Alibaba Cloud
Alibaba Cloud: High Availability Disaster Recovery Myth Shattered
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Seven days after Singapore Zone C failure, availability not even reaching 8, let alone multiple 9s. But compared to data loss, availability is just a minor issue
From Cost-Reduction Jokes to Real Cost Reduction and Efficiency
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Alibaba Cloud and Didi had major outages one after another. This article discusses how to move from cost-reduction jokes to real cost reduction and efficiency — what costs should we really reduce, what efficiency should we improve?
What Can We Learn from Alibaba Cloud's Global Outage?
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Alibaba Cloud’s epic global outage after Double 11 set an industry record. How should we evaluate this incident, and what lessons can we learn from it?
Harvesting Alibaba Cloud Wool, Building Your Digital Homestead
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Alibaba Cloud’s Double 11 offered a great deal: 2C2G3M ECS servers for ¥99/year, low price for three years. This article shows how to use this decent ECS to build your own digital homestead.
Are Cloud Databases an IQ Tax?
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Winter is coming, tech giants are laying off workers entering cost-reduction mode. Can cloud databases, the number one public cloud cash cow, still tell their story? The money you spend on cloud databases for one year is enough to buy several or even dozens of higher-performing servers. Are you paying an IQ tax by using cloud databases?