Simplyblock for AWS: Environments with many gp2 or gp3 Volumes
Most Amazon EBS volumes are only utilized about 30%, wasting a lot of money. Simplyblock consolidates storage and optimizes cost. Learn how.
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Disaggregated storage, cloud, Kubernetes, and more...
Simplyblock's blog brings you the latest of storage, cloud, and thought leadership
Rahil Parekh
- 1 day ago
- 7 min
Navigate KubeCon + CloudNativeCon NA 2024: Your Salt Lake City Guide
Explore Salt Lake City during KubeCon 2024! From local eats to ski resorts and must-see landmarks. Also, meet us at the simplyblock booth!
Rob Pankow
- 7 days ago
- 10 min
The True Cost of Database Management: RDS vs. EKS
Comparison of true costs between self-hosted databases and managed database services. Example of Postgres on EKS vs RDS.
Michael Schmidt
- Sep 6
- 4 min
Disaster Recovery with Simplyblock in AWS
When disaster strikes, a great recovery strategy is required. Simplyblock helps recovering entire infrastructures in minutes not hours.
Rob Pankow
- Aug 27
- 4 min
Avoiding Storage Lock-in: Block Storage Migration with Simplyblock
Block storage is easy to migrate and prevents vendor lock-in. Read why no vendor lock-in is important and how simplyblock is different.
Chris Engelbert
- Jul 26
- 7 min
Say Goodbye to High Data Access-Latency Cloud Storage with Simplyblock’s Local NVMe SSD Caching
Explore the simplyblock Local Caching Architecture and how it helps to get the lowest latency possible and still scale to Petabytes of data.
Chris Engelbert
- Jun 12
- 7 min
Kubernetes Persistent Volumes: How to & Best Practices
Persistent volumes are the backbone of stateful workloads in Kubernetes. Learn how to use them to the fullest and apply best practices.
Chris Engelbert
- Jun 6
- 7 min
How to choose your Postgres Kubernetes Operator?
Using a Postgres Operator to manage a PostgreSQL cluster in Kubernetes and configure backups and failover is great. But which one to choose?
Rob Pankow
- May 22
- 7 min
How we build our Distributed Data Placement Algorithm for a Storage Clusters in Cloud Environments
To combine data durability, high performance, fault tolerance, and scalability, simplyblock had to rethink the distributed data placement.
Chris Engelbert
- 2 days ago
- 4 min
9 Best Open Source Tools For Kubernetes
Finding the best tools for Kubernetes isn't always easy. Simplyblock points you to some of the best open source tools available.
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