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For server CPU, the most common architectures today are amd64 (aka x86_64) and arm64. Although AMD developed the former first, Intel names it as x86_64 (or x64 for short). In terms of compatibility, they are the same. In general, arm64 architecture consumes less power and therefore mobile systems first favour it. Its power efficiency now … Read moreKubernetes with Multiple CPU Architectures 2 of 2 – Node and Workload
I’ve worked on a few AKS projects previously. Since I joined AWS I wanted to put aside some time to check out EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service). Here in this post, I put down my first impression on EKS, and also share my Terraform template in cloudkube project to create an EKS cluster. Similar to AKS, … Read moreEKS impression
Silicon Valley startups in mid-2000s likely do not run their own IT operations (i.e. renting their own data centre spaces, purchasing their own rack-mounted servers). Since the launch of EC2, AWS has been renting extra computing capacity to those startups, in the IaaS model. The leased infrastructure requires maintenance work, and AWS realized that many … Read moreComputing services: from PaaS to Serverless