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Understanding Amazon ECS

Understanding Amazon ECS

In this post we'll take a look at ECS vs other Amazon Compute models and some key concepts in Amazon ECS.

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Amazon ECS Optimization Challenges

Amazon ECS Optimization Challenges

Successful ECS optimization impacts financial performance including both cost savings through reduced overprovisioning and discount management, and revenue gains from application performance and latency gains. While ECS offers a range of controls and strategies, including rightsizing and utilizing spot instances, implementation is complex when managed with manual methods.

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Introducing AI-Powered Rightsizing for AWS EC2 VMs

Introducing AI-Powered Rightsizing for AWS EC2 VMs

In environments where applications are not suitable for microservices architectures, rightsizing and in particular vertical scaling becomes a critical strategy to achieve cost-effective operations while meeting performance requirements.

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Introducing AI-Powered Automated Rightsizing for Azure VMs

Introducing AI-Powered Automated Rightsizing for Azure VMs

In environments where applications are not suitable for microservices architectures, rightsizing and in particular vertical scaling becomes a critical strategy to achieve cost-effective operations while meeting performance requirements.

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Rightsizing Kubernetes Dev/Test Environments: Saving $500K/yr in 60 Days

Rightsizing Kubernetes Dev/Test Environments: Saving $500K/yr in 60 Days

A technology company achieved a 25% cost saving across 1,400 Kubernetes services with Sedai's autonomous optimization technology by rightsizing Dev/Test environments. AI-powered autonomous optimization optimized Kubernetes requests and limits in Kubernetes workloads and optimize instance count and type. An AI driven approach was more effective than manual optimization, especially given the small spend on each individual service. Optimization is a key capability of Sedai's autonomous cloud management platform.

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FCIs Are the New Availability

FCIs Are the New Availability

By assessing the success or failure of customer interactions, Failed Customer Interactions (FCIs) offer a way to evaluate the performance and effectiveness of a system. The article aims to demystify FCIs by examining their definition, measurement techniques, and their crucial role in achieving operational excellence. Furthermore, it explores how Sedai enhances the ability to drive down FCIs.

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Kubernetes Cluster Scaling Challenges

Kubernetes Cluster Scaling Challenges

In the ever-evolving landscape of application deployment, we have come a long way. Once upon a time, our applications found their home on physical servers. Then, as technology advanced, we embraced the realm of virtual machines. But now, in the present day, we have entered a new era where containers have taken the center stage for application deployment. Why did we make this shift? Well, it all boils down to addressing the challenges we encountered in the traditional and virtualized modes of deployment. Containers emerged as a powerful solution, offering us a way to overcome those hurdles and unlock new possibilities for efficient and flexible application deployment.

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Using Scheduled Shutdowns to Optimize Amazon ECS Development Costs

Using Scheduled Shutdowns to Optimize Amazon ECS Development Costs

Keeping Amazon ECS development & testing environments workloads running when they're not actively used can lead to considerable expenses for teams.Implementing scheduled shutdowns of Amazon ECS cloud resources when not in use can lead to cloud cost savings with relatively little implementation effort.Four ways to achieve shutdowns for Amazon ECS include (1) manual shutdowns, (2) Lambda functions, (3) Cloudwatch templates and (4) schedules inside a platform such as Sedai.

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Five Capabilities of Autonomous Cloud Management Systems

Five Capabilities of Autonomous Cloud Management Systems

Learn about five key differences between autonomous and traditional automated systems. These include 1. Intelligent Decision-Making, 2. Dynamic Adaptability and Context-Awareness, 3. Self-Correcting Capability, 4. Complexity and 5. Scalability and Limited Human Oversight.

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