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Simple improvements that have been made to EC2 over time that make managing instances much simpler.

Posted on June 9, 2017June 9, 2017 by Justin Worrell

For anyone who is used to managing VMs with a traditional hypervisor like VMWare, the first encounters with the EC2 console seem limiting. However, new features are making management via the EC2 console a lot more like vSphere client. Changing instance types used to involve taking a snapshot, convert the snapshot to a volume, then … Continue reading Simple improvements that have been made to EC2 over time that make managing instances much simpler.

7 Design Principles for Architecting with AWS

Posted on May 26, 2017September 4, 2017 by Justin Worrell

Here's the list: Design for failure and nothing fails <- My Favorite Loose coupling sets you free Implement elasticity Build security in every layer Don’t fear constraints Think parallel Leverage different storage options I've referenced this blog post like 100 times when explaining to others- great post.

Understanding Pets vs Cattle

Posted on May 19, 2017May 26, 2017 by Justin Worrell

This deck really sums up Pets vs Cattle well... https://www.slideshare.net/randybias/the-history-of-pets-vs-cattle-and-using-it-properly It's important to note that with distributed applications, the architecture really exists somewhere in the spectrum between pets and cattle....cattle for a web tier, a pet-set for some application function, pet for some administrative function, etc...