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AWS – Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling enhances Instance Refresh with configuration checks, Launch Template validation, and Amazon EventBridge notifications
Amazon EC2 Auto Scaling Instance Refresh now supports performing updates to the Auto Scaling group (ASG) configuration as well as the ability to skip replacing already updated instances during an Instance Refresh. These new capabilities make it easier to deploy changes to an Amazon Machine Image (AMI) or install additional software in a controlled manner. […]
GCP – MySQL major version upgrade using Database Migration Service
As hopefully you all know by now, migrating your SQL database got easier this past November when Google’s Database Migration Service went GA for MySQL. If you didn’t know, migrating your SQL database to Cloud SQL is now easier! Something you might have noticed, or I’ll happily point out if you haven’t noticed, is that […]
AWS – Amazon FSx is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region
Amazon FSx, a fully managed service that makes it easy to launch and run feature-rich and highly-performant file systems, is now available in the AWS Asia Pacific (Osaka) Region. With Amazon FSx, customers can leverage the rich feature sets and fast performance of widely-used open source and commercially-licensed file systems, while avoiding time-consuming administrative tasks […]
AWS – Private Connectivity for AWS NAT Gateway is now available in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
Private Connectivity for AWS NAT Gateway is now available in both AWS GovCloud (US) Regions. The expansion into the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions enables U.S. government agencies and contractors to move more sensitive workloads into the cloud by helping them to address certain regulatory and compliance requirements. With this launch, AWS Private NAT Gateway is […]
AWS – AWS Lambda now supports up to 10 GB of memory and 6 vCPU cores in AWS GovCloud (US) Regions
AWS Lambda customers in the AWS GovCloud (US) Regions can now provision Lambda functions with a maximum of 10,240 MB (10 GB) of memory, a more than 3x increase compared to the previous limit of 3,008 MB. With larger functions, customers can now more easily use AWS Lambda for workloads such as batch, extract, transform, […]