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Bullet-proof your web service with the right monitoring setup
Nick Hardiman discusses the components of your web service that need to be monitored and what you can learn from the various performance monitors in place.
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Add an auto-scaling group and policy for Amazon EC2 machines
Nick Hardiman walks you through the steps of creating an auto-scaling group, as well as creating policies to scale-out and scale-in your Amazon EC2 machines.
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Getting to know Amazon's auto-scaling command line tools
Nick Hardiman is ready to take his Amazon Web Service to the next level by scaling out his EC2 machines. Here is an intro to Amazon's auto-scaling option.
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2012 AWS Cloud Summit: An intro to Amazon's cloud tech for businesses
Nick Hardiman attended the 2012 AWS Summit in London and shares his impressions of the event and what he learned about Amazon's cloud technology. Also, there was free beer.
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Reliability monitoring on the cheap with Cacti and Monitor.Us
Nick Hardiman shows you two free tools you can use for monitoring your cloud app's reliability -- open source Cacti and the cloud-based monitoring tool, Monitor.Us.
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Where to turn for IaaS players in the United Kingdom
Nick Hardiman surveys the IaaS landscape that is native to the UK. Who are the big players and what do they offer that their hyperscale competitors do not?
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Removing a single point of failure: Creating a second EC2 machine on AWS
Nick Hardiman addresses the single point of failure with his lone Amazon EC2 machine. He creates a second VM by cloning the AMI.
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Pros and cons of procuring your own IT in the cloud
Nick Hardiman is ready to add content on his newly created Amazon EC2 machine, but he pauses to consider some important factors before continuing on the public cloud path.
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Getting to know the Amazon Web Services Console
Nick Hardiman continues to unravel the mysteries of using Amazon Web Services for those new to the cloud. Here, he takes a look at the AWS Console.
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Deciding what you want from the cloud: First steps
Nick Hardiman offers a blueprint for those who are just beginning to evaluate moving applications, services, or part of their infrastructure to the public cloud. Here are some of t...