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What are the Best Practices for Tagging AWS Resources?

0 Steven Duff Amazon Web Services, Backups

In previous posts, we’ve discussed many of the flexible, money-saving features offered by Amazon Web Services (AWS). We’ve also discussed how third-party AWS management systems like CloudRanger can help cut costs even further by automating routine tasks. But in order to take full advantage of AWS and CloudRanger, it’s important for users to understand the importance of properly tagging AWS resources.

In the following article, we’ll explain why properly tagging AWS resources is necessary, and go over some of AWS’ best practices and recommended strategies for applying tags. We’ll also explore how CloudRanger utilizes tags to simplify various aspects of AWS, saving time and money in the process.

Getting Started with Amazon Elastic Beanstalk

0 Steven Duff Amazon Web Services, cloud management

Amazon Elastic Beanstalk is a PAAS (Platform as a Service) service that allows developers to upload application code to AWS and quickly deploy an application on AWS. Amazon Elastic Beanstalk is one of the easiest and quickest ways to host an application on AWS.

Amazon Elastic Beanstalk automates the deployment process so that developers do not have to worry about the infrastructure layer. This speeds up deployment time and manages application deployment automatically.

Amazon Dynamo DB now has Auto-Scaling by default!

0 Steven Duff Amazon Web Services, Databases, The Cloud

There are a huge number of AWS customers who use and depend on Amazon DynamoDB for persistent performance for their serverless applications. Amazon DynamoDB has a provisioned capacity model. Customers must set the amount of write and read operations that are required for their application.

The introduction of auto-scaling helps to automate capacity management for tables and indexes on Amazon DynamoDB. When using auto-scaling customers can state upper and lower bands for read and write capacity. After bands have been set by the customer, DynamoDB will work with CloudWatch, another Amazon service, to monitor and modify capacity when appropriate.

CloudRanger Makes AWS Cloud Management Easy with 2.0 Release

0 Steven Duff Amazon Web Services, Automation, Backup Policy, Disaster Recovery, EC2 Scheduler, Server Management

In theory, Amazon Web Services’ (AWS) has the potential to save your business a significant amount of time and money. But in practice, the complicated AWS interface prevents many would-be users from taking full advantage of the cloud-computing platform. However, thanks to the newest version of the award-winning CloudRanger system and its easy-to-use dashboard, streamlining your business’ AWS backups, disaster recovery and server control has never been easier.

In the following article, we’ll highlight some of the key features found in the newly updated CloudRanger, and explain how they can save your business both time and money on your AWS bill. We’ll also fill you in on how your business can take advantage of a free 14-day trial and experience first-hand how CloudRanger can automate and simplify your routine AWS tasks.

A Guide To Choosing The Best Amazon EC2 Pricing Options

0 Steven Duff Amazon Web Services, Cost management

In order to get the best value when using Amazons EC2 service, you should evaluate the following in order to get the best value from the EC2 pricing that suits your application and business needs. One of the most important things to consider when setting up your EC2 instances is what pricing type meets your applications needs best. You will also have to choose an EC2 instance type that will suit your compute needs. There is a wide range of instances available and each instance type will vary in price.