Tag: AWS

How Netflix Handled the AWS Reboot

On Sept 25th, 2014 AWS notified users about an EC2 Maintenance where “a timely security and operational update” needed to be performed that required rebooting a large number of instances. (around 10%)  On Oct 1st, 2014 AWS sent an updated about the status of the reboot and XSA-108.   While we’d love to claim that…

OpenStack Enables the "AWS of Africa"

Adam Nelson (@varud) is working with OpenStack to develop Kili, a public cloud for Kenya and other African nations. “Kili lets local developers be local,” as he explains. Kili offers compute services for as little as the equivalent of US$.02 per hour and storage at US$.08 per gigabyte per month. Despite his enthusiasm for the…