr. Solutions Architect, Solutions Builder AWS, David Filiatrault, Principal Security Consultant, AWS and Jared Thompson, Hybrid Edge SA Specialist, AWS. In this post, we will explore how organizations can use AWS Control Tower landing zone and AWS Organizations custom guardrails to enable compliance with data residency requirements […]